There are hundreds of rivers and great tolerance; The wall stands a thousand miles, and it is just without desire. This couplet was written by Lin Zexu, a politician in the late Qing Dynasty, when he was governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. It means: the sea contains hundreds of rivers because of its wide measurement; The mountain is so tall and straight because there is no worldly desire to intrigue.
The last words of the couplet-"big" and "just", that is to say, this noble spirit is the greatest and strongest. It also shows the author's lofty spirit. The generosity and honest and frank of this "swing" comes from "no desire". This kind of tolerance, the feeling of "no desire, no desire" and the lofty spirit from extreme to extreme are exactly the spirit that the Chinese nation needs to inherit.
As the name implies, the width of the sea can accommodate many rivers; Metaphor a person's broad-minded, can contain everything. It's great to accept all rivers, that is to say, open-minded and broad-minded, which is also the embodiment of a person's cultivation.
People regard people with a sea of hearts as respectable people. At the same time, it also has an all-encompassing meaning, which is often used to describe magnificent and indescribable things, so it is described as "all rivers run into the sea"