Zeng Guofan's Twelve Articles of Daily Class
1. Respect: neat and serious, never afraid. When there is nothing, the heart is in the cavity, and when it is necessary, it is single-minded and not miscellaneous. Qingming is in the bow, such as the rise of the day;
2. Sit-in: Sit-in for four minutes at any time every day, and stay in the right position, such as Ding Town;
3. Get up early: get up at dawn, and don't fall in love after waking up;
4. Reading is the only way: don't read other books until a book is finished;
5. Reading history: Read twenty-three histories and circle ten pages every day, even though things are uninterrupted;
6. Caution: Pay attention to the moment, the first time;
7. Nourishing qi: there is nothing you can say to people when the gas reservoir is demonstrated;
8. Keep fit: save labor, abstinence and diet;
9. Every day knows everything: read books every day and record your thoughts and words;
1. The moon never forgets what it can do: write several poems every month to test the amount of accumulation and the prosperity of nourishing qi;
11. Writing: Write for half an hour after meals. Any pen and ink entertainment, as their own courses. Never wait until tomorrow, the more difficult it is to get rid of the accumulation.
12. Don't go out at night: you're exhausted, and you're forbidden to quit.
Zeng Guofan
Zeng Guofan (1811 ~ 1872) was originally named Zicheng, with the word Bohan and the name Di Sheng. An important minister in the late Qing Dynasty, a famous strategist, philosopher, politician, calligrapher and writer, the founder and commander of the Xiang Army, and the founder of the "Xiangxiang School" of prose in the late Qing Dynasty.
in the 16th year of Jiaqing (1811), Zeng Guofan was born in Xiangxiang, Changsha, Hunan Province (now Shuangfeng County, Hunan Province) into a landlord family, with nine brothers and sisters as the eldest son. He was diligent and eager to learn since childhood, and entered the school at the age of 6; At the age of 8, he can read eight-part essays and recite five classics; At the age of 14, he was able to read the selected works of Zhou Li and Historical Records, and took part in the boy's test in Changsha in the same year, with excellent results.
in the 13th year of Daoguang (1833), he was admitted as a scholar. In the eighteenth year of Daoguang (1838), Gong Shi was tried and renamed as Guofan; Palace examination gave birth to a scholar; Jishi Shu was awarded to the Imperial Academy after the entrance examination. Since then, I have worked in the capital, made friends with Mu Zhang 'a, Woren and Tang Jian, and moved to the positions of reading, teaching bachelor, cabinet bachelor, assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites, assistant minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs, Ministry of Industry, Ministry of Punishment and official department. Ten years and seven moves, even ten steps.
in the third year of Xianfeng (1853), Ding You was in his hometown, and he was ordered to supervise the regimental training and founded the Xiang Army. Xianfeng four years (1854) led the Xiang army to suppress the Taiping rebellion. Xianfeng ten years (186) served as the governor of the two rivers and an imperial envoy, responsible for suppressing the affairs of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and initiating the Westernization Movement in China.
in the third year of Tongzhi (in 1864), the Xiang army attacked Tianjing (now Nanjing), awarded the title of Prince Taibao and conferred the title of First-class Yi Yong Hou, becoming the first person in the Qing Dynasty to seal the title of Wuhou as a scholar. Tongzhi four years (1865) as an imperial minister to suppress twisting; In the following year, he left his post for no work and returned to the post of Governor of Liangjiang. In the seventh year of Tongzhi (1868), he was transferred to the governor of Zhili.
In the ninth year of Tongzhi (187), he was ordered to go to Tianjin to deal with the "Tianjin religious case". He was condemned by the public opinion in the ruling and opposition because he succumbed to foreigners, and he was returned to be the governor of Liangjiang.
in the 11th year of Tongzhi (1872), he died in Nanjing. The imperial court posthumously awarded Taifu, posthumously enshrined Wen Zheng, and worshipped Zhaozhong and Xianliang Temple, the capital. Because he realized the Confucian ideal of self-cultivation, keeping the family in order, governing the country and leveling the world, and completed the great cause of "three immortals", he was praised as "the first minister of ZTE" and "the first perfect person in China through the ages"
Reference: Twelve Articles of Daily Class _ Baidu Encyclopedia?