Everyone knows that Zeng Guofan was the first minister in the late Qing Dynasty, but he was also the golden god of the Qing Dynasty. He suffered all his life, but he was honest all his life. His couplets contain the Confucian principle of being a man and condense the great wisdom of ancient sages.
This couplet was written by Zeng Guofan in his later years. Laozi once put forward that "misfortune is a blessing, and blessing is a curse." "Zeng Guofan wants to express that there is no absolute good or bad, difficult or easy situation between heaven and earth. Happiness and disadvantage are never antagonistic, but two sides of the same coin. Remind yourself and warn future generations to have a sense of hardship, understand their responsibilities, and don't be greedy for pleasure.