Zeng Guofan's Front and Side
About This Novel
"The Front and Side of Zeng Guofan" tells the ups and downs of Zeng Guofan's life, revealing many unknown details: the five major setbacks he encountered in his life; his entanglement and friendship with Zuo Zongtang; his lifetime income and expenditure; how to treat Feng Shui, fortune telling, destiny, etc. The author shows us a diligent, pragmatic and self-disciplined "Wen Zhenggong" Zeng Guofan, a contradictory and struggling career official embedded in the core of the system. Through Zeng Guofan, readers can get a glimpse of the subtle and complex "hidden rules" of traditional Chinese officialdom and the unique survival philosophy of the system with Chinese characteristics.
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Zeng Guofan's front and side
Before reading Zhang Hongjie, all I knew about Zeng Guofan was that he was a success expert who worked hard at street stalls across the country and brought hope to little reptiles from all walks of life. If I am lucky enough to live today, I will definitely go on a lecture tour in major universities with the theme "My success can be replicated". But after reading Zhang Hongjie's book, I realized that he was actually a humble and prudent old man: "If you know that there are many books but few people I have seen, you will not dare to be proud of yourself; if you know that there are many changes in the world but I have done few things, you will not dare to be proud of your fame." That's really good.
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Official(2)Scraped 1mo ago
Zeng Guofan's front and side
Before reading Zhang Hongjie, all I knew about Zeng Guofan was that he was a success expert who worked hard at street stalls across the country and brought hope to little reptiles from all walks of life. If I am lucky enough to live today, I will definitely go on a lecture tour in major universities with the theme "My success can be replicated". But after reading Zhang Hongjie's book, I realized that he was actually a humble and prudent old man: "If you know that there are many books but few people I have seen, you will not dare to be proud of yourself; if you know that there are many changes in the world but I have done few things, you will not dare to be proud of your fame." That's really good.
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