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Chapter 82 To the Ninth Brother: Returning Home to Cook the Ancestral Hall

Zeng Guofan's family letter 曾国藩 1138Words 2018-03-18
【original】 Around Yuanfu's ninth younger brother: Zhengqi returns, receives a letter, opens the fifth class to return, and receives another love.Zheng Qi was unable to go back to the camp because of emptiness, and Qi Wuqiu started to go after trying something new.Hereby send another person to send a letter to the camp to comfort Yuan Yu. The ancestral halls of the three generations were either divided or merged, or were built in a new house, or set up in a separate scale, and they were taken care of by Yuan's younger brother when he returned home.The method of building the shrine is to listen to my brother and other brothers. After the completion, I will just make a monument.

I hope that after the king's parents are reburied, the Shinto stele will be erected, and then they will go out or go out, but I can do whatever I want.Right now at home, I feel extremely depressed. Looking back on the past, I am always ashamed and shallow ①.As soon as I come out in autumn, Jiangxi and Hunan are very prosperous, and my family's reputation will be strengthened from my brother, so I am very pleased!There is no beginning in extravagance, and there is an end in seldom restraint. I hope my brother will be cautious and careful, and restraint in the end is always the most important thing.The four houses in the family are safe and sound.Reading the three and four major floods, County Cheng Yongfeng suffered a lot, but I was safe and sound. The books sent back by my brother are all good style.If there are two books, "University Yanyi" and "Yanyi Supplement", those who can buy them can buy them.The way of learning is rooted in the ability to read the classics and history, such as the two links and two extensions of meanings and the two links of this dynasty, the essence of the six classics and history, the essentials of internal sages and external kings.If you can familiarize yourself with these six books, or one or two of them, you will have the knowledge of the foundation and the future.There are four links in the family, but there are no two meanings, please be careful.

My younger brother is currently in the camp, so he is not allowed to read books, which will lead to neglect of official duties. The weather is hot and his energy is limited, so it should be used for business affairs.Yu Jin wrote the guest and hall notes, and sent the manuscript to Shanghai for reading. I have been short of pen and ink for a long time, but there is a question frame, and there is no essence at all. I am ashamed! (May 30th, eighth year of Xianfeng) 【Note】 ①Small: Fu: Narrow clothing is extended to narrow air: narrow book. ② Banknote: pass "copy". 【Translation】

Around Yuanfu's ninth younger brother: When I came back at seven, I received a letter.Qi Wu waited for a reply and received another letter.Zheng Qi was unable to return to the camp because of malaria.Qiwu asked Xingu to go public and try something new before going.Send someone else to send a letter to your camp now to comfort your relatives far away. The ancestral halls of the three generations were either divided, or merged, or in a new residence, or set up in a separate scale, and they all waited for the ninth younger brother to return to Ji'an and go home to take care of it.The method of building the ancestral hall was also agreed upon by the ninth brother and the younger brothers. After the completion, I will just make a monument.

What I mean is that after the parents are reburied, the Shinto stele will be erected, and then they can go out or where they want to go as they please. Now I am at home, I am in a bad mood, I feel ashamed of everything in the past, and I am safe for nothing. Fortunately, my brother came out of the mountains last autumn, and Jiangxi and Hunan's voice is very high. My family's prestige will start to revitalize from my brother. I am really gratified very!Nothing has a beginning, but few things are perfect from beginning to end.I hope that my younger brother will be cautious, and it is always more important to start and finish.The four families in my family are safe and sound. On the 22nd and 4th, there was a flood, and Yongfeng, the county town, was severely affected. Fortunately, my family is safe and sound.

The books sent back by the younger brother are all rare books. Although Lin's continued study of Gu Wen Ya Zheng, although he has never been well-known, he is also a generalist.If there are two books, "University Yanyi" and "Yanyi Supplement", buy them if they are available.The way of learning is based on the ability to read classics and history. For example, the two links and two extensions of meaning and the two links of this dynasty, which gather the essence of the Six Classics and various histories, are the key to cultivating the way of sages and sages internally and promoting the career of kings externally. .If you can familiarize yourself with these six books, or if you are familiar with one or two of them, you have a lot of knowledge.There are four links in the family, and there are no two meanings. Please be careful, brother.

The younger brother is now in the military camp and cannot read books, so his work has been neglected.The weather is hot and the energy is limited, so Gui's energy should be used on military affairs.I wrote "Bin Xing Tang Ji" recently, and I sent you a copy of the manuscript. The pen and ink skills have been neglected for a long time, and there is only one framework, which is not exciting at all. I am ashamed and ashamed! (5th and 30th day of the eighth year of Xianfeng)
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