How are the descendants of Zeng Guofan doing?

Zeng Guofan, known as the "First Minister of Zhongxing" in Qing Dynasty, was the real "Gao Qian" in feudal society. He always maintained a strict family style, and his descendants made their own achievements no matter how things changed and changed dynasties. His two sons, two are famous diplomats and one is a famous mathematician; Among the grandchildren, he was once the youngest scholar, at the age of 23, and the rest also joined the army in politics from beginning to end; Great-grandchildren are mostly scholars, each with his own expertise. What is particularly intriguing is that in the later struggle between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, the descendants of the Zeng family were represented on both sides: Zeng Guangshan, the mother of Yu Dayou, the "defense minister" of the Kuomintang, was the granddaughter of Zeng Guofan, and Ceng Xianzhi, the wife of Marshal Ye Jianying (also a former defense minister), was the great-granddaughter of Zeng Guofan's brother Ceng Guoquan; Zeng Baosun, the representative of the Kuomintang National Congress and later president of Taiwan Province Provincial University, is Zeng Guofan's great-granddaughter, and Zeng Zhaolun, former vice minister of higher education and vice chairman of the National Federation of Science and Technology, is the great-grandson of Zeng Guofan's brother Zeng Guohuang. It can be said that none of the Zeng family has been a cripple or a dude from generation to generation, which is inseparable from Zeng Guofan's family style.

According to Zeng Guofan's Tomb Table, Zeng Guofan's grandfather, Zeng Xinggang, contracted many lazy habits when he was young. Instead of studying, he often rode to Xiangtan to chase some "autumn horse teenagers, or morning sleep", which made many elders laugh. Later, he accepted the advice of others, "self-inflicted", sold his horse and walked home. Since then, he "lived in ignorance" and painstakingly managed the family business. In order to facilitate farming, he led the "tiller" and "chisel the stone to break the shade", changed the hill into a big hill, and carefully studied the planting techniques of rice and vegetables. At the same time, he feeds pigs and raises fish, so he has no leisure all year round. He also summed up a set of methods to manage the family. Later, Zeng Guofan's eight words of managing the family: "Morning, Sweep, Exam, Treasure, Book, Vegetable, Fish and Pig" were all inherited and developed from his grandfather's experience. Zeng Guofan said in a letter to his son Ji Ze: "In the past, my famous housekeeper Gong Gang was the most particular. One was to get up early, the other was to clean up, the third was to offer sacrifices sincerely, and the fourth was to be kind to relatives and neighbors ... So when I wrote a letter to my family recently, I often mentioned books, vegetables, fish and pigs, which covered the family laws handed down by my grandfather." This "eight-character family law", except "Kao, Bao and Shu", is about offering sacrifices, governing neighbors and reading, and the other five words are all about labor. Not afraid of "housework" and "running around", the Zeng family's children later engaged in diplomacy and scientific research in the battlefield and officialdom, all benefiting from this "eight-character family law."

Zeng Guofan went to school beside his father at the age of 7, and didn't leave home to study until he was 20. I have changed several teachers, but I cooperated well with one Ouyang teacher. Later, Teacher Ouyang saw that Zeng Guofan was smart and studious, and his "eight-character" fortune was good, so he wanted to be a "too old gentleman".

Zeng Guopan's daughter-in-law and his wife introduced Zeng to a rich girl named Zhou. At first, the Zhou family readily agreed and chose auspicious days to fill the vacancy. The Zeng family was also very happy, and actively organized betrothal gifts and banquets. Who knows that on the auspicious day when the two sides agreed to make up the Geng, the guests of the Zeng family came one after another, but the guests of the Zhou family did not arrive. Teacher Ouyang, a matchmaker, was anxious and sent someone to Zhou's house to urge him. Unexpectedly, half an hour later, the man sent it back and said, "Master Zhou and his wife discussed with Miss Zhou, but the two portals were improper and that man was useless. MISS ZHOU refused to get engaged and decided to cancel the contract. " Now everyone in the Tseng family is in a hurry. The wine came, the guests came, how to make amends? Teacher Ouyang was already riding a tiger, so he had to replace the tree with flowers and discuss with Zeng Guofan and his son: "It's no use crying over spilt milk.". If you don't think my family is humble and poor, there is a little girl in my family who knows a lot about literature and ink, but she is ugly (she once had smallpox and her face is pockmarked). If you like, how about our two families becoming Qin Jin? " Teacher Ouyang's daughter became Mrs Ouyang of Zeng Guofan.

Zeng Guofan and his wife gave birth to three sons. The eldest son, Ji Di, died at the age of two. Later, both Ji Ze and Ji Hong grew up. Zeng Guofan made great efforts to educate his son. He has repeatedly said that "I don't want future generations to be big officials, but I hope to be a gentleman who is sensible." In order to make his son understand, he stipulated that his son must do four things every day: watching, reading, writing and doing. "Reading" requires more than 5 pages, "writing" requires 100 words, and "writing" requires writing a poem every three to eight days. Although father and son are often thousands of miles apart, he always takes pains to write home and give careful advice. This kind of advice rarely pretends to be Lao Tzu's qualification, confides like a friend and coaxes like a teacher. He often used his own gains and losses to enlighten his son. He also asked his son not to study China's classics, history, books, books collection, astronomy and arithmetic, but also to learn foreign knowledge and master as much knowledge as possible, which was beyond the reach of the general old-fashioned and fatuous "feudal brains" at that time.

Under the guidance of his father, Ceng Jize not only made great achievements in China's poetry, calligraphy and painting, but also became interested in western mathematics, physics, chemistry, language and literature. He once wrote such articles as Preface to Geometry, Preface to Grammar and Preface to Western Learning, which played a certain role in spreading western science at that time. He also taught himself many languages and was familiar with English. Later, he became a famous diplomat in the Qing Dynasty and served as an imperial envoy to Britain, France, Germany and Russia. Later, he served as the ambassador to Russia and fought against the Russians. Finally, the Livakia Treaty signed by Chonghou, the left assistant minister of the Qing government, and Russia was abandoned. 188 1 On February 24th, 2000, he signed the Sino-Russian Ili Treaty with Russian Foreign Minister Gilles in Petersburg, which not only recovered the land 600 miles long and 200 miles wide in Yili 9, but also recovered the worship ceremony. This is the only diplomatic victory of the increasingly corrupt Qing Dynasty.

Zeng is nine years younger than. In July of the third year of Tongzhi (1864), his father just won the title of Marquis. /kloc-when he was 0/6 years old, he happened to go to Changsha to take the provincial exam. At that time, political corruption, the prevalence of imperial examinations, sending notes, opening the back door. Zeng Guofan was afraid that his son would go astray. On the seventh day of July before the exam, he wrote to Ji Hong, saying, "Don't associate with counties before the game, don't send notes, and pay attention to your self-esteem from the beginning." After the exam was not finished, Zeng Guofan was afraid of his son going to activities. On July 24th, he wrote to warn his son: "Never send a note for discussion." In this provincial examination, Ji Hong was unknown. After many examinations, he only got a "tribute award-winning record". What is rare is that Ji Hong never sent a note, and Zeng Guofan never called an examiner. In the feudal officialdom where privileges prevailed, it was really commendable.

Zeng Ji Hong later became a self-taught student. He wrote mathematical monographs, such as logarithmic evaluation, explanatory roundness test, and Subu Cao Yan. He is a famous mathematician in modern China. Unfortunately, he died young, only 33 years old.

Zeng Guofan's direct descendant 15. Traditionally, the family tree is not named after one's own woman, but in this genealogy, the fourth generation grandson who belongs to Zeng Guofan is named after two women-Bao Sun and Bao Han, both of whom are crowned with the word "virgin", meaning "never marry". Of these 15 people, except Zhao Run and Zhao Yi who died young at the age of 20, and Zhao Rong who died young at the age of 24, the rest 12 people have obtained college degrees and have their own specialties. Sun Bao and Zhao Ying (Yuenong Zeng) also studied in Britain, and Zhao Quan and Zhao Huan also studied in the United States. Zeng Baosun and Yuenong Zeng are the oldest of their peers. They were both born in the 19th year of Guangxu (1893). After studying in England, their brothers and sisters founded the "Fang Yi" girls' school in Changsha. 1946 In the spring, Hunan Keqiang Academy was established, with Yuenong Zeng as the dean and Zeng Baosun rebuilding the "Fang Yi" girls' school. On the eve of liberation, the two men went to Taiwan Province Province via Hongkong, and Zeng Baosun continued to serve as the "NPC deputy". He died in July 1978 at the age of 86. Yuenong Zeng is a professor at Taiwan Province Provincial University and the first president of Donghai University. He died on1February, 987 at the age of 95. Other brothers and sisters, Zhao Hua, died in Hong Kong on 1949 at the age of 43. Zhao Ke went to the United States and died on 1992 at the age of 74. Zhao Quan, Zhao Mian, Zhao Jian and Bao Han all stayed in the mainland. Except for Bao Han, who is a doctor, they are all in the cultural and educational circles. Zhao Quan, director of the Department of Electrical Engineering at Hunan University, died in Wuhan during the Cultural Revolution. Zhao Mian once worked in Hunan Radio and Television Department and retired. Zhao Jian also retired and now lives in Beijing.

Descendants of Zeng Guofan brothers

Zeng Guofan has four younger brothers: the second is Zeng, the third is (adopted by his uncle), the fourth is and the fifth is Zeng. These four brothers have six sons, 14 grandchildren and 4 1 great-grandchildren. The fifth and sixth generations are all over the world, so it is impossible to count them. Among the descendants of these four rooms, there are also many talented and influential figures. Here are four of them:

Zeng, the grandson of Ceng Guohua, went to the United States for further study from 65438 to 0948, and studied organic chemistry at Padu University in Indiana, USA. 1956 responded to the call of the motherland and wanted to return to China to serve the motherland. He was illegally imprisoned in a mental hospital by the US Immigration Bureau and suffered 14 months of torture and persecution. However, his dedication to serving the motherland was unshakable, and the US Immigration Bureau had to announce that he was "deported" and finally returned to the motherland he missed so much in July 1957. After returning to China, he worked as an associate researcher in Shanghai Institute of Chemistry, China Academy of Sciences. The sweetener (non-toxic saccharin) invented by his research team has attracted the attention of scientific circles at home and abroad, and this achievement has been applied in the United States and obtained a patent right.

Zeng Zhaolun, the great-great grandson of Zeng, studied in the United States at public expense from 65438 to 0920, entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to study chemical engineering, and graduated from 65438 to 0926 with a doctorate in chemical engineering. After graduation, regardless of the school's retention, he resolutely returned to China to serve and devote himself to chemical research. He has been a professor of chemistry in CUHK and Peking University successively, and served as the head of the Department of Chemical Engineering and the Department of Chemistry. He founded Journal of chinese chemical society and served as editor-in-chief for 20 years. He also served as the editorial board of Science, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and other magazines, and published many valuable papers, which attracted the attention of the scientific community. 1946 crossed the ocean again, taught at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1947 gave lectures in Europe, 1948 worked in Hong Kong Publishing House. On the eve of national liberation, Premier Zhou Enlai invited him back to China to attend the CPPCC meeting, and he gladly attended the meeting. In New China, he successively served as Dean of Peking University and Head of Chemistry Department, Vice Minister of Education and Director of Higher Education Department, Vice Minister of Higher Education Department and Vice Chairman of National Federation of Science and Technology, Director of Institute of Chemistry of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Director of National Polymer Committee, with outstanding achievements and rich writings. Unfortunately, he was wrongly classified as "Rightist" in 1957 and died in Wuhan University in February. It was not until 198 1 year that the reputation was restored.

Ceng Xianzhi is the great-great granddaughter of Ceng Guoquan. She took part in the revolution very early. After liberation, she worked in the All-China Women's Federation for a long time and served as the deputy director of the All-China Women's Federation. She is the wife of Marshal Ye Jianying and has a son named Ye Xinping with Ye Shuaiyu. It was during the period of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, because both of them were very busy at work, and the son was given to his father who lived in his hometown in Hunan, and Ye Xuanping, the son of his ex-wife, came with him. Both brothers were brought up by their great parents and went to school. Ye Shuai also visited his son at Zeng's home many times. Ye Xuanping left the Zeng family earlier, and worked in Guangzhou until the early liberation. He sent a telegram, only to be picked up. Ye Xinping later worked in the Ministry of National Defense. During the Cultural Revolution, he was persecuted and his right hand was broken. Now he writes with his left hand, and his calligraphy is great.

Ceng Guoquan also has a great-grandson named Zeng Houxi, who likes painting since he was a child. His father Zeng Zhaoping once asked him to learn from a China painter named Peng, who benefited a lot. 1August, 948, from Changsha to Kowloon, and finally settled in Hong Kong. From 65438 to 0950, he held art exhibitions in Hong Kong, Macao, Singapore and Indonesia, which were well received by compatriots in Hong Kong and Macao and overseas Chinese. Soon, he was appointed dean of the Art College of South China University. Later, Zhang Daqian, a famous China painter, went to Brazil and France to hold art exhibitions, covering more than 20 countries and regions in Europe, America, Asia, Africa and Oceania. Iran, Jordan and France issued honorary certificates and were employed by the United Nations as cultural and educational members.