囊萤夜读
Reading by Firefly Light
Level 4 · Historical Anecdotes · 历史轶事 · 74 vocabulary words
Source: 《晋书·车胤传》 · Book of Jin, Biography of Che Yin
晋朝的车胤小时候特别爱读书,可是家里穷,晚上点不起油灯。
Che Yin of the Jin dynasty loved books as a boy, but his family was too poor for lamp oil at night.
夏天的夜里,他看见萤火虫飞来飞去,一闪一闪地发着光,心里有了主意。
One summer night he watched fireflies drifting and blinking in the dark, and had an idea.
他捉了几十只萤火虫,装进薄薄的布袋里,挂在书桌前当灯用。
He caught dozens of fireflies, sealed them in a thin cloth bag, and hung it above his desk for a lamp.
借着这一点萤光,他天天读书到半夜,后来成了有名的大学问家。条件再差,也挡不住真想读书的人。
By that faint glow he read deep into every night, and grew into a famous scholar. Poverty cannot stop someone who truly loves to learn.