Standing in Snow at the Gate of the Cheng Home

◎供稿：龍 菲

“程門立雪”的故事告訴人們：在求學路上，只有虛心才會不斷獲得進步，只有禮貌才會得到他人的肯定。

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.帝國的；皇帝的

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

3) academic [??k??dem?k] adj.學業的；學術的

4) consult [k?n?s?lt] v.請教

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，楊時通過了科舉考試成為一名進士。他放棄了做官的機會，只想鉆研學問。

一開始，楊時跑到河南潁昌拜程顥為師。程顥是理學大家，楊時向他學到了很多知識。后來程顥去世，楊時和他的同學游酢又跑到洛陽去拜程顥的弟弟、另一位理學大家程頤為師。當他和同學游酢一塊兒到程家去拜見程頤時，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。

那天，外面正下著雪。他們等了很長時間。程頤醒來時，門前積雪已經一尺深了。最后，程頤被他們恭敬的態度感動了。

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、程頤是北宋理學家、教育學家，世稱“二程”。

為了便于著書講學，程頤創立“伊皋書院”。程顥、程頤所傳之道“洛學”，它對宋代理學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、謝良佐、游酢被稱為“程門四弟子”。