宋濂冒雪访师故事英文版

Song Lian braved the snow to visit the teacher. 

Song Lian， a famous essayist and scholar in Ming Dynasty， was eager to learn since childhood. He was not only knowledgeable， but also wrote excellent articles， and was praised by Zhu Yuanzhang， the founder of Ming Dynasty， as "the first of the founding civil servants". Song Lian loves reading very much， and he always gets to the bottom of what he doesn't understand.

This time， in order to find out a problem， Song Lian walked in the snow for dozens of miles to consult Meng Ji， a teacher who had stopped accepting students， but the teacher was not at home. Song Lian was not discouraged， but visited the teacher again a few days later， but the teacher didn't meet him. Because of the cold weather， Song Lian and his companions were terribly frozen， and Song Lian's toes were frostbitten. When Song Lian visited alone for the third time， he fell into a snow pit and was rescued. 

When Song Lian almost fainted in front of the teacher's house， the teacher was moved by his sincerity and patiently answered Song Lian's question. Later， in order to gain more knowledge， Song Lian visited many teachers and became a famous essayist.