Zeng Guofan (Zeng Guofan), also known as Ziqiang, was a native of Meixikou Town, Hengyang County, Hunan Province (present-day Meixi Town, Yunyang City, Hunan Province). He was born in the seventh year of Qing Daoguang (1827), his family was poor, but his tutor was strict, and he received a good education from an early age, and his father Zeng Kongzhao was a show talent in Hengyang County.
Zeng Guofan was 14 years old in Xiucai, entered the Hunan Inspector Yamen at the age of 16, and passed the Xiucai exam at the age of 18. Later, he was admitted to the Qing Dynasty's Jin Shi Imperial Examination with honors, and began his official career as the prefect of Hengzhou Prefecture in Hunan Province in the tenth year of Xianfeng (1860). Since then, he has also held official positions in Jiangxi, Hubei, Shaanxi and other places, and has done many useful things for the local people.
Politically, Zeng Guofan advocated "ruling the people with Mei, teaching the people with virtue, saving the people with the army, enriching the people with business, and reaching the people with books", encouraging people to be self-reliant and self-reliant, and to become rich through hard work, in order to lay the foundation for China's modernization drive. He also insisted on advocating education based on "science" in the process of governing the localities, advocating honesty and honesty for officials, diligent administration and loving the people, and improved the governance level of the Qing Dynasty, and was known as the "honest smiling tiger".
Zeng Guofan worked diligently throughout his life and devoted himself to maintaining national stability and the well-being of the people. His noble political ideas, profound cultural connotations and advanced academic ideas occupy an important position and influence in the intellectual and cultural history of the late Qing Dynasty in China, and he has become one of the outstanding pioneers in the process of China's modernization.
1. Zeng Guofan's thoughts
Zeng Guofan put forward the military idea of the "Little Manchu faction", that is, to fully develop the subjective initiative of the soldiers, adopt flexible and changeable tactics, quickly consume the enemy army in continuous strikes, and achieve the combat goal of defeating the strong with weakness. He believed that troops should remain flexible and mobile in war, so that soldiers could be confident and victorious.
Zeng Guofan's political thought is based on theory, emphasizing governing the country by virtue, and believing that only by attaching importance to the cultivation of talents, strengthening education, and practicing clean government can we lay a solid foundation for national governance.
2. Zeng Guofan's military strategy
As an outstanding military strategist, Zeng Guofan's operational thinking and battlefield experience occupy an important place in China's military history. Zeng Guofan's war strategy followed the principle of "strategic defense and tactical offensive," advocating attacking hearts with thousands of miles, overwhelming people with power, and controlling large with small ones, fully mobilizing rural armed forces and popular forces, and turning war into a people's war.
On the battlefield, Zeng Guofan always attached importance to the emotions and will of the soldiers, and patiently commanded them to fight, so as to achieve the effect of will transmission. He also pays attention to the development of the subjective initiative of soldiers, aiming to make soldiers full of self-confidence and pride, and pays great attention to combat morale and the role of psychological warfare.
In short, Zeng Guofan's thinking and military strategy are of great significance in China's modern history, have had a positive impact on China's modernization process, and profoundly enlightened the development of military thought today.
Zeng Guofan's experience in governing the family and the army
1. Zeng Guofan's experience in governing the family
1. Rule the house with virtue
Zeng Guofan believes that the way to govern the family lies in ruling the family with ethics, which is the basic principle that any family should abide by. He stressed the importance of family education, believing that parents should be role models for their children and teach them to be hardworking, persevering, honest and trustworthy, so that they can become useful talents.
2. Be diligent and thrifty
Zeng Guofan emphasized the importance of family economy and advocated thrift and thrift. He believes that families must use the existing property to produce more wealth, and avoid waste and luxury, in order to run a long-term family.
3. Attach importance to culture and education
Zeng Guofan believes that education is an important means of governing the family. He attached importance to education, provided opportunities for his children to learn, and paid attention to moral education and the cultivation of humanistic qualities, so that his family had a strong sense of family and country and good moral cultivation.
2. Zeng Guofan's experience in managing the army
1. Rigorous training
Zeng Guofan insisted on the importance of military training and required soldiers to train diligently in peacetime, so that they could master certain military skills and basic knowledge so that they could play the greatest role in war.
2. Advocate for do-it-yourself problem-solving
Zeng Guofan advocated doing problems by himself and paid attention to cultivating the subjective initiative of soldiers. He encouraged officers and soldiers to solve military problems on their own, constantly boosting morale and improving soldiers' self-confidence.
3. Pay attention to psychological warfare
Zeng Guofan believed that the key to winning or losing a war lies in psychological warfare. Therefore, he paid attention to grasping and adjusting the ideological situation of officers and men, grasped the ideological preparation of officers and men, vigorously implemented psychological tactics in war, and struck at the enemy's morale and determination to make the enemy lose its ability to resist.
4. Genuine care for soldiers
Zeng Guofan deeply understands and practices the concept of "using soldiers as home", genuinely cares for soldiers, understands their needs, such as paying them, and takes care of their physical and mental needs in all aspects of life and training. This civilized power will help to improve the discipline of soldiers and enhance their combat effectiveness.
Zeng Guofan's experience in governing the family and the army embodies the people-oriented thinking, and pays great attention to people's psychology, emotions and mental state. He pays attention to the cultivation and discovery of talents, taking into account the individuality and characteristics of each person, and giving them the opportunity to play. These experiences also show that his superb governance ability and leadership wisdom have had a profound impact on Chinese history.
As one of the important promoters of China's modernization, Zeng Guofan's image and influence have largely shaped the direction of China's modernization. The following is a specific introduction to Zeng Guofan's image and influence:
1. The image of Zeng Guofan
As a clean official who is diligent and loves the people, obeys discipline and serves the people, Zeng Guofan has established a positive and typical image in people's minds. He pays attention to talent training, governs the country with ethics, and adheres to the spirit of reform and innovation, which greatly promotes social and economic development and the improvement of humanistic qualities. In addition, he also made his own contributions to social development, participated in many important events and reform measures in China's modern history, and laid a solid foundation for the development of the national society.
Second, the influence of Zeng Guofan
1. Inheritance of educational ideas
Zeng Guofan has had a great influence on the inheritance and development of Chinese educational thought. He advocated "teaching the people with virtue" and "reaching the people with books", popularized Confucianism, and advocated that Shi Dafu should lead by example and have a sense of social responsibility. He also founded a private school and created the four-character education slogan of "Excellence, Diligence, Faith, and Perseverance", which made outstanding contributions to the cultivation of a sense of mission, responsibility, honor and morality.
2. The influence of military thinking
Zeng Guofan's military thinking had a profound impact on the development of China's military pattern. He advocated giving full play to the subjective initiative of soldiers, adopting flexible and uncertain tactics, rapidly depleting the enemy's military strategy in continuous strikes, advocating self-help problem solving, and paying attention to the cultivation and discovery of talents. His original "Little Manchu school" military thought deeply influenced the development of China's modern military system and military warfare thinking.
3. The influence of political thought
Zeng Guofan's political ideology advocates attaching importance to personnel training, strengthening education, and earnestly promoting the building of a clean and honest government, which is an innovation in modern Chinese political thought. He insisted on promoting the process of national modernization with the power of culture, advocated seeking truth from facts and taking pragmatism as the guiding ideology, and at the same time paid attention to ideological and political work, and actively promoted political reform, which influenced the political concept in the process of China's modernization.
Zeng Guofan played an important role in China's modernization process, and his experience in governing the country and his positive personality charm were deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, influencing the development of traditional Chinese culture, philosophy, education, military, politics and other aspects, shaping the direction of China's modernization, and exerting a profound impact on Chinese history and culture.
Zeng Guofan is known as China's "smiling tiger", he has been diligent in his life and devoted himself to maintaining national stability and the well-being of the people. He has outstanding achievements in politics, military and culture, and is an indispensable figure in the process of China's modernization.
Zeng Guofan's thoughts, experiences and influences are profound and extensive, and they also have important enlightenment for us today. We can learn from Zeng Guofan's experience in governing the family and the army and apply them to our own lives; We can also learn from Zeng Guofan's cultural ideas to promote the modernization of contemporary China. More importantly, we should pay attention to the cultivation of talents, earnestly practice the concept of "teaching the people with morality", and cultivate new talents full of innovative ability. I believe that in these aspects, we can contribute our strength to China's take-off and development.