Zeng Guofan, I originally only knew that he was an important official of the Qing Dynasty. He founded the Hunan Army to suppress the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement, and launched Westernization in order to save the country... It was not until I saw many books about Zeng Guofan in a bookstore many years ago that I learned about him. The impact on future generations is definitely not what is written in history books.
Zeng Guofan, "the first famous official in the late Qing Dynasty", was known as "a model official" and "a perfect man through the ages." He adhered to certain rules and demonstrated strong spiritual inspiration in his conduct as a person, as an official, for the people, and for the country. He became a sage of the last days who was highly respected by people at the time and a role model for everyone who aspires to success. His wisdom in self-cultivation, principles of family management, skills in dealing with affairs, strategies for employing people, ways of being an official, and strategies for running the army are all respected by future generations.
So I became interested in him and bought a copy of "The Complete Strategy of Zeng Guofan", but I never finished it.
A few days ago, I suddenly saw "The Unreplicable Zeng Guofan" on a video, and clicked on it. It turned out to be the Romance of National History taught by Professor Zhang Hongjie. He restored a real and unique Zeng Guofan from a unique perspective. Read them all today. Extraordinarily exciting! ***Episode 12, just take a look at the title, it will attract people immediately:
1. One road leads to darkness
2. Reading without seeking official status
3. From flat ground, one can grow ten thousand feet high
4. Don’t live like a donkey or a horse
5. One pole overturns a boat of people
6. Don’t make a fortune by being an official
7. Knocking out teeth and swallowing blood
8. Shame on the Hunan Army after a snowfall
9. Water conduces to all things without fighting
10. The atypical life of an upright official
11. Promoting talents with alternative faces
12. Excellent Feng Shui is style
Although Zhang Hongjie The narration is calm and even expressionless, but the rich and interesting content makes people want to listen to the next episode immediately after listening to one episode! His analysis of Zeng Guofan goes beyond the perspective of ordinary people, allowing us to feel the self-discipline and sharpness of Zeng Guofan as a "perfect man", but also to see many aspects of his imperfection! Real, rich and lifelike! It's like a very familiar person next to you, who suddenly brings you closer to him. Although we are separated by more than two hundred years!
Just like Mo Yan’s evaluation of Zhang Hongjie:
“Zhang Hongjie uses his calm and meticulous writing style to vividly express the complex, profound, strange, incredible, unexpected and reasonable aspects of human nature. , the originally familiar historical facts took on a completely different look in his writing, fresh and charming."
Zhang Hongjie, male, Mongolian, was born in Jianchang County, Liaoning Province in April 1972. , graduated from the Historical Geography Research Center of Fudan University with a PhD in history in 2012, and studied under Professor Ge Jianxiong. Postdoctoral fellow in the History Department of Tsinghua University, and his co-supervisor is Professor Qin Hui. Currently working at the Institute of Qing History, Renmin University of China.
Published nearly 20 monographs such as "The Seven Faces of the Ming Dynasty", "The Evolution of Chinese National Character", "The Hungry Age: Gains and Losses in the Qianlong Era", and "The Front and Side of Zeng Guofan", and has Many works have been published in Hong Kong, Taiwan and overseas.
It is helpful to open the book. An excellent person introduces us to a saint. Everyone is full of knowledge!