Life Wisdom of Zen Guofan-Ordinary people become the upper by suffering bitter

Life Wisdom of Zen Guofan-Ordinary people become the upper by suffering bitter written by Yang Jianxiang makes a general survey of Zeng Guofan's whole life. He mainly did three things: to be a man, to be a good official and to be a good scholar. What are the essences? Which are authentic? What is wisdom? Answer is in the three important things. To be a man is the prerequisite of being an official. To be an official is the realization of being a man. One should be a scholar before being a man and official. To be a scholar is for being a man and official. What Zeng concluded is the key to the problem. How to be a man? How to be a good official and how to make knowledge useful? He was born in country, stepped into the Imperial Academy, took charge of the military power with high position in the government later on through hard work and diligence. What was summarized in the book was more of his own experience and practice, his thought of life and his reflection of being a man, being an official and being a scholar: "e;the wisdom and spirit of "e;Ordinary people become the upper by suffering bitter"e;.