Zeng Guofan's "Stupidity"

Zeng Guofan took the imperial examination with his father when he was young, but his father's department-level examination was not smooth. In his forties, he became a scholar-bureaucrat because of his son's honor. Zeng Guofan's father didn't get in, perhaps because the ancestral graves don't smoke, and it's useless to toss and turn. In their hometown, the lotus pond, it is not easy to wait for the mud legs to visit.

However, Zeng Guofan turned his back on the loess since he was a child, leaving a deep memory and vowing to study hard. Unlike his father, life has been a tragedy. In his life, although the science and technology exam was not easy, he didn't give up and make persistent efforts.

Zeng Guofan is a very stupid person, but the more stupid he is, the harder he works, even though he is stupid. For example, in the process of studying, I once lived in his house because I couldn't recite it. The thief on the beam didn't like it, saying that he had already recited it. It can be said that Zeng Guofan is notoriously stupid, but he believes that his relatives will successfully catch the stupid bird and fly first. As long as he burns his bridges, he will realize his dream.

Zeng Guofan worshipped his grandfather since he was a child. He often said that grandpa taught him to be timid and ambitious, and men should be self-reliant and stubborn. Being weak in the face of difficulties and being knocked down by failure is a man's greatest shame, so his life is deeply influenced by his grandfather, and he never gives up. Later, he summed up his successful experience, which is indispensable for a stubborn son. Academic articles need the word stubborn!

Zeng Guofan's stupidity also made his career. Because he is stupid, he studies steadily and is not impetuous. The more he learns, the better. Although many students around him can show their talents early, look down on Zeng Guofan and regard Zeng Guofan and his son as jokes, the more he is laughed at, the more he educates himself on the difficult road of science and technology, the more frustrated he is.

Zeng Guofan's philosophy of life is advocating clumsiness. The smarter you are, the less effort you need. The more desperate, the better. Many people do things. Pursuing high efficiency. Even by hook or by crook, Zeng Guofan thinks that the rule of the world is difficult to win, the rule of the world is skillful, clumsy is better than skill, and clumsy and reliable. Especially the Xiang army led by Zeng Guofan likes to dig trenches, which are wide and deep. Although it takes time and effort, fighting for him can protect his soldiers well.

Zeng Guofan's official uniform makes him more diligent, hardworking and industrious than others, which is also related to the spirit of Hunan people.

Zeng Guofan is not clever because he has no intellectual capital. He is more open-minded than others and works harder to pay for clumsy people. Growing up, he received more frustration education than ordinary people. Adversity quotient, who trained him, is a clumsy person and cultivated his ability to resist setbacks. He doesn't know how to be opportunistic, and he doesn't hit a wall when he meets problems, leaving no dead ends. Zeng Guofan took seven scholar exams, but he was admitted to Jinshi and Juren more smoothly than others. It is because he laid a solid foundation in the process of learning that he can win! In the future. On the contrary, those who think they are smart since childhood are unwilling to spend the rest of their lives, have no solid foundation when they encounter difficulties, and have not gone far as a result. As the saying goes, cleverness is replaced by cleverness and stupidity. They look like turtles, but they will go further and further and become more and more practical, just as it is difficult to build a house at first, and they will build it after laying a good foundation. Zeng Guofan's companion never twists and turns in his life, never goes to despair, and always takes his time with the stupidest kung fu, which is called dripping water wears away the stone.

Throughout his life, he did not walk out of despair and pursue fame, but gradually achieved his career and his dream. As the saying goes, Zeng Guofan did better than Zuo and Li Hongzhang at the same time, which is closely related to his multiplier effect.