Excerpt: Feng Tang’s comments on Zeng Guofan’s eloquent notes in "Success"
Success, Feng Tang
1. A person who becomes a doctor after a long illness is a person who maintains success; a person who can defeat the enemy and become successful due to illness is a person who starts a business (for success) people.
In the darkness, I constantly look for opportunities to break through, like a silkworm breaking out of a cocoon, like the moon breaking through clouds, like a chick breaking out of its shell, like a flower breaking out of its bud.
Keep it until the clouds open and the moon shines brightly. In fact, if the light is guarded and cannot see the moonlight, it will be broken.
2. Being born as a human being is like entering a casino. Every word and action is a bet. The size of the bet is different, the psychological burden is different, and the tolerance is different. If you use tiles to make a big difference, you will feel relaxed. If you use jade hooks to bet, you will be afraid. If you use gold to bet, you will be flustered. (One who bets with tiles is clever, one who bets with hooks is frightened, and one who bets with gold is faint)
As a human being, it is inevitable to make bets. The most important thing is to be calm, solid, and calm in your heart, and not take the bet too seriously (heavy on the outside but light on the inside). Only in this way can you see far and achieve great things.
The more capable a person is, the more he has achieved a lot, the more likely he is to be distracted, the more he wants to win and is afraid of losing, the more likely he is to have deformed movements, have trouble sleeping and eating, and the less likely he is to "govern a big country like cooking." "Xiao Xian"
3. The world is not the Forbidden City, it is not a territory, it is not a political power, it is the basic principle for society to exist and not to become an animal world where the weak can eat the strong. Getting rich is right, but cutting leeks is wrong. When a gentleman loves, he should do so in a proper way. He should give the rich a sense of security and the poor hope.
It is not easy to unify the three views, and it is not easy to distinguish right from wrong. Different opinions and choices are allowed within a certain range. During all the great chaos in China, it was not the country that was first disrupted, but the people of the world who were first disrupted. When people's minds are confused about right and wrong, then the country will be in chaos and its politics will be turned upside down. Finally, there are external disasters, with two internal causes and one external cause, eventually leading to chaos.
4. Think big and start small. Being wise is thinking big and being smart starts small. There is no real shortcut to doing things. Doing practical things from the perspective of being wise and shrewd, and repeatedly tempering your character are the shortcuts.
5. Don’t follow fashion. We should try to figure out the truth, truth and beauty that does not change with the passage of time or the transformation of space. What has changed is the custom, but what has not changed is the Tao. Strive to be a moral person.
6. The top aesthetics of the Song Dynasty was nothing more than simplicity and nature. Those who stick to gold and silver, and memorize the Four Books and Five Classics backwards and forwards, most of them are liars.
7. There is no invincible person due to arrogance and laziness. The word "diligence" is used to treat laziness, and the word "cautious" is used to treat arrogance. Before these two words, there must be the word sincerity to establish the foundation.
8. Zeng Guoquan’s self-reported secret of success: Love talents like life, spend money like water, and kill people like hemp. It means finding people, finding money, setting directions, and there are very few top leaders who can "love talents as much as life".
9. A scholar is not a social person. There is a clumsy foundation in the definition. Since you are clumsy, just be content with being clumsy and be diligent and cautious. A stupid person trying to be clever will make things worse.
10. Most of the reasons why the world is in chaos are that the first is the confusion between black and white, and the second is that the gentleman makes the villain more and more arrogant.
11. Working in an industry that you are familiar with is a "host". Being in an industry that you are not familiar with is a "customer". People who are truly a "host" are people who understand the nature of the industry very well. , is a person who is constantly observing the changes in the industry, and is a person who is not willing to work day and night to widen the "moat". When a "guest" comes, the "host" will be afraid at first. When the "guest" cannot understand the nature of the industry, cannot keep up with the changes in the industry, and is struggling in the "moat", the master will have the initiative.
12. There are only a few people who are sincere and sincere in situations of crisis. In times of crisis, sincere people are the most reliable, while smart people will be greasy, lie, and run away.
13. Faith only means not telling lies, but it is extremely difficult. We should start from now on. Don't change what you say today because of small interests tomorrow.
14. Listen to your heart (square inch) and fear the starry sky (tianli). Kant said, the more I think about two things, the more magical they become, and the more awe-filled my heart becomes, that is, the starry sky above my head and the inner sky. Code of ethics.
15. The ancients summarized the ten elements of success: one is destiny, two is luck, three is Feng Shui, four is accumulation of Yin virtue and five is reading, six are Seven Phases and Eight Respect Gods, nine are friends with noble people and ten are to maintain health.
16. If you can know people and things today, you are a gentleman; if you don’t know people and things tomorrow, you are a villain; if the Yin is fair and bright, you are a gentleman; if the Mao is warm, you are a villain . When everyone unanimously praises someone or criticizes someone, never agree. People come before things. It is better to use a sincere gentleman than a smart villain.
17. Seven points are determined by nature, and three points depend on hard work. It is not easy to be happy when you recognize the cruelty of reality, but it is not easy to be disillusioned either. This is better than being stupid.
18. If something happens in your body but not in your mind, you can solve it by following the logic of doing things. "Do it when you see it, let it go when you do it, what's the difference after it's over; wisdom is born from awareness, awareness is born from freedom, life is born or there is no life." It's going to rain, my mother is getting married, but I can't breathe anymore, I Can I still live without a mother?
19. When a person achieves great things, when he first starts doing something, it is normal for people to not know what he is going to do, why he is doing it, and whether he can do it. People who achieve great things are, in English, the best, very few, and those who are truly proud in their hearts.
20. Among people who achieve great things, especially those who achieve great things, the proportion of people with mediocre temperament is extremely high.
21. When I do things, my success or failure is up to heaven, and my reputation or reputation is up to people. But I can be independent in my own scale and climate, which is also called not following the likes and fears of others. .
22. There are thousands of words and thousands of calculations on ordinary days, but the gains and losses, honor and disgrace can only be achieved in a moment before the battle.
23. If there are no tenfold benefits, there is no need to reform the system, there is no tenfold talent reserve, or if the new people are not ten times better than the old ones, do not replace the old ones.
24. To achieve great things, the first factor is fate; to govern a university, the first factor is enlightenment, and enlightenment = talent and luck. Learning is just the icing on the cake. It doesn’t matter whether you use it or not. Achieving common things and doing common knowledge is the icing on the cake.
25. Working hard is like digging a well. Instead of digging several wells, but none of them can reach the spring, how can we keep one well and strive to reach the spring and use it inexhaustibly?
26. 1. Direction, upward direction; 2. Insight, broad vision; 3. Perseverance, sticking to a good habit. The second item can be cultivated slowly, while the first and third items should be cultivated from an early age.
27. Specialization is important in everything. If you have a specialization in mind, it is okay to have a broad view of other ways to expand your knowledge. If you don’t have a specialization, and you see different thoughts and change your mind, this will dazzle the other, which will be great. No.
28. Don’t neglect others. Don't put off doing things. Don't bully anyone, you don't know who he is, even if you know who he is, he seems to be able to bully but not bully.
Don’t delay anything. If you really want to delay, tell the relevant person: Why are you delaying? Until when? Don't mention it when it's bad or don't mention it when it's white, just trying to get away with it.
Procrastination will definitely not make it happen.
Slowness will definitely hurt people - some people are prone to resentment and anger after drinking, and it is easy to express hurtful thoughts. After drinking, they must stay away from their mobile phones.
29. Do things, concentrate on doing things, do more things, continue to do more things, and don’t know how old you are.
30. Although your body is weak, you should not cherish it too much. The more you use your energy, the more it will come out. The more Yang Qi you lift, the more abundant it will be. The more you do every day, the happier you will be when you go to bed at night. If there is any intention of cherishing the spirit, it will never be possible to achieve anything if it is dying and lifeless.
31. Changao, even if you don’t say it on your lips, as long as you feel it in your heart, you will see it in the corners of your mouth, between your eyebrows, and on your face. Successful people are inherently jealous of others, and if they have arrogance on their faces for many years, they will become even more jealous. They may not harm you when they can harm you, but they will definitely not save you when others harm you. "Violent virtue leads to failure" will not only bring misfortune to oneself, but may also bring misfortune to the entire family.
Chang’ao is not easy to change. After being Chang’ao for a long time, there is a trace of arrogance on his face. We still have to start from cultivating the mind: first, be aware of the risks of being arrogant, and second, be aware that some people are actually better than you.
32. Be careful every day to seek help. If you have anxious and angry thoughts, you may not succeed. Be patient! Be patient!
33. If you want to get rid of the word arrogance, always take the first meaning of not scorning or laughing at people; if you want to get rid of the word laziness, always take the first meaning of not being lazy.
34. All the gaps between regretting one's own actions after the fact and discussing others after the fact are all experienced.
35. Stubbornness and desire for competition go hand in hand with many desires and anger. If you have a lot of greed and move forward stubbornly, you will eventually achieve great things; if you dislike many people, you will be competitive and you will eventually become the king. Unable to think a single thought and motionless, the Buddhist type is suitable for maintaining health, but it is not easy to have the motivation to accomplish things.
36. There is a knife in your hand, a Buddha in your heart, a bustling city at your feet, and mountains and rivers in your heart. The easier way is: immerse yourself in work at work, immerse yourself in literature and art after get off work; hold meetings to make decisions, and then go to the museum to see beautiful paintings, calligraphy and utensils, which are eye-catching and soothing to the heart.
36. Birds fly away from thousands of mountains, and people trace a fire across thousands of paths. Everything is just a floating cloud. In the end, it is all Nirvana. The silent Nirvana of the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism must be kept in mind.
Understand the small joys outside of accomplishing things: the rain in the eastern suburbs, the first snowfall in the temple, sharing a bottle of wine with a wonderful person, and reading a book behind closed doors.
Confucius said that there is a way in the world, but Qiu will not change it. You must realize that every fierce person has the suffering of every fierce person. As another fierce person, stick to your own ambitions, endure your own hardships, and don't envy others.
37. Be careful about your life and work hard. Accepting one's fate does not mean surrendering. It means knowing what one can do and then working hard to do it. This means accepting one's fate.
38. Don’t get used to it, practice more. Not used to oneself, not used to the team, not used to the children, not used to the parents. The more you get used to it, the more the evil of human nature becomes apparent; the more persevering and patient you are, and the more you don't avoid hardships and complaints, the more the goodness of human nature becomes apparent.
39. Talent is more important than hard work. How to judge? 1. You secretly want to do it, "Even if there are ten thousand people, I will go there." It is useless no matter how others stop you from doing it. 2. Feel pleasure when doing it and feel satisfied after doing it. 3. The things you make have your own style, and quite a few people are willing to pay for them out of their own pockets.
40. If the writing has spirit, it will have power, if it has knowledge, it will have degree, if it has emotion, it will have rhyme, and if it is interesting, it will have taste. Angry nature can't ask for anything. Knowledge is innate, but if you study more and travel more, you can cultivate it the day after tomorrow. Love, love for heaven and earth is natural, love for people, the heart is occasionally or often swollen. Interesting, fun, and awkward angles, not a rigid love, but a playful love, a tortuous love, and a vague love.
41. Anyone who is good at many things must be good at nothing.
42. Everything is difficult and requires hard work. Don’t seek fame too quickly or seek results too quickly. From now on, you should learn a hundred Liu characters every day, copy them on raw paper on odd days, and copy them on oil paper on even days. It is better to write slowly when copying a post, and it is better to be quick when imitating a post. After a few months, my hands become more clumsy, my handwriting becomes uglier, and my mood becomes lower, which is called sleepiness. Don't stop when you are sleepy. If you get through this, you can make less progress. No matter how hard you advance, no matter how hard you try, no matter how hard you try, you will eventually become prosperous and diligent. Regardless of how to learn calligraphy, there are always extremely difficult times in everything. Those who can overcome them are heroes.
43. The spirit should always be sufficient for the task, then the energy will be filled and the mind will not be distracted.
After concentrating, if you feel tired, don’t force it, leave some room for your energy and do it again tomorrow. When you are over forty-five, after the sun goes down, if there is something that requires a breath of inspiration before you can say "I can do it, I can finish it tonight", then don't do it, do it again tomorrow, otherwise there may be no tomorrow. .
44. Everything needs to be checked day by day. If you wait for one day, it will be difficult to remedy it later.
45. If you keep looking for discomfort until you can no longer find it, you are a fierce person who can achieve things.
46. It is not a pity to admit your shortcomings and correct them.
47. There are three types of people who are easy to get into trouble: those who steal false names, those who have evil intentions, and those who are jealous. Reason: It cannot be true. Seek truth from facts. When you are in a mess and don't know the direction, if you understand, you understand, and if you don't understand, you don't understand. Moral mismatch is a common taboo.
48. The ways of heaven are evil, the ways of heaven are evil, and the ways of heaven are evil. The second person is too suspicious, not loyal, and has no perseverance.
49. If everything in the world is punished one by one, there will be great disappointment. If you do something and ask for something in return, you will definitely be disappointed.
50. I use others’ advice to sharpen my virtue.
51. A hero does not stand on auspicious clouds, but works hard.
If you can step on a cloud, you can save the world. The clouds in the sky are full of unreliable second-rate people.
52. In the early morning, write down what you have to do today, and you will definitely do it today. (Handbook)
53. Use one mind and one thing, and make progress every day.
54. Don’t fight against the collective humanity of many people, and don’t fight against the common weaknesses of human beings. You will basically lose. Collective human nature is worried about each other's dimensionality reduction attacks, and will show the evil of human nature in a state of checks and balances.
When alone, a gentleman is afraid. When he sees the moon and stars, he has holy thoughts and thinks of things he regrets in his life. Plum blossoms bloom all over Nanshan before his eyes. The villain was so happy that he even cried with joy, "Where is the retribution? Where's the lightning strike as promised?" He couldn't think of anything he should regret in his life. He was struck by lightning when he was going down the mountain, and plum blossoms fell all around his body. When all the plum blossoms, moons and stars in the world cannot destroy the evil person, the good in the evil person's heart will kill him, in various forms, such as continuous insomnia, dreaming of ghosts of various shapes, getting a bad disease, or falling down in a trance.
55. Since the Song Dynasty, China has been a civilian society. There are no aristocrats, only elites - scholars trained in the Confucian model. The aristocrats are blood, the class is solidified, I am a hero, and the other is a hero; the elite is cultural. , the class spans, if you have a gun, you are a grass-head king, if you can write articles and compare success, you are a hero, and you are a wealthy family.
56. Human beings deserve to die. Why should we sacrifice ourselves to save those idiots?
Even if I sacrifice myself, I probably won’t be able to save those idiots, but I have done my best and done my duty. An encounter ends here.
57. Things that are easy to do are small things; books that are easy to read are simple and clear books. Don’t take shortcuts, shortcuts are the fastest way to evil.