Zeng Guofan's Thought Of Clean Government And His Research On Contemporary Value

As an influential figure who is famous for making an important impact on the reviving of the late Qing Dynasty,Zeng Guofan is not only a moral model praised by the whole world,but also a model pursuing the incorrupt government.Living in the decayed and backward times with corrupted politics and chaos society,Zeng Guofan was determined to save the country and people,adhered to the belief "the officials should not take fortune-making as the primary”,and insisted on honest and upright style.He insisted on setting himself as an example,upheld the virtue of the sage,and adhered to the people-oriented,diligent,honest and rigorous to select the talented people;He set a good example for the people at that time.Under his personal practice,guidance and education,the culture of officialdom has improved to some extent,and corruption has restrained to a certain extent.Based on the historical data analysis of diaries,letters,official documents,and memorials,etc.of Zeng Guofan,the paper made an overall reviewing on the incorrupt government thoughts of Zeng Guofan to explore the thought essence with modern value,providing some valuable and positive resources for combating contemporary construction and building a incorrupt government.The first part introduced the formation of Zeng Guofan’s thought of incorrupt government.Zeng Guofan is in the chaotic political situation where internal and external troubles coexisted.Under extreme corruption situation,he carried forward simple legendary family tradition by learning from the essence of traditional Confucian culture and all classes of authors and by adhering to the principle of honesty and integrity in life with its own unique anti-corruption thought formed.The second part summarized the main contents of Zeng Guofan’s thoughts of incorrupt government.It mainly carried out from six aspects-the self-cultivation method stated his study and peace & stability of the country,people orientation method treasured the power of people,the thrifty method took diligence as primary and cultivated honesty by thrifty,the leader selection method only chose talented people,the official method stated the private wealth will not be accumulated and honest and self-disciplined should beadhered,and anti-corruption method reorganized the official sect and severely punished corruption.The third part focusing on the reference function of Zeng Guofan’s thought of incorrupt government for the construction of contemporary anti-corruption,including the determination of self-cultivation,truly strengthen the thought of clean governance;the undertaking root took people as orientation and strengthened clean government;the fine tradition advocated diligence,simplicity,and clean governance;the talent team selected talented people and built clean government;the political baseline favored honesty,resisted corruption and protected clean government;and the system construction severely punished corruption and strengthened clean government.