In a secularized society, people tend to have more or less psychological tendencies, especially for successful people. Favorite celebrities, either in literature, or in operas, calligraphy, paintings, movies, etc., recorded, described and praised, or sung in the folk with word-of-mouth folk songs, slang or whatever. Similarly, for celebrities who hate or dislike, they may do their best to expose his shortcomings, expose his ugliness, and try to destroy his image.
And the controversial celebrities in history often account for both, such as the familiar late Qing Dynasty famous minister Zeng Guofan.
First, it is controversial and mixed
When the image is ugly, its "triangle eye" is more prominent.
As long as you talk about China's modern history, Zeng Guofan, whether you like it or not, is definitely a figure that cannot be bypassed. In 1851, Hong Xiuquan founded the Worship of God Society, established the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in Guangxi, Zeng Guofan also returned to his hometown due to the death of his mother, and the Qing court authorized the organization of a regiment to quell the chaos. Later, he established the Xiangyong and Xiang armies, killed people in Changsha and Hengyang during military training, and was once given the nickname "Zeng Shaved Head".
Although the later rebellion was suppressed, although it went through all kinds of difficulties and dangers, and finally defeated the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and later wandered around the Henan region of Shandong, but because of the killing of a large number of Han people and vigorously maintained the rule of the weak, backward, and decadent Manchu Qing Empire, at that time, many people were spurned as traitors, and thus full of controversy, to this day, this figure who has passed away for a hundred years still endures endless praise and insults.
Second, ZTE celebrities, winners in life
Zeng Guofan official costume statue
Zeng Guofan in zhengshi was born on November 26, 1811, died on March 12, 1872, originally known as Zeng Zicheng, and was revered as a famous courtier in the late Qing Dynasty. He is also a defender who attaches great importance to traditional culture, and has tried his best to find the roots and ask for the pulse, which seems to be verified, believing that he is the seventy generations of the grandson of Zengzi (Zengsan).
Zeng Guofan was born in a farming and reading family in Heyetang, Xiangxiang, Hunan, and because of his diligence and self-improvement, after hard work, the official Zhizheng Yipin became the target of the majority of readers. In traditional Chinese society, as long as there are aspiring Confucian scholars, especially successful people with some achievements, they pay more attention to meritorious service and morality, and are determined to leave their names in the history of youth. In these aspects, Zeng Guofan also has impressive achievements and is a big winner in life.
Zeng Guofan, as a heavy minister who shouldered the life and death of the Manchu Qing dynasty at that time, his efforts, efforts, experiences, sufferings, and achievements in the world were difficult for ordinary people to reach. In particular, he is more praised by the world for his cultivation of being an official and governing his family. Man is known as a generation of great Confucians.
Behind the generation of Great Confucians, there has been such a bizarre story.
Third, the stupid child ridicules, leading to jokes
Zeng Guofan's growth story has many versions, some in order to damage his image and reputation, there are stories of "stupid children" circulating in the street, which is quite nonsensical.
It is said that in 1825, when Zeng Guofan was fifteen years old, in the winter, after a dinner, Zeng Zicheng wanted to recite this famous passage of Fan Zhongyun. The article, also known as the 516-word "Record of Yueyang Lou", was written at the request of a friend when Fan Zhongyan was demoted to Dengzhou to be a zhizhou. For many years, it is one of the must-memorize articles in Chinese textbooks in the middle school era.
A small article of more than 500 words, normal people can almost memorize it more than ten or twenty times, there is no need to repeat it repeatedly, dozens or even hundreds of times, it takes several hours to memorize it, which shows that the story is deliberately portraying a stupid and surprising person.
Is there a more sinister rumor that he is stupid enough to be no more than a thief? One night, a thief sneaks into his house, first hiding on a beam and then looking for an opportunity to steal. People at that time usually fell asleep shortly after dinner. That night, the grand duke of the Zeng family also memorized this article. For some reason, I just can't remember. At this point, Zeng Gongzi really came to the cow temper, dead bumped, had to memorize this article at one time.
After a lot of hard work, he didn't take it down for several hours, so that the thief had also been hiding on the beam of his house for so long, and his curled legs and feet had long been numb and sore as if they were not his own, but he could not catch the opportunity to steal or slip away.
At this time, from time to time, the following lang recitation and reading voice of "the next year, the government is well-connected and the people are prosperous", which simply annoyed the thief. This book reads! What a good text, read by this stupid person with neither emotion nor charm, not only no rhythm, but also the basic sentences are not fluent, too torturous.
The thief really couldn't stand it, so he jumped off the beam with a "thud". Zeng Guofan was startled, immediately threw away the book, and curled up in the corner.
The man pointed at Zeng Zicheng's nose and sneered, "It's really stupid and pitiful, so stupid to read a sage book, the face of the reader simply makes you lose it!" Hum hum a hundred times can not remember, even I listen to these times will already memorize. You listen well, I'll recite it to you:
"Yueyang LouJi", Fan Zhongyan. In the spring of the fourth year of the celebratory calendar, Teng Zijing guarded Baling County. The next year, the government will be in harmony with people, and all kinds of wastes will flourish. ... The worries of the world..." After reciting it in one breath, he pushed open the door angrily and flew away. Zeng Gongzi was shocked by this scene, and after a long time he could not return to God.
It is also true that a person who does not have to do anything but study all day long can not even compare with a thief, how can it be? However, the reputation of this "stupid child" still spread within a radius of tens of miles.
Fourth, listen and believe, and treat it dialectically
Of course, such nonsensical stories are unbelievable, and there is no need to examine who fabricated them. However, this statement is quite famous: not only is it mentioned in the trilogy of "Zeng Guofan" written by Mr. Tang Haoming, but also in the "Biography of Zeng Guofan" written by Mr. Ma Dongyu, and even the famous cultural scholar Professor Li Bo has commented on this matter on different public occasions many times.
Judging from Zeng Guofan's early experience and the facts he himself admitted, he was certainly not a clever child. However, he attaches great importance to drawing nourishment from the profound traditional culture, and constantly overcomes his innate shortcomings, so as to move towards success that is different from ordinary people, and it can also be seen that he is not an idle person.
It is said that at the age of fifteen, learning is not in the stage of enlightenment, and it is definitely not possible to not even memorize such famous passages. The reason why the rumors chose Fan Zhongyan's "Yueyang LouJi" instead of the remote article was to expose the ugliness of Zeng Guofan. This deliberate act, on the contrary, makes the story lose a certain credibility.
But the legend is still believed. Because Zeng Guofan himself also admits, and often says that he is a stupid person, he often follows the stupid way of doing things, and insists on doing things, the most bloody and tenacious, often "knowing that you can't do it.".
It is estimated that the reason why passers-by are so fabricated and even passed on the recitation is naturally relative to Zuo Zongtang, Li Hongzhang and other highly talented people. What Zeng did also reflected another kind of wisdom.