The founding aim of the charity is to shelter the world's poor scholars and make more people smile.
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history
From Du Fu's (杜甫) 《茅屋为秋风所破歌》 (Song of My Thatched Cottage Wrecked by the Autumn Wind), 761 CE. Paired with the preceding line: 安得广厦千万间，大庇天下寒士俱欢颜 — 'How could I get a million grand houses, to shelter all the cold scholars under heaven and make them smile?' Du Fu wishes he could suffer his own cold roofless misery a thousand times if it meant others could have shelter — one of the most selfless moments in Tang poetry.
usage
Paired couplet — invariably quoted with its partner 安得广厦千万间. Used in policy, journalism and speeches about public welfare, housing, education of the poor. 寒士 literally 'cold scholar' = an impoverished intellectual.
