About Brother Cheng Hou: I sent you a letter from Jiu Ge at the end of December, and I know everything. My brother's worldly wisdom has gradually deepened, but there is an arrogance in the letter. Between heaven and earth, only modesty and prudence is the road to happiness. When you are proud, you will be satisfied; Dump as soon as you are satisfied.
I hate people's vulgarity, I don't like people's meanness, I say people's shortcomings, and I accuse people of failure. This is pride. No matter what is said, it is not necessarily reasonable, it is just right, and God forbid.
My child, full of pride, talks about other people's shortcomings and laughs at others' vulgarity and rudeness. This is not a good phenomenon. A good brother should tell his children to get rid of pride. First of all, they should correct their own shortcomings and laugh at others' failures. Then they can ask them to be vigilant and correct everything.
To get rid of the word arrogance, it is the first priority not to criticize and laugh at others easily. If you want to get rid of lazy words, getting up early is the first priority. If the younger brother can carefully observe the eight-character formula and three unbeliefs of Xinggang Palace and remember the arrogance and laziness of the foolish brother, the children at home will unconsciously be more respectful and cautious day by day.
Original: Next to Cheng Hou's fourth brother: Ladi knew everything about his letter from Jiu Ge to his brother. My brother's experience of the world is getting deeper and deeper, but there is inevitably an arrogance in the letter. Modesty is the way to convey blessings between heaven and earth. Arrogance is full, and when it is full, it will fall. It is madness to use words and articles, to hate people's vulgarity, to disrespect people's contempt, to talk about people's shortcomings, and to make people respond. No matter what it refers to, it is not necessarily appropriate. Even if everything is appropriate, it has been forbidden by heaven.
My children have high self-esteem and are short-spoken. It is not good for them to laugh at others. If a good brother wants to get rid of his child's arrogance, he must first change his annoying habit of talkative, and then let the younger generation change everything.
If you want to get rid of arrogance, you always take people who are not weak or smiling as the first meaning, and if you want to get rid of laziness, you always take this as the first meaning. If the younger brother can stick to the eight-character three-unbelief of prospering, and remember that the foolish brother is arrogant and lazy, the children at home will be respectful and unconscious.
Brief introduction of the author
Zeng Guofan (1811-1872) was born in Xiangxiang, posthumous title, Zheng Wen. Military strategist, philosopher, politician, calligrapher, writer, the "first minister of Zhongxing" in the late Qing Dynasty, the founder and commander-in-chief of Xiang Army, the official governor of Liangjiang, the governor of Zhili, the university student of Wuyingdian, and the first-class righteousness.
He is good at self-cultivation, scholarship, housekeeping, being an official, running the army, managing money and employing people, so he was rated as "three immortals of virtue, a teacher by example and a perfect person".