Characteristics of zeng guofan ' s petitions to the throne had differences in different periods , namely , loyalty and pedantry in the early period , vehemence and stubbornness in the middle period , experiencedness and plainness in the late period 曾国藩奏疏不同时期有不同特点：前期奏疏：忠戆迂直；中期奏疏：激切、倔强；后期奏疏：绵里藏针、缜密老到、平淡质实。
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For myself , not only for my obedience , but my particular genius , i do embrace it : for even that vulgar and tavern - music , which makes one man merry , another mad , strikes in me a deep fit of devotion , and a profound contemplation of the first composer 至于我自己，我对上述之音乐确实服膺无已，此固与我之虔诚信仰有关，亦系我的特殊禀赋所致；甚即通常旅店之俚俗音乐，所叙不出嬉乐激切之情，尚能使我对那最初制曲人于胸臆之中顿生仰慕之忱与遥深之想；其中圣洁处有非人耳所能察觉者。
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For my self , not only for my obedience , but my particular genius , i do embrace it : for even that vulgar and tavern - musick , which makes one man merry , another mad , strikes in me a deep fit of devotion , and a profound contemplation of the first composer 至于我自己，我对上述之音乐确实服膺无已，此固与我之虔诚信仰有关，亦系我的特殊禀赋所致；甚即通常旅店之俚俗音乐，所叙不出嬉乐激切之情，尚能使我对那最初制曲人于胸臆之中顿生仰慕之忱与遥深之想；其中圣洁处有非人耳所能察觉者。
