Yang Shi, a scholar in Song Dynasty, was modest and eager to learn and showed great respect to his teachers.

宋朝有一位学者，名叫杨时，他年轻时虚心好学，对老师十分尊敬。

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A scholar who came of a family in modest circumstances, he did not distinguish himself in his official career. He was two years a magistrate of Changxin County, Zhejiang Province.

他是一个家境贫寒而不得意的儒生，曾经做过两年的浙江长兴县丞。

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