If you are not a saint, you are an animal. Do not seek harvest, but seek cultivation.
Zeng Guofan is very confident that his goal can be achieved as long as he makes up his mind and works hard. He said: "If people can aspire to it, why not be a saint hero?" He added, "I want to be kind, and I am so kind." If I want to be Confucius and Mencius, I will work hard day and night. Only Confucius and Mencius are studying, and whoever gets it will conquer me! "
My brother's talent was not very low when he was young, but after getting along with ordinary people, he knew nothing about it and his knowledge was blocked for a long time. Get to know one or two intimate friends and know that there are so-called scholars, economists and so-called practitioners; Fan and Han can learn from it, and Han can also learn from it, and Cheng can also learn from it. People who think they have turned over a new leaf are parents' dutiful sons and brothers' forerunners.
"The inner good and evil are connected with the chaos of the country." A few, that is, ideas or things just show signs in the process of development. The so-called "study a few" is to seize these signs and study them carefully, so as to find out their development trends and interests. His "method of self-denial" is to eliminate all distractions that are not in line with the feudal holy road at the first sign by meditation, reading notes and discussing with each other, so as to make his thoughts develop in the direction required by the sages of the landlord class, connect academic, psychological and political skills, increase his knowledge and improve his moral level, and gradually experience and learn the ability to govern the country. This is a set of theories of Neo-Confucianism.
In the past, Zeng Guofan only knew that he was an executioner and madly suppressed the Taiping Rebellion. In history books, he is portrayed as a diehard, a defender of feudalism, benevolence and morality. Therefore, Zeng Guofan is remembered as a shriveled old man. But his thoughts influenced the top leaders of the Kuomintang and the * * * production party. His proteges were all over the Qing Dynasty, and his thoughts even influenced the land of Sanxiang for hundreds of years. After reading several books about Zeng Guofan, I gradually feel that Zeng Guofan is not only bound by benevolence, righteousness, propriety and wisdom, but also by the pedantry of loyalty and righteousness. He also learned the essence of 5,000 years from China culture.
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Pure heart is the foundation, and the right way is the body plan.
There is an anecdote about Mu Bin's evaluation of Zeng Guofan: people are proud of virtue and honesty, and they can't bear to bully each other. Zeng Guofan once said in a letter to his family: "In Jingz, there are many lawsuits." From his accomplishment, we can see how strict the traditional morality is to him. In my opinion, a considerable part of traditional ethics is enough, even essential. I am convinced that Mencius's "noble spirit" is of great significance, and his spirit of "abundance of heaven and earth" should come from the pursuit of goodness and feel foreign things with good thoughts.
In history, most successful people, even Chiang Kai-shek, were born with the spirit of sages. Zeng Guofan is no exception. He abides by feudal ethics and ethics, and his cultivation kung fu in Neo-Confucianism, especially his "Nothing is in the cavity, something is single-minded and not miscellaneous" is an excellent sentence for a pure heart. And be strict with yourself in everything "Being cautious and independent" and "always being fearless and disrespectful" should also be a straightforward behavior.
Sometimes, I feel that if a person's heart is clear, his mind is as clear as the outside, and he is not contaminated with dust, then whether he is a prince or Shu Ren, it is a comfort in harmony with heaven and earth.
Nowadays, with the change of social and economic structure, various traditional concepts have been strongly impacted. So is the "foundation" of life "a pure heart"? I often wonder about this, but in any case "pure heart" is very important.
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Show dry eventually becomes a building, gold and copper are not hooked.
This is probably the role of clearing the heart and clearing the qi. It is an inevitable trend to show success and become an architecture, and it is also a rational aspect of this social cycle. Anyone who becomes a great entrepreneur is not idle. Without the baptism of wind and frost, he can't grow into a tree. It is difficult to make steel without a hundred trials.
Zeng Guofan, the son of a small rural landlord family, did not limit his vision to the narrow world of Xiangxiang. Although his ideal is to be loyal to the monarch and be a guardian of feudal rule, his spirit in studying is obviously pleading for the people. It is precisely because of this that he has formulated a life discipline headed by "diligence" for himself, always motivating himself and inspiring his fighting spirit.
Here, I also want to talk about fate. Previous lives are doomed to wait for reincarnation. There is a description of Zeng Guofan's family cemetery in Black Rain and Blood Sacrifice, which has good feng shui and is destined to worship the king. Perhaps geography is not necessarily related to people's future destiny, but people's own initiative should be affecting their future destiny. There is no need to look at success too mysteriously. It has nothing to do with all the gods through the ages, but with their own quality. This quality includes the perfection of faith and personality strength, and the combination and blending of human consciousness and the environment of the times, which can induce mysterious warning voices. ...
Zeng Guofan said, "Either a saint or an animal." Such a strong sense of self, self-positioning can not be formed in an instant. That irresistible desire can only be realized by brave people. "I want to be benevolent, I want to be Confucius and Mencius, so I will work hard day and night. Only the study of Confucius and Mencius, whoever gets it, will conquer me! " No one can really resist. If you give full play to your consciousness to control your actions, there will be no difficulty.
Any success is not a coincidence of accidental factors, regardless of cultural structure and personality strength, it is achieved through long-term unremitting and meticulous efforts. The success or failure of a temporary event may be too obvious because of the existence of accidental events, but the development of a trend and a thinking along the "law" is the result of long-term effects.
The subject's strong self-awareness is so staggering in history. De Gaulle's Blade and Hitler's Mein Kampf are all strong feelings about the theme of the future society when there is no clue. Just like Bobby Chen's "Swallows Know Swan's Ambition", any "genius" can perceive his future across time and space. They are so strong and determined in this respect.
In order to achieve his long-cherished wish, Zeng Guofan devoted himself to self-improvement, from "diligence" to "awe" of destiny, all for his own goals.
I don't deny genius, nor do I deny the initiative of subjective consciousness. In my opinion, the emergence of great men is based on both.
Survival of the fittest, victory over the king and defeat of the enemy, accumulation of armpits into Qiu is reincarnation.
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The warehouse is full of mice and birds, and the grass is full of foxes and rabbits.
As Zeng Guofan, who was born in the feudal landlord class, his only choice was to safeguard the interests of his class. All the lessons Zeng Guofan learned were his loyalty to the feudal dynasty and his adherence to the benevolence, righteousness and morality of the monarch, minister and father.
In the history of China, there were many peasant uprisings, but few were successful. The leaders who led these uprisings rarely came out of the enlightenment of The Analects of Confucius and The Doctrine of the Mean. Most of them are slaves who strive for freedom and equality, and everyone represents the interests of a certain class.
Without Hong Xiuquan and maybe Zeng Guofan, the intellectuals of the landlord class would never play a mainstay role in the war.
People who work hard for their own interests are "smart people".
In the qualitative analysis of history, I think we should give Zeng Guofan the evaluation of "the executioner who suppressed the peasant uprising", but we should not blame him, which also implies that we should always be vigilant when combining with the most advanced forces in society.
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There are instructions in history, and those who come are not ashamed.
Short life has no proportion in the long history of pulse, and the fragile side of human life is so prominent in front of powerful nature. It's sad to see meteors fly by in the dark and the sparks go out. People are so small, hundreds of people like you and me can live in a narrow and shabby alley. People are so humble and arrogant in front of the weak, but in the storms, tsunamis and landslides of nature, chestnuts are like humble mentions. In the process of falling to the ground and dying, most people want to maintain the existence of the walking dead by eating and drinking.
However, human beings are still alive, and there is a spiritual existence that maintains human reproduction. Pangu opens the sky, Kuafu grows day by day, Zhoushan can't be touched by the power of * * *, and the dance of the stars and the sky are all beliefs that have been immersed in human blood for hundreds of thousands of years. This lofty and firm belief leads people to out of the dark and get out of fear.
Thousands of feet upside down, indomitable spirit is giving me a strong impact.
Life is hard, and her attraction is that darkness can't hide the light. Looking for the ideal light and leaving something for the hard life is the life without regrets.