Zeng Guofan Chapter 1 Inner Saint Chapter 7

is to cultivate nature as the body, and the people's life is for use

[Original]

For those who seek benevolence, the body is to cultivate nature, and the use is for the people and the people. The people are selfless, so people are happy

[Translation]

Pursue benevolence and justice Human beings must have the nature of nourishing benevolence and righteousness, and their role is to care for the people. In this way, thinking about the public's interests and not being selfish can make people happy and convinced.

[Interpretation]

As a saying goes, the stage is the same as the heart. If people always deny themselves and feel that they can only be shrimp in the small pond

, then we will never have the opportunity to experience the vastness of the sea. Whether trekking in life or playing

in the workplace, if people want to enrich themselves and reach the realm of inner sanctification, they must first choose a good starting point and give themselves

a grand goal .

For such an interpretation, some people will laugh it off, and some people will sneer at it, thinking that this is a idiotic dream.

But just imagine

, even if it is a dream, if you dare not even have such a dream, how can you make it? In this world, there are many

people who have all kinds of doubts, complaints, and even complaints about their fate. They feel that their fate is unfair, and they are always unwilling. They push all the reasons for failure to fate, but in fact these are all Those who fail are just excuses for themselves. Zeng Guofan ’s younger brother once had

complained about this. Zeng Guofan persuaded his younger brother in his letter: Snickers at the smallness of his ambitions but not much to worry about

. The aspirations of a gentleman are also measured by the people's lives, and the karma of the inner saint and the outer king, and then he is not born of his parents, and he deserves to be a world

is perfect.

Zeng Guofan’s sixth brother once complained to him that his destiny was really bad, always encountering setbacks, and then depressed. Zeng

Guofan comforted his brother and said,Although he also thinks that the fate of the sixth brother is not good, he complains after only a small setback, showing that his ambition

is too small and his anxiety is too great. The determination of a gentleman has the means to pray for the people, the virtue of internally cultivated saints, and externally built kings to dominate the world, and then they can live up to their parents and give birth to themselves, and they are worthy of being a complete person in the world. Zeng Guofan believes that since people have established this kind of ambition and then put forward various excuses, they should ask themselves whether their original ambitions are true.

Personal ambitions include two levels. From a small level, it is determined to be based on self-improvement; from a large level, it is determined to have a vision for the country and others. Connecting the two aspects is what Zeng Guofan said, "the body is to cultivate

sex with the heart, and the use of the people and the people". He puts "the heart to cultivate the heart" in the first place, because the individual has absolute control on this level. Power, after all,

is the country, for the people, not everyone must have and can have feelings

There are thousands of dreams, big and small, lofty and ordinary, but no matter what the dream is, there is no People will refuse

to let themselves have a better life. Then you might as well set your goal bigger and farther, give yourself a little motivation, let

have more color in your ordinary life, and dare to dream, because only dare to dream can you achieve it in the future. Don’t be

The

mark is too far away and I dare not think, don’t let yourself lose even the right to dream

Zeng Guofan’s youth is determined: “Don’t stand on your own. , It's not the same

! Following the past, the personnel are constantly changing, the virtue and wisdom are decimated, the inferior goes, and it can be seen that the husband’s illness leads to puzzles, and the leisure is dead.

Anshun, to work hard and self-reliant, and forgive it!"

After Zeng Guofan became an adult, he once again determined: "There are people's possessions and things, there is the cause of the inner sage and the king, and then you will not be stuck in the place of your parents

Born in

, he deserves to be the perfect man of heaven and earth.” In the process of taking the imperial examination, he realized that his current quality is still far away from the realm of the inner saint

.So as soon as he arrived in Beijing, he took "You are not a sage, you are a beast; do not ask about harvest, but ask for hard work" as the motto

, and from time to time, "A gentleman is not as good as Yao, Shun, , and Zhougong. Worry, you should spur yourself with worrying about not practicing morality and not learning." For

Therefore, he specially wrote "Aspiration of Aspirations" to encourage himself: "Huang Huang Xingzhe, he is not just like a man? Xiaoyan boy, also a parent. Smart and blessed

Luc, give me a gracious! The sky is lost, and it is a terrible disaster. Accumulated regrets, the end is over; the past cannot be chased, please start from now! He Dao

Bow and speak with it; a living, living forever Sorry.”

In the late Qing Dynasty, during the internal and external troubles, Zeng Guofan was able to organize training, led the Hunan army to the final victory in the battle against the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and

was able to do western affairs and advocate maritime bans. He was able to achieve such an achievement because he had Such dreams are supported. With this dream, he won't be

tied up, he can do it happily. It was this dream that finally made him the head of the four great ministers of the late Qing Dynasty.

If a person wants to succeed, then a foresight and courage to dream are indispensable. This

principle is the truth that has been tested over thousands of years. Some dreams may seem impractical, but they are priceless treasures on the road to success

. Only if you have a dream, you will have the courage to pursue, struggle, and struggle. Dreams are never too late, there are endless possibilities for

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