Zeng Guofan's 36-word decision-making: the way of high position, no peace, no good end, no good end. How to understand it?

It means that if you are in a high position, you should clearly realize that high position is not for yourself and cannot be used for personal gain; When you are in a high position, you should be careful at all times. High positions can't be consistent with you, and you can't sit back and relax. When you are in a high position, you should always think about whether you are competent for your duties, and you should not sell yourself short.

Disagree: Disagree with other people's demands and use one's authority for personal gain.

Endless: don't be greedy. Give way when it's time to give way.

Invincible: a person in a high position. You can't suppress the people below! Recommend talents for the country!

From-Pan Jiashu, Zeng Guo, Qing Dynasty.

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Zeng Guofan devoted himself to study in his early years, and his academic research ranged from history and ancient prose to calligraphy, neo-Confucianism and various laws and regulations. He is thirsty for knowledge, comparable to Mei Zengliang and what a famous scholar, but he didn't become a good scholar in the end.

The main reason is that he was promoted to second-class officer before he could write a book. Since then, he has been busy fighting in officialdom, and later devoted himself to military campaigns, which made him unable to stick to the bookstore and concentrate on his studies.

Nan, a famous contemporary scholar, said in The Analects of Confucius: "Zeng Guofan, a famous minister of ZTE in the Qing Dynasty, had thirteen sets of knowledge, two of which were handed down from generation to generation, one of which was a letter from Zeng Guofan." Today, people can study Zeng Guofan's letters. It records the main activities of Zeng Guofan's life and his main thoughts in politics, family management, scholarship and army management, which is a precious material for future generations to study Zeng Guofan's thoughts.

After the conquest of Tianjing, Zeng Guofan was in power and returned to Gao Zhen, which made the Qing Dynasty extremely uneasy. Emperor Xianfeng once sighed when the Xiang army regained Wuhan: "I went to half of Hong Xiuquan and came to Zeng Guofan."

Zeng Guofan has rich political experience and historical knowledge, and is familiar with anecdotes of past dynasties. Therefore, after defeating the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, on the one hand, he killed the Xiang army, and on the other hand, he published letters to show his loyalty to the Qing court and stopped the jesters. Zeng Guofan's letters have been widely circulated since ancient times. After many choices, a variety of versions have been formed.

Generally speaking, there are more than 400 letters in his family, which lasted for 30 years from 20 years of Daoguang to/0/0 years of Tongzhi. Their contents include self-cultivation, child-rearing, housekeeping, making friends, employing people, dealing with society, managing money, studying, running the army and politics. These letters are true and detailed, ordinary and in-depth, and they are real and vivid treasures of life.

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