(2) During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, Gu Xiancheng, a thinker and scholar of Lindong in the Ming Dynasty, revived and gave lectures here. After giving lectures, he often commented on state affairs, advocated the spirit of "reading, giving lectures and patriotism", and spread the spirit of China scholar-officials who never forgot to save the country and take the world as their responsibility.
(3) The famous couplet inscribed by Gu Xiancheng for Lindong Academy, "The sound of reading in wind and rain, home, country and the world are in my heart", also reflects this point.