Disciples

Chapter 30

Original
Get up early, sleep late at night;
It's a pity that this time is old.

Translation
Get up early in the morning and go to bed late at night; time will pass quickly, and you will be old in a blink of an eye, so you must know how to cherish the good times when you were young.

allusion
Kuang Heng, nicknamed Zhigui, was a famous Confucian scholar in the Western Han Dynasty.Kuang Heng liked to read when he was young, and he was tireless in learning day and night.Xiao Kuangheng's family was poor and he couldn't afford candles, but he didn't give up the opportunity to study at night because of this.He penetrated the wall between his own house and the neighbor's house, and brought the candlelight of the neighbor's house into his own house, stealing not his candle, but his light.Little Kuangheng was able to read at night with the help of the light source.

Among Xiao Kuangheng's fellow villagers, there was a big surname named Wen Bushi.Wen Buzhi's family is rich and has a lot of books, so Xiao Kuangheng went to work for his family, but he didn't ask for payment.Wen Bushi was very surprised by this, and asked Kuangheng why he did this?Kuangheng said: "I only wish to read all the books in the master's house." The master sighed that little Kuangheng was eager to learn, so he agreed to his request.Kuang Heng was allowed to study hard whenever he had spare time, and finally became a scholar.

(End of this chapter)