The books he read were borrowed from neighbors. One day he was playing at a friend's house when he noticed a stack of old books in the corner. Six of them were collections by the Tang dynasty's Han Yu, which he happily brought home to read.
至於書也是和附近的讀書人借來看的，某一天在玩伴家中看到一堆放在牆角的古書，其中有六本是唐朝韓愈的文集，於是高興地捧回家閱讀。