湛若水(1466—1560),广东省增城县甘泉乡(今新塘镇)人,初名雨,又名露,字元明、民译,号默翁,又号甘泉。学者尊称为“甘泉先生”。弱冠始读书。弘治五年(1492年),年方27岁,考中举人。他曾自谓:“吾二十而学,至二十七而举于乡。”(《二业合一刊》,见《湛甘泉文集》卷五)步入而立之年后,即赴新会县拜年高67岁的著名教育家陈白沙(1428—1500)为师。学习成绩优良,不只潜修理学,且认真练习作诗。据称,他曾焚毁入京会试的路引,以示弃科举仕进之路和进德修业的决心。 Zhan Ruoshui (1466-1560), Zengcheng County, Guangdong Province Ganquan Township (now Xintang Town) people, the first name of the rain, also known as Lu, Yuan Ming, Min translation, No. Meron, also Oasis. Scholar known as “Mr. Oasis.” Wearing a crown before reading. Koji five years (1492), year party 27 years old, test the examiner. He once said: “My twentieth and school, to twenty-seven and in the township.” (“Two industry unity”, see “Cham Oasis Collection” Volume V) Chen Baisha (1428-1500), a well-known educator who will pay his respects to the New Year in Huixian County, is a teacher. Good academic performance, not only submerged science, and practice poetry. Allegedly, he had burned the road leading to Beijing to try and show his determination to go down in imperial examinations and to study in Germany.