"When scholars study, they must first be ambitious, secondly knowledgeable, and thirdly perseverant."
Thank you very much to Li Dong and the past is like smoke. I said there are three people Just start speaking, but in fact, since I am going to start speaking, it is good that you two can listen live, and it would be better if someone else comes. I think it is necessary to share with you the life principles that Zeng Guofan realized.
Everyone saw that what I just posted is that there are three principles for scholars to study. The first is to have ambition, the second is to be knowledgeable, and the third is to have perseverance.
Okay, three people are here, there are three people, Xiaojun is also here, it’s great.
Let me simply share it with you. It is very simple to talk about it. There are only three words: the first is ambition, the second is knowledge; the third is perseverance, which is perseverance.
About Zhi, we have been told about it countless times in the Analects.
I just talked about the four standards of talent two days ago. The first is to aspire to Tao; the second is to rely on virtue; the third is to rely on people, and the fourth is to wander around art.
What I am talking about is that a person must have ambition. What are the standards for ambition? It must conform to the Tao, the Way of Heaven, the Great Way, the Way of Humanity, and conform to the laws. That is what we want to do, the goals and direction, that is, our vision, must be beneficial to the most people.
It must be in line with the way of heaven, humanity, or the way of kings.
You can’t say that I am determined to be a thief. I am determined to bring harm to the country and the people. That is not called ambition, right? Start from the road and conform to the avenue.
Speaking of which, do you know? We need to inspire early, but we must not inspire too early. Why? Because if you start inspiring too early but in the wrong direction, you can easily go astray.
If we inspire too late, we will have no ambition at all and will be inactive.
What to do? It can be changed in the beginning. For example, you are like a college student Shen Du, and the girl is only in her twenties. A young girl like Yan Lin, who has just graduated and is in her early 20s, can choose from many options to see which one is more suitable for her, that is, she has the right to choose.
When is it really inspiring? Turning thirty is actually when you are 30 years old and you have generally gained a certain amount of life experience.
Just like what I said the other day about Zeng Guofan, if you don’t succeed after the age of 30, what should you do? Improve yourself. There are seven practices that are the same.
Now that we have found a direction and settled on it, we have set a direction and goals, set a vision, have big goals and small goals, then it will be easier for us to do things again, and we will not be hesitant, entangled and hesitant. Yes, everyone says this is not the case.
The second word is knowledge. This knowledge is knowledge and knowledge.
Where does knowledge and knowledge come from? It comes from learning. Reading, listening to lectures, watching movies, and watching TV are a kind of background.
The second reason is to interact with people, pay attention to the people and things in life, and learn from the people around you.
The third thing is to join the community and learn from the knowledgeable, accomplished, and goal-oriented people in the community, and learn from the moral people.
Continuously increase your knowledge, enhance your horizons, and expand your mind.
Regarding this point, I won’t say too much, because there are too many things that can be said, and there are too many things that can be said.
Now let’s focus on the third word, constant.
Zeng Guofan, when he was 32 years old, he wrote a few sentences in his diary, which can be said to be the key to determining his life. He said:
The root cause of the disease is inconstancy. If you make a rule today, you will still be lax tomorrow. There is no routine to follow. In the future, people who come to visit will not be able to believe it, and your work will not be successful. Stay away from it.
When you see the following words, do you feel very sad?
Do we feel that these words Zeng Guofan said about himself also hit our hearts?
He said that his own illness was Wuheng, that is, he had no perseverance.
I made a vow today, what will I do, and then tomorrow I will still be lax.
There is no routine to follow, three minutes of heat, right, stick to it for a few days, and then there will be no more.
He thinks about the consequences for himself.
He thinks about the future, lives in the future, stands in front of everyone, even if he is in front of everyone, he will not be able to convince everyone, and he will definitely not It will make everyone believe in you.
No matter what you do, you will definitely not succeed, so give it a try.
To be honest, I was shocked by these words, not because these words are new, I have never seen them before, nor because I have never heard of them, but because I know them deeply and know that they are easy to do. When faced with difficulties, there are not many people who can reflect on themselves, be strict with themselves, and always use this standard to restrain themselves. There are not many people who can reflect on themselves.
And there are even fewer people who can do it. This is why there are always a few successful people, a few people living in the future, and a few people who can make contributions.
The reason why most people are mediocre is that they have no perseverance.
As for the so-called saints, like Zeng Guofan, he was not born with perseverance. He also went through countless ideological struggles, constantly introspecting deeply, constantly adjusting, and correcting himself. later great achievements.
I found that the root of my illness is lack of perseverance. What should I do? Change. Since this is wrong, then we should change it. If we have made mistakes, we should change them. There is no great way to do good.
It was precisely because Zeng Guofan discovered this problem at the age of 32 and began to pay attention to it that his future life became increasingly upward.
Later, he wrote another letter to his younger brother, because Zeng Guofan wrote many books and family letters, some of which were for his sons, and some of which were for his younger brothers. Zeng Guofan, his son Ji Hong , Jize.
In a letter to his younger brother, he wrote that he would have the disadvantages of sitting still all his life. He would accomplish nothing, achieve no virtue, and fail in his career. It was a deep shame!
In fact, he is a bit humble. He has become an official and can be said to have made a fortune. However, he is not complacent because he has higher goals and pursuits.
He doesn’t mean that I have reached the top of my status. If you think your life is already very satisfying and everything is satisfactory, then it doesn’t matter.
For Zeng Guofan, he has higher ideals, bigger goals, and better pursuits, so he feels that he has accomplished nothing.
And he was deeply ashamed, so he dared to face himself bravely and find out his shortcomings.
When it comes to military affairs, the ambition is finally determined. There is no change in the middle, and the big ones with no permanence are used as inner teeth. This is what he wrote to his brother. In the end, he came to the conclusion that persistence is not a strategy, but a belief. Faith is something that he always insists on unswervingly.
From now on, there must be permanence, perseverance, perseverance.
What do you mean? That's what he believes, perseverance, persistence, and work.
Just like we are writing every day, giving speeches every day, exercising every day, and writing calligraphy every day. Pursuing diligently is not a strategy, but a belief.
I always recognize him and implement it firmly and unfavorably, which has become my daily routine.
Zeng Guofan spent a lot of time on this word "heng" and made great efforts to understand and understand it. He summarized this constant and divided it into several points?
The first is to grow up in sorrow.
People cannot grow without suffering.
Born in sorrow and died in happiness. If we blindly pursue happiness and cannot go through experience, how can we be strong and how can we grow?
Second, uphold the right path to create new things. Zeng Guofan does not reject new things.
The key is to learn to use it for yourself and incorporate it into your own ideological system.
The third is to do good deeds over time. What is the purpose of permanence? It means continuous cultivation of virtue.
This is persistence, which is what we call persistence. Once you identify something that is beneficial to your future and long-term, you must persevere and do it every day, every day, whenever you think of it.
Make achievements and let others see your results. In other words, your actions have really been done, and you have really recognized them from body to spirit, consciousness, and subconscious.
If we achieve persistence, then you will really be incredible.
Everyone must remember that we must have perseverance, perseverance, and perseverance. We should not fish for three days and dry the net for two days.
In summary, if we can be ambitious, knowledgeable, and knowledgeable, and then have the perseverance to do it, then your future achievements will be limitless.
Don’t have any doubt. This is the story of Zeng Guofan’s transformation from an ordinary person, who was so stupid that even thieves disliked him, to becoming a Confucian saint and being highly praised by Chairman Mao and Chiang Kai-shek, two top bosses during the Republic of China. It’s not without reason. reason.
Compared with Confucius, it is too far away and out of reach. Compared with Wang Yangming, a born saint, do you know? Wang Yangming could not speak before he was five years old. When he opened his mouth at the age of five, he could recite the Four Books and Five Classics.
Wang Yangming's father was the number one scholar, and his grandfather was a Jinshi. They were from a great family, but Zeng Guofan was not, so he had a more role model.
Okay, that’s it for today. The lecture only lasts 20 minutes. I hope it will be useful to everyone. The third key word is constant! Heng! ! Heng! ! !