I have received the full text of "Letter to My Daughter"
I hereby remit you another 5 yen. Since my son went to China, it's only April, so why did he take his daughter's career away? What a strange thing! You go here to study. You should study hard first, and you don't have to make friends to pay for it. A thousand dollars' worth of money is enough for one year. Why not run out before April? If you are reasonable in your application, though you earn a hundred dollars a day, your strength is enough for you, especially if you are not an ear. If you waste so much, you will not be extravagant in eating and drinking, and you will have other expenses in your daily life.
and have you tasted Mencius? A man who has great achievements must first suffer from his mind, work hard on his bones and muscles, starve his body and skin, and worry about it before he can do it. My son relies on your father's protection, so we don't need this. However, we should also know a little about the difficulties of the draft and do our duty of studying. If you don't, you will return to China after your studies, and there will be nothing you can do. I'm afraid I can't hope for you now and then! It is great to waste your time by wasting your energy and energy because of the small amount of money. I wrote to warn you before, you must study hard, how could you forget it? Time is precious, it is not easy to study, and it is bitter and sweet, so you should know it yourself and not bear the old man's training.
I know all the contents of your letter. Now I'll remit you another 5 yen. It's only been four months since you left the country. Why have you spent all the money you brought? This is very strange! The purpose of your going abroad this time is to study. Studying should give priority to hard work, and you don't have to care about making friends and socializing. The expenses you brought with you are enough for more than one year. Why did you spend them in less than four months? If you spend it in the right place, even if you spend a hundred dollars a day, I can afford you according to my financial resources. But you shouldn't be like this. Besides, such a waste must not be spent on diet and daily life, but must be spent on other things.
You have read Mencius, haven't you? Anyone who can do something must let his heart suffer first, make his body suffer from hunger, and his heart is troubled and blocked by thoughts, so that he can do something in the future. You don't need to do this because you have my father's protection, but you should know the hardships of labor and do your duty of studying. If you don't, even if you return to China after your studies, you will definitely not be able to do anything. If you are like this now, I may have no hope for you in the future! Spending money is a small matter, but wasting your studies, wasting your energy and wasting your time because of money is a big matter. I wrote to warn you before that you must study hard. How could you forget? Time is precious, and it is not easy to study. You should experience the joys and sorrows in the middle, and don't live up to the old man's teaching.
Extended information:
Zhang Zhidong was the leader of the Qing school in his early years and later became the main representative of the Westernization School. In education, he founded Ziqiang School (now the predecessor of Wuhan University), Sanjiang Normal School (now the predecessor of Nanjing University), Hubei Agricultural School, Hubei Wuchang Mengyang Institute, Hubei Craft School, Ci 'en School (Nanpi No.1 Middle School) and Guangya Academy. ? Politically, it advocates that "middle school is the body and western learning is the use". Industrially, Hanyang Iron Works, Daye Iron Mine and Hubei Guns Factory were established.
When Eight-Nation Alliance invaded, Dagu Fort fell, and Zhang Zhidong, together with Liu Kunyi, the governor of the two rivers, negotiated with the consuls in Shanghai about "mutual protection in the southeast", and suppressed the uprising of the reformists' independent armies such as Tang Caichang, Lin Gui and Qin Lishan. In November of the thirty-fourth year of Guangxu (198), Zhang Zhidong was appointed as an important official to the Taizi Taibao, and died of illness the following year, and died in Wenxiang. There is The Complete Works of Zhang Wenxiang. Zhang Zhidong, Zeng Guofan, Li Hongzhang and Zuo Zongtang are also called "four famous ministers of ZTE in the late Qing Dynasty".