Sound of wind, rain, my ear.
Family affairs and the world are all concerned about.

This is the eastern suburbs of Wuxi, the famous late Ming Dynasty, "Donglin College" within the suspension of a couplet. Pair of couplets express the "Donglin", represented by honest concern for the fate of intellectuals scholar, determined to serve the country's aspirations.

The late Ming Dynasty, the growing political corruption, social conflicts within the ruling party struggles intense, shady heavy. After the eunuch Wei Zhongxian autocracy, is getting worse. Jian Ning Wei Zhongxian the believers gathered in around the form, "Yan Dang." Their patronage, authoritarian government arbitrarily to exclude dissidents, ruining good people, agents run amok, and poison the people, really evil, a miscarriage of justice everywhere. There were a number of honest intellectuals and literati, the courage to ridicule proposed affairs of state, criticized the people in power. They advocated political reform and misgovernment, open mind to oppose the Yandang exercise of power, against the kings and the economy, Guo Qi predatory annexation of land, against around mine supervisor, supervisor of the tax exactions. These ideas are in line with the requirements of the people, under the historical conditions at the time of positive significance. Because of these intellectuals, the literati have been the backbone of lectures Donglin Academy in Wuxi, was later "Yandang" cook for "Donglin." Wei Zhongxian led to "Yan Dang", of course, does not allow "Donglin", the appalling cruelty of the persecution. To be killed in the famous East Linzhi Shi, one chapter is Changshu Gu.

Zhang Gu, the word Bo Qin, Ming Wanli years (1576) students. Thirty-five years Wanli (1607) comprehensive examinations for Scholars, granted the government pushed officials, Quanzhou, Fujian, Changzhou Fu after he was named professor of Confucianism. Apocalypse (1622 years) went to Guangxi hosted examination, returned to Beijing after the Board of Punishments of any principal, Yuanwai Lang. During his tenure at the Board of Punishments, Book of Kings by the Board of Punishments appreciated.
At that time, Hu Shi Qing Guan outside the Central Plains, the capture of Liaoyang, the tight situation in the Kyoto region, sending policeman on patrol day and night, around the capture of "spies." A little suspect, that hasty kill, those who unjustly numerous. Time, policeman and two hundred suspects were caught, officials responsible for dealing with these prisoners who knew many of them innocent, but do not want to identify the case, identify the grievances, only hasty death. Later, living only fifty come up. Gu Zhang bear to slaughter without incident, on the Book of Kings boss said, "I am willing to take my life as a guarantee for the remaining fifty lives, even as I also did not hesitate to lose their jobs!" After a retrial, only one substantiated the continued detention of the three spies, the rest are sent in order to acquit Daliyuan. Kings of much admiration of his competence.

Bu Tong taking over the trial was framed "rebellion" of the grievances during the Gu Zhang and fairness, perspicacious, dare to say, see Tong directly refute. But unexpectedly, "Yan Dang" was about to take the case of exclusion, has been. Bu Tong was finally killed unjustly in prison, Gu Zhang has been reprimanded, and thus offend the "Yan Dang."

Later, Wei Zhongxian they create injustice in an attempt to trap the Minister Liu Yijing. Gu Zhang to come forward for Liu defense, so that the "Yandang conspiracy have failed to succeed. Gu Chapter has once again offended" Yandang. "

After the fall of the Qing Northeast, the court will be the military commander of the Northeast Xiongting Bi, Chen Wang of imprison Code, judicial officials mobilized eighteen joint hearing of the case. Gu Zhang speech cited the fact that they should be punished to the full fair. WANG Chen did not listen to scheduling, the soldier does not move, is caused by military defeat gas culprit, should be sentenced to death; Xiongting Bi both negligent, the credit should not have killed, the penalty of exile. Wei Zhongxian like to take this case framed Donglin Yang Lian, and others left the light bucket. Of course listen Gu Zhang's views, will be both sentenced to death penalty. Gu Zhang was removed from the Board of Punishments, change to the board of war office. Since then, Gu Zhang's name was included in the "Yandang" fabricated "the Donglin party," the blacklist, as the "God machine military adviser", and await the harm.

Kings had a letter to impeach the "Yandang" Xu Dahua, "Yandang" gang suspected of Kings Chapter of the memorials from Gu hand, and thus care is even more hated. They ordered a series of four party Yangwei Yuan Zhang Gu impeachment memorial, framed, said Gu Xiong Tingbi accepting bribes forty thousand taels of silver, so the excuse for the Bears offense, Yu Zhi Gu Zhang to death. Zhang Gu situation extremely dangerous situations in their best endeavors for their own vindication. Thanks to the minister leaves to high, Sun Wei and other human security and refute him, Gu Zhang was drowned from a disaster, but still the "Reading debate on" crime was cut Dai Loc. After the storm, Gu Zhang recognize a dangerous political situation, an excuse to support the pro back home.
Apocalypse five years (1625) Spring, Gu Zhang re-move back to court, first as the Board of Rites doctor, and soon after sent to Shaanxi any Azechi Fushi.

The time, "Yan Dang" toxic flame burning more intense. Dali Xu Dahua traitor Cheng has been promoted to master criminal the reins, and Yangwei Yuan Wei Zhongxian with a pair of hired thugs. Their plotting, they created a Wen-made injustice to implicate Gu chapter. In May, they will shut Gu Zhen Fu North Division prison, torture, forced him to recognize the river by Xiong Tingbi silver forty-two thousand bribe. Gu Zhang suffered abuse, are still not firmly pleaded not guilty.

Slightly before, "Donglin" Yang Lian, the left light of the impeachment struggle has memorialized the crime Wei Zhongxian twenty four, thirty large cut crime. Wei Zhongxian angry, false revelation passed decree in June 1995 between the Yang Lian, and even left the light bucket, five ministers to prison, torture to extract confessions. In July the same year, five people were brutally tortured to death. After the tragic death of five people, "Yan Dang," the death of five people will not leak, so plan to fill five Board of Punishments Law Department Code, then notice the world in order to deceive the public. "Yandang" again toward the care of the clutches of big chapter. They care from the northern town of Grand Secretary for the Board of Punishments behind bars to move the prison tried to force him to confess and Yang Lian, the left light formed a bucket into the other five accomplices, co-corruption Xiongting Bi bribe silver. In the lobby of the Board of Punishments, Gu Zhang righteous, Ni and talk about McCain, one by one added them to refute falsely so-called "crimes." Wei Zhongxian but will uphold the trial officer to the original false accusation of the "charges", plus some "crimes", sentence to death six people.

Miscarriage of justice and de facto, Gu Zhang Zhen Fu North Division held another shift. He sighed "well who can be killed can not be humiliated, how do I enter this prison it longer!" Then used a pen and paper, suppressing the injured finger torture pain: Chu, wrote thousands of words of the testament. Cousin Guda Wu joint to bribe the prison with his drinking goodbye. He wrote a couplet: "pretending to turn troubled storm, stay in the sun and the moon according to the people." Suicide note and then come up together, to a large force, and asked Gu these couplets hanging in the shrine, the coffin may be buried in their own in their ancestral home on. Then he picked up the poison has been injected into the glass in one gulp. To prevent shortage of the drug, which was then hanged. This day is the revelation five years (1625) Lunar September 4, aged 50.

Yang Lian Deng Liuren died in prison of the things exposed, the people cried, as they have incense ritual, known to them as "Apocalypse Six Gentlemen."

Chongzhen first year, Wei Zhongxian other Jiandang punished, persecuted by their loyal patriots to be righted, Gu Zhang Fushi recovery Shaanxi block as police, posthumously Temple Shaoqing too, after chasing profit, "Yu foolish."

Gu tomb in the ancient town of Grand Army Tun, in November 1982 as the municipal units.