Kuang Heng's story about stealing light from the wall: In the Western Han Dynasty, there was a child named Kuang Heng who liked reading very much, but Kuang Heng's family was too poor to buy candles. One night, Kuang Heng was lying in bed reading a book when he saw a little light leaking from the wall. So, Kuang Heng picked up a knife, dug a big crack in the wall, and read a book every day by the light that came in.

The origin of stealing light from the wall

"Stealing the light from the poacher" comes from Volume II of Miscellanies of Xijing: "Kuang Heng is a naive girl, who studies hard without candles, but her neighbor has not caught candles. Balance is to send its light through the wall and read it with a book that reflects light. "

The Main Contents of Miscellanies of Xijing

Miscellaneous Records of Xijing is an ancient historical note and collection of novels, with Miscellaneous Records of the Western Han Dynasty as the main content, which describes the official history of the Western Han Dynasty and many anecdotes of the Western Han Dynasty. Miscellaneous Notes on Xijing was originally a two-volume edition, which first appeared in the History Department of Records of Gyeonggi, and six-volume editions were found in Records of Zhai Jie by Song and Chen. The current Xijing magazine is also six volumes, more than 100 articles and more than 20 thousand words.