Dōngtiān de wǎnshang, Sūn Kāng jiè zhe xuě de fǎnguāng dúshū.
On winter nights, Sun Kang read by the light reflected off the snow.
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culture
He is the snow half of the idiom 囊萤映雪: the fireflies in a bag belong to 车胤. The primer 《三字经》 holds both up to children: 如囊萤，如映雪；家虽贫，学不辍 'like the firefly bag, like the snow light: though the family was poor, study never stopped'.
history
Tradition says his years of study paid off and he rose to the high office of chief censor.
