曾国藩生活在封建社会末期,末世的衰颓、堕落造成士林风气的破坏,道德沦丧,再加上西方文化的传入,使儒家思想的地位受到前所未有的冲击,这在传统儒学家看来是儒家根本传统的丧失。曾国藩要护持儒家生命之源,再造和发扬其根本传统,首先对个人道德要求更加严格,自身严格修养,为士人树立了一个学习的榜样。儒家非常注重个人品德修养,曾国藩从小就受到儒家思想的熏 Zeng Guofan lived in the late feudal society, the decline of the end of the world, degeneration caused Shihlin ethic destruction, moral decay, coupled with the introduction of Western culture, so that the status of Confucianism hitherto unknown, which in the eyes of traditional Confucianism is Confucianism Fundamental loss. Zeng Guofan wants to protect the source of Confucian life, rebuild and carry forward its fundamental tradition. First, it requires stricter individual morality and self-discipline, setting a learning example for the scholars. Confucianism pays great attention to individual moral cultivation. Zeng Guofan was smoked by Confucianism since he was a child