Zeng Guofan was a famous politician in the Qing Dynasty and made great contributions to the politics, military, culture and economy of the Qing Dynasty. Together with Li Hongzhang, Zuo Zongtang and Zhang Zhidong, he is known as the "Four Famous Officials of the Late Qing Dynasty and Zhongxing", and ranks first. But Zeng Guofan had a problem, that is, he was lustful. He felt that people who do great things must strictly demand themselves. So what did Zeng Guofan do to rob his lust?
Zeng Guofan caused a lot of troubles in his early days because of his lust. It was a joke. Later, after realizing his gaffe, Zeng Guofan decided to change his past and never do it again. In order to restrain his lust, the first thing Zeng Guofan did was to restrain his marital behavior and focus on studying and government affairs. In order not to be entangled with his wife, he often warned himself in his diary: knowing that the body is weak but not knowing how to control it, it is not filial. He admonished himself as unfilial behavior.
However, lust is difficult to control, especially when he is socializing in various official circles outside, he will see many beautiful wives and concubines. In order to prevent himself from having such evil thoughts, he wrote a warning in his diary. He has recorded many scandalous things that happened because of lust. If vigilance is still useless, he will scold himself or even call himself a beast. And this notebook for recording is always carried with me, never leaving it.
It is precisely because Zeng Guofan holds himself to extremely high standards that he will become more and more successful. Although the method is stupid, it is very effective. Apart from his wife Ouyang, Zeng Guofan had only one concubine in his life. Ouyang took the initiative to bring it up. Unfortunately, she died of illness after staying with Zeng Guofan for 19 months. Not only for ancient people, but also for contemporary people, the word sex is a knife in the head. Once human passions expand, they will be out of control. Therefore, people who do great things should be strict with themselves like Zeng Guofan, constantly improve themselves, and perfect their bodies. .