Zuo Zongtang

As the famous saying goes, those who like cheap prices should not make money with them; those who are suspicious should not do anything with them

Learning is like talent, and progress will not be made day by day. , then the sun will retreat

I don’t have half an acre, and I worry about the world; I have read thousands of volumes, and I have friends with the ancients. When he got married at the age of twenty-three, Zuo Zongtang wrote a couplet to himself in his new house: "I don't have half an acre of my body, and I worry about the world; I have read thousands of volumes, and I have friends with the ancients." The majestic declaration is an encouragement to himself and a reflection of his life. Thirty years later, in March of the fifth year of Tongzhi, Zuo Zongtang also wrote this couplet when writing family instructions for his children at his residence in Fuzhou.