Zeng Guofan once left a 16-character motto about family style: "frugality leads to prosperity, and diligence leads to health;" Thrift, never be poor. "
Manage the family frugally.
Zeng Guofan has always asked his family to live frugally and stay away from luxury. He met aristocratic men in Beijing and squandered them blindly, refusing to let their children live in Beijing. Therefore, his wife has been living in her hometown in the countryside with her children, and there is no plaque hanging "auspicious symbol" and "waiting symbol" outside the door.
Zeng Guofan also demanded that "low-cost families should manage their families frugally and swear not to send any money to their families from the army." Mrs. Zeng Guofan did everything at home, cooking, spinning and weaving, which showed her frugality.
Study hard
In addition to "frugality", Zeng Guofan's other requirement for his children is "diligence". Zeng Guofan insisted on writing letters to his children, correcting poems for them and discussing various problems in study and life.
He wrote to his son, Ceng Jize, asking him to get dressed after getting up every day. Say hello to uncle first, then clean up the house before reading and practice the word 1000.
Zeng Guofan also urged his family to keep studying every day and drew up a strict study plan for the whole family: "It is essential for my family to read and write; Women need clothes, food, coarse and fine. 」
teach by precept and example
Personality charm is often more useful than some rigid rules. What Zeng Guofan asked his family to do, he not only did it himself, but also did it better. His tall image and heavy personality charm are deeply imprinted in the hearts of future generations, and this power has a greater influence on future generations than letters from home.
Zeng Guofan once wrote an epigram couplet: "If you are not a saint, you are an animal;" Mo Wen, but requires training. ".This connection is thought-provoking and touching, which has good enlightenment and educational significance for future generations.
It is precisely because Zeng Guofan set an example and set an example that he broke the curse of being rich for three generations, and later generations continued.
The years are flowing and the times are changing, but the family style that has been instilled and passed down from generation to generation will never change. They have been shining in the long river of history, pointing out the direction for future generations.
This article forwarded others' articles and quietly revised them, only to help more people and learn the Zeng family style.