Zeng Guofan (181165438+1October 26th-1872 March 12), Zi Zicheng, whose real name was Bo Han, was Sheng Di, the grandson of the seventieth Ceng Zi.

Zeng Guofan's military thoughts have influenced several generations, not to mention that his contemporary generals in Hunan and Huai took Zeng Guofan as a model, and later bourgeois strategists such as Huang Xing and Cai E also praised Zeng Guofan's general plan of running the army. When Zhang Zhidong and Yuan Shikai used western methods to train the new army after the Sino-Japanese War, they adopted many practices of Zeng Guofan in running the army.

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Zeng Guofan advocated diligence and thrift in everything, and should not be proud of being an official. He cultivated self-discipline, sought officials by virtue, put courtesy first, and sought politics by loyalty, and achieved great success in officialdom. At his initiative, he built the first ship in China, established the first military academy, printed and translated the first batch of western language books, and arranged the first batch of students studying in the United States. The rise of Zeng Guofan had a far-reaching impact on the politics, military affairs, culture and economy of the Qing Dynasty. He is a pioneer of China's modernization.

Zeng Guofan and Hu Linyi were called "Zeng Hu", while Li Hongzhang, Zuo and Zhang Zhidong were called "four famous ministers of ZTE in the late Qing Dynasty". Official to the governor of Liangjiang, the governor of Zhili, the university student of Wuyingdian, the first-class Yi, posthumous title "Zheng Wen", later called "Ceng Wenzheng".