This book is a collection of letters between Zeng Guofan and his relatives and friends. The book describes in detail how a scholar who works hard in officialdom faces the little things in life, how to treat his relationship with his father and brother, how to deal with his interest relationship with the court and the group, and more importantly, we can see how he cultivates himself, how to be self-disciplined and how to reflect on his mistakes.

2. "Small window".

This is a collection of essays created by Chen Jiru, a scholar in Ming Dynasty, which not only criticizes the declining world, but also reveals the thinking of philosophers. It can be said that we understand the truth of life through laughter and scolding. The book is divided into twelve volumes, including awakening, emotion, preciseness, spirit, elements, scenery, phonology, strangeness, romance, elegance, statutes and modesty, with a total of 1500. The content involves self-cultivation, self-cultivation, moral education, study, career, housekeeping and so on. The main performance is that the literati are indifferent to fame and fortune, quiet and far-reaching.

3,' Caigen Tan'

This book is a collection of quotations on self-cultivation, social life, socialization and fertility compiled by Taoist Hong Yingming in the early Ming Dynasty. It was a rare and precious training for the past. It has an incredible subtle influence on people's cultivation and moral cultivation. Among them, "don't be surprised, look at the flowers before the court; I have no intention of staying, and I have no intention of staying. I hope that the clouds in the sky will be smooth. " As we all know.

4. Tao Te Ching?

The philosophical works of Laozi (Li Er) in the Spring and Autumn Period are an important source of Taoist philosophy. The text takes "virtue" in the philosophical sense as the key link, and discusses the ways of self-cultivation, governing the country, using troops and keeping in good health, mostly focusing on politics. It is the so-called "inner sage and outer king", which has profound meaning and wide tolerance and is known as the king of all classics.

5,' The Analects of Confucius'

As one of the classic works of Confucianism, a collection of recorded essays, mainly memorizing words, mainly records the words and deeds of Confucius and his disciples in the form of quotations and dialogues, which embodies Confucius' political, aesthetic, moral and utilitarian views. The Analects of Confucius covers politics, education, literature, philosophy and ways of living.