What works does Zeng Guofan have?

Zeng Guofan's character and knowledge are praised by many people in later generations. His works were published in several publishing houses under the name of Complete Works of Zeng. His main works are: Collected Works of Qiu Quezhai, Poems, Reading Records, Diary of Zeng Guofan, Notes on Playing, Letters from Zeng Guofan, Family Tunes, 100 Historical Miscellanies, 18 Poems, Learning Notes, etc.

Zeng Guofan was famous for suppressing the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and the war occupied most of his life. But in Zeng Guofan's bones, he wanted people to treat him as a scholar. Because in his view, a person can only be called a scholar if he has made achievements in literature, otherwise, he can only be regarded as a scholar at best.

Zeng Guofan attached great importance to learning all his life. Even if he led troops to fight, he never forgot to study and study, so he was able to leave many articles and works.

Most of Zeng Guofan's diaries and letters were written by Zeng Guofan in the process of marching and fighting. These two books truly recorded the development and changes of Zeng Guofan's thoughts and the content of Zeng Guofan's communication with his family, so they became an important basis for modern scholars to study Zeng Guofan and the history of the late Qing Dynasty.

In addition, Zeng Guofan's works "Ting Jing" and "Bing Jian" are also widely praised in two different fields. The Classic of the Court was also written by Zeng Guofan in the process of marching and fighting. Some people say it is Zeng Guofan's masterpiece. It seems that this is an extraordinary book. In this book, Zeng Guofan expounded his ups and downs as an official. Later generations often say that "being an official should learn from Zeng Guofan", which should be summarized from this book.

Li Hongzhang, Zeng Guofan's favorite pupil, once praised Tingjing as a treasure to master nature, keep fit and use the world. Later generations regard him as an instruction manual for officials and are eager for it.

Zeng Guofan's Bing Jian is a book of physiognomy, which means that ice can be used as a mirror to see everything. Zeng Guofan expounded his fortune-telling theory in this book. The whole book "Bing Jian" is short and pithy, but every sentence is classic, and its grasp of human nature is very accurate.

In addition, Zeng Guofan also has a high quality in poetry and prose, so that some historians in modern times once called Zeng Guofan another "Confucian Sect" after Confucius, Mencius and Zhu.