Harmonious View And Improvement Ideas Of Zeng Guofan

Zeng Guofan is a famous thinker in Chinese modern history. Status evaluation ofZeng Guofan thought, generally recognized him as a master of traditional culture, butalso has the certain improvement ideas, but in the analysis of relationship between thetwo, the usual view is opposite to "say", think: the modified Zeng Guofan thought isinfluenced by the west, and the the traditional culture has little relationship, or thetraditional culture of the baggage that his westernization reform idea is relativelybackward. However, the reform thought in fact Zeng Guofan is that he will traditionalConfucian culture "the further development of golden mean and harmony" is the result of.He is the first to reconcile the contradiction between Sinology and song learning, andfurther to reconcile Confucian ideal of "Saint" and "outside" in the real political conflicts,finally to try to reconcile the contradiction between Chinese and Western culture, andfinally formed his westernization reform thought. This fully inclusive and equitable,conciliatory between different cultures, make originally opposed both to the ideologicalcharacteristics of harmony and unity so that he can not to stick to one pattern, not onlydefend surmount the tradition, leading the traditional Confucian culture in the moderntransformation, thus consciously or unconsciously, conform to the requirements of theChinese modernization.Harmonious view and improvement ideas of Zeng Guofan, is not only related to hispersonal character, at the same time is also a product of the times background. At thattime, China is in the transition from ancient to modern times; Zeng Guofan could inheritthe ancient traditional culture, but also can come into contact with modern westerncivilization. Zeng Guofan will be active composition of western culture and theirtraditional thought com., embodies the "western" connotation. Previous studies on theWesternization of the "western" is often critical, that the mere "hypocrisy", whileignoring the similarities between active component of Chinese traditional culture andmodern western civilization itself has the. But in fact, it is precisely because of thesesimilarities to pave the way, China can successfully absorb foreign culture, graduallyintegrated into the world trend.The hope can grasp the information, improved the thoughts of Zeng Guofan as acomprehensive study, in-depth analysis; the formation of improved the thoughts of ZengGuofan and in the political practice of the detail. For example, the pragmatic thought hisstatecraft is reflected in the military, is the importance of the overall concept and militarypolicy steady; reflected in the living habits of thrift, is the simple style. Through deep study on his thought, we can deepen our understanding of experience in modern china.His thought and some active ingredients, but not be inherited his good, it can not be saidto be the history of regret.