Day176|Week26-1

Xianfeng wrote to Cheng Di on the 4th day of December, 1th year.

With domestic troubles and foreign invasion, the overall situation of the country has gone bad. As an important official of the Qing Dynasty, Zeng Guofan was somewhat disheartened in the face of the devastated Qing government.

The overall situation of the world can't be controlled. Just do what you can and be worthy of others and yourself. Other things that you can't control, so let it be.

Things have changed, and the fate of individuals and families is as small as a worm, unable to resist the impact. However, if sons and nephews can be modest and diligent, avoid arrogance and fall, they can make the family survive this turbulent era with great probability.

pride and modesty; I am afraid of diligence. Let yourself be humble and diligent, face others, face your own life and career.

Day177|Week26-2

Xianfeng wrote to Yuan Di on December 7th, 1th.

Those who have friendship with villains for some reason will often be dragged down by them in the end, making themselves unable to move or even reduced to villains, thus degrading their personality.

here, I talk about the importance of making friends. What kind of friends you have also determines what kind of person you are to some extent.

When you are with excellent people and noble people, you will gradually gain self-motivation and get closer to them.

Stay with people who are not excellent, lazy and noble, and you will become such a person gradually.

Confucius said, kiss a gentleman, but stay away from a villain. In fact, it is also creating a good interpersonal environment for yourself.

but only if you are excellent yourself. Otherwise, why should people be friends with you?

Day178|Week26-3

On the first day of the 11th year of Xianfeng, I wrote to Yuan Di

Comment:

What can be done must be done well. Dare to fight and fight, and do it at all costs.

In the end, even if I don't succeed, I don't regret it. After all, there are some factors that I can't control.

So, at this time, we should take it easy. It is also a very wise choice to retreat from difficulties.

Day179|Week26-4

On the fourth day of the first month of the 11th year of Xianfeng, I wrote to Cheng Di

Comments:

I talked about the truth and the specific operation. This is the way Zeng Guofan taught his younger brother and sons and nephews.

At the same time, Zeng Guofan was able to grasp the problem and teach it in time. Seeing that my brother has a sense of pride in the letter, I will point it out to my brother in time.

this passage is also very appropriate to read now.

it's better to dislike others than yourself, to like others to talk about others after their predecessors, or to expose their shortcomings in public … it's arrogant to feel superior to others, which is to be enemies with many people.

what you said is right, so what? People with straight personality sometimes speak freely, and people around them may understand you. But why should others understand you?

EQ is reflected when you get along with others. People with high emotional intelligence will make others feel comfortable getting along with you.

if you can get up early, you can slowly cure the lazy habit.

Only by being diligent and modest can we better reunite the surrounding environment and manpower and help ourselves achieve things.

Day18|Week26-5

On the 14th day of the 11th year of Xianfeng, I told Jize

Comments:

If you want to make some small achievements, you have to earn them all by yourself. Your help is the catalyst for your career, but you need to have the prerequisite for others to catalyze your own accumulation.

Where are your own shortcomings and shortcomings, you should study hard.

where you have advantages, you still need to keep them.

if you walk steadily and speak slowly, you will be easy to behave without being frivolous, giving people a reliable impression and making others trust you.

Day181|Week26-6

On February 4th, 11th year of Xianfeng, I wrote to Cheng Di

Comments:

In front of people, I dare not talk about others easily, which is caution; But I like to judge others, and that is pride. The details of pride are not that you are a rich family and hit people, but that you get along with others and behave yourself.

without awe, I feel that I can look at others from the commanding heights of morality, and I don't know what to say, and I don't know what to say. This is the performance of drifting.

once a person is gone with the wind, it's basically nothing. What should I do? It's simple.

you can do it without commenting on others in front of people. If you must say it, say the good side of others.

Day182|Week26-7

Xianfeng wrote a comment to Cheng Di on February 24th, 11th year:

This is the Eight Books Theory put forward by Zeng Guofan for self-cultivation, which involves the most basic principles of studying, self-cultivation, being an official and military affairs.

People who can do these things are trustworthy and willing to work with them. Because doing things with such people, you will feel particularly stable, and the most important thing is not to drop the chain at critical times.

and if you can do this, you will have a very good personality, and it is not easy for your personality to hurt yourself and others.