The ancient philosophers in China put forward the famous conclusion of "three immortals in life": "There is virtue in the world, followed by meritorious deeds, followed by words, and if it is not abolished for a long time, it will be immortal." (from Zuo Zhuan Xiang Gong Twenty-four Years). It means that people must be virtuous before they can achieve great things. And there are permanent thoughts, theories or works. Even if people die, their deeds will not die, and they will be immortal in society.
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In the history of China, there are only two and a half people who have achieved virtue, made meritorious deeds and proclaimed the "Three Immortals", that is, China's "two saints and a half", namely Confucius, Wang Yangming and Zeng Guofan, of which Confucius and Wang Yangming each account for one, and Zeng Guofan only accounts for half.
Confucius was a famous thinker and educator in ancient China, the founder of Confucianism and one of the top ten historical celebrities in the world. 1988, 75 nobel prize winners issued a joint declaration in Paris, calling on the world that "if human beings want to survive in the 2 1 century, they must learn the wisdom of Confucius two thousand years ago."
Wang Yangming was a thinker, strategist and master of psychology in Ming Dynasty. Together with Confucius, Mencius and Zhu, they are called Confucius, Mencius, Zhu and Wang. Wang Yangming's academic thoughts spread to China, Japan, the Korean Peninsula and Southeast Asia, and his achievements were the best in the next generation.
Zeng Guofan was a politician, strategist, philosopher and writer in modern China, and was the founder and commander-in-chief of Xiang Army. In a letter to li jinxi on August 23rd, 19 17, Mao Zedong said: Fools are close to others, and only care about Ceng Wenzheng. Some people also summed up Zeng Guofan's life with couplets: "Lide made meritorious deeds, made three immortal words, served as a teacher and became a perfect person."
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