# Zeng Hu's Military maxims

Author: Cai E
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Publish Date: 2002-11-01
Features: This book is a collection of Zeng Guofan's aphoristic works, including "Zeng Hu Military Strategy," "Ting Jing," "Bing Jian," and "Qiu Que Zhai Diary," compiled by later generations. It is a concentrated expression of Zeng Guofan's military strategies, inner methods, physiognomy, and inner world. Mao Zedong said in 1917, "Among the people of my time, I only admire Zeng Wen Zheng." In 1969, he again said, "Zeng Guofan was an extremely formidable figure of the landlord class." Sun Yat-sen condemned Zeng Guofan as "ignorant of the great principles of the Spring and Autumn Annals" and "a disloyal Han descendant." Liang Qichao evaluated Zeng Guofan as follows: "His entire life's success lay in his determination to rise above the common crowd, to learn through hardship, and to strive through perseverance. Despite enduring countless hardships without yielding, he sought no immediate results but accumulated bit by bit, embracing humility and driving himself with diligence; he planted himself firmly and upheld steadfastness with perseverance, teaching by sincerity, and striving with vigor. Such was his character." This book is a collection of Zeng Guofan's aphoristic works, including "Zeng Hu Military Strategy," "Ting Jing," "Bing Jian," and "Qiu Que Zhai Diary," compiled by later generations. It is a concentrated expression of Zeng Guofan's military strategies, inner methods, physiognomy, and inner world.