The essence of Zeng Guofan 10 couplets, every sentence is truth and every sentence is motto.

Many things go wrong because they are busy.

A good man comes from a painful experience.

-Zeng Guofan's self-titled study

Have overall interests or ultimate goals in mind, and start with specific problems; While working hard on the ground, we should see the overall goal.

Shut up and live alone.

-Zeng Guofan's self-praise

Either a saint or an animal;

Mo Wen harvests, but requires cultivation.

-Zeng Guofan's self-praise

There are children and grandchildren, rural areas and family traditions, but the ancestors were inherited by Qiu Qiu.

No officials, no words, no attention to current events, only to pay for suffering.

-Zeng Guofan's self-praise

There is no hurry to fight, seek stability first, then change.

Doing things silently is sophisticated and smart.

-Zeng Guofan's self-praise

Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it.

There are joys and sorrows in life.

-Zeng Guofan's self-praise

Feed a flock of spring.

Lift up two poor bones

-Zeng Guofan from the topic

Trembling is not forgetting hell when you are alive.

Be frank and open, and be open-minded in adversity.

-Zeng Guofan's self-praise

Small heart, big ambition and round wisdom,

Do what you want, do what you want, do what you want.

Words have teaching, deeds have laws, and days can be expected.

There is harvest, rest and support at night, and it exists immediately.

-This couplet was originally written by Liu An in the Western Han Dynasty, Zhu Shuxun in Huainan and Zhang Zai, a great scholar in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Thrift leads to prosperity, and thrift leads to health.

Thrift, never be poor.

-This is Zeng Guofan's 16-character formula for diligent education of children.