Personal growth: from Zeng Guofan's daily class

If a person wants to strive for self-reliance, he must achieve it through self-cultivation.

The most famous person in history is Zeng Guofan.

Zeng Guofan's most striking thing is his twelve daily lessons:

First, the main aspects: neat and serious, never afraid. When there is nothing, the heart is in the cavity, and when there is a need, it is single-minded and not mixed. Qingming is in the bow, such as the rising sun;

Second, sit still: sit still for four hours at any time every day and stay in a suitable place, such as Zhending;

Third, get up early: get up at dawn, and don't fall in love after waking up;

Fourth, reading is the only way: if you haven't finished reading a book, don't read his book;

5. Reading history: reading twenty-three histories, circling ten pages every day, although something is uninterrupted;

Sixth, be careful: pay attention to the moment, the first time;

Seven, nourishing qi: gas storage demonstration, nothing to say to people;

Eight, protect yourself: save labor, abstinence, diet;

Nine, heaven knows the earth: read books every day and record your thoughts;

Ten, the month does not forget what it can: write a few poems every month to test the amount of accumulation and nourish the spirit;

XI。 Writing: Write for half an hour after meals. Any pen and ink entertainment is regarded as your own course. Never wait until tomorrow, the more you accumulate, the harder it is to get rid of it.

Don't go out at night: I'm exhausted from work, so I'll cut the ring.

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The first aspect: neat and serious, never afraid. When there is nothing, the heart is in the cavity, and when there is a need, it is single-minded and not mixed. Qingming is in the bow, such as the rising sun;

Being neat and serious, never being afraid, is to treat everything seriously and attentively, and always observe your heart to see if you are in the present and whether you have devoted all your attention to what you are doing. When you have nothing to do, you should pay attention to yourself and focus on mindfulness instead of wandering around with past and future ideas.

Confucianism is cautious and independent, and pays attention to its own thoughts, which is subtle and complicated. If you are not careful, your heart will be taken away. You should walk on thin ice and keep your heart clear.

This day's class is of great significance to modern people. Modern people are generally tempted by electronic products, especially mobile phones. A large number of people are addicted to game videos and novels. The reason is that they can't take good care of their hearts and let them be taken away by game video novels. Once they get used to it, it's even harder to get rid of it. A person's concentration will gradually lose, and his control over life and execution of things will become weaker and weaker.

Keeping a clear head and keeping yourself in a state of mindfulness is the beginning of all growth.

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Article 2 Sit-in: Sit-in for four hours at any time every day to be in a calm position, such as Zhending;

The second is to realize the first necessary execution method. When a person's life is a mess and he can't control his own life, he might as well try to sit still and calm himself down. No matter what time and posture he takes every day, he will close his eyes, feel the feeling of his body seriously, and draw back with his mind wandering, from 5 minutes to an hour, step by step, and stick to it every day, and he will gain something.

If you really do it, you will find that after a period of time, your mind will be calm, your mind will be clear, your mind will be less upset, your attention will be improved, and your resistance to external temptations such as mobile phones will be improved.

Not only meditation, but also health, which will be healthy and peaceful over time.

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Article 3 get up early: get up at dawn and don't fall in love after waking up;

It is also said in Zhu Zi's Family Instructions that you should get up at dawn and clean the court, both inside and outside.

Why get up early? Because getting up early is good for both body and mind.

We know that there are spring, summer, autumn and winter, and there are 24 solar terms in a year. In fact, there are spring, summer, autumn and winter and twenty-four solar terms every day. From the time point of view, it is winter from 9 pm to 3 am, and you need to have a rest at this time. The healthiest plan is to start sleeping at 2 1:00, and then get up after 5: 00 in the morning, because 5: 00 in the morning is at 2: 00.

Get up before 6 o'clock in the morning, and your body's yang will rise slowly, just like the sun in your body. If you don't get up at this time, your yang will be trapped in your body, and one day you will feel tired.

So whenever you go to bed, you must get up at five or six o'clock to exercise, and then sleep when you are sleepy, so that the day will be full of energy.

Getting up early is important for both body and mind. Getting up early can exercise a person's hard-working spirit, especially in winter. Climbing out of bed when it is freezing can greatly exercise our ability to face temptation.

Moreover, getting up early is also the beginning of the day. If you tidy up your internal and external environment, make preparations and plans for the day's work, and be neat and orderly, the whole person will be full of energy.

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Article 4: Don't read a book until it is finished.

This day shift can be said to have hurt the hearts of too many modern people. Now is an era of knowledge explosion, and knowledge has become readily available. Such an excellent learning environment could have trained a lot of talents, but it was the impetuousness of modern people that turned good things into bad things.

There must be such people around us. They study everywhere, sign up for many courses, wander around major communities, buy all kinds of books and attend all kinds of classes, but they can't see obvious progress.

As the saying goes, the bear breaks the stick, breaks one and throws another. I want to eat them all, but none of them are completely eaten.

The reason is that I am too impetuous. I always want to learn quickly and change quickly. I haven't practiced any methods. If I can't see the effect, I'll find another way quickly. I can't calm down and lose my temper. Even if there is a road ahead, you can't get up!

What is the correct method?

A deep, long-term smoking!

Find a system that you like and can solve practical problems in life, plunge into it and learn to watch something else. The essence of learning is to learn theory first and then practice. Long-term repeated review exercises can have real kung fu!

Kung fu is not blown out, it is practiced!

Therefore, Zeng Guofan would say that reading is the only way. If you don't finish reading a book, you won't read other books. Besides, all the books he chose are historical classics. Studying a classic for a long time is better than reading a hundred books.

So for those who brag about reading one book a day and hundreds of books a year, just look, know where their pain points are, find books in the corresponding fields, and settle down to read one by one and practice one by one. This is better than reading 1000 books a year.

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Article 5 reading history: reading twenty-three histories, circling ten pages every day, although there is no interruption;

Do you know how many words there are in the history of twenty-three? More than 40 million words! This is not a junk word in online novels, but a historical classic that needs to be considered every word. More than 40 million words, reading ten pages every day, punctuating and always uninterrupted, this spirit is worth learning.

Here also embodies the Zeng Guofan has been mentioned in the letter from home:

Nothing is difficult in the world without perseverance!

Zeng Guofan kept a diary, read books and reflected on himself every day until the day before his death. This spirit is worth emulating.

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Article 6 Caution: Pay attention to the moment, the first time;

Spoken English is very important. Needless to say, everyone can understand it. Be careful, don't make big mistakes at any time.

Article 7: Nourishing qi: You have nothing to say to others when the gas storage is demonstrated;

Meng Ziyun: "I am good at cultivating my noble spirit", that is, cultivating a noble spirit in my chest. This kind of righteousness is supreme, which makes people aboveboard, energetic and enterprising. What you can't say to people is not only the result of invigorating qi, but also an important method of invigorating qi. Doing things according to one's own nature and taking conscience as the standard of doing things is naturally aboveboard.

It can be said that this practice is not only beneficial to mental health, but also beneficial to physical health.

Wise people are happy, but benevolent people live long. This is a fact.

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Eighth health: save labor and control diet;

This article is the sequel to the seventh article "Nourishing Qi". If nourishing qi focuses more on the spiritual level, then keeping in good health focuses on the physical level of the body.

I think everyone has heard of the word time management. In fact, time can't be managed, only we can manage it ourselves. The most important part of time management is actually energy management.

Energy management is a new word. To put it bluntly, it is what we often call health care.

The essence of health preservation is to increase the source of physical energy, reduce expenses, control desires, control work and control diet, all of which must be done to reduce expenses.

Temperance mainly refers to the lust of men and women, and labor refers to the excessive use of the body. For example, modern people stay up late and play mobile phones. All belong to the category of karoshi. Temperance means reducing overeating, eating seven points full and so on. So I won't go into details.

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Article 9 Know everything every day: read books every day and record your thoughts;

Article 10: Never forget what you can do: write a few poems every month to test the accumulated amount and the prosperity of invigorating qi;

Article 11 Writing: Write half an hour after meals. Any pen and ink entertainment is regarded as your own course. Never wait until tomorrow, the more you accumulate, the harder it is to get rid of it.

Here are some rules about reading the secretary's notes and writing. Rule 9: When reading, you must take notes and record your thoughts.

Article 10 What we need to learn is self-test, and we can measure the situation of invigorating qi by the quality of our own poems.

Article 11 Practicing calligraphy, taking daily entertaining writing as one's homework, putting the practice into daily life and practicing it all the time is the fastest way to improve.

We can also expand this article. Since you can practice calligraphy in your life, can you exercise in your life? As long as we have the mind to practice deliberately, do housework, go up and down stairs, go out for dinner and take part in transportation, isn't that the gym we practice deliberately?

And practice writing in life, okay? Chatting with family and friends and communicating with colleagues and superiors, including making friends, is it also an opportunity for us to practice calligraphy?

The key is to cultivate this psychological habit of deliberate practice and know how to practice through micro-practice. After a long time, natural progress is obvious.

Twelfth don't go out at night: when you are tired of your job, you should give it up.

The enlightenment to us is to keep our spirits up, rest in time at night, and don't have too many entertainment activities, especially playing mobile phones late at night, which will inevitably lead to physical weakness and psychological problems. The prevalence of social depression now has a lot to do with staying up late for excessive entertainment.

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The best way for personal growth is to set your own daily classes according to Zeng Guofan's 12-day classes, so you should write daily inspections every day. If you persist for a long time, you will learn a lot yourself. This is what you really need to learn and practice, instead of looking for faster and better ways to succeed!