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Zeng Guofan was an important official in the late Qing Dynasty and the most prominent and controversial historical figure in modern China. Generally speaking, he is a representative of the progressive feudal landlord class, a meritorious minister in the late Qing Dynasty, and an executioner of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in suppressing the peasant uprising.
However, the Westernization Movement he advocated played a positive role in promoting the modernization of China's industry. In particular, his achievements in the ideological field are outstanding. Some people say that the representative figures of Confucianism are Confucius and Zhu in ancient times and Zeng Guofan in modern times. His wisdom, thoughts and works have influenced China people from generation to generation.
Today, some people call this calligraphy work Zeng Guofan's motto, while others call it untitled. The original poem is as follows: the flowers are not fully open and the moon is not round, and the mountains are slightly drunk. Why worry too much about profit and loss? After all, small is better than safe.
The connotation of this poem is still remarkable. The author advocates leaving room for everything and not pursuing perfection. He believes that the flowers are half open and the moon is not full, which is the most beautiful time. Once the flowers are fully open, they will wither, and the full moon will soon turn into a loss;
People who drink too little don't enjoy themselves, and getting drunk is uncomfortable and harmful. It is better to be slightly drunk, which is similar to Wang Anshi, a famous politician, thinker and writer in the Song Dynasty (No.1 in the Mid-Levels) who advocated that you can do things with a little drunkenness.
Don't think too much about gains and losses at ordinary times, just achieve small satisfaction, don't pursue everything too much, enough is enough, after all, "everything is not easy", haste makes waste, but it will trouble you.
His idea that "the villain is superior to everything" coincides with the mentality of Lingyin Temple that "life can no longer be perfect, and everything is only half perfect".
This is to tell people not to set their goals too high, to leave room, and to be satisfied as long as they can accomplish them. This is much better than asking for trouble if the goal is too high and you don't achieve it.