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Chapter 91 To the Fourth Younger Brother: Avoid Arrogance and Extravagance

Zeng Guofan's family letter 曾国藩 563Words 2018-03-18
【original】 Around Chenghou's fourth younger brother: On the 19th, a large group of bandits suddenly rushed into Yangzhanling to go to the old camp of Qimen, only sixty miles away, and people's hearts were shocked.Fortunately, the two armies of Bao and Zhang, on the day of remembrance, won the battle, conquered Yi County, chased them out of the mountains, and turned the crisis into safety.The danger this time is twice as high as when Huizhou was lost on August 25. Among the thieves, Li Shixian, the false servant king, Li Xiucheng, the false loyal king, and Yang Fuqing, the false assistant king, are all in Huijing, fighting against his brother.

Chen Yucheng, the pseudo-British King, confronts Duoli Yuanji in Anqing.Whether the military can support it will always be decided within October and November. A Wuxue on the sixth day of the thirtieth month, at this time the plan will arrive home.I have no other worries outside, but I am always afraid that my nephew will learn the three characters of arrogance and extravagance. If a family loses, you can't lose the word.Brother must refrain from it! (October 24th, the tenth year of Xianfeng) 【Note】 ① Remembrance Day: Twenty days. 【Translation】 Around Chenghou's fourth younger brother:

Suddenly, on the 19th, a large group of enemy troops rushed into Zhanling, only sixty miles away from Qimen's old camp, and people's hearts were greatly shaken.Fortunately, the two troops of Bao and Zhang won great victories on the 20th and 21st, conquered Qianxian County, and chased and killed the enemy to the mountains, only to turn the crisis into safety.The danger this time was even more dangerous than when Huizhou fell on August 25. Now the servant king Li Shixian, the loyal king Li Xiucheng, and the auxiliary king Yang Fuqing in the enemy army are all in Huizhou, opposing me, and the British king Chen Yucheng is in Anqing, opposing Duoli and Yuan Ji.Whether the military can sustain it will always be decided within October and November.

A went to Wuxue on the sixth day of the thirtieth month, and he has probably arrived now.I have no other worries outside, I am only afraid that my nephew will be arrogant, extravagant, and lost.The downfall of a family cannot be separated from the word extravagant, the personal failure cannot be separated from the word lost, and the word humility cannot be separated from the word arrogant.The younger brother must be taken as a warning, (October 24th, the tenth year of Xianfeng)
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