曾国藩一生之计在于勤,著述就不用说了,光是那些日记和书信,要在倥偬辗转之中,万机百务之余,年年写月月写日日写,就相当不容易。曾国藩有早起的习惯,他常用开玩笑的语气提醒别人“起得早,捡个金元宝”,还说过“早起三日当一土”的话。他带兵期间,天还未亮就起床,明炮一响,布席开餐,众幕僚均以此为苦。李鸿章后来对人说:“我老师实在厉害,从前我在他大营中,从他办事,他每天一早起来,六点钟就吃早饭,我贪睡总赶不上,他偏要等我一同上桌。我没法,只得勉强赶起,胡乱盥洗一番,朦胧前去过卯,真叫受罪。等日久习以为常了,也渐觉苦尽甘来。我日后办事,亦能早起,才知受益不尽。这都是我老师造就出来的。……”自古以来,多少钟鸣鼎食之家相继败落,都是因为子孙骄奢淫逸所致。曾国藩出将人相,最担心的就是子孙生长于富贵乡中,习惯过一种寄生虫似的生活,渐渐蜕化到 Tseng Kuo-fan’s life plan lies in diligence and writing. Needless to say, just those journals and correspondences are to be removed from the shreds of time and time. Zeng Guofan got up early habits, he often used joking tone to remind people “get up early, pick up a gold ingot,” also said that “get up early as a soil when the three” words. During the period of his troops, when he was awakened, he got out of bed. When the guns were fired, he started his meal and all his aides took pains. Later on, Li Hung-chang said to his people, “My teacher is really powerful. I used to serve him from his camp. Before he got up early in the morning, he ate breakfast at six o’clock. I could not catch up with snoring at all. I can not help but get out of my way, I’m going to get a little mess, and I’ve been to Mau for a while, so I really feel sorry for it. This is all my teacher created ... ... ”Since ancient times, how many minutes have come to an end, all because of the extravagance caused by the descendants. Tseng Kuo-fan out of people, the most worried about is the children and grandchildren grew up in wealthy township, accustomed to a parasitic life, gradually degenerated