Zeng Guofan's Front and Side 2
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The second part of "The Front and Side of Zeng Guofan" takes a closer look at the "Zeng family", learns about Zeng Guofan from the family culture and the situation of the Zeng family with Zeng Guofan as the core, and leads readers to interpret this model book of family governance with Chinese characteristics - "Zeng Guofan Family Letter". "Rectify oneself first, and govern the country before one's family." As a Confucian, Zeng Guofan's life was based on the logical structure of "The Great Learning". Therefore, he only did four things in his life: self-cultivation, ordering the family, governing the country, and bringing peace to the world. Zeng Guofan's way of managing the family has four points: 1. A strong sense of responsibility for the family, "teaching all my brothers what I know"; 2. Being truthful and frank with the family, sharing his own life experience; 3. The principles are simple and have been verified by his own thinking and verification; 4. Teaching according to people. Of course, if we read "Zeng Guofan Family Letters" in depth, we will also find that no one is perfect, and Zeng Guofan, a famous minister of his generation, also has his shortcomings. "The Front and Side of Zeng Guofan" tells the ups and downs of Zeng Guofan's life and reveals many unknown details. 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 philosophy of survival with Chinese characteristics.
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