曾国藩是个颇有争议的历史人物,褒者说他是“立德、立功、立言”的“千古一完人”;贬者说他是镇压太平天国农民起义的刽子手。这些都姑且存而不论,但他在修身养性、治家教子、琢磨为官之道方面确有独特见解。他在《曾文正公集·答黄廷瓒》中谈到 Tseng Kuo-fan is a rather controversial historical figure who praised him as a “man of eternity, one man,” “righteous, meritorious, and sincere.” The degenerate said he was the executioner in suppressing the peasant uprising in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. All of these are free to survive, but he does have a unique perspective on self-cultivation, parent-child teaching and pondering the official way. He talked about “Tseng Wen-chung is a publicist and answers Huang Ting-tao.”