I. Original text
Li Zhi in Ming Dynasty wrote A Study of Tears in the Pear Garden.
Ethan is a lonely boy. When he was a few years old, he passed by the library and cried. The teacher said, "Why is the boy crying?" Words: "The lonely are vulnerable, and the poor are vulnerable. People who write books, scholars and relatives. First, I hope he is not lonely, and second, I hope he studies, and the center is sad, so he cries. "
The teacher said sadly, "I want to study." Originally I said, "I have no money." The teacher said, "If the boy is ambitious, I will teach him for free." So I wrote a book. In winter, I recited the Book of Filial Piety and The Analects of Confucius.
Second, translation.
Ethan lost his father when he was a child, and his family was poor. When he was seven or eight years old, he passed by a private school and heard the sound of reading in it. He couldn't help crying. The teacher of the private school ran out and asked, "Little friend, why are you crying?"
Li Yuan said: "People who lose their fathers are easy to be sad, and the poor are easy to be sad. Everyone who can go to school has parents, but my father died when I was a child, so I have no conditions to go to school. On the one hand, I envy them that their parents take care of them, on the other hand, I envy them that they have the opportunity to learn. Looking at them and thinking about myself, I was very sad and couldn't help crying. "
After listening to Ethan's words, the teacher was very sympathetic and pitied him. I didn't expect children to have such an idea, "If you want to study, study." Li Yuan said: "There is no money to pay tuition." The teacher then said to him, "If you really want to study, I won't charge you tuition." Ethan has been studying since then. After a winter, Li Yuan will recite the Book of Filial Piety and The Analects of Confucius.
Notes on Li Yuan Qi Studies
1, Bookstore: Bookstore.
2, center: inside.
3. Compassion: pity and sympathy.
4. Shi Guo: an outstanding talent of the country.
5. School: Start studying.
6. why: why.
7. Not too lonely: I lost my father when I was young.
8. On books: On books (reading).
9. Loneliness: Losing parents in childhood.
10, Cry: Cry in a low voice.