ZENG Guofan’s Academic Thoughts and Their Inspiration to the Construction of Learning Style of the Contemporary University Students

The academic thoughts are the important content of the university students’ learning style construction as well as an important means of cultivating their excellent learning style. In his long process of study, ZENG Guofan had formed his rich and scientific system of academic thoughts which mainly includes academic purpose of promoting one’s morality and study and practical application, academic attitude which involves ambition, knowledge, persistence and modesty, and academic methods which value the“four mores” and give consideration to both erudition and specialty. These are of great practical guid- ing significance for the contemporary university students to know their studying purpose, hold correct attitude toward study and cultivate the scientific studying methods in an attempt to form the good learning style in their study.