And the cocks crow without ceasing "are used to mean that gentlemen remain clear-headed when the world is in confusion, that their superior character does not yield to the chaos around them.
所謂「風雨如晦，雞鳴不已」正是喻君子人處亂世有為有守，不因環境惡劣而改變其高尚的節操。崔道融《雞》：