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Chapter 164 To my parents, please accept the letter

Zeng Guofan's family letter 曾国藩 1293Words 2018-03-18
【original】 Nan Guofan kneels to report Parents and adults, Wanfu Jinan.On the first day of the sixth lunar month, the sixth brother passed the examination in the Guozijian. The questions depended on the reason, and the scriptures were the same as the good ones.Counting the five catalogues, the inscriptions are all in rites, the poems are inscribed with lotus beads, and the characters for beads are obtained. The six younger brothers also took more than a hundred names. Both times, more than 200 people entered the regular male body. Aetna.There are a lot of scrolls this year, and it is said that they will be completed and issued in August. The man received it in August, and he asked Hunan New College to bring it to Changsha. The man also made a grandparents' birthday screen, and the Huashan stone carving Chen Chuan wrote the name of longevity. One, newly engraved imperial edict ① cover one hundred volumes.There are four pieces in total, all of which were brought back by Qin Xin College and handed over to Chen Daiyun's family.I asked my parents to go to the province on June or Seventh in September. Zou Yunkai passed through Changsha from Guangxi, but in the first ten days of October, Qu returned 80 taels of silver to Chen Jimu.Father may meet Yunxing face to face, or not, that is, he can pick up money in Chen's house.At the end of October, the new college will go to the province, and the canal will be closed. Father must not go to worship him, but it is okay to receive the imperial ax at the Chen family.

If the new college and the man do not know each other before, the man can find another person and send it back, and he can go to the province at the end of October, or the beginning of November at the latest.The father received it, took it back to the county seat, and left it in a good friend's house or in the store.On the 26th, the ninth brother was ordered to go to the county to pick him up.On the twenty-eighth night, the ninth younger brother stayed in Hejiaao and other places.On the twenty-ninth day, Grandmother's 80th birthday, she used blowing hand deacons to connect the villages for several miles, took them home, and set up an incense case outside the door facing north. Kneel three times and kowtow nine times.Shouping asked Xiao Shilou to write, and Shilou is not bad now.If he doesn't dismiss the school administration in August, he will take a leave of absence and return home, and he can ask him to take him back with him.All men know their own discretion, and hereby send back a pack of yellow bud cabbage seeds, check and collect, and submit it later.Men would like to report. (July 3rd, 26th year of Daoguang) ① Gao: Same as "Gao".Both mean to tell, but they are used differently.The lower notice is "advised", and the upper notice is "gao" or "zhao".After the Qin Dynasty, the "edict" was limited to the emperor's order.After the Song Dynasty, "gao" was only used when the emperor appointed senior officials or made titles.

【Translation】 His son Guofan knelt down to report Parents and adults, Wanfu Jin'an, the sixth brother passed the imperial examination on the first day of June. The topic was "Respect the reason", and the scripture title was "Tell each other what is good". The sixth brother ranked 103rd , Twenty-five catalogues, the title is "Qi Zhi Yi Li", and the title of the poem is "Lotus beads, get the characters of beads." The sixth brother was also enrolled in more than a hundred.In these two exams, more than 200 people were admitted. The sons and others are in good health, as are the daughters-in-law and grandchildren.There are a lot of imperial seals this year, and it is said that they can only be sorted out in August.After my son received it in August, he immediately begged Hunan New College to bring it to Changsha.The son also built a grandparents' birthday screen, a Huashan stone inscription inscribed with birthday characters, and a hundred newly engraved imperial seals, a total of four pieces, all of which were brought back to the new college and handed over to Chen Daiyun's family.I beg my father to go to the provincial capital on September 26th and 7th. Zou Yunkai crossed Changsha from Guangxi, but in the first ten days of October, he had 80 taels of silver to return to his son, and I agreed with him to hand it over to Chen Jimu.Father may go to Yunkai, or not, he can just collect money at Chen's house.In late October, the new college will be able to go to the provincial capital. He has a defense, and his father must not visit him.

If the new college and the son have never met before, the son will find someone else to send it back, and he can go to the provincial capital at the end of October, and no later than the beginning of November at the latest.The father received it, took it back to the county seat, and deposited it in a good family or shop.On the 26th, I asked the ninth brother to go to the county to pick him up.On the twenty-eighth night, the ninth younger brother lived in Hejiaao and other places.On the twenty-ninth day, Grandmother's 80th birthday, a drummer and a deacon were used to seal a few miles away, and when she was received at home, an incense table was placed outside the door to the north, and an imperial edict tablet was erected on the table, and the axis was placed on the table.The grandparents led the father to look north and kneel down three times and kowtow nine times.Shouping asked Xiao Shilou to write.Shi Lou doesn't have a job right now, if he doesn't give up studying politics in August, then he will definitely take a leave of absence and go back to his hometown, or you can ask him to bring it back.My son knows how to deal with everything at his own discretion, and now he is sending back a pack of yellow bud cabbage seeds for checking and collecting.

The rest will be reported by his son later.My son would like to report. (Third day of the seventh month in the twenty-sixth year of Daoguang)
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