1.In the Western Han dynasty, in the province of Guiji, there lived a man by the name of Zhu Maichen. He and his wife, who was surnamed Cui, were poor, and they lived by gathering firewood. Because Maichen loved reading, whenever they went out collecting wood he would take a book to read along the way.
1. 西漢會稽人朱買臣，家境貧困，和妻子崔氏以打柴為生，由於他十分愛讀書，打柴時總是帶著書簡邊走邊讀。