Why is Zeng Guofan so superstitious?

Zeng Guofan seems to be an atheist, who doesn't believe in chaos and hatred. However, Zeng Guofan seems to have been struggling in superstitious events, and he participated in most traditional superstitious activities in China. For example, physiognomy, divination, dream interpretation, happiness, Guan Yu, rain god, feng shui, destiny, ghosts and gods.

Zeng Guofan in his later years was pessimistic. When he realizes that his personal strength is too small to change the outside world, he chooses to believe that there is a kind of strength around you, and the more he will believe in fate and Feng Shui. When I was young, I was full of confidence. I believed that my will could change everything. I believe I can turn the tide and rebuild Gankun. The more I believe that my subjective initiative can change everything, the less I believe that I will blame God for the chaos.

So do we now. When we succeed, we always feel that we are omnipotent and believe in evil. When you fail, you will feel destiny takes a hand. Few people can change their lives like Nezha, and more are resigned to fate. Although Zeng Guofan believed in destiny, he still devoted himself to death knowing that he could not do it. This is a heroic struggle.

I've heard a better explanation of fate. Fate is made up of fate and luck. Life is something brought by nature, such as your gender, your skin color, your family, your brothers and sisters. These things that you cannot change can be classified as life. Luck is something you can change the day after tomorrow, such as your knowledge, your understanding of the world and so on, which can be changed through your efforts the day after tomorrow. Of course, with the development of technology, gender can also be changed, which is also a fate.

Accept what cannot be changed, and change what can be changed. Believing in fate is sometimes a spiritual comfort.