Zeng Guofan leading troops and university team building

Author: Zhao Juchun
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Combines traditional feudal Confucian rationalist concepts with human nature. Through "induction" and "restraint," it limits and suppresses the weaknesses of human nature while stimulating and inducing its strengths, thereby forming the unique ethos of the Xiang Army. This is the magic that Zeng Guofan employed in building the Xiang Army, enabling it to grow and develop rapidly in a short period of time.
From the author's perspective, adopting a critical and selective approach ("discarding the dross and preserving the essence"), the book delves beyond the surface of events to reveal the essence, explaining how a successor to traditional Confucian rationalism employed methods and strategies to build the Xiang Army. For example: In the early stages of forming the Xiang Army, how recruits were recruited and selected, and what criteria were used to choose them; what strategies were employed to improve the overall quality of the Xiang Army; how team cohesion was strengthened to promote unity and enable the Xiang Army to unleash its potential to ultimately suppress the Taiping Rebellion—answers to all these questions can be found in this book...