Looking back on my previous life, I have always had a strong sense of moral superiority, thinking that I am aboveboard and clear about people. Therefore, I am too arrogant, too straightforward, too straightforward, and of course it is easy to cause resentment from others.
Acting alone is still a matter of opinion, and you can't choose good and follow, so the speaker is content with silence and leads him back.
Too proud, too eager, too reckless, too strong.
People who act too square look strong on the surface, but they are actually weak. The real strong people in this land are those who appear weak and give in. The so-called "the world is the softest and the world is the strongest"
Who gave birth to Zuo and who gave birth to Zeng —— A textual research on Zeng Zuo's life grievances
Zeng Guofan's principle of "cultivating talents" also embodies Zeng Ge's two points: 1. Intensive cultivation. And this achievement is exactly what he was introspected by Emperor Xianfeng during his nearly one and a half years at home. In the past, Zeng Ge was single-minded and only knew right and wrong, right and wrong, which caused his career to hit a wall everywhere. However, after a year and a half of change, Zeng Ge has become more tolerant of other people's right and wrong. 2. Loyal to the Qing government. Brother Zeng is the most loyal to the Qing government, no one. In the sleepy environment of the late Qing Dynasty, all emperors and officials lived in a sleepy state, and they were willing to do what they could. Brother Zeng is the pillar of the country and a typical example of the fence of national governance. Always consider for the Qing government and the whole world. At that time, talents like Zuo Xiong were like the bright moon among the stars. Brother Zeng had to seize the opportunity to seek the country with the Qing Dynasty. In this case, Brother Zeng must also let Brother Zuo exert his greatest energy to protect the Qing Dynasty.
Zeng Guofan's principle of employing people is to establish a person and get a talent, and he will never take this person for himself just because he is handy, so as not to promote him. He has long wanted to seek more development space for the left.
Reading Zuo's life carefully, we will find that almost no one except Hu Linyi, who died early, and his friends can read it from beginning to end. Although he was a hero all his life, the lack of friendship was the greatest regret of Zuo's life. In contrast, Zeng Guofan's interpersonal communication is much more successful than Left. Zeng Guofan has made friends like a cloud all his life and is a very outstanding figure. Zeng Guofan had a successful career all his life and got help from his friends. The success of his career, to some extent, is the success of being good at employing people. On the other hand, he is better at putting himself in the other's shoes, helping and repaying his friends and sparing no effort. Almost all Zeng Guofan's subordinates were recommended by him, and 26 of them became governors and ministers, that is, ministerial officials; Fifty-two people have become officials with more than three grades, that is, officials at or above the deputy ministerial level. In addition, there are countless Taoist priests, county magistrates, prefectures and county magistrates. Before and after the restoration of Tianjing, the Hunan department was "civil and military for a long time."
How Zeng Guofan was "reborn"
The most common human defects such as "being superior to others" and "treating yourself like others in everything" are obvious in him.
Appropriate "white lies" are essential lubricants in social interaction, but when insincerity becomes a habit, "floating falsehood" will follow, and people's faces will become vulgar and disgusting.
If a person is sincerely involved in self-improvement, his skills can be improved tenfold, his knowledge can be improved tenfold, his mind can be expanded tenfold and his temperament can be purified tenfold. Stupid people, through self-sharpening, can also see through, stand firm, speak out and do it.
People who float around can also become as calm and clear as a breeze. Paranoid people can also be open-minded and not arrogant.
People's efforts, God's cultivation, will make a tree grow tall quietly, and will also make a person mature slowly: "Don't forget not to help, look at the flat ground and grow as high as wood."
"Don't want money" in "The Grandmaster"
"To some extent" embodies the characteristics of China. The measure of this degree is a harmonious and nearly perfect interpretation of Zeng Guofan.
Zeng Guofan finally realized that the hidden rules in this land cannot be swept away by one or two people. If you want to achieve great things, you must go along with others to some extent. Only when all rivers run into the sea can you unite all those who can unite and mobilize all the forces that can be mobilized to work with you.
A clear and vague career as governor
However, the hidden rule of officialdom is that the duty of superiors is to be strict with themselves and publish bans, while the duty of subordinates is to be too polite and not to abide by these bans. It's called "take your positions" and everyone is happy.
Throughout Zeng Guofan's life, his official style is very unique. On the one hand, Zeng Guofan is indeed an upright official. His "purity" is genuine, with a clear conscience.
In the eyes of China people, a truly honest and clean official must be "crystal clear" and spotless until he becomes a "masochist" or "masochist" like Harry, which is admirable.
Zeng Guofan is far from sober to this extent. If we classify honest officials, Zeng Guofan should belong to "atypical honest officials". In other words, bones are clean and hardworking, and on the surface, they are the same. This is because Zeng Guofan's ambition is not to be an "honest official", but to do great things.
Zeng Guofan's geomantic omen, physiognomy, divination and destiny
In other words, the theory of good or ill luck in Feng Shui is "geography"; It is natural for a grandson to listen to his grandfather. When there is a conflict between "geography" and "justice", as believers in Zhu Cheng, we should of course choose the latter.
According to Neo-Confucianism, everything evolved from Taiji Qi. Since they are all qi, they can "communicate". Zhu used this to explain the existence of ghosts and gods. He said that people, like everything in the universe, are also condensed by qi.
Between heaven and earth, there is only one breath. What comes is a god, but what goes is a ghost. For example, suits, the living are gods and the dead are ghosts, all in one ear.
Looking back and studying heaven and man, Zeng Guofan suddenly realized that life is just a stream, and where it flows is completely determined by the terrain. In fact, I am like a bean, jumping randomly in the dustpan of fate.
We must look at personal success or failure from a relative perspective and judge the value of gains and losses from a larger dimension, instead of being obsessed with fame and fortune as before. If you enlarge your mind to the level of the universe, the little storm of honor and disgrace in the world is not worth mentioning.
Evil is to look at the eyes and nose, true and false lips, fame and fortune, dedication, life and death, storm heel, and order lies in language.
This is similar to "Young people don't listen to Jonathan Lee, but understanding is the end of this song". . .
Many words of the sage master sound empty, rootless, bottomless and unfathomable. Maybe one day, suddenly, there will be a * * * who will take your life experience and make you wake up.
We certainly have good reasons to classify Zeng Guofan's "superstition" as "ignorance". A large number of superstitious activities in his life reflected the limitations and backwardness of his thoughts. But at the same time, in the relationship between Zeng Guofan and China's mysterious culture, we can draw another conclusion: Zeng Guofan exhausted all the spiritual resources he could.
Zeng Guofan's clumsiness and shrewdness
However, what is the difference between this and Cao Cao's grandiloquence that "I would rather lose the world than let the world lose me"? Both of them are heroes in the world, but they stick to diametrically opposite ethics, which does not affect their success. 1. They live in different times and environments. Cao Cao was in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. Stand in troubled times. I have to have this heroic and slightly ferocious domineering. Zeng Guofan was in the sleepy late Qing Dynasty, but there was no confluence of treacherous court officials and division of the country. He always wanted to save the Great Qing Dynasty by himself, and all the people in the world should set an example and serve others with virtue. This point in Zeng Guofan, whether in officialdom or in the army, will not be reflected in abuse of power for personal gain. 2. A completely different personality. Cao Cao is suspicious by nature, and few people can be trusted. Zeng Guofan is honest and elegant by nature. Influenced by Confucianism and Neo-Confucianism. This is also the most basic moral bottom line on his way to becoming a saint.
"It is better to be convenient for me (appropriate) than to be convenient for me (appropriate)" Zeng Guofan was right. Driven by "Yu Liangqing", Zuo refused to accept Zeng Guofan all his life. At first, it was cynicism and attack, and finally, it was good for evil, but Zeng Guofan never returned this favor in his life.