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"Zeng Guofan is good at recognizing people, how did he make contacts when he first entered the official field?" This is a reader who knows Zeng Guofan for the first time, and privately writes to me about my question.
Zeng Guofan's ability to recognize people and understand people is not innate, but he summed up while studying after entering the official field. When we understand Zeng Guofan, we must understand his performance when he first entered the official arena.
Zeng Guofan was a 28-year-old scholar who interned in the Hanlin Academy for three years and officially entered the official field at the age of 30. In the corrupt Qing Dynasty officialdom, the criterion for measuring whether a person has strength is background and silver, and unfortunately, these two things are very scarce for Zeng Guofan.
Zeng Guofan, who had just entered the official field, had no experience as an official, was not good at engaging in relations, and was not only suppressed by his superiors, but also excluded by his colleagues.
How did Zeng Guofan respond? His method of networking is of great help to some young people who are new to the official arena or the workplace. Let's explain them one by one:
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="6" >, low self-esteem, can not solve any problems. </h1>
When Zeng Guofan first entered the official field, he was very inferior, and he even felt that he had read too little.
Hanlin Academy is the world's humanistic gathering place, the collection of books is also the world's most place, after arriving in Hanlin, Zeng Guofan found that his insight was too short. In a letter to his brothers, he considered himself "completely unheard of."
However, inferiority could not solve any problem, and if Zeng Guofan wanted to break a path in the Hanlin Academy, he had to continuously improve his knowledge. It was with this idea that Zeng Guofan began to try to learn from the ancients. Zeng Guofan told his brothers:
In recent years, I have gained one or two good friends, and I know that there are so-called scholars and economists, and there are so-called practitioners who practice, and I know that Fan Han can learn and go to the same, Sima Qianhan Yu can also learn and go, and Cheng Zhu can also learn and go. He thought of the dirt of the day before, thinking that he was a reborn person, thinking that he was the portrait of his parents, and thinking that he was the precursor of his brothers.
The meaning of this sentence is:
In recent years, after finding one or two good friends, I have learned that there are so-called scholars and economists, and there are so-called practitioners of practice, and only then do I know that the political means and literary achievements of Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi can be learned, Sima Qian and Han Yu can also learn hands, and Cheng Zhu Lixue can also learn hands. In addition to sighing, he wanted to wash away the filth of the past, turn himself into a new person, and make himself a filial piety of his parents and a precursor for his brothers.
From Zeng Guofan's family letter, we can see that he recognized his shortcomings, so he aspired to be a saint, and as long as he can work hard, anyone's skills can be learned.
Zeng Guofan worked very hard, and he set himself many courses, for example, he kept a diary every day, read ten pages of history books, and practiced calligraphy all of which were uninterrupted for life.
In the decadent Qing Dynasty, many people were pulling relations and fishing for silver, and there were few people like Zeng Guofan who studied so hard. After a while, his skills surpassed that of all his colleagues.
In the official arena, there were many people who were jealous of Xianxian's ability, and Zeng Guofan found that the higher his level of knowledge, the more he was suppressed by his superiors and ostracized by his colleagues. If Zeng Guofan wanted to make a difference in the official arena, he had to apply what he had learned to practice.
This is also the reason why we should learn from Zeng Guofan, he is not a person who can only read dead books, he is a person who is good at using the world.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="31" > Second, make contacts, and make friends with people who are stronger than yourself. </h1>
After Zeng Guofan was ostracized by his colleagues in the Hanlin Academy, his coping method, in addition to learning knowledge, improving his ability and cultivation, was to make contacts.
In any environment, it is necessary to make friends with people who are better than you, especially in the official arena, which is the best way to get out of the predicament.
When Zeng Guofan said, "I have had one or two good friends in recent years", I mean Tang Jian and Wu Ren. These two people were both well-known scholars of the dynasty, and their positions were also very high, among them, Tang Jian was the secretary of the Zhengsanpin Taichang Temple, and Wu Ren was the secretary of the Sanpin Taibu Temple, both of whom were senior members of the DPRK. And Zeng Guofan's status was very low, just one from the Seven Pins in the Hanlin Courtyard.
When many people are frustrated or have low self-esteem, they like to make friends with people who are inferior to themselves, thinking that this has a common topic, or even to find a little satisfaction. In this way, not only can not change their current situation, but also more and more make themselves inferior.
After Zeng Guofan became a student of Tang Jian and other celebrities through the way of worshiping teachers, his circle of contacts immediately changed, and his vision was also expanded, and he would not fall into the intrigues of colleagues in the unit.
With the support of strong personal connections, Zeng Guofan also ushered in new opportunities in his career, and since then, he has been promoted at least once a year. From the age of 30, when he entered the official field, to the age of 37, he was already a waiter in the Ceremonial Department of zheng'er pin.
Judging from the series of ways zeng guofan has just entered the official field, he is forced to change himself under the exclusion of his colleagues, that is, to let himself have real talent and practical learning, only in this way can he make friends with people who are better than himself. When good people appreciate you, no matter what you do, it will be a natural thing.
Author: Ke Duo (real name Tian Jianzhong, media person, historical and cultural researcher, author of "Zeng Guofan Heart Study", "Zeng Guofan Official Marketing", "Zeng Guofan for the OfficialDom of Learning: Promotion and Promotion have a Way", "Zeng Guofan Power Strategy" and so on).
References: The Complete Works of Zeng Guofan, The Biography of Zeng Guofan, The Great Biography of Zeng Guofan, The Annals of Zeng Guofan, Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, etc.