Zeng Guofan is the last idol of Chinese traditional culture.In the process of suppressing the Taiping Rebellion in the late Qing Dynasty,Zeng Guofan first established the army with the loyalty concept of Confucianism,and then governed the army with the utilitarian and rational concept of Legalists and military strategists.Finally,he used the conciliatory measures of Confucianism to make the overall planning.This is Zeng Guofan's the"three lifetime changes".This shows that he has really thoroughly passed on the essence of the ideas of Chinese military strategists,Confucianism,Taoism,and Legalists.On the basis of integration and complementarity,he successfully applied it to military practice activities.This is exactly the cultural password that enabled Zeng Guofan as a scholar to establish outstanding military merits.
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