《穿壁引光》成语英译与典故

九、穿壁引光

有位古人叫匡衡，

幼年家中很贫穷。

匡衡自幼爱读书，

无奈家贫无烛灯。

邻居家中灯光亮，

匡衡便将墙捣通。

自家墙壁捣穿后，

烛光照进茅舍中。

刻苦努力把书读，

四书五经全精通。

至今提到勤学人，

人们便学古匡衡。

To Make a Hole in the Wall and Let in the Light

In ancient times there was a man named Kuang Heng，whose family was very poor when he was a child.Kuang Heng loved to read at an early age，but a poor family like his could not afford a lamp.

His neighbours had light in their room，so he drilled a hole in the wall of his house.By drilling the hole in the wall of his house，the candle light was let into his room.Then he read conscientiously in the evening，and read through all the classical books of the Confucius School.

Even now when people try to encourage a student to study hard，they will mention Kuang Heng's drilling of a hole.