范仲淹,北宋著名的政治家、军事家、文学家,年少时家里贫穷,只好到醴(lǐ)泉寺一间僧房中去读书。寺前有一片苍翠的竹林,山下溪流环绕,环境幽静。范仲淹经常独自在这里挑灯读到深夜。不知不觉,范仲淹在醴泉寺苦读了三年,寺中长老想试试他的学问如何,于是说出一联: Fan Zhongyan, a famous politician, military strategist and writer in the Northern Song Dynasty, was poor when he was a young boy. He went to study in a monk's room in the temple of Liquan. There is a green bamboo forest in front of the temple, surrounded by mountain streams, the environment quiet. Fan Zhongyan often pick light here late at night alone. Unconsciously, Fan Zhongyan studied in Liquan Temple for three years, the elders in the temple would like to try his knowledge, then said a: