Reading in the world
Qing Dynasty-Zeng Guofan.
When reading, Gai scholars should be ambitious, knowledgeable and persistent.
Scholars should be ambitious, knowledgeable and persistent in reading.
If you are ambitious, you will never be willing to be dirty;
Ambitious, unwilling to get dirty;
If you have knowledge, you know that knowledge is infinite, and you dare not sell yourself short. Such as Hebo watching the sea, such as a well frog peeping into the sky, no one knows;
If you are knowledgeable, you will know that there is no end to learning. If you have no experience, you will not be satisfied with yourself. For example, Hebo looks at the sea and the frog at the bottom of the well looks at the sky, all of which are ignorant;
Nothing is impossible if you have perseverance.
With perseverance, nothing is impossible.
These three are indispensable.
Aspiring, erudite and persistent are indispensable.
Classical Chinese translation of "Reading on Earth": Intellectuals should be ambitious, knowledgeable and persistent in reading. The original text of "Gai Shi Xue": Gai Shi Xue, first of all, he should have ambition, second, he should have knowledge, and third, he should have perseverance. From Zeng Guopan Jiaxun, written by Zeng Guopan. Zeng Guofan, formerly known as Zicheng, Bohan and Sheng Di, was his seventieth grandson living in San Ceng Zi. China was a statesman, strategist, philosopher, writer, calligrapher, founder and commander-in-chief of Xiang Army in the late Qing Dynasty.
Author's resume:
Zeng Guofan has always asked his family to live frugally and stay away from luxury. He refused to let his children live in Beijing when he met aristocratic men who were extravagant, corrupt and profligate. His original wife has been leading the children to live in his hometown in the countryside, and the plaque of "auspicious symbol" and "waiting symbol" is not allowed to hang outside the door. Zeng Guofan demanded "to be honest and frugal, and vowed not to send a penny to his family." My wife has no spare money at home, so she cooks and textiles herself.
In addition to "frugality", Zeng Guofan's other requirement for his children is "diligence". Zeng Guofan insisted on writing letters to his children, correcting poems for them and discussing various problems in study and life. He wrote a letter to his son Ceng Jize, asking him to dress neatly after getting up every day, greet his uncle first, then clean the house and sit down to study, practicing 65,438+0,000 words every day.
Zeng Guofan had three sons, five daughters, and the youngest daughter Zeng lived to be 9 1 year old. 1875, once married into Niejia, Hunan. Zeng Guofan stipulated that each daughter's dowry should not exceed 200 taels of silver when she got married, as well as the homework list written by her father.