Zeng Guofan's Family Letters

The content is easy to understand, and you can feel Zeng Guofan's respect for his elders, his concern for his brothers' studies, conduct, and self-cultivation, his concern and guidance for his son's education, and his plan for family prosperity. It also reflects his profound literary foundation.

This is a handbook of Eastern life philosophy and self-management written in the form of a letter. I read it for the purpose of making a living. From the beginning, it seems that this book will definitely be beneficial to me. Prerequisites for reading the book: Understand what Zeng Guopan did in Chinese history, and then read this book after fully understanding it.

The content is exciting and the narrative is detailed.

What is worth learning is to always remain modest, frugal and cautious, and to get rid of the bad habits of arrogance and extravagance. Eight Precepts: Reading is based on exegesis, writing poetry is based on tone, serving relatives is based on pleasing one's relatives, maintaining health is based on avoiding anger, standing up is based on not telling lies (that is, not telling lies), staying at home is based on not getting up, being an official is based on not needing money, marching is based on not disturbing the people.

Enlighten life, classic

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