No one is perfect, no gold is perfect, this truth is known to the world, in other words, everyone has shortcomings, and there is no one in the world who cannot find the slightest shortcoming. In the "Left Biography", it is said: "There is merit in taishang, followed by meritorious service, and secondly there is a statement, although it has not been abolished for a long time, this is called the three immortals." "In the three aspects of morality, meritorious service, and speech, those who have done relatively perfect work can be called saints or perfect people.
Throughout China's thousands of years of history, only three people have reached or approached the standard of perfection, so there is such a saying: there are two and a half perfect people in history, namely Confucius in the Spring and Autumn Period, Wang Yangming in the Ming Dynasty, and Zeng Guofan in the Qing Dynasty, and Zeng Guofan is considered to be half a perfect person. It can be seen that Zeng Guofan is very unusual, except for a slightly inferior to Confucius and Wang Yangming, the famous courtiers of all dynasties have never received such a high evaluation.
When Zeng Guofan was born, the Qing Dynasty was no longer as strong as it was then, although it belonged to the landlord family, but it was already in the middle of the family, almost the same as the ordinary people, and it was called a cloth cloth. Twenty-one years old in the middle of the talent, twenty-three years old in the middle of the person, the goddess of luck did not always take care of him, two consecutive times will try to fail, the third time barely on the list, give the same jinshi birth. In the following ten years, Zeng Guofan was promoted to the tenth rank in a row, from the initial humble Hanlin Shujishi to the Right Attendant of the Army.
Coinciding with the outbreak of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement, Zeng Guofan, who was born of a literati, formed the Xiang Army in his hometown and trained the Xiang Army into a unit capable of fighting good battles, and finally turned the tide and continued the life of the Qing Dynasty for decades. Through his efforts, he completed the counterattack of his life, and was appointed to the governor of Liangjiang and the Marquis of Yiyong of the First Rank. To be fair, Zeng Guofan's success is related to the background of his time, but more importantly, his philosophy of life full of wisdom.
Everyone's way of doing things is different, and their attitudes are different, how can they achieve something big? Zeng Guofan's philosophy of life makes us understand a truth, those who want to achieve great things, must remember these 3 sentences, you can take fewer detours, and go further from success.
First, do not abandon the great beauty of man with small evils, and do not forget the great grace of people with small grievances
The meaning is very simple, do not ignore the superiority of others because of their small shortcomings, and do not forget the help and kindness that others have given because of a little dispute or unhappiness. Just as the so-called "one leaf obstructs the eyes and does not see Tarzan", no matter what you do, you cannot maintain a narrow psychology, be good at discovering the strengths of others, be preoccupied with harming others and harming yourself, and have the eyes to discover the advantages of others.
The grace of the dripping water should be repaid by the spring, and the people who are weak and widowed will sooner or later end up with the fate of rebellion and separation. If you hold a grudge against others because of a little verbal dispute, it shows that you are narrow-minded and cannot achieve great things at all. Even if we can't repay our grievances with virtue, at least we must repay virtue with virtue, and for those who are kind to us, we must remember this kindness throughout our lives.
Second, profits can be shared but not alone, and conspiracies can be few but not many
Benefits and benefits must be learned to share with others, never secretly exclusive, selfish behavior should be eliminated. Before making a decision, we must find a few long-term and opinionated people to discuss, can not follow the clouds, can not ask too many people to help out the advice, people are more mouthy, but also will produce various differences, is tantamount to adding chaos, and easy to leak secrets.
Some very important things, the opinions given by others can only be used as a reference, do not affect their own judgment. Those who have become great things in ancient and modern times all have extraordinary opinions, as well as distinctive boldness, hesitant mentality is not advisable, things that are determined to be bold to do, and wavering is not a manifestation of being able to achieve great things.
Third, the mediocre people of ancient and modern times are all caused by a lazy word; the talented people of ancient and modern times are defeated by a proud word
Most people's IQs are almost the same, why do some people achieve fame, but some people have a lifetime of doing nothing, or after the scenery is stagnant. Zeng Guofan summed up two reasons, one is laziness, and the other is pride and complacency. The ancients could not accumulate steps to a thousand miles, and could not become a river without accumulating small streams, Han Yu once said: "Karma is good at diligence, absurd in play; success in action, thoughts are destroyed in following." "No matter what profession you are engaged in, you must not be lazy, otherwise you will not reach the point of proficiency."
If you want to make a difference, you must first change your lazy personality, and taking the first step is often the key to success. Some people achieve a little bit of success, start to look at no one, think they are very good, and do not take anyone in the eyes. As everyone knows, once the pride mentality is generated, the downhill road will soon come. So, from now on, allow yourself to be diligent while maintaining a humble mindset, and success is just around the corner.