程门立雪

龙菲

“程门立雪”的故事告诉人们：在求学路上，只有虚心才会不断获得进步，只有礼貌才会得到他人的肯定。

Yang Shi of the Song Dynasty didnt want to be an official after he passedthe highest 1）imperial examination. He just wanted to 2）concentrate on the 3）academicresearch.

At the beginning， he took Cheng Hao， a Neo-Confucianist as his master inYing Chang， Henan， and learned a lot from him. After Cheng Hao passed away，Yang Shi and his classmate You Zuo went on to Luoyang and 4）consulted anotherfamous Neo-Confucianist named Cheng Yi， Cheng Haos brother. When theyarrived at Cheng Yis house， Cheng Yi was taking a nap inside. So they decidedto wait for him instead of waking him up.

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

宋朝時，杨时通过了科举考试成为一名进士。他放弃了做官的机会，只想钻研学问。

一开始，杨时跑到河南颍昌拜程颢为师。程颢是理学大家，杨时向他学到了很多知识。后来程颢去世，杨时和他的同学游酢又跑到洛阳去拜程颢的弟弟、另一位理学大家程颐为师。当他和同学游酢一块儿到程家去拜见程颐时，正遇上程颐在屋里午睡。于是，他们不惊扰他，决定站着等候他醒来。

那天，外面正下着雪。他们等了很长时间。程颐醒来时，门前积雪已经一尺深了。最后，程颐被他们恭敬的态度感动了。

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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 aprofound impact on Neo-Confucianism ethics in the Song Dynasty. They had manydisciples. There are more than 80 famous disciples. Among them， Lü Dalin， YangShi， Xie Liangzuo and You Zuo are known as the “Four Disciples of Cheng”.

程颢、程颐是北宋理学家、教育学家，世称“二程”。

为了便于著书讲学，程颐创立“伊皋书院”。程颢、程颐所传之道“洛学”，它对宋代理学思想体系的建立有深刻影响。程颐、程颢两兄弟的弟子很多，较有名的有80 余人，其中吕大临、杨时、谢良佐、游酢被称为“程门四弟子”。