Reflections after reading refers to reading a book, an article, a paragraph, a few famous quotes, a piece of music, and then writing an article based on the feelings and revelations obtained. This time I compiled a 1,000-word review of "The Biography of Zeng Guofan" for everyone's reading reference.

1000 words after reading "The Biography of Zeng Guofan" 1

"In view of the past, I am qualified to govern." This is the origin of "Zi Zhi Tong Jian" . Reading biographies is also a process of trying to catch a glimpse of a ray of goodwill in the vast past, and then calm down and cultivate one's character.

Zeng Guofan was different from later Li Hongzhang, Liang Qichao and others. His life had a very low starting point. His intelligence is average, and he has passed the exam seven times as a scholar; his physical endowment is very poor, and he is accompanied by many serious diseases; his background is also very ordinary, and his ancestors have been ordinary people for hundreds of years; what is even worse is that when he was young, , there are still many problems in his character, such as poor self-management ability. However, through unremitting personal efforts, he completed the transformation of being reborn and becoming a saint, and achieved the three immortal realms of meritorious service, morality and reputation. Rather than saying that he was born a model, it is better to say that he is the epitome of every ordinary person who is unwilling to be mediocre. But it is exactly like him, like in the fairy tales, a man who started with nothing, under the silent gaze of onlookers, but relied on his own moves to accumulate day and night, and climbed to the top of life. It is so ordinary and unconventional. The character design is the most touching. After all, geniuses are rare and ordinary people are the majority. From this, it can be seen that Zeng Guofan’s way to advance is not the way that most people have been pursuing to take exams or survive in the workplace?

As a middle school student, I am happy to talk about Zeng Guofan’s life. What lessons can we learn from.

What I want to talk about most is hard work. It can also be divided into two parts: the courage to admit effort and the courage to work hard.

I often see interviews with top picks after the college entrance examination, describing themselves as top-notch people who have achieved good results without any effort. Excluding the possibility of genuine talent, then why are the top picks and everyone else unwilling to admit that they work very hard? It seems that hard work is often linked to stupidity, and who wants to have the word "stupid" on their head every day? Why do you indulge in answering questions and avoid strangers? In fact, smart people are those who work hard. Not everyone can find a shortcut to learning, so whoever starts walking first will have the greatest possibility of victory. Acknowledging your efforts will bring you peace of mind and at the same time gain the supervision of others, who will also be in danger because of your efforts. This is also the reason why people look down on people who work hard. It’s probably because they can’t get enough of the grapes and say they are sour.

Of course, “grapes” are not something everyone wants to have. Many people who are obsessed with "face projects" regret it and want to study hard and make progress every day, but find that they have no way to start. Because hard work is actually a kind of ability. Not only do you want to work hard, you also need to be able to work hard. Zeng Guofan knows this very well. Only by letting go of everything day and night and being down-to-earth can we give the best counterattack to those who look down on us. He is a clumsy reader, and will never start the next one until he has memorized and understood it. It's not to encourage this method, but to praise his belief in accumulating every inch. Writing this is already a bit like chicken soup for the soul. Indeed, the topic of hard work is too big, and as we talk about it, it feels like we are painting a big pie. So how to actually operate it?

Zeng Guofan also gave us the answer. We can play freely. I always feel that there is another interpretation of Zhuangzi’s view of the equality of things. Mount Tai is big, while ants are small, but sometimes the ants are used which are less effective in everyone's eyes. Everything in the world performs its own duties, so it can be said that everything is equal. Similarly, when we study, must we be very utilitarian? When Zeng Guofan took the exam in the Hanlin Academy, he was different from other people who indulged in singing and cramming before the exam. He benefited from his down-to-earth spirit before taking the exam. And much more relaxed. Therefore, the boundaries of knowledge accumulation and efforts are boundless. If we run freely and run wild, we will eventually be rewarded one day in the future.

"The Biography of Zeng Guofan" teaches us more than this. Some histories become more emotional the more we read them, and some truths become clearer the more we argue them.

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I just got the "The Biography of Zeng Guofan" yesterday and couldn't wait to read the first chapter. The first chapter mainly introduces how Zeng Guofan and his family Through the imperial examination, he gradually embarked on the road to politics and achieved class leap.

It can be seen from this chapter that although Zeng Guofan's native family was a little wealthy, it was not a famous family or a family of officials. Even the first few generations were farmers who faced the loess and turned their backs to the sky. It can be seen that he was not a second-generation rich man or a second-generation official who grew up with a golden key. He stood out step by step through his own efforts and entered the Hanlin Academy, which is equivalent to the elite among the elite of intellectuals today. To sum up, I think Zeng Guofan was able to succeed for the following reasons.

1. The native family attaches great importance to education. It can be seen from the first chapter that Zeng Guofan's grandfathers attached great importance to education and did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to train Zeng Guofan's father and Zeng Guofan himself.

Originally, my grandfather wanted to train his father, but unfortunately my father could not succeed for many years. My grandfather just did not believe in evil and put his hope in his grandson. He attached great importance to Zeng Guofan's education since he was a child. Therefore, Zeng Guofan grew up in a family with a strong educational atmosphere. Natural culture The foundation and quality are not bad either.

2. Inheriting the fine traditional spirit of the family - perseverance. As we read the first chapter, we can see that Zeng Guofan's father failed many scientific examinations many times. After taking the exam for many years, I was finally nominated on the list when I was in my 40s. Zeng Guofan himself took the exam many times before passing the exam. The achievements of father and son became a joke among the local folks, but this did not stop the Zeng family from pursuing their dream of being named on the gold medal list. With this dream in mind, they marched towards their dreams step by step. Finally, both father and son realized their dreams of being on the gold list, big or small, at different times. What keeps them going is their family spirit - perseverance. Zeng Guofan recalled that his grandfather had "three disbeliefs": he didn't believe in Feng Shui, he didn't believe in doctors, he didn't believe in monks, he only believed in man's determination to conquer nature. I want to translate it as the spirit of perseverance towards dreams.

The third is to be good at analyzing the reasons and summarizing lessons from failures. Reading through Zeng Guofan's imperial examination path, I found that his imperial examination path did not go smoothly. He actually failed quite a lot, but one failure opened a turning point in Zeng Guofan's life. That is, his father was a scholar, but he fell behind in fame. He was also reported as a negative example. His articles were criticized for being illogical, which is equivalent to the current words of illogical sentences and confusing structures. The criticism was quite severe. . Zeng Guofan was deeply hit by this incident. He learned from the pain, reflected on the reasons for his failure, compared his articles with other excellent articles, accurately found his own shortcomings, and found his own method of writing articles. The next year, he took the scientific examination again and finally got his wish and was named on the gold medal list. From then on, Zeng Guofan found his own "learning method" and his grades began to improve by leaps and bounds. It can be seen how important it is to be good at finding reasons, finding gaps, and summarizing experience from failures.

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The ancients regarded "cultivating oneself, managing one's family, governing the country, and bringing peace to the world" as the progressive process of a person's growth. It can be seen that self-cultivation plays an important role in a person's life. In the process of growth, it plays a foundational and fundamental role. For this reason, I think that self-cultivation is a required course for a person to succeed. With this question in mind, I read "The Biography of Zeng Guofan" and was once again deeply enlightened. Here I would like to talk about my own reading experience and encourage everyone.

While reading "The Biography of Zeng Guofan", I discovered that one of the secrets of how to behave is - "Be gentle but not soft, be strong but not hard"

Zeng Guofan, a man who knows people well and uses them well. A person who widely cultivates party members is a good hand in establishing the army and running officialdom. A scholar leads the army to successfully attack cities and conquer territory. He is a military strategist, a thinker, an educator, a writer, and a calligrapher. A heavyweight whose name will go down in history!

Zeng Guofan’s scholarship in the first half of his life could be described as a nerd. I think this kind of spirit is rare in today's society, because people who are blind to what is happening outside the window and only read the books of sages are considered useless idiots, but I think that only by being an idiot first can you become a smart person.

When you are a little "confused" about some bad things in life, it often develops in a good direction. This may be the reason why unintentional planting will make a shadow.

This principle is well reflected in Zeng Guofan. He was able to thrive in the officialdom in the later period because he fully developed the idiot philosophy of "it's rare to be confused". In fact, as a prime minister, you must be able to endure humiliation and bear heavy burdens, otherwise you will not be able to become a true steward of the country.

When the famous performing artist Ying Ruocheng was a child, he wanted to see how much his family valued him, so he hid in the closet during meals. He hoped to see the result of everyone anxiously looking for him, but he let To his great disappointment, no one noticed his absence. After everyone finished eating, he crawled out of the cabinet to eat the "leftovers". From then on, he vowed: Don't take yourself too seriously, otherwise you will be disappointed. of.

This is the "idiot" philosophy I learned from Zeng Guofan.

Zeng Guofan, the master of Chinese culture, according to the standards of a saint among Chinese scholar-bureaucrats, established virtues, meritorious service, and reputation. In every field, he reached a height that is difficult for ordinary people to reach. He was named the last great figure in modern times. A saint has many qualities and accomplishments that we can learn from. I discovered from this that the second secret of being a human being is to be "cautious" in doing things.

In today’s terms, “being cautious in being alone” means being able to sincerely face your heart when you are alone, get rid of the evil thoughts in your heart, and cultivate your good thoughts, so that you can have a clear conscience and be worthy of heaven and earth. With a conscience, you can eat well and sleep peacefully, so you can feel at ease and have a peaceful mind. It is ridiculous to the sky, filial to your parents, and harmonious to your colleagues. Be sincere to your work, friends, and relatives, do not bully others in the dark, do not betray others, and be consistent in what you say. In fact, what we need in dealing with others is to "treat each other with sincerity"!

I discovered that the third secret of dealing with others is to be "respectful".

"Respecting the Lord" means being neat and serious in appearance, pure and dedicated in the heart. Receiving distinguished guests and participating in activities are all concrete manifestations of respecting the Lord. The ancients often said that a gentleman should be slow in words but quick in deeds, and be in harmony with the Lord. Respecting different people but having the same purpose, people will be highly concentrated when encountering a life or death crisis, and then they will turn the danger into safety. Zhu Jing refers to a heavy, focused, serious mental state. Zeng Guofan often asked his son Zeng Jize to speak slowly, walk slowly, and behave solemnly. Through these trivial daily behaviors and habits, he cultivated them "Respect" Kung Fu. This requires people to be calm, talk less, talk too much will hurt the mind, pay attention to nourishing the Qi, and control one's mood. If the Qi does not move, the heart will not move. The mind must be calm. If it is not calm, then self-examination will not be secretive, and the truth will not be understood clearly, which is all floating. If people are impetuous, they will inevitably affect their ability to make correct judgments about things. Therefore, when people face major events and various emergencies, they must be calm, take their time, and not panic when things change. Only in this way can they make correct judgments about things and be able to make decisions. Make the right decision. This is also an important process for ordinary people to develop into successful people. Of course, this is related to a person's personality and growth environment, and can be acquired through tempering. If you always pay attention to recharge your batteries, try to keep your head calm when facing unexpected situations, be cautious in your words and deeds, and take things seriously. Don't make hasty decisions, but think them through carefully. When the time is not right, you should learn to put things aside first. Maybe things will become clearer after a while, and it will be easier to make decisions then.

This is what I got from reading "The Biography of Zeng Guofan". I hope that friends who like it can borrow it if they have time!

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Modern people highly respect Zeng Guofan. __ said, "Among the people of recent times, I only obey Zeng Wenzheng." Chiang also regarded Zeng Guofan as a god. When Chiang Ching-kuo returned from the Soviet Union in 1937, Chiang placed him in Xikou to study and gave him two books, one of which was "Zeng Guofan's Family Letter".

"The Biography of Zeng Guofan" describes Zeng Guofan's step-by-step growth from a child who must retaliate for his anger to a famous Confucian official, reflecting his journey of moral cultivation.

Reading this book can make people feel that success is so simple; it turns out that successful people also have many shortcomings of ordinary people, but they know how to overcome and correct them; it turns out that becoming a successful person is a matter of Traceable.

Zeng Wenzheng said: "At the founding of the country, as in the beginning of the Han and Tang Dynasties, extraordinary talents, extraordinary talents, great achievements, and greatness were so popular that they were all related to the fate of husbands and wives, and personnel were not allowed to interfere with them. After the middle period, if a gentleman wants to make achievements and help the world, he will take half of it, and the other half will be human affairs. There is nothing more important than loyalty and diligence. Those who are willing to do so can break their habits; those who do not want to be too lazy can stop their flow. Loyalty does not require extraordinary intelligence, it is just about doing my best; diligence does not require having extraordinary spirit, it is just about doing my best."

What he means is that at the beginning of the dynasty, there were countless talents and strangers. This was all due to luck rather than human efforts. As the saying goes, heroes emerge from troubled times; in the middle of the dynasty, gentlemen If you want to make great achievements, destiny accounts for half and human efforts account for half; but at the end of the dynasty, it mainly depends on loyalty and diligence. Although the description of this passage is biased, it affirms the importance of a person's subjective initiative on the road to his own success.

Zeng Guofan did not show much extraordinaryness from ordinary people since he was a child. On the contrary, he was introverted, especially fond of revenge. He was born with a pair of triangular eyes that seemed to be closed, and was known as the "closed-eyed snake".

Moreover, he has mediocre qualifications and no natural talent. He failed to pass the exam twice and finally won the exam through unremitting diligent study. Later, during the confrontation with the Taiping Army, he suffered many defeats due to his stubbornness and poor command, and attempted suicide three times by jumping into the river. However, unlike ordinary people, Zeng Guofan did not indulge in this for a long time. Instead, he paid great attention to the improvement of his moral character. He constantly reflected on himself, be strict with himself, learned lessons, and eventually became a master respected by future generations.

There is a characteristic in Zeng Guofan's discussion of moral cultivation, that is, he likes to concretize and list the methods of improving moral cultivation in order to facilitate practice.

He applied his experience of cultivating his family, governing the country and the world to others and used it to teach his brothers, children and clan members. Under the constraints of this kind of family education, the Zeng family was harmonious and prosperous, and talents emerged in large numbers. His son Zeng Jize was a famous diplomat in the late Qing Dynasty. He fought hard to regain the Uzong Island Mountain and the Tekes River area in the southern border of Ili for our country, and safeguarded our country's sovereignty.

Zeng Guofan’s family motto covers aspects such as nourishing the mind, studying, staying at home, socializing and reception, etc. in different categories. I believe that even today, if people can act according to the principles in their family mottos, they will be able to accomplish great things.

Among Zeng Guofan’s family mottos, there are two things that impressed me the most: First, he mentioned, “The best way to read history is to put yourself in someone else’s place.” That is to say, when reading history, you must put yourself in someone else’s place, as if you were in the place at that time. People should be rewarded. If you encounter what happened at that time, what would you do? You should choose the good things and take them, and change the bad things.

Secondly, he mentioned that "when writing poetry, one has extremely sincere feelings and has to pour them out. However, one must accumulate a lot of theory day by day, and be able to understand both sides without thinking, so that the truth he expresses is enough." He was able to express the truest and most upright feelings in his heart. There was no pain of engraving words when composing, and no feeling of depression after finishing the composition. These are all the result of daily reading and accumulation of theory.

If the fermentation is not deep on weekdays, even though you have true feelings and want to express them, but the reason is not suitable, you have to temporarily think about the meaning; the reason is not something that can be done at the moment, so you have to work on the words; as for the words; If you decorate the words and phrases, you will use clever words to please and fake it. The so-called cultivation of tune and sincerity will completely lose its original purpose! When the true feelings are inspired in the future, you must consider the meaning and principle in your heart, how to take it and carry it, and pour it out. Otherwise, if it has to be done temporarily, it is better not to do it, and if it is done, it will be clever and fake for a long time. ”

In other words, even if you have true feelings to express when writing an article, but the truth cannot be expressed clearly, you have to temporarily explore the meaning, and the meaning cannot be obtained instantly, so you have to go I pursue neat words and sentences, so that I indulge in carving out words and sentences in my composition, trying to please people through clever words, but the purpose of rhetoric has long been lost, which is even worse for me.

Writers often encounter this kind of trouble. They obviously have a lot of feelings to express, but when they actually start writing, they find that they can't find the right language to express their emotions, so they have to think hard about some good sentences. The emotion of vomiting quickly is often destroyed, and the article is either useless or boring. I always thought that this was a sign of my lack of talent and learning, but I didn't expect that there was a similar description in Zeng Guofan's family motto. It seems that this is a common problem for first-time writers. The way to solve this dilemma is to read more, think more, and accumulate more.

Zeng Guofan, who was the most powerful person on the Chinese political scene in the 1850s and 1960s, always used the "study first" approach. "Achieve nothing, achieve nothing with virtue" and laugh at ourselves. In comparison, we still have a lot to do.

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Beginning Before reading "The Biography of Zeng Guofan", I felt that Zeng Guofan was just a well-known "traitor", which did not arouse my interest in reading. But after reading a few pages, I seemed to be unable to put it down.

From a national and national perspective, Zeng Guofan was indeed a "traitor" who ignored the safety of the nation and the interests of the people, succumbed to the Western powers' policies toward China, and tried his best to maintain the feudal rule of the Qing Dynasty.

For his entire life. I think Zeng Guofan's crimes should not be attributed to his personal qualities, but are historical and social, determined by the landlord class under semi-colonial conditions from which he was born. From a personal perspective, I think Zeng Guofan was a highly cultivated and intelligent man. , a visionary and strategic figure

His life experience can be roughly divided into seven stages: rising to the rank of Liucao, founding the Hunan Army, being trapped in Jiangxi, the decisive battle in Anqing, the capture of Tianjing, the failure of the suppression of Ni, and depression. Death can be said to have ups and downs, and life has endless variables. It is quite touching to read it.

First of all, Zeng Guofan was proficient in ancient Chinese, read extensively, and consulted many famous people at the time in academic matters. Personal knowledge has also greatly improved his personal reputation.

Zeng Guofan was able to become a second-rank official so smoothly, on the one hand, because he was diligent and studious, smart and capable, and on the other hand, he was favored by Mu Zhanga. and recommendation. Perhaps all this went too smoothly for Zeng Guofan, which created his sharp-edged and self-reliant character, which caused him to run into obstacles and be ostracized and made things difficult for him by local officials in every possible way during his time in Jiangxi.

< p> Secondly, after a year of great enlightenment, Zeng Guofan came out again and was appointed as the Imperial Envoy and the Governor of Liangjiang, which provided a stage for him to display his long-cherished ambitions.

In fact, Zeng Guofan was appointed as the Governor of Liangjiang because of the situation of the Qing government. Forced, as a last resort, because the Jiangnan camp that the Qing government relied on to suppress the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was defeated at this time, it could only rely on the Hunan Army created by Zeng Guofan's group to suppress the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. From this we can easily see that opportunity always favors those who are prepared.

Once again, after the Hunan Army captured Tianjing, Zeng Guofan clipped his wings, cleared the Qing court's suspicions, and protected himself. This shows that he has rich experience, a keen political sense, a detailed and decisive approach to matters.

Finally, Zeng Guofan was a wise man who loved talents as much as his life and was eager for talents. When marching and fighting, wherever they go, they will conduct extensive interviews. Any elders who have a certain skill will be sent there and used for their own use. If they hear that they have both virtue and talent, they will not hesitate to pay a lot of money and write letters to recruit them.

He can also speak out with an open mind and encourage his staff to speak out and make suggestions, so he can achieve the effect of brainstorming. His ability to achieve such success in his career has a lot to do with it.

Reading this book not only gave me a more comprehensive and detailed understanding of Zeng Guofan, and received a lot of inspiration from it, but also deepened my understanding of the history of the modern Qing Dynasty, and at the same time aroused my interest in the Nala family - —The interest of Empress Dowager Cixi.