先公四岁而孤①,家贫无资。太夫人以荻画地②,教以书字。多诵古人篇章,使学为诗。及其稍长,而家无书读,就闾里士人家借而读之③,或因而抄录④。抄录完毕,已能诵其书。以至昼夜忘寝食,惟读书是务。自幼所作诗赋文学,下笔已如成人。(《欧阳公事迹》)注释:①先公:先祖,指欧阳修。 The public was four years old and left alone. The family was poor and incapable. Madame Tai teaches the use of books in the form of paintings. Many ancient chapters make learning a poem. It is a little longer, and when a family has no books to read, he reads 3 of them and reads them. After the transcript is completed, I can already read the book. Even forgotten to eat for the night, but reading is business. Since childhood, poetry and literature have been written like adults. (“Ouyang public story”) Notes: 1 first public: ancestors, refers to Ouyang Xiu.