Who you are, who you want to be, how you will change, have a character profile, analyze the character qualities, and tell you how the role model is done.
Today we come to talk about Zeng Guofan. Zeng Guofan has been working as a farmer in the countryside of Hunan for generations, born as a farmer, and also studied to obtain meritorious names. However, Zeng Guofan's father was not lucky enough to take the exam, and he took the exam seventeen times before he was admitted to Xiucai. Zeng Guofan was the same, from the age of fourteen to take the Xiucai examination, and it was not until the age of twenty-eight that he won the jinshi. Zeng Guofan once wrote in his own article that father and son always went to the exam together, always rushing to the exam, and then returning dejected. In terms of talent, Zeng Guofan is not a smart person, even a little stupid, but he is extremely diligent.
Once, zeng guofan was reading, and there were thieves in the house, and as a result, Zeng Guofan memorized an article all night. The day was almost dawn before it was memorized, and finally the thief couldn't stand it, jumped out and memorized the article. Zeng Guofan always mentioned this matter later, constantly reminding himself that he was not a smart person. So how did he achieve the counterattack of life. Zeng Guofan once summed up the experience of life in his family letter: People have perseverance, and nothing can be done. That is to say: firmly believe in the power of persistence, do things persistently, and nothing cannot be done.
For us, Zeng Guofan is a good example, and at the same time he is also a particularly powerful figure who just has no qualifications and struggles with his own hands. In Chinese history, Zeng Guofan was known as a half-great man, standing up, standing up, saying, and standing up for the three immortals. Let's take a look at Zeng Guofan's habits that have been used all his life:
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Insist on getting up early
"I have to get up at dawn, and when I wake up, I don't want to stay in bed anymore."
Early rise is the traditional family style of Zeng Guofan's ancestors for generations. "Seemingly insignificant life section", Zeng Guofan regarded it as the top priority of his self-cultivation and tempering his will, and asserted: "Diligent writing, the first noble gets up early, the second noble has perseverance." And Zeng Guofan carried forward this inheritance, good family style played a very important role in the growth of Zeng Guofan, it is precisely because of this, he followed the good temptation of the children in the family letter, so that the descendants of the Zeng family have always abided by the ancestral precepts, excellent habits, and become the "first family" of the Qing Dynasty.
Successful people basically follow the principle of getting up early and going to bed early, not coveting bed, which may be the power of early rise.
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Keep sitting
Every day, no matter when, sit still for four moments, and concentrate on life in the right position, such as the town of Ding.
Zeng Guofan greatly admired meditation throughout his life, and his 12 methods of self-cultivation had a meditation, and meditation was four moments, such as dingzhi town. That is, every day at any time of the day, you must sit still for one-hour and feel your own looming benevolent heart. He was sitting precariously, and his heart was steady and stable, just like Baoding's composure. Sit still to clear up distractions, relax, and think about yourself often.
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Keep practicing calligraphy
Zeng Guofan wrote, pursuing an expression of qi pulse and expression of intention, although there was some hair and some attainment, but it was not arbitrary and made qi, but relaxed and moderate, just right.
The experience in calligraphy is immediately linked to doing things, every word and deed, we should abandon the heart of seeking people to know and praise, and everything should have heroic ambition in the chest and not be revealed, and there should be no display and arrogance. This kind of seemingly absent, hidden and unobtrusive emphasis on the use of breath can be experienced through writing, and then further experienced in morality and deeds
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Reading is no different
If you have not finished reading one book, you must not look at other books; Reading from the east to the west, reading books at will, are easy to be influenced by the outside world, and they are of no benefit to their own moral learning.
Zeng Guofan pays attention to digestion and induction in reading, so as to put forward his own exquisite insights.
Zeng Guofan was not only diligent in reading, but also good at reading, and had a deep understanding of the essentials, once saying: "Although there are many volumes, the summary hook is not more than a few words." His insights can be described as incisive, he pays attention to reading and concentrating, doing learning single-mindedly, and never doing whatever he wants.
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Keep reading history
Every day, I have to read ten pages and twenty-three pages of history in circles or dots, even if there is something that cannot be interrupted.
Because Bing Shennian borrowed money to buy a set of "Twenty-Three Histories"
My father Xuncheng said: "Er borrowed money to buy books, and I did not hesitate to do my best to sew for Ermi, and if Er could circle it again, he would not fail me." That is to say: you borrow money to buy books, and I pay you back, you have to read well, so that you can't live up to me. Since then, Zeng Guofan has read ten pages every day.
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Insist on changing
"If the courage to change is ten times greater than that of others, the meritocracy can be ten times better than others; and the courage of the reformed is ten times greater than that of others." Virtuous people, because of the courage to change, the future is getting brighter and brighter; unwise people, in the end, will not repent, will not have a life. Zeng Guofan said in the article:
Zeng Guofan's reforms continued throughout his life. Quitting the two major problems of sleeping late and smoking clearly reflects the spirit of Zeng Guofan's courage to change. But when it comes to the greatest impact of the courage to change Zeng Guofan's life, these two things are not counted. The most important change of Zeng Guofan is to change his original upright personality.
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Insist on prudence and solitude
Zeng Guofan once said: Prudence is the first way of self-improvement in life, the best medicine, and the first major event of self-cultivation.
As long as you are lonely, you can better face your heart, better reflect on what you do every day, better talk to your heart, and be a better self!
The above is the excellent habit of Zeng Guofan that our modern people deserve to learn
Zeng Guofan's relationship with his colleagues at the earliest time was particularly bad, for example, he did not know how to govern the relationship between his colleagues and govern his own troops, but later after he continued to understand the wisdom of mankind through reading, his troops were well-known, and he was also one of the few late Qing dynasty celebrities, so from here, Zeng Guofan is indeed a typical case of continuous advancement by adhering to good habits and cultivating himself through reading.
Here, I hope to introduce such a Lide character to you, let us know that in fact, life can be changed, just need to find a small point through the accumulation of bits and pieces to dig deeper, after all, you will grow into a different self.
The power of role models is powerful, in 2022, take people as a teacher, learn from excellent people,
There is a history of people, see the sages and think together, once a week, Sunday at 8 o'clock in the morning, we are not seen or scattered!