What is the most important thing to talk about in Zeng Guofan's military advice? What is the current price of this book on the market?
It's "Bing Jian"! ! ! Regarding Bingjian, I must say that many people have misunderstood that this book was written by Zeng! Special note: This book was not written by Zeng Guofan. Zeng Guofan only wrote one book in his life, "The Shadow in the Space". This is a diary written by Zeng Guofan himself. It is his daily self-examination, restraint, and reflection notebook, including every detail of his daily life. Reading, meeting guests, etc. are the most common contents. (This book is missing).
"Zeng Guofan's Family Letter" was definitely written by Zeng, but it was only after many later generations edited it that it became a book! Think about it, the ancients’ communication method was relatively simple (writing letters). Who among the ancients could write two copies of a letter? Do you still have a bottom line? The purpose of writing a letter home is to send it to your family!
The following is the source of the following ice mirror.
As the old saying goes, "The great hidden in the city". "Bingjian" was written when Zeng Guofan was approaching his 30th year. He and his friend Zuo Zongtang were walking and chatting in the market. They met an old man in common clothes, who was the author of this book. First of all, everyone should know that no matter which version of "Zeng Guofan" is written, the most obvious description of Zeng Guofan's appearance in the book is that Zeng Guofan had a pair of triangular cross-cocked eyes (squinting eyes) and bones like gravel (Zeng Guofan's cheekbones were very Tall looks ugly on the face) Wait, in today’s terms, Zeng Guofan was really ugly (ugly), but this old man took the initiative to strike up a conversation with Zeng Guofan, talking about him and You Zuo, about Zeng Guofan He said sixteen words: "Ten years and seven moves, filial piety and uprightness, official career is turbulent, the mainstay is ups and downs." As a result, all of these came true one by one. His prime minister, Zeng Guofan, admired his integrity, filial piety, honesty, justice and moderation. He will surely be powerful and powerful in the future, but in the end, he will suffer losses when the moon is full. Then he handed Zeng Guofan a book and said, "You and I are destined to give this book as a gift. I hope it will be useful to others. I hope it will be famous for generations to come." The old man in commoner clothes then left. Zeng Guofan was puzzled. There were a few faint black characters in cursive script on the worn and yellowed book, which were Bingjian; Zhuoyao (I personally estimate that "Zhuoyao" is a dharma title, but the real name of the person is unknown).
People in the world are confused and think that "Bingjian" is a book written by Zeng. In fact, it is not the case. I don't know because I don't know. It doesn't matter, what I want to say is that although the original book of "Bingjian" was not written by Zeng Guofan, it is actually given to Zeng Guofan, so it is considered a personal property. So I say that although Zeng Guofan is not the author of this book, it is the first one. One has the right to publish it and the right to use it autonomously, etc.
"Bingjian" is actually a photo book handed down from ancient times to observe people's faces. It talks about some skills of observing and recognizing people based on Feng Shui physiognomy, as well as fortune telling of people from their faces, identifying and judging people’s intelligence, stupidity, cunning, conduct, loyalty, good and evil.
General catalog of "Bing Jian"!
The first divine bone
The second strength and softness
The third appearance
The fourth modality
No. Five Men
The Sixth Voice
The Seventh Color
There is a cheap one at the street stall for only 3 yuan. This book is not very thick. The original full text is in vernacular with annotations. It's only about a dozen pages, but to be honest, the paper on the stall is not very good and thin, and it is the kind of book that will break if you turn it over a few times, and the handwriting is not very clear.
Xinhua Bookstore sells "Bingjian", the cheapest one is only more than ten yuan, but the annotations are not complete. For example, those in the 20s, 30s, and 40s are pretty good. Those that pay 20 yuan usually come with color illustrations and even color pictures. The facial features, eye features, Yintang, etc. will all be there. In other words, even if you don’t have any foundation in Feng Shui, Numerology, Face, Palmistry, you can understand it, because these are all added by later generations after many revisions and studies. The book "Bingjian" so far has been very complete and very good.
I once saw a copy of "Bingjian" selling for 69 yuan in Xinhua Bookstore. Some people may think it's expensive, but I think something should be worth the money.