Li Hongzhang's Discussion on China's Traditional Culture

We often say? Character determines fate? The core of personality is attitude, so it is actually a person's attitude to do things that determines a person's fate.

Although fate is impermanent, we can change our destiny by changing our attitude regardless of subjective uncontrollable factors. This is reflected in some great men in history.

Zeng Guofan, Li Hongzhang, Zuo and Zhang Zhidong are important figures in the modern history of China. What are they collectively called? Four famous ministers of ZTE in the late Qing Dynasty? . Among these four people, the relationship between Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang is particularly special.

Some people say that Li Hongzhang has Zeng Guofan's shadow, and he completely accepted Zeng's mantle. In their careers, they do have a relationship of inheritance, but in their attitudes towards life, they are quite different.

Zeng Guofan is a scholar deeply influenced by traditional culture and attaches great importance to personal cultivation. There is both modesty and hypocrisy in him.

Li Hongzhang does not pay attention to character cultivation. He talks about pragmatism and refuses to go down? Stupid kung fu? More keen on playing tricks. In Zeng Guofan's words, Li Hongzhang has been there? Desperate to be an official .

This attitude towards life not only made Li Hongzhang toss and turn in the chaos of the late Qing Dynasty, but also made him suffer a lot when he was young, so that he was nearly 40 years old and still accomplished nothing. If Zeng Guofan had not been met, the young Li Hongzhang would have lost everyone.

Li Hongzhang was born in a small village in Hefei, Anhui. Although his family has been farming for generations, there has always been a tradition of reading. When Li Hongzhang's father, Li Wenan, came, the Li family's luck finally changed: Li Wenan became famous, and he was admitted to the imperial examination in the same year, and there was a young man named Zeng Guofan from Hunan.

Li Hongzhang ranks second in the family. He was very successful as a teenager. At the age of 65,438+07, he was admitted to the Jinshi and later went to Beijing to worship Zeng Guofan. 24-year-old, a scholar in high school, was awarded the post of editor of Hanlin Academy. From then on, yue longmen, the carp, changed her fate in one fell swoop.

However, it is often a person's attitude that determines the direction of life, not just IQ and talent.

Editing this for the Hanlin Academy? Golden rice bowl? Li Hongzhang doesn't look at his eyes. In his view, reading is just to make a fortune, and learning is just a stepping stone. What he wants is knighthood, and to achieve this goal, he can't rely on reading.

At that time, with the rise of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the regular army of the Qing Dynasty was defeated repeatedly. On the contrary, Xiang's self-built local militia became more and more brave, and its leader Zeng Guofan's position soared.

Thus, his teacher became the object of Li Hongzhang's imitation. But at this time, Li Hongzhang just wanted to take shortcuts, but he didn't know how much Zeng Guofan had fallen behind. Stupid kung fu? .

Zeng Guofan's great achievements in the ever-changing late Qing Dynasty have a lot to do with his indomitable attitude towards life.

In Zeng Guofan's view, if you want to achieve great things in life, you must have indomitable spirit and firm determination? It's quite unique. Be a first-class person? .

To be a great man, you should not rely on cleverness or please others, but on yourself. Is that what he said? That is, sages have their own way of self-reliance, so they can be independent and fearless. ?

He never places his hopes on others, but thinks that only when he is good enough can someone help him. Only self-improvement can truly succeed.

Zeng Guofan thought that if you want to succeed, you must get off the bus? Stupid kung fu? Concentrate and persevere. He compared this seemingly clumsy concentration to? Dig a well? But no matter when you dig a well, you can't ask for the quantity. You should always dig a well until the water comes out. Give up easily if you can't dig water, and then dig the second and third mouth, so you can't dig water after all.

He also put this perseverance? Stupid kung fu? Compare to? Planting trees? , the so-called? Ten years of trees? What is needed is perseverance and patience: sowing, fertilizing, watering and waiting for flowers to bloom.

Zeng Guofan also had a unique understanding of the failure after his efforts. He believes that success comes from these difficult tests.

Zeng Guofan led the troops and suffered repeated defeats and wars. He himself was once desperate, frustrated and even tried to drown himself.

But he was never completely defeated by the enemy, but completed his life transformation in failure and finally won.

In adversity, people need not only wisdom and talent, but also a tough attitude towards life. Only grit your teeth. Knock out teeth and swallow blood? In order to achieve something.

But when he was young, Li Hongzhang liked to play tricks on people and use means, imagining that he could succeed by taking shortcuts.

However, the truth of this world is often: successful people will be smart only if they work hard.

1853, the Taiping Army made a large-scale eastward expedition, went down the river from Wuchang, and captured Anqing, the capital of Anhui Province, all the way, aiming at Nanjing. The news reached the academician courtyard, and everyone was in uproar. Li Hongzhang was overjoyed, and his opportunity finally came.

Since he was not qualified to write directly to the emperor, Li Hongzhang encouraged Zuo Shilang, assistant minister of the Ministry of Industry in his hometown, to play, and the memorial was drawn up for him.

Words can express loyalty and lightness. Of course, Lu also comes to the net.

However, I didn't expect Emperor Xianfeng to play for real this time: didn't Ai Qing suggest organizing military forces to recover Anqing immediately? Since you have this filial piety, I will order you to organize Anhui Yingyong to conquer the thief army.

Lv Jixian's intestines are all regretful. Now even the regular army can't beat the Taiping rebels, let alone the militia should be forever. Maybe he will lose his head.

So, angry and regretful, I found Li Hongzhang and said, curse me and order me to go; I curse you, too. Let's play music. ?

Lv Jixian also dragged Li Hongzhang, who gave himself a bad idea at that time, into the water.

As a result, less than three years after he returned to Anhui as my brother, Lu Yinbing drowned and Li Hongzhang's father was overwhelmed and unhappy.

Accusations and impeachment from all sides have also poured in. Li Hongzhang was deprived of military power and stayed at home, and his life was returned to its original shape for the first time.

Only when you are good enough and willing to work hard for success will someone help you. Otherwise, any trick and ingratiation may be self-defeating. This is best confirmed by Li Hongzhang.

As the general public, we can only succeed if we do our best. But on the road to success, no matter how clever you are, you can't cross it, right? Stupid kung fu? Even if these three words are better than Li Hongzhang, don't try to get everything done in words.

Nowadays, many people envy those opportunistic people and always think that there are shortcuts to success. As everyone knows, people who always want to get rich in one step will not only become anxious, but will lose their goals and go astray.

Our attitude towards life and work should be like Zeng Guofan, giving up? Accelerate? 、? Overtaking? 、? Difficult? Have you imagined it? Sincerity? Psychotherapy and career. ? Stupid kung fu? It seems slow, but it is actually the fastest.