study by the light of snow

study by the light of snow

Yingxue reading, a Chinese idiom, is pronounced y ì ngxu ě D ú sh ū, which means to use the reflection of snow to read. He studies hard. It comes from the table of recommending scholars for Xiao Yangzhou.

Idiom usage

Example Sun Kang of Jin Dynasty was born in Jingzhao. He was sensitive and studious. My family is poor, and my lamp is out of oil. Shangyoulu (Volume 4) by Liao Yongxian in Ming Dynasty

The origin of Idioms

In the Southern Dynasty, Liang and Ren Yansheng's table of recommending scholars for Xiao Yangzhou said, "to collect fireflies to reflect snow, to compile Pu to arrest Liu." "Sun Kang, a poor family in Jin Dynasty, often studied in Yingxue, made friends in Qingjie, and made friends with other people."

Idiom story

In the Jin Dynasty, Sun Kang was poor and had no money to buy lamp oil, so he couldn't read at night. He thought it was a pity that he wasted his time in vain. One day, it snowed heavily outside. When he woke up in the middle of the night, he saw a ray of light coming through the crack of the window. It turned out that it was the heavy snow. He got up and began to read to the light. After his hard work, he finally became a learned man.