Zeng Guofan has nothing to do with the first two.
Confucius, a native of Lu at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, was named Qiu and Zi. China was a great thinker and educator in ancient times.
Ceng Zi (505 ~ 436 BC), surnamed Zeng, was born in Nanwucheng (now Pingyi County, Shandong Province, Jiaxiang County, Shandong Province) at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period. Born in 505 BC (the 15th year of Zhou Dynasty, the 5th year of Lu Dinggong), died in 435 BC (the 5th year of Zhou Gaowang, the 32nd year), was born in Donglu, and moved to Wucheng. At the age of sixteen, he became a teacher of Confucius. He is diligent and studious, and his biography is quite famous Actively carry forward Confucianism and spread Confucianism. Zeng Guofan (1811-1872) was born in Xiangxiang, Hunan. Military strategist, philosopher, politician, calligrapher and writer in Qing Dynasty, and founder of "Xiangxiang School" in late Qing Dynasty. Official to the Governor of Liangjiang, the Governor of Zhili, the University of Wuyingdian, the first-class righteous Hou Yong. Baiyangping, a native of Xiangxiang, Changsha, Hunan Province, now belongs to Tianziping, Ye He Town, Shuangfeng County, Hunan Province. Jiaqing was born in the 16th year (18 1 1) in a wealthy landlord family in Heyetang, Jingzi Town, Shuangfeng County, Hunan Province. There are nine brothers and sisters, Zeng Guofan is the eldest son. The ancestors were mainly farmers, and their lives were relatively broad and rich (Zeng Guofan's former residence). Grandpa Zeng Yuping's education is not high, but he has rich experience; Father Zeng Linshu is a scholar, and Zeng Guofan, the eldest son and grandson, was naturally educated by two ancestors. For reference only.