Zeng Guofan's way of being an official.

Zeng Guofan, a famous minister in the Qing Dynasty, has made merits and demerits before and after his death, and there is no conclusion yet. However, Zeng Guofan's politics has always been sought after as an official's way of knowing people and employing people. Even Mao Zedong, Chiang Kai-shek and Liang Qichao, all-powerful figures in China, are all "fans" of Zeng Guofan. Zeng Guofan has a strong spirit. There is a famous streaking event, which wonderfully adds evidence to its tenacity. 38-year-old Zeng Guofan, in order to show his innocence and block the slander of his political opponents, stripped off his clothes in public and went into the vault naked to count the cash, and found out the truth about the deficit in the vault. Since then, Zeng Guofan has won the unprecedented trust of Daoguang. At the beginning of his official career, Zeng Guofan was praised for his promotion to the tenth level in nine years. Shortly after Emperor Xianfeng ascended the throne, he handed over the five powers of the Qing Empire to Zeng Guofan, 42. Zeng Guofan made a grand plan for himself with his academic support and personality charm. The promotion along the way has provided Zeng Guofan with rich experience and insight, and his tough personality has added infinite courage to him. Zeng Guofan lived a calm life and met countless people. The skills of observing people he learned from the book also helped him achieve great things. Even a small housekeeper, he is practical, with clear rewards and punishments. Gradually formed Zeng's wonderful method of knowing people, employing people and treating others: respecting the superior and not flattering the superior, so that the inferior does not bully the inferior. Zeng Guofan's diary and Zeng Guofan's letters are important classics for future generations to cultivate self-cultivation and educate their children. They embody the lofty spirit of traditional scholars in China, and also witness the continuation of traditional morality. On the one hand, Zeng Guofan set an example for future generations: through constant self-motivation and self-education, everyone can succeed. Qin Huang Hanwu, Tang Zong Song Zu, etc. They are all great, but they are far from ordinary people and can be worshipped but not imitated. Zeng Guofan can be studied by ordinary people. He became a saint, he made meritorious deeds, and he was scolded for marrying a little wife. All these advantages and disadvantages can also be seen in ordinary people. His spirit of self-improvement, cautious style, method of knowing people and employing people, good sense of overall situation, perseverance and other qualities that can achieve great things seem to be obtained from learning from him. I summed up that Zeng Guofan had the following principles in doing things, being a man and being an official in his heyday: being a man should be like a man, but being an official should not be too like an official; If everyone is offended, no one is offended; Where there is oil and water, it is often the most slippery and difficult place to stand firm, so don't be contaminated; I am afraid that the masses will scold you, and I am afraid that the masses will not look for you; You can offend busy people, but not idle people; Small victory depends on wisdom, and great victory depends on virtue; People can't take money to the grave, but money can send people to the grave. This may have some enlightenment for modern people.