Introduction to the front and side of Zeng Guofan

"The Front and Side of Zeng Guofan" is a book published by Democracy and Construction Press in 2014. The author is Zhang Hongjie. This book tells the ups and downs of Zeng Guofan's life, revealing many unknown details: the five major setbacks he encountered in his life; his entanglement and friendship with Zuo Zongtang; his lifetime income and expenditure; how to treat Feng Shui, fortune telling, and fortune telling. and Tianming et al. The whole book shows Zeng Guofan as an upright, honest and wise "sage", a contradictory and struggling professional official embedded in the core of the system. This is a Chinese political textbook. Through the portrait of Zeng Guofan in this book, we can get a glimpse of the subtle and complex "hidden rules" of traditional Chinese officialdom. From an angry youth to the most successful official in history, how did he "reborn"? Zeng Guofan, who was completely different around the age of 30, showed the majority of young people how a young man moved from ideals to reality, which is of great practical significance. Through Zeng Guofan, readers can get a glimpse of the subtle and complex "hidden rules" of traditional Chinese officialdom and the unique survival philosophy of the system with Chinese characteristics.