The Promotion Path of Zeng Guofan

Author: Wang Yanzhen
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Publish Date: 2003-11-01
Features: This book presents the twelve years of Zeng Guofan's life in the capital for the first time: ① From a rural youth becoming a Hanlin scholar to reaching the second rank of official at the age of thirty-seven and serving as an assistant minister in five ministries by the age of forty-two—a history of a corrupt official's rapid nine-level promotion in nine years; ② Being an official is difficult, but being a capital official is even harder—a vivid depiction of the declining late Qing court; ③ Integrity, frugality, willingness to take responsibility, and unyielding integrity made him both a clean official and an able administrator—a brand-new, comprehensive, and authentic Zeng Guofan.