曾国藩的智商不过中等。梁启超说:“文正固非有超群绝伦之天才,在并时诸贤杰中称最钝拙。”左宗棠一向瞧不起曾国藩,屡屡不留情面地批评他“才短”、“欠才略”、“才亦太缺”、“于兵机每苦钝滞”。学生李鸿章也当面说过他太“儒缓”。曾国藩自己也常说“吾生平短于才”、“秉质愚柔”。 Tseng Kuo-fan’s IQ but medium. Liang Qichao said: “Wenzhenggu is not an extraordinary genius, and in the meantime Zhu Xianjie is the most blunt.” “Zuo Zongtang has always looked down upon Zeng Guofan and repeatedly criticized him for being” short “ ”Too little talent “, ”Only too long “, ”In the military machine every bitter “. Student Li Hung-chang also personally said that he was too ”Confucianism slow“. Tseng Kuo-fan himself often said ”“ I was born shorter than just ”, “ soft and dull ”.