程俱生平考述

程俱生长于儒术之家，敏而好学，雅精史书，长于撰著，又因多年出入于藏书之府，更是博览群书，娴熟典籍，实为两宋之交的文士中诗词文章出类拔萃者。其为人，秉性刚正诚直，平素寡徒少侣；其为官，气节志趣高远，敢于直言朝政，并因此屡屡获罪，遭贬；其为文，“典雅闳奥，为世所称”，其诗词立意深邃、气骨硬朗，且以用律高妙见长；其著述长于史撰，尤以《麟台故事》为历代学人称道。

A Study on Life of Cheng Ju

Cheng Ju was born in a scholar＇s family and he was deeply affected by Confucianism. He was a smart, studious person and good at history and literature. Having worked in a government library for many years, he had become very familiar with various ancient books and records. He was a really outstanding one among the scholars in the Song Dynasty. He had upright and honorable personality, and he always kept himself alone. As a government official, he had great moral integrity and was never afraid of expressing his mind on government af- fairs. As a result, he was condemned guilty and degraded in post for many times. His writings were praised as refined and elegant by the people in the world. What＇s more, the profound meaning and integrity showed in his poems was impressive, not to mention the skillful rhythms used in them. His writings, especially ＂the Story of Lintai＂, were admired by the literati for generations to come.