The sound of wind and rain and the sound of reading
The sound of wind and rain and the sound of reading can be heard
Care about family affairs, national affairs, and everything in the world
This couplet It was written by Gu Xiancheng, leader of the Donglin Party in the Ming Dynasty ("Ming Lian Tan Qu" 275). Gu founded Donglin Academy in Wuxi. After giving lectures, he often commented on government affairs. Later, people used it to advocate "reading without forgetting to save the country", which still has positive significance today. The first couplet combines the sound of reading and the sound of wind and rain, which is both poetic and profound. The second line contains the ambition of harmonizing the family, governing the country, and bringing peace to the world. The wind is against the rain, the home is against the country, the ear is against the heart, it is extremely neat, especially the repeated words in conjunction, like hearing the sound of books.