Li Bo Comments on Zeng Guofan's Family Instructions 1 talks about Zeng Guofan's ideological essence and introduces his superhuman wisdom and strategies in facing the real world and dealing with specific affairs. His advice is extraordinarily enlightening for modern-day people to succeed in dealing with others and things. The new book focuses on Zeng Guofan's family precepts' values of cultivation, motivation, execution. Zeng Guofan attributes its essence to two words: "softness" and "rigidity." Zeng Guofan's many classic thoughts, such as "Be honest with yourself" cannot be separated from these two words, which are also the keys to his wisdom in life. This new book specifically explains the rich connotations of softness and rigidity, and points out that "rigidity" in "Ting Jing" is a temporary kind of rigidity. The "strength to win by oneself" of Qiangyi is kind of hardship and ignorance. It is a kind of wisdom when things come to an end, and to settle down, cultivate one's morality, and govern the country and the world. Therefore, the connotation of combining hardness with softness not only has strong action power, but also perfect execution power.
