曾国藩是晚清时期的理学名儒,建构了理学经世思想。从文化角度研究,曾国藩对太平天国的制胜战略有以下几个方面。首先,他通过理学治理湘军,练就对抗太平军的军事力量;其次,扶名教以争民心,注重与太平天国的思想文化之战;最后,攻破金陵后,他主动裁撤湘军以保其忠臣之名节,努力维护封建纲常名教。 Tseng Kuo-fan was a Neo- Confucianist in the late Qing dynasty, and he constructed the Confucianism-based thought. From a cultural point of view, Zeng Guofan’s victory strategy for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has the following aspects. First of all, he managed the Hunan army through rationalism and practiced against the Taipings’ military forces. Secondly, he taught to fight the people’s hearts and pay attention to the war of ideas and cultures with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Finally, after attacking Jinling, he took the initiative to disarm the Hunan army Loyalty to the famous section, and strive to maintain the feudal class often teach.