The ancient text "Godson" records that Lady Wei, the mother of Sima Wang, was very strict in nature; when Wang was in Xiangcheng, he was a general of three thousand people, more than forty years old, and he was less than satisfactory.
It is also written: When Emperor Liang Yuan was a scholar, intelligent and talented, favored by his father, lost in doctrine, in a word, he was all over the road, and he was praised all year round; Nian Deng's marriage eunuch, violent and slow, even with no choice in words, for Zhou Ti's intestines and drums.
The former, whose mother whipped from time to time, eventually became a great instrument; the latter, whose father did everything he could to cover up his mistakes, ended in misery.
These two historical materials convey to the world the importance of educating children, if you want your children to become the dragon and phoenix among people, you must first become an adult, and then become a talent! Zeng Guofan, the head of the four famous ministers of the late Qing Dynasty, not only was he an extremely popular subject, but the Zeng family also appeared eight generations of brilliant grandeur under his influence, and the descendants of the Zeng family were all dragons and phoenixes, for example: Zeng Jize, the son of Zeng Guofan, was a famous diplomat at the end of the Qing Dynasty, Zeng Jihong was a well-known mathematician, and Zeng Guangquan, the grandson of Zeng Guofan, was an ambassador to Korea and Germany... The Zeng family is China's well-deserved aristocrat.
The brilliant achievements of this series of the Zeng family are inseparable from his "Six Godsons".
Zeng Guofan's "Six Godsons": Diligence, Filial Piety, Frugality, Benevolence, Perseverance, and Humility.
These 6 words are a model of becoming an adult and then becoming a talent, and parents should keep it in mind.
diligent
The ancients said: "Karma is good at being diligent and playful." ”
Diligence is the key to a person's talent, in ancient times, all of them are diligent and studious, Sun Jing hanging liang, Su Qin thorn stock, Kuang Heng chiseled the wall to steal the light, Zu Ti Liu Kun smelled the chicken dancing...
Therefore, in educating children, we must put diligence first.
filial piety
Zeng Ziyi said: "There are three kinds of filial piety: the great filial piety respects relatives, and the second is humiliating, and the lower ones can be raised." Filial piety is one of the most important traditional virtues of the Chinese nation, and the Book of Poetry says: "The father gives birth to me, the mother bows to me, picks me up, raises me, takes care of me, and goes in and out of the belly." ”
There is no greater human behavior than filial piety, and it is the responsibility of parents to teach children to learn "filial piety".
frugal
Frugality is a good quality that a person, a family, and even a country must have.
As the saying goes: "Throughout the former virtuous country and home, success is caused by thrift and thrift and luxury." "Xia Jie, Shang Yi died in absurdity; the Sui Emperor's lust for wine ended up in a different place; the Tang Ming Emperor indulged in lust, and the chaos caused by An Shi made the Tang no longer prosperous."
Sui Dynasty Emperor
These bloody examples all show the importance of frugality.
benevolence
"Benevolence" is the core idea of Confucianism, and Confucius clearly pointed out: "Benevolent one, love others." ”
That is to say, people who have the quality of "benevolence" know how to be close to the virtuous and care for others, and this kind of person exudes a gentle and elegant temperament all over his body.
constant
"Constant" is persistence, although it is boring and tedious, but it does not accumulate steps, why go to a thousand miles? If there is no accumulation of small streams, how can it become a river and a sea? Li Bai kept in mind the truth that "as long as the kung fu is deep, the iron pestle is sharpened into a needle", and reads with anger, and eventually becomes a generation of poetry immortals; Wang Xizhi", "learning books in the pond, the pool water is black", and eventually becoming a generation of book saints.
There is nothing in this world that is unearned, and it is necessary to teach children to learn the truth of "persevering and working hard to reap the rewards" in order to help him become a great instrument.
modest
Calligrapher Yu Bai Calligraphy Authentic Manuscript "Six Items of Zeng Guofan Godson"
The ancients said: "The road must let three points, and the taste must subtract three points." ”
This sentence is the essence of the word "modesty", learning to be humble, knowing how to leave room for everything, and being able to spare others and spare others, this is the real great wisdom. People who achieve the word "modesty" often have a broad mind, and such people must be like fish in life.
Zeng Guofan's godson six items are the great wisdom of educating children, and children are the hope of a family, teaching them these 6 points and helping them achieve brilliance.
——Editor of the handwritten manuscript "Six Items of zeng guofan godson" by mr. Yu Bai, a calligrapher of who is immortal.