What is the context of this couplet?

This couplet was written by Gu Xiancheng, the leader of Lindong Party in Ming Dynasty ("Talking about the Interest of Honesty" 275). Gu founded Donglin Academy in Wuxi. After giving lectures, he often comments on state affairs. Later, people used it to advocate "saving the country and not forgetting to study", which still has positive significance. The first couplet combines the sound of reading with the sound of wind and rain, which is both poetic and meaningful. The bottom line is the ambition to rule the country and level the world. Wind to rain, home to country, ears to heart. Extremely neat, especially when used with words, such as the sound of books.

It is still of great significance today: scholars should not only read good books, but also care about national, political and world events and try their best to understand the world instead of reading dead books. The sound of wind, rain and reading

Wind and rain, reading, hearing.

Family affairs, state affairs and everything in the world care about everything.

This couplet was written by Gu Xiancheng, the leader of Lindong Party in Ming Dynasty ("Talking about the Interest of Honesty" 275). Gu founded Donglin Academy in Wuxi. After giving lectures, he often comments on state affairs. Later, people used it to advocate "saving the country and not forgetting to study", which still has positive significance. The first couplet combines the sound of reading with the sound of wind and rain, which is both poetic and meaningful. The bottom line is the ambition to rule the country and level the world. Wind to rain, home to country, ears to heart. Extremely neat, especially when used with words, such as the sound of books.

The general meaning is: in such a campus (academy), both the sound of the surrounding environment and the sound of reading are very nice. This means that students should study hard.

The second sentence: But it is not enough for a scholar to read a good book. From family affairs to state affairs, we should all be concerned.

This couplet encourages scholars to take saving the country as their own responsibility, which actually means "every man has the responsibility to prosper the country". That is to say, education should face the world, and we should not "concentrate on reading sage books and ignore things outside the window" on campus (academy). Both the surrounding environment and the sound of reading are very nice. This means that students should study hard. But for a scholar, reading good books is not enough. From family affairs to state affairs, we should all be concerned. ?