As Zeng Guofan's monograph, this book not only tells the ups and downs of Zeng Guofan's life, but also exposes many unknown details of Zeng Guofan: five major setbacks in life; Entanglement and friendship with Left; Life income and expenditure; How to treat geomantic omen, physiognomy, divination and destiny? This book fills a gap in historical research: it studies the income and expenditure of an ancient official in detail for the first time, and reveals the relationship between the payroll, gray income and actual income of officials in Qing Dynasty.