The sound of wind and rain and the sound of reading are endless, and the family, the country and the world are all concerned. From where?

"Reading in the wind and rain, hearing each other. Gu Xiancheng, the leader of Lindong Party in Ming Dynasty, said: "Family affairs, state affairs and what's going on in the world should all be concerned. ".From" Talking about Interesting Things with Famous Societies ".

Meaning:

1, the first couplet combines the sound of reading with the sound of wind and rain, which is both poetic and meaningful.

2. The bottom line is the ambition to rule the country and level the world.

Scholars should not only read good books, but also care about the country, politics and world affairs, and try their best to understand the world instead of reading dead books.

Major achievements

Gu Xiancheng founded Donglin Academy, and with Donglin Academy as the position, he violently criticized and criticized all kinds of empty, empty and metaphysical thoughts and sermons advocated by Wang Shouren's "Mind Learning" and Wang Xuemo in terms of moral cultivation and epistemology by giving lectures, arguing, discussing, writing and publishing books, thus promoting the upsurge of practical learning.

Gu Xiancheng (1550- 16 12), surnamed Jingyang, was honored as "Mr. Lin Dong" because he founded Donglin Academy. Ming Dynasty thinker and leader of Lindong Party. A native of Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, he was a Beijing official in the eighth year of Wanli (1580) and was in charge of the household registration department.