Standing in Snow at the Gate of the Cheng Home

◎供稿：龍 菲

“程門(mén)立雪”的故事告訴人們：在求學(xué)路上，只有虛心才會(huì)不斷獲得進(jìn)步，只有禮貌才會(huì)得到他人的肯定。

Yanɡ Shi of the Sonɡ Dynasty didn’t want to be an official after he passed the highest1)imperialexamination.He just wanted to2)concentrateon the3)academicresearch.

At the beginning,he took Cheng Hao,a Neo-Confucianist as his master in Ying Chang,Henan,and learned a lot from him.After Cheng Hao passed away,Yang Shi and his classmate You Zuo went on to Luoyang and4)consultedanother famous Neo-Confucianist named Cheng Yi,Cheng Hao’s brother.When they arrived at Cheng Yi’s house,Cheng Yi was taking a nap inside.So they decided to wait for him instead of waking him up.

1) imperial [?m?p??ri?l] adj.帝國(guó)的；皇帝的

2) concentrate [?k?nsntre?t] v.集中（注意力）

3) academic [??k??dem?k] adj.學(xué)業(yè)的；學(xué)術(shù)的

4) consult [k?n?s?lt] v.請(qǐng)教

It was snowing on that day.They stood for a long time before Cheng Yi was awake.Meanwhile,the snow has piled up a foot deep.Finally,Cheng Yi was moved by their respect for him.

宋朝時(shí)，楊時(shí)通過(guò)了科舉考試成為一名進(jìn)士。他放棄了做官的機(jī)會(huì)，只想鉆研學(xué)問(wèn)。

一開(kāi)始，楊時(shí)跑到河南潁昌拜程顥為師。程顥是理學(xué)大家，楊時(shí)向他學(xué)到了很多知識(shí)。后來(lái)程顥去世，楊時(shí)和他的同學(xué)游酢又跑到洛陽(yáng)去拜程顥的弟弟、另一位理學(xué)大家程頤為師。當(dāng)他和同學(xué)游酢一塊兒到程家去拜見(jiàn)程頤時(shí)，正遇上程頤在屋里午睡。于是，他們不驚擾他，決定站著等候他醒來(lái)。

那天，外面正下著雪。他們等了很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間。程頤醒來(lái)時(shí)，門(mén)前積雪已經(jīng)一尺深了。最后，程頤被他們恭敬的態(tài)度感動(dòng)了。

Fill in the blanks:

Yang Shi just wanted to concentrate on the ________ ________ after he passed the ________ ________________.

Know More

Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi were Neo-Confucianists and educationalists in the Northern Song Dynasty,known as the“Two Chengs”.

In order to write books and lecture,Cheng Yi established“Yigao Academy”.What Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi passed on was“Luoyang school”,which had a profound impact on Neo-Confucianism ethics in the Song Dynasty.They had many disciples.There are more than 80 famous disciples.Among them,Lü Dalin,Yang Shi,Xie Liangzuo and You Zuo are known as the“Four Disciples of Cheng”.

程顥、程頤是北宋理學(xué)家、教育學(xué)家，世稱“二程”。

為了便于著書(shū)講學(xué)，程頤創(chuàng)立“伊皋書(shū)院”。程顥、程頤所傳之道“洛學(xué)”，它對(duì)宋代理學(xué)思想體系的建立有深刻影響。程頤、程顥兩兄弟的弟子很多，較有名的有80 余人，其中呂大臨、楊時(shí)、謝良佐、游酢被稱為“程門(mén)四弟子”。