Zeng Guofan was a politician, strategist, philosopher, writer and calligrapher in the late Qing Dynasty, and the leader of the armed Xiang army of Han landlords in the late Qing Dynasty. Daoguang Jinshi, a former bachelor of cabinet, was an official to assistant minister in the last years of Daoguang. He was good at talking about "morality" and "benevolence and righteousness" and praised Zhu Cheng's Neo-Confucianism. When the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom marched into Hunan, it was appointed as the deputy minister of Yingyong, and held Yingyong in Hunan. Later, a landlord armed group with the size of a regular army was formed-Xiang Army. Zeng Guofan is a representative of ancient literati who successfully cultivated themselves, governed the country and leveled the world.
He set an example for ordinary people from ordinary people to great people. The process of creating Xiang Army to save the Great Qing Dynasty was a hard struggle, so people in the workplace regarded him as their idol.