Modern approach promotes old ways By SUN SHANGWU and XU XIAOMIN in Wuxi, Jiangsu | China Daily | Updated: 2021-04-16 06:47 Share
Storied Donglin Academy undergoes far-reaching revamp
Many Chinese may not have heard of the Donglin Academy, but nearly all of them are familiar with the 17th century couplet that goes, The sounds of the winds, rain and reading enter our ears and the affairs of the family, state and world draw our attention.
The couplet, which is learned at school, was written by Gu Xiancheng (1550-1612), a bureaucrat and educator during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).
Gu and a group of other scholars repaired the storied academy in Wuxi, Jiangsu province, in 1604.
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