183 1 year, Zeng Guofan was reprimanded by his teacher for smoking too much. His self-esteem was strongly stimulated and he knew that smoking was harmful and useless, so he decided to give up smoking.

1842 (22nd year of Daoguang) 165438+ In October, Zeng Guofan was still smoking a white copper hookah. He was very angry with himself. One morning, he wrote in his diary: "Since I quit smoking, my mind seems to be in a state of anxiety and I can hardly speak. Desire is hard to suppress, so it is! You are lucky not to burn your bridges! " He fully realized: If an honorable academician can't even quit smoking, what can he talk about? The next day, I smashed my beloved white copper hookah and lit the bundle of golden fine tobacco leaves. This time, Zeng Guofan finally gave up smoking completely and never smoked again until his death.

So I quit for about 1 1 year ~