1, main aspects: neat and serious, always careless.
When there is nothing, the heart is in the cavity; When doing things, be single-minded and not miscellaneous, such as rising day by day. Being single-minded and quiet inside, neat in appearance and strict in attitude are the ways of respect.
2. Sit-in: As long as you sit for half an hour every day, you will experience the kindness of being quiet and living in the sun, and you will be as quiet as a town.
"Static energy produces wisdom", "Static energy leads to enlightenment" and "Static energy leads to the right path". Zeng Guofan was impetuous in his early years. He had to be instructed by an expert to calm down and practice quiet kung fu every day, so that he could gradually get rid of physical and mental glitz and really practice.
3, get up early: wake up when you wake up, don't fall in love when you wake up.
Zeng Guofan inherited the family style of getting up early from his ancestors. He insisted on urging his children to get up early all his life. Getting up early can not only cure laziness, but also think about things and even increase the time of life.
4, reading is not the only thing: if you don't finish reading a book, don't read his book, read the east and the west, follow the outside world, and the daily rate is ten leaves.
He attaches great importance to "concentration" in his work. Half-hearted, it will lead to distraction, insufficient concentration, and finally nothing; On the contrary, if you have perseverance, you will never fail. If you concentrate on one thing, the probability of success is higher.
5, reading history: C subscribes to twenty-three histories and reads ten leaves a day, although some things are uninterrupted.
Reading history can be wise. Zeng Guofan loved reading history all his life. Reading history can help us understand life, people's hearts and human nature, and take history as a mirror to know the rise and fall. Take people as a mirror, you can know the gains and losses.
6, be careful: attention is the first time.
Zeng Guofan talked a lot when he was young and liked to joke, but he also suffered a lot. As the saying goes, "if you talk too much, you will lose." Later, he learned a profound lesson and often reflected on himself in his diary, asking himself to form a cautious habit.
7. Nourish qi: You can say something to the people in the gas storage.
Silence can nourish qi, talk less, replenish qi and blood, and nourish spirit; A gentleman should cultivate integrity and be open-minded. There is nothing that people can't know.
8. Protect yourself: frugality and abstinence will always be a disease.
Zeng Guofan was usually busy with their entertainment and dinner, having too much sex and overeating, so he hurt himself. After his serious illness was cured, Zeng Guofan learned from his mistakes and began to cherish his body.
9. God knows his death: I will say one in every diary. It can be divided into virtue, knowledge, economy and art.
God knows his death, from the fifth chapter of the Analects of Confucius, which means: I know something every day that I didn't know before. Therefore, Zeng Guofan attached great importance to reading and learning all his life. Even if he is busy, he will take time to study and take notes.
10, don't forget the month: write a few poems every month to test the accumulated amount and the prosperity of qi. You can't worry blindly, it's the easiest to drown your heart.
The fact that the moon can never forget comes from the fifth chapter of The Analects of Confucius, which means: Don't forget what you have mastered every month. Zeng Guofan's practice is to write a few poems every month to verify whether he has made progress.
1 1. Writing: Write for half an hour after breakfast. The place where pen and ink entertain is your homework. If you don't leave it to tomorrow, the more you accumulate, the harder it will be.
Practicing calligraphy also helps people meditate and cultivate their sentiments. In Zeng Guofan's era, writing was more important, so practicing calligraphy was a necessary skill.
12, don't go out at night: exhausted, cut the ring.
When Zeng Guofan was young, he liked to get together with friends. He often comes back late and goes to bed late. After a long time, my health went from bad to worse and I got a serious illness. Therefore, he deeply remembered his father's teaching of "frugality, abstinence, eating" and less entertainment.