"The Art of Managing a Household and Teaching Children", "Bing Jian", "Complete Works of Zeng Wenzhenggong", "Miscellaneous Notes of One Hundred Classical Schools of Classics and History", "Notes of Poems of Eighteen Schools", etc.
1. "The Art of Managing a Household and Teaching Children"
The main story is that through the eight-book Sanzhixiang education for family members, the Zeng family has cultivated generations of good sons and daughters. Although they belong to a wealthy family, they have not seen any dandy children in more than 100 years. This cannot but be said to be the success of Zeng Guofan's educational ideas. ?
Zeng Guofan’s theoretical system of tutoring is as follows: the eight books are the classics, the eight treasures are the weft, and the four-character key, three auspiciousness, and three disbelief are interspersed among them. The longitude and weft are coherent and connected, forming a set A complete and teachable theoretical system for family governance.
This theory is different from the traditional Chinese core concept of educating future generations. It is opposed to the theory that Confucius, Mencius, Zhu Ziyan and other famous family mottos have always adhered to the theory that excellence in learning leads to officialdom, and has been put into practice. It has extremely important practical significance for the educational confusion faced by almost every family in today's society.
2. "Bingjian"
"Bingjian" is a book published by Jilin University Press in 2009, written by Zeng Guofan. It is a textbook on talent science at home and abroad, a classic document about knowing and appreciating people, and a legendary book that Zeng Guofan summarized his experience in knowing and using people's hearts.
It is Zeng Guofan’s subtle insight into people’s minds. It is valued and loved by people from all walks of life because of its strong practicality, enlightenment and reference.
"Bingjian" creates a way for readers to get closer to Zeng Guofan's wisdom and experience his unique strategies for recognizing and employing people. "Bingjian" and "Tingjing" are both "case-breaking works" written by Zeng Guofan before his death after spending his whole life.
3. "The Complete Works of Zeng Wenzhenggong"
This book is a collection of essays by Zeng Guofan, a famous official of the late Qing Dynasty. It adopts the earliest and currently considered the most classic version, namely Chuanzhong Bookstore Engraved edition.
Zeng Guofan is known as the three immortals for his meritorious services, virtues and words, which are embodied in this set of "The Complete Works of Zeng Wenzhenggong". The whole book contains the main cultural essence of Zeng Guofan's life, reflecting from different aspects the wisdom of this "most perfect man throughout the ages" in self-cultivation, family management, country governance and world peace.
The language is plain and easy to understand, but at the same time it contains rich knowledge and life experience. The complete collection was edited by dozens of scholars, celebrities, officials and gentry at that time. On the basis of the original text, a large amount of processing and organization work was also carried out, in an attempt to better present the most valuable content for future generations, and Zeng Guofan's knowledge was passed down to later generations.
The whole book includes one volume for the first time, thirty volumes of memorials, thirty-three volumes of letters, twenty-eight volumes of poems from eighteen schools of thought, twenty-six volumes of miscellaneous works of classics and history, and six volumes of manuscripts. There are four volumes of collected works, four volumes of poetry collections, two volumes of Ming Yuantang's papers, two volumes of compilations of hundreds of classics and history, ten volumes of Qiuquezhai's reading records, two volumes of Qiuquezhai's diary notes, ten volumes of chronicles, etc.
4. "Eighteen Poetry Notes"
Anthology of ancient poetry. Compiled and selected by Zeng Guofan in the Qing Dynasty. ***Volume 28. The eighteen families are Cao Zhi, Ruan Ji, Tao Yuanming, Xie Lingyun, Bao Zhao, and Xie Tiao in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, and eight families in the Tang Dynasty are Wang Wei, Meng Haoran, Li Bai, Du Fu, Han Yu, Bai Juyi, Li Shangyin, and Du Mu.
There are 6599 ancient and modern poems selected by Su Shi, Huang Tingjian and Lu You in the Song Dynasty, Yuan Haowen and his family in the Jin Dynasty, with a small amount of comments and annotations.
This book is divided into poetry styles, and each style is sorted according to the era of the selected poets. There is no order at the beginning of the book, but the selection criteria and the purpose of the selection are clearly reflected in the book.
First, it is different from the general collection of excellent poems in a wide range of collections. Instead, it selects some great poets in each period to represent the main features of poetry in this era.
Secondly, among the Eighteen Poems, except for Du Fu, the selected poems are all selected from one or several poetic styles, without seeking a combination of all styles, in order to highlight the key points and mark their main achievements.
5. "Miscellaneous Notes on Classics and History"
A collection of ancient Chinese classics compiled by Zeng Guofan, with a total of twenty-six volumes. The book "Miscellaneous Notes on Classics and History" is another famous anthology of ancient prose that has been widely circulated and influential in society from the late Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China. It is another famous anthology of ancient Chinese prose after Yao Nai's "Compilation of Ancient Chinese Ci".
The whole book is divided into eleven categories: treatises, poems, prefaces and postscripts, edicts, memorials, slips, memorials, biographies, narratives, annals, and miscellaneous notes.
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