Thoughts on reading Zeng Guofan's biography

After reading a certain work, I believe everyone has accumulated their own reading comprehension. It's time to write an article and record it well. Don't think that you can handle your feelings casually after reading it. The following are my feelings about reading Zeng Guofan's biography. Welcome to learn from it, I hope it will help you.

Read Zeng Guofan's biography 1 I recently read Zeng Guofan's biography books, and I admire this famous minister in the late Qing Dynasty for his grasp of the world and his prediction of the world trend. Times make heroes. Without the Taiping Rebellion, Zeng Guofan would not have appeared in the late Qing Dynasty, and there would be no so-called "Zhongxing" theory. History has always been frivolous, and the world of this world has been changed beyond recognition in a joke.

Zeng Guofan's theory is true for the evaluation of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. 14, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom messed up half of China with heresy and cruel slaughter, which was the biggest national chaos since the Qing Dynasty. By the end of 18, when global civilization was in the ascendant, the Chinese nation suffered such a tragic experience that it could not be said that the decline of civilization made the national disaster worse.

Although Zeng Guofan's theory of loyalty to the monarch was derived from the enlightenment of Confucianism for thousands of years, it is also a great irony to look at the world at that time. The Taiping Rebellion was the result of the education of these Confucian masters who claimed to be great scholars. In the eyes of Confucianism, there is a monarch, who has the sole right to raise Confucianism under power. Confucianism eventually alienated into a superior tool, an actor who enjoyed playing under power. Some masters of Chinese studies are now talking about Chinese studies, and they are still praising their ancestors' wisdom and greatness in choosing words and seeking opinions from others. I didn't know that even a yellow-mouthed child could pick out a few words in 20xx. The evil of Confucianism came first, and heresy came first, so that the foolish people of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom later made trouble.

The tragedy of Confucianism, for the Chinese nation, is really a thousand-year tragedy, which stifled the bud of civilization, finally made it silent, missed the great stream of civilization advancing with the times, was eliminated by the world, and accumulated weakness and humiliation for a century. Up to now, there are still many disasters. The author is very disgusted with the current craze for Chinese studies. Following the guide rail and learning from the past is really the countercurrent of the civilized world. If we, who call ourselves masters of Chinese studies, can see clearly the general trend of today's civilization development, stop looking for a way out from that pile of old papers, and then quote classics to guide the world, the Chinese nation may develop better.

The devil of Confucianism lies in the beauty of power, and what weak bones educate is the truly stupid Uber. Up to now, no man of insight in China has been able to study the development tide of world civilization and the general trend of future development since17th century. Pretending to be a so-called civilization for thousands of years is simply ignorance.

Zeng Guofan's experience is an opportunity to gain momentum. It was very lucky in the late Qing Dynasty, and it was also a kind of luck for the nation. Compared with decline, history is not thin for the Chinese nation, and it has chosen a relatively light one. However, if there were no disaster of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, there would be no experience of Zeng Guofan, civilization would advance eastward and history might be rewritten. History has no ifs and there will be no ifs. After Zeng Guofan, after the failure of the Reform Movement of 1898 and the emergence of the party state in Sun Shi, the Chinese nation still failed to catch up with the trend of civilized development and went astray all the way.

In the sixth year of Tongzhi (1867), that is, on June 20th, three years after the death of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Zeng Guofan, the leader known as "General Zhongxing", had a heart-to-heart talk with his staff Zhao Liewen. Speaking of the situation in the late Qing Dynasty, he once said: "Beijingers say that the weather in Doumen is very bad, and cases of holding battles with naked flames occur from time to time, while beggars in the market are in droves, and even women are naked." The people are poor and rich, and they are afraid of change. What can we do? "Zhao said," the public security in the world has been unified for a long time, and it will inevitably be scattered. But the main morality is heavy, and the atmosphere is not open. If it is not a bad heart, it will not fall apart. With strength, the future disaster will be fundamentally overthrown, and then Kyushu has no owner, and everyone has his own interests, almost 50 years. " He once said, "The Lord of this dynasty is virtuous, otherwise he would not be here." Zhao said, "The Lord is just, but the grain report should not be too thick. At the beginning of the country, it was too easy to start a business, the slaughter was too heavy, and there were people in the world. What a coincidence. Heaven is hard to know, good and evil are not concealed, and the virtue of the first monarch is insufficient. "Zeng Guofan lamented:" I hope to die day and night. I'm worried about the shackles of the Zongshe. "

Zeng Guofan's grief and indignation is really fortunate. A generation is loyal to Confucianism, and his achievements are the same as those of the Lord, which is also what he wants. After this conversation, as expected, Zhao Liewen died 45 years later. National chaos can't produce what Zhao Liewen said. The collapse of Zeng Guofan's clan society is not a national blessing. It can be seen that the laws of history and the development of civilization complement each other, so what can Confucianism do?

After reading Zeng Guofan's biography, I feel 2 "I am in my thirties, my career is gone, and my family is worried. This is my life. It is a waste! "

In life, we can always hear such angry words. Some people, in their thirties, have been wandering all their lives, but they feel that they have accomplished nothing.

I sighed deeply and never recovered. I always thought this was my life.

Everything happens for a reason. If you don't succeed at a certain age, you should stop and reflect on what you did wrong.

In ancient times, it was easy to be laughed at for being unsuccessful at the age of 30. Ancient people did everything in advance because of their short life span.

Some people become famous in their teens, while others may become officials in their twenties.

Zeng Guofan didn't wake up until he was thirty. It's similar to the original situation, except that I wasted ten years at the age of 30.

But instead of complaining or accepting his fate, he began to change his plan.

In order to reflect on himself, Zeng Guofan began to keep a diary in the later days. Of course, although he remembered it at first, there were also bad times.

This involves the principle of persistence. Later, because of the changes in people and environment, he began to insist.

Of course, the environment in Hunan is inferior to that in Beijing. Those who hold high positions or can be selected by the court have some things.

With excellent people, you will naturally learn excellent things, so Zeng Guofan has changed a lot at this time.

Keeping a diary every day is the basis of becoming a saint. Becoming a saint is a change of Zeng Guofan from top to bottom and from outside to inside.

The role of a diary is to "study a few things", and the so-called research is the details. Start with the details and then reflect on yourself.

Do you have to find your own shortcomings when you reflect on yourself? Yes, Zeng Guofan found it, and we have it.

The first question-impetuous, restless

The second problem-arrogance and poor cultivation.

The third question-hypocrisy

These three shortcomings or problems, even now many people have.

Zeng Guofan doesn't look very clever. At least like his father, he participated in the imperial examinations many times in a row and was even criticized by the examiners in public, becoming the laughing stock of all.

He didn't have any good cards, and even got a bad hand. However, it is precisely because I saw my own shortcomings that I slowly changed the bad cards into good ones.

After reading Zeng Guofan's biography, we will find that the key figures in Zeng Guofan's official career are not only himself, but also the emperors and officials who cherish him.

This, like later Li Hongzhang, is a figure who grew up under the cultivation of Zeng Guofan. Of course, Zeng Guofan was able to cultivate Li Hongzhang in this way because Li Hongzhang made a difference.

While the iron is hot, you need to be hard. If we don't have the strength and the favor of others, where can we meet noble people?

If you are in your thirties and have no career, I suggest you look at this biography of Zeng Guofan, reflect on yourself and change yourself. As long as we are willing and persistent, it is never too late!

Read Zeng Guofan's biography 3 "Let A be the condition and B be the conclusion."

B~ can be deduced from A, and A ~ can be deduced from B, then A is the necessary and sufficient condition of B.

A is a necessary and sufficient condition for B, if B can be deduced from A, but not from B..

A is a necessary and sufficient condition for B. If B cannot be deduced from A, A can be deduced from B..

You can't deduce B ~ from A. You can't deduce A ~ from B. Then A is the insufficient and unnecessary condition of B. "This is a relationship in geometry, which also applies to life. If "success" is taken as the conclusion B. What is the necessary and sufficient condition A for success? Self-discipline, perseverance and ambition.

Today, reading the Biography of Zeng Guofan written by the famous historian Zhang Hongjie is a model of learning and inspiration. Success explains the secret of an ordinary person's success-self-discipline, perseverance and great ambition.

I. Self-discipline

Zeng Guofan "was born in an ordinary family, with the worst talent and poor health, and was the best among the great men of his generation." "There are still many shortcomings in my personality when I was young, such as poor self-management ability." Just a scholar took the exam for nearly ten years, so that he became the laughing stock of Hunan people. Especially in the 12th year of Daoguang, it not only failed in the list, but also was criticized by examiners, which became a negative example of "lack of arts and sciences" and made the province "famous". However, he was not discouraged. "After returning to China, he plunged into his study, reflected on his years of study and examination experience, and found out the reasons for his failure." "He found out his papers over the years, and repeatedly compared them with those model essays to see where he was. It seems that Zeng Guofan summed up his main problem is that his writing is too cautious, pays too much attention to local polishing, and lacks overall clearance and overall momentum. " Many things happen. In the thirteenth year of Daoguang, when he set foot on the road of imperial examination again, he really won the scholar. "I have mastered the tricks of the exam, and writing exam-oriented articles is getting more and more handy. Then he won an award. And smoothly entered the Hanlin Academy. " The difficult imperial examination experience was an excellent self-education for Zeng Guofan, which not only strengthened his character of "getting frustrated more and more", but also shaped his unique philosophy of life. It is because he is still clumsy that he realizes that fools have no intellectual capital, so they are more open-minded and willing to pay than others.

Those who enter the Hanlin Academy are all elites of the whole country. Compared with others, he has many serious defects: speaking a difficult dialect, narrow vision, vulgar thoughts, smoking, impetuous sitting still, loving going to the food market to watch the excitement and killing people. This strengthened his confidence in self-discipline, insisted on keeping a diary every day to regulate his behavior, and sent the diary to his friends for circulation, thus achieving the purpose of self-discipline. This is one of the secrets of his success.

Until his later years, he still worked as usual, cleaning up documents, meeting guests, reading books on science, proofreading and revising manuscripts, etc.

Second, aim high.

"Zeng Guofan 1840 entered Beijing as an official, entered imperial academy, and 1852 left Beijing. In the past ten years, it has moved seven times in ten years and jumped ten levels in succession, creating a record of Daoguang Chao. " He is neither an official second generation nor a rich second generation, and he still has many bad habits. Why are you so prosperous in officialdom? First, self-discipline and strong self-management ability. The second goal is high. At the age of 30, he put forward the goal of "learning to be an excellent official". To this end, he made twelve catch-ups for himself:

1, Lord: neat and serious, clear in the bow, like the rising sun;

2。 Sit-in: Sit-in for four hours at any time every day and keep a calm posture, such as Zhen Ding;

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

4。 Reading is the only way: if a book is not finished, don't read his book;

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

6。 Caution: pay attention to the moment, the first time;

7。 Nourishing qi: there is nothing to say to people when demonstrating gas storage;

8。 Protect yourself: save labor, abstinence and diet;

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

10。 I never forget what I can do: write a few poems every month to test the amount of accumulation and the prosperity of invigorating qi;

1 1。 Writing: write for half an hour after meals;

12。 Don't go out at night

The first three of Zeng Guofan's twelve rules are reading preparation. Articles 4, 5, 9, 10, 1 1 are reading methods; Rules 6, 7, 8 and 12 seem to have little to do with reading, but in essence they require you to concentrate on reading well, so these seemingly unrelated rules are important means to ensure reading quality. Zeng Guofan's reading characteristics are: there are courses in daily classes and perseverance; Seek to keep promises, regardless of doors; Good at generalization; Learn from each other's strengths and keep pace with the times. Zeng Guofan's reading experience still has positive reference significance for us today.

"Zeng Guofan started from a humble scholar, founded the army, led the pack, turned the tide, and helped to make contributions, which was the fate of China's traditional culture from being completely destroyed, and also allowed the life of the Qing Dynasty to last for 60 years. He demands himself by the standards of sages, and his moral cultivation is almost pure. The strong sense of mission of taking the world as its own responsibility, the grand ambition of self-cultivation, family harmony and governing the country, and the broad mind of the people are the spiritual driving force that supports Zeng Guofan's struggle in difficulties and hardships. "

Third, you heng.

Zeng Guofan's perseverance can be seen from the beginning of Jinshi. Otherwise, how to take the exam in the past ten years? How can we persist in scientific research when we become the laughingstock of Xiangxiang and the negative example of the whole province? On the contrary, I gave up long ago. Without perseverance, the history of women in the Qing Dynasty should be rewritten.

After entering the Imperial Academy, he found that his colleagues were all elites in the country, and he had too many bad habits. what should he do ？ He didn't stop there, but made twelve catch-ups for himself, and regulated his behavior in the form of keeping a diary. Until his later years, Zeng Guofan lived in constant introspection, constantly reflecting on his shortcomings and correcting his behavior in his diary every day. At the age of sixty-two, he has made great achievements, and the remorse and introspection in his diary are still exactly the same as when he was thirty. It took him 30 days to quit smoking, and then another 30 years to quit more difficult habits. "Zeng Guofan was diligent and persistent in his later years. Although he was blind in his right eye and his eyesight was not good, he still read some books after handling his official duties every year. Sometimes my eyes hurt too much, so I close my eyes and meditate. Until the end of my life, I still didn't stop my high-intensity work or stop introspection. " Through unremitting efforts, he completed a thorough transformation and reached the realm of three immortals: Li De's words and meritorious deeds. Zeng Guofan used his own life to prove the height that human willpower can reach. My own practice has proved that a person with very mediocre qualifications can become a superman if he sincerely improves himself and cultivates change. It is worthy of reference and worship by future generations.

I am also an ordinary person. If I want to succeed, let's set sail with self-discipline, perseverance and lofty goals! This is the most direct way to success.

Reading the Biography of Zeng Guofan 4 "The Biography of Zeng Guofan" is a book I have been reading recently. The author is Zhang Hongjie who has a deep study of Zeng Guofan. I didn't quite understand Zeng Guofan's suppression of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom when I read Zeng Guofan's Biography before, but today, my idea is gone.

In the book, the author naturally leads out and tells in detail the roots of Zeng Guofan's suppression of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. In Zeng Guofan's eyes, Confucianism is the only truth between heaven and earth. And Hong Xiuquan just "sings the opposite". He believes in western Christianity very much, which is more or less understandable. Hong Xiuquan, on the other hand, called China's traditional culture a "demon" book and a "demon" technique, with the intention of burning all China classics and destroying all China's traditional beliefs.

When I read this, my expression was highly concentrated and tightened my heartstrings. "The temple was burned or torn down" and "books, calligraphy and painting can be said to have been completely washed away". When I read these words, my heart broke. At that time, thousands of years of cultural accumulation in China was in danger of complete destruction. If it were me, I wouldn't sit still, let alone Zeng Guofan! Zeng Guofan will not sit idly by with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom alone. The peasant uprising in history never tried to destroy China culture, which was the fundamental reason why Zeng Guofan suppressed the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

The book also quoted Mr. Qian Mu's view that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom could succeed if it tried to overthrow the Qing Dynasty. But if they want to completely overthrow the history and culture of China, it is impossible to succeed. This is also an important reason for the failure of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

So I think Zeng Guofan's suppression of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is extremely wise. Zeng Guofan chose to suppress the Taiping Army, which, to a certain extent, enabled China culture to be passed down to this day.