Zeng Guofan (18 1 1 year165438+1October 26th-1March 872 12), whose first name was Zicheng, whose real name was Bohan. China modern politician, strategist, philosopher, writer and calligrapher [1]? Founder and commander-in-chief of Xiang army.
Zeng Guofan was born in an ordinary peasant family. He studied hard since childhood and entered school at the age of 6. At the age of 8, he can read four books and recite five classics. At the age of 14, he can read Zhou Li and Historical Records. In the 18th year of Daoguang (1838), he entered imperial academy and studied under the military minister Zhang Mu. Reluctantly moved to a bachelor's degree in cabinet, assistant minister of does, assistant minister of military, industrial, criminal and official departments.
We are close friends with university students such as Woren, Huining Road and Guizhen, and strive for "practical learning". During the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement, Zeng Guofan formed the Xiang Army. After years of fighting, he turned the tide and wiped out the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Throughout his life, he pursued patience as the first priority, and advocated that everything should be frugal and not proud of being an official. He cultivated self-discipline, sought officials by virtue, put courtesy first, and sought politics by loyalty, and achieved great success in officialdom.
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In the 16th year of Jiaqing (181165438+1October 26th), Zeng Guofan was born in Baiyangping, Heyetang, Hunan Province (now Daping Village, Ye He Town, Shuangfeng County, Loudi, Hunan Province). There are nine brothers and sisters, Zeng Guofan is the eldest son, and his ancestors are mainly farmers, and his life is relatively comfortable.
Grandpa Zeng Yuping has not received much education, but he has rich experience; Father Zeng Linshu, as a scholar, and Zeng Guofan, as the eldest son and grandson, naturally got the ethical education of two ancestors. Zeng Guofan was enlightened at the age of five and entered his family school at the age of six.
In the spring of the sixth year of Daoguang (1826), Zeng Guofan took the boy test in Changsha, ranking seventh. In the tenth year of Daoguang (1830), Zeng Guofan went to the Down's Ancestral Hall in Hengyang and transferred to Lianbin College in Xiangxiang one year later.
In the 12th year of Daoguang (1832), Zeng Guofan was admitted to Jinshi. In the 14th year of Daoguang (1834), Zeng Guofan entered Yuelu Academy in Changsha for exercise. In the same year, he took the Hunan Provincial Examination, won the No.36 place in the exam, and left for Beijing to prepare for the exam next year.
In the fifteenth year of Daoguang (1835), Zeng Guofan failed in the exam and lived in Changsha Guild Hall in Beijing to study. The following year, Cohen returned to Changsha and lived in Hunan assembly hall with fellow villagers Liu Rong and Guo Songtao.
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