Tā cháng yòng ‘yá zhāi wò tīng xiāoxiāo zhú’ lái xíngróng zìjǐ qīnglián wèi mín de zhìxiàng.
He often uses this line to describe his ideal of honest service to the people.
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history
Opening of Zheng Xie 郑燮 (Zheng Banqiao 郑板桥)'s Qing poem 《潍县署中画竹呈年伯包大中丞括》: ‘衙斋卧听萧萧竹，疑是民间疾苦声。’ (Lying in my yamen study I hear the rustling bamboo and suspect it is the sound of the people's suffering.) A famous expression of a scholar-official's conscience.
usage
衙斋 (yázhāi) = the study in a magistrate's yamen/office. 萧萧 = onomatopoeia for rustling wind/leaves. Always paired with 疑是民间疾苦声.
