秉承儒家修齐治平的政治理想 ,强调诚心正意的修身准则 ,“驭将之道 ,最贵推诚 ,不贵权术”① 。是湘军治军的最大特点 ,并在具体的军事实践中发挥了重要的作用。鸦片战争后期绿营军兵惰将骄 ,习气腐败 ,毫无战斗力。曾国藩对此现象忧心忡忡 ,认为绿营兵之弊病在于败不相救 ,“ Adhering to the political ideal of rejuvenating Confucianism, emphasizing the sincerity and self-cultivation principle of self-discipline, “the will to control, the most expensive sincerity, not your power”. It is the most important feature of Hunan’s military administration and has played an important role in concrete military practice. In the latter part of the Opium War, military officers and soldiers of the Green Army were arrogant, habitually corrupt, and have no fighting capacity. Zeng Guofan worried about this phenomenon, think the shortcomings of Green Camp is defeated, "