The Ethical Thoughts And Modern Enlightenment Of Zeng Guofan's Family Book

Zeng Guofan was a famous late Qing Dynasty official.He was known as a generation of Hong Confucians and master of science.He has a profound influence on Chinese modern history.Many works remain in later generations.The content of Zeng Guofan's family book is rich in content and research significance.Therefore,this thesis takes "Zeng Guofan's Family Letter" as the main research basis,and discusses the ethical ideas and modern enlightenment contained in the family book.Zeng Guofan lived in the late Qing Dynasty.At that time,the political system of the Qing government was backward,and economic feudalism was conservative and closed the country,and the national crisis plagued by Western powers invaded the country.The final discussion was semi-colonial and semi-feudal society.Zeng Guofan had received a good education from an early age and enlightened him with Confucianism as his education.Like the scholars at that time,he determined to cultivate his family and rule the country,and then learned and distinguished himself.He entered the Qing court to make good governance.It can be said that Zeng Guofan had his own unique character at the time of Confucian education and restraint of his family and ancestral training,as well as the promotion of Huxiang culture.This essay starts from the perspective of ethics.Through combing Zeng Guofan's life story,he studies the main contents of Zeng Guofan's family book and related books,and summarizes the ethical thoughts reflected in it into five aspects: determination,self-cultivation,dropout,family management and office life.First,Zeng Guofan insisted on becoming a gentleman in his aspirations for Hongyuan,with a firm mind and body,and always unswervingly.Secondly,in respect of self-cultivation,he emphasized that individuals who are prudent,independent,respectful,and considerate should become gentlemen.Thirdly,in school dropout,the main tension,in addition to the arrogance,insists that scholarship must be perpetual.Fourthly,in respect of the rule of the family,they should abide by the ancestral instruction and adopt the fatherly son filial piety and the fraternal brotherhood as the concept of Qijia;Fifth,in respect of life,he treats people with sincerity and sets a good example.He exhorts the younger brothers in the form of letter letters,and pays attention to the cultivation of the moral culture of family members and people.This article adheres to the Marxist viewpoint and conducts a systematic and in-depth study of the book with the principle of seeking truth from facts.From the individual and family aspects of the citizens,we can sort out the ethical ideology in Zeng Guofan's Family Letters,and combine with the core values of socialism to interpret Zeng Guofan's discovery of loyalty and love for the people and his dedication to duty.It can be said to be patriotic;to be honest and honest,to be diligent in politics,to be dedication;Treating people with sincerity can be said to be sincere;based on the principle of filial piety and filial piety,filial piety and brother-in-law are the main points,and morality is the main factor in maintaining family harmony.In terms of people,harmonious interpersonal relationships can be described as friendly.Therefore,if we want to explore the value of Zeng Guofan's ethical thoughts,we can analyze it from family,education and self-cultivation.In terms of family ethics values,it emphasizes that fatherly sons and filial piety,brother-in-law fraternity,and diligent and simple ideology are still applicable to the construction of our contemporary family ethics,and are also conducive to the transmission of good family traditions.In terms of the value of education ethics,Zeng Guofan's Letters of the Family is based on Jinxi Cultivation,which is in line with our current moral education for individual citizens and also facilitates learning from home education.In the moral values of self-cultivation,the methods of self-cultivation,such as prudence and independence,respect for the Lord,seeking benevolence,and labor training,are even more important examples of the moral self-cultivation model that today's citizens should learn.