《儒林外史》的作者吴敬梓生活很贫困,他住在南京大中桥时,相伴的只有古书几十册,日夜诵读。冬天,吴敬梓常常在夜里写作,坐的时间长了,全身发冷,他就砍些柴火烧些热水倒在水桶里,然后两脚放在水桶里泡着,继续写。可是天太冷了,烧热的水一会儿就凉了,放在水桶里的 Wu Jingzi, author of The Scholars, lived in a very poor condition. When he lived in Dazhong Bridge in Nanjing, he accompanied only a few dozens of ancient books and read them day and night. Winter, Wu Jingzi often writing in the night, sitting for a long time, the body chills, he cut some firewood burning some hot water poured in the bucket, and then feet in the bucket soak, continue to write. But it was too cold, the water was cold for a while, and it was put in a bucket