Translation:

Kuang Heng was diligent and studious, but there were no candles at home. There was a candle in the neighbor's house, but the light couldn't shine into his house, so Kuang Heng cut a hole in the wall to attract the light from the neighbor's house, so that the light could shine on the books for reading. There was a wealthy family in the county who was not very literate, but was wealthy and had many books. Kuang Heng went to his house to work as a hired worker, but he didn't want any reward. The master felt very strange and asked him why he was like this. He said, "I hope to read all the master's books." The master sighed deeply after hearing this, and lent Kuang Heng the book (to finance Kuang Heng with the book). So Kuang Heng became a great scholar of his generation.

Original text:

Kuang Heng studied diligently but did not have a candle, and his neighbor had a candle but did not catch it. Heng passed the wall to draw its light and used the book to reflect the light and read. The people in the town were illiterate and their family was rich and well-educated. Heng worked as a servant without asking for compensation. The master was strange and asked Heng. Heng said: "I would like to have the master's books and read them all over." The master sighed and gave him the books, so he became a university.

Extended information:

Story introduction

During the Western Han Dynasty, there was a man named Kuang Heng. He especially liked reading, but there were no books at home. There is a family in the village with many books. So Kuang Heng went to his house to work as a hired worker, but he didn't want any reward. Later, the owner of the house learned that Kuang Heng did this because he wanted to borrow books to read. The owner was very moved and lent the book to Kuang Heng. But Kuang Heng had to work during the day, and at night, there were no candles at home, so he couldn't read at all. So, he read through the cracks in the wall and the light coming from the neighbor's house, and he continued like this.

Basic explanation: It comes from the story of Kuang Heng, a great writer of the Western Han Dynasty, who when he was a child, dug through a wall to invite his neighbors to read by candlelight, and eventually became a writer of his generation. It is now used to describe people who are poor but study hard. Complimentary words

Source: Volume 2 of "Miscellaneous Notes of Xijing": "Kuang Heng, also known as Zhi Gui, studied diligently but did not have a candle. His neighbor had a candle but did not catch it. Heng passed the wall to draw the light, and read with the book reflecting the light. ”

Synonyms: the firefly reflects the snow, burns the ointment to follow the sundial, and chisels the wall to steal the light.

Antonyms: uneducated, illiterate, ignorant.

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