About Zeng Guofan's Succeeding to Huxiang Culture

Zeng Guofan had mainly done three things:burrowing ethos,repressing Tai Ping Kingdom and initiating Foreign Business Movement.And the three things are tightly related to the traditional culture,especially Huxiang Culture.Because he started from book study and involved classic knowledge learning.As a result,he had profound accomplishments on theory.In addition,he had combined research and cultivation,that is,learning calculating and endeavored to the state of “cultivation,harmonious family,government and peace”,In fact,his latter two undertakings were the result of his successful succession of the knowledge he learned ruling.