凿壁偷光

Záo Bì Tōu Guāng

在墙上凿洞，借邻居的灯光读书。形容家境贫苦还刻苦学习的精神。

Chiseling a hole in the wall to borrow a neighbor's light — studying with every ounce of will, no matter how hard one's circumstances.

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汉hàn朝cháo有yǒu个gè孩hái子zi叫jiào匡kuāng衡héng，家jiā里lǐ非fēi常cháng穷qióng，连lián点diǎn灯dēng的de油yóu都dōu买mǎi不bù起qǐ。可kě他tā特tè别bié喜xǐ欢huān读dú书shū，一yī到dào晚wǎn上shàng，屋wū里lǐ漆qī黑hēi一yī片piàn，他tā只zhǐ能néng干gàn着zháo急jí。

有yǒu一yī天tiān，他tā发fā现xiàn隔gé壁bì邻lín居jū家jiā里lǐ灯dēng火huǒ通tōng明míng。匡kuāng衡héng想xiǎng了le一yí个gè办bàn法fǎ：他tā悄qiāo悄qiāo地de在zài墙qiáng上shàng凿záo开kāi一yí个gè小xiǎo洞dòng，让ràng邻lín居jū家jiā的de灯dēng光guāng透tòu进jìn来lái。他tā就jiù借jiè着zhe那nà一yī缕lǚ微wēi弱ruò的de光guāng，每měi天tiān晚wǎn上shàng读dú书shū读dú到dào很hěn晚wǎn。

靠kào着zhe这zhè股gǔ劲jìn儿er，匡kuāng衡héng读dú了le许xǔ许xǔ多duō多duō的de书shū，学xué问wèn越yuè来lái越yuè大dà。后hòu来lái，他tā成chéng了le汉hàn朝cháo有yǒu名míng的de学xué者zhě，还hái做zuò了le丞chéng相xiàng。

“凿záo壁bì偷tōu光guāng”的de故gù事shì告gào诉sù我wǒ们men：条tiáo件jiàn再zài差chà，只zhǐ要yào肯kěn用yòng功gōng，也yě能néng学xué有yǒu所suǒ成chéng。

In the Han dynasty there was a boy named Kuang Heng. His family was so poor they could not even buy oil for a lamp. But he loved to read, and every night, when the room went pitch dark, he could only sit there longing for light.

One day he noticed that the neighbors next door had their lamps burning brightly. He had an idea. Quietly, he chipped a small hole in the wall, just enough to let a thin beam of their light shine through. Night after night he read by that faint glow, deep into the hours.

With that kind of effort, Kuang Heng worked his way through book after book. His learning grew and grew. In time he became a famous scholar of the Han dynasty — and eventually even a prime minister.

The story of “chiseling the wall to borrow light” reminds us: no matter how hard the circumstances, a willing mind and hard work can still reach far.