HSK 2 Chinese reading practice

孔融让梨

kǒng róng ràng lí

Kong Rong Shares the Pears

Four-year-old Kong Rong is invited to choose a pear first—and surprises his father by taking the smallest one.

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The line remembered in the Three Character Classic

The traditional story of 孔融让梨 became widely known through elementary education and the line 融四岁,能让梨 in the Three Character Classic. Kong Rong was a historical figure of the Eastern Han, although the familiar childhood scene is preserved as a moral anecdote rather than a modern biography.

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Answer three questions without looking at the English translation.

01故事里的孔融几岁?
02父亲让孔融先选梨时,他拿了哪一个?
03孔融想把大梨让给谁?
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