Thursday, March 12th, 2026, the 24th day of the first lunar month

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Today's hexagram:Tian Shan Dun (䷠)

The Book of Changesitemthirty-threeHexagram: Go up to Qian (heaven) and down to Gen (mountain), there are mountains in the world, retreat and hide.

The hexagram reveals that the sky is high and distant, and the mountains are extremely steep. If the sky avoids the mountains, it seems like there is a sign of retreat. It symbolizes that when the sun fades and the yin grows, the current situation is against the trend, or contradictions intensify, there is no need to fight hard. It is not only a wisdom to preserve strength, but also a positive strategy to wait for the reversal of the situation by timely withdrawing, converging the edge, and maintaining distance.Dun GuaIt's teaching peopleThe wisdom of 'knowing retreat' sometimes requires more courage and wisdom to take a step back than to take it further. In life planning, timely stop loss when the direction is wrong is not a failure, but a restart. Take a step back, the sea and sky are vast; Escaping for a moment, the willows are dark and the flowers are bright.

Nothing is like a person stepping back, a solitary cloud or wild crane is free.

——Song Dynasty's "Retreat" by Shi Huaishentoday in history

Portrait of Zeng Guofanone thousand eight hundred and seventy-two

year

threemoontwelveOn that day, Zeng Guofan, a political and military figure of the late Qing Dynasty, passed away. Zeng Guofan is“Late Qing DynastyThe first minister”ThestrategistPhysicistsliterati、Hunan army led by Zeng GuofanThe founder and commander. He was ordered to organize the Hunan Army and pacify the Taiping Heavenly KingdomThe first hero of 'Tongzhi Zhongxing'As a leader of the Self Strengthening Movement, he founded the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, promoted young children to study in the United States, and pioneered modernization in China.Zeng Guofan is good at speakingliteratiMoral "means" benevolence and righteousness ", which is correctliteratiCheng Zhu Neo Confucianism

Highly praised, he also founded the ancient Chinese literature of the late Qing Dynasty“Xiangxiang faction”. Posthumous title "Wenzheng", with《Complete Works of Zeng Wenzheng》Passing down from generation to generationHe andHu LinyiAlso known asliteratiZeng Hu, andLi HongzhangZuo ZongtangZhang ZhidongFour famous ministers of the late Qing Dynasty's Zhongxing periodThe first hero of 'Tongzhi Zhongxing'”. It has had a significant impact on the politics, military, and culture of modern China.The first hero of 'Tongzhi Zhongxing'张之洞Zuo ZongtangComplete Works of Zeng Wenzheng晚清中兴四大名臣”。对近代中国政治、军事、文化影响重大。