Kuang Heng is diligent and studious, but there are no candles at home. There are candles next door, but the light can't reach his house. Therefore, Kuang Heng dug a hole in the wall to attract the light from his neighbors, so that it could be read in a book. There is a large family in the county, which is not very literate, but it is rich and has many books. Kuang Heng went to his house as an employee, but he didn't want to be paid. The host was surprised and asked him why. He said, "I hope to read all the books of the host family." Hearing this, the master sighed deeply, so he lent Kuang Heng a book (to help Kuang Heng read it). So Kuang Heng became a great scholar.
Original text:
Kuang Heng studied hard without a candle. His neighbor had a candle but didn't catch it. Balance is to send its light through the wall and read it with a book that reflects the light. City people can't read their surnames. They have money at home and many books. Therefore, Heng is cooperating with him, not claiming compensation. The master was surprised and asked Heng, who said, "May the master read all the books." The host sighed, gave books and became a university.
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Brief introduction to the story
During the Western Han Dynasty, there was a man named Kuang Heng. He likes reading very much, but there are no books at home. There is a family in the village with many books. So Kuang Heng went to his house as an employee, but he didn't want to be paid. Later, the shopkeeper learned that Kuang Heng did it because he wanted to borrow books. The master was moved. He lent the book to Kuang Heng. But Kuang Heng has to work during the day and there are no candles at home at night, so he can't read at all. So, he read through the cracks in the wall and the light of his neighbor's house, and so he kept reading.
Basic Interpretation: It comes from the story that Kuang Heng, a great writer in the Western Han Dynasty, chiseled through the wall to attract his neighbors to study by candlelight when he was young, and eventually became a generation of writers. Now it is used to describe people who are poor and study hard. commendatory term
Source: "Miscellanies of Xijing" Volume II: "Kuang Heng's words are childish, and he studied hard without a candle, but he couldn't catch a candle nearby. Balance is to send its light through the wall and read it with a book that reflects light. "
Synonym: Yeast reflects snow, burns ointment and steals light from the wall.
Antonym: unlearned, illiterate and ignorant.
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