Zeng Guofan said "treasure"

Treasure is popularly understood as rare treasure and precious material property.

But Zeng Guofan's "treasure" is different. Even if you don't explain it, you can imagine that in the eyes of a generation of sages, its "treasure" must mean something else.

Zeng Guofan repeatedly mentioned his grandfather's eight-character strategy of managing the family: books, vegetables, fish, pigs, breakfast, sweeping, exams and treasures. Steamed buns are one of them.

What is a "treasure"? Zeng Guofan said, "People visit neighbors, congratulate and mourn each other, and ask for help. It is often said that' people treat others with priceless treasures'".

Confucianism, the unity of family and country, the state-owned family and national security naturally involve the relationship between close neighbors, and the "kindness to others and good interaction" is indeed priceless.

This ancient wind of social moral construction is what we are today, and it is also worth advocating and carrying forward.

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? -Morning reading on September 8, 2020.