Study Of Zeng Guofan's Family Education Thoughts

Between these two categories of teach offsprings and disciples in the family home tutoring are different but related,mainly refers to the parents to the children,the parents to the family and patriarch to the tribe's directly spokes,personally taught,also including exhortations between brother and sister-in-law's or husband and wife.Family education is a form of education emerged with the presence of family,with family development,it has been continuously enriched and perfect.After thousands of years of experiences and accumulation,traditional family education become volumes and voluminous,contains very rich thoughts.We said that Zeng Guofan is the last gentleman in the Chinese ancient history,it is referred to him on behalf of the Confucian culture,Who,as "the most powerful landlord class"(Mao Zedong),Zeng Guofan reached a historical height,top level of the Confucian Culture:the highest virtue,meritorious and spreading,which is known as the "three immortals".It can be said that no one in the past and in the near future.It is said by Mao Zedong that:"There are so many people in chinese history built up establishment,also no lack of morality influence later generations,such as Zhu Geliang,Fan Zhongyan,the former,the latter such as the Confucius and Mencius,but few people in the long history contains both of the two personality.In history there is only two,namely Fan Zhongyan of the Song Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty Zeng Guofan." What Mao Zedong said means both should refer to the real capability,include real learning,by example,and practical skills.Zeng Guofan's life philosophy,is locatied in his 1500 home letters.In his short sixty years,he has written thousands of letters,diaries,between the letters and lines,is filled with the way of education,discipline,exhortation,love and care and help the neighbors.Which made his family and offsprings one of the most famous,useful and success for generations.However,because of the limitation of the times,the content of home letters of Zeng Guofan will inevitably hit the brand of the times,but many content in the letters can be activated for the beneficial elements of the moral construction of modern family and family education,we can rearrange and interpret it and let the past serve the present,better inherit and carry forward the beneficial and enduring tradition of Confucian morality and family culture.