This book mainly talks about Zeng Guofan's profound influence on the politics, military, culture, economy and other aspects of the Qing Dynasty. Under Zeng Guofan's initiative, China's first ship was built, the first military engineering school was established, the first batch of Western books were printed and translated, and the first batch of students studying in the United States were arranged. It can be said that Zeng Guofan was the pioneer of China's modernization construction. Zeng Guofan and Hu Linyi are collectively known as "Zeng Hu", and together with Li Hongzhang, Zuo Zongtang and Zhang Zhidong, they are known as "the four famous ministers of the late Qing Dynasty and Zhongxing". He served as governor of Liangjiang, governor of Zhili, and bachelor of Wuyingdian. He was granted the title of first-class Yiyong Marquis, with the posthumous title "Wenzheng" and later generations called him "Zeng Wenzheng".
