?A person's success in life is not necessarily related to whether you are smart or not.
?The question of how to achieve life and discover the meaning of life, and the answer to this question can almost be regarded as the most important part of life.
?The things about him that are worth learning from are like the tide injections, which have eternal universal value. We must learn from his wisdom and thoughts of universal value. What exactly is this wisdom? It’s self-education. From a pedagogical perspective, the greatest education is self-education. He has the most difficult advantage for ordinary people to have, that is, he has the courage to reflect and reflect on anything, any mistakes and shortcomings, and he demands and checks himself with a lofty belief. His greatest excellence is just the same, that is, he can continue to reflect and learn throughout his life, and constantly make progress in reflection, introspection, and learning. This process never stops throughout his life, so Zeng Guofan can achieve his achievements. He should have had an extremely ordinary life.
?Zeng Guofan could not just talk empty talk, but could really sum up the simplest and most useful experiences and principles in life from practice, and then use them to educate himself and his family without any concealment. Educate future generations.
Later generations commented on the three core figures of the Hunan Army: Zeng Guofan was good at being a man, Zuo Zongtang was good at doing things, and Li Hongzhang was good at being an official.
? Establish Confucian values ????and outlook on life, establish values ????of life, and find life beliefs that support life. Only such a person can live a valuable and powerful life.
?Only when a person is strong in the spiritual world will he be strong in the real world.
?When we study, there are only two things: one is to improve virtue, in order to avoid the birth of resentment; the other is to cultivate one's career, in order to defend oneself. What it means is that reading plays two key roles in life. First, reading can establish aspirations, establish a correct outlook on life and values, and cultivate beliefs in life, so that we can discover the meaning of life and achieve the value of life. In addition to studying to establish one's ambition, Zeng Guofan believes that studying can also establish one's character. Reading can at least allow you to master specialized knowledge and thus form your own professional expertise. Only with special talents can you gain a foothold in society.
?People’s temperament is difficult to change due to their innate nature, but reading can change their temperament. It is said that reading can change a person's temperament.
? Zeng Gong’s method of reading:
1. Read the classics
Classics must be read intensively
2. One book cannot be exhaustive. Not reading new books.
3. Cultivate personal interest and direction in reading.
?No matter whether we are a small family, a scholar, a peasant, an industrialist or a merchant, we are diligent and thrifty, we are not unhappy, we are arrogant, extravagant and tired, we are not invincible.
?The inner peace leads to great ambition.
If you can be indifferent, you will have some true knowledge.
Quietly guard the time and polish the years. As long as you can calm down, you can achieve the ultimate in simple things and achieve purity, and this perfection and purity will definitely breed the greatest value and achievement in life.
?There are many benefits of getting up early: First, you can have a lot more time to study than others, which is equivalent to living longer than others. Secondly, your mind is clearer in the morning and you can think clearly about what you have to do in the day. Thirdly, you can cultivate a person's diligent habits and character, thereby overcoming the huge risks that laziness brings to life.
?Diligence can maintain health, and diligence can nourish food.
The Five Diligences: Diligence with hands, diligence with feet, diligence with words, diligence with brains, and diligence with work.
?People today have misunderstood knowledge... The greatest knowledge is for daily use at home. Family is the base of everyone's life. It is said that whether a child is virtuous or not, six points are due to nature, and four points are due to family education. Whether a person's character can be shaped and whether he or she can achieve success and happiness throughout his life is determined 60% by his genetic genes and 40% by his family education environment.
?There are eight fundamentals in life: reading is based on exegesis, poetry is based on tone, doing business is based on pleasing relatives, maintaining health is based on being less angry, staying at home is based on not lying, and staying home It is the basis not to have banquets, it is the basis to be an official without money, and it is the basis not to disturb the people when marching.
?The famous "eight treasure rice": books, vegetables, fish and pigs, early scan for treasures.
Books mean reading frequently. Vegetables means growing vegetables. Fish means raising fish. Pigs means raising pigs at home. Morning means getting up early in the morning and not sleeping in late. Sweeping means sweeping the floor and sweeping the house. Kao means offering sacrifices to ancestors with respect. Treasure means not only living in harmony with your family, but also living in harmony with your neighbors and clan members. Loving people is a priceless treasure.
Zeng Jize said that no matter how busy you are, you should always take time to accompany your children and family every day. This is the best family education.
?If we carefully study Zeng Guofan’s family motto, we will find that while he teaches and educates, he also pays special attention to having a vivid influence and inspiration on his children in family life. In family relationships and in family education, whether there is interest or not is also a factor of great importance.
?The most famous saying of Zeng Zi’s life is, I examine myself three times every day. Only by repeatedly introspecting can a person finally transcend himself.
?The fundamental way to solve the problem is to place your hope on yourself, so that your determination, perseverance, wisdom, and potential can truly be unleashed.