清朝咸丰年间,茂名县(今高州市),曹江荷垌村有位少年,名曾耀南,字次丰,后号樵江。父亲早逝,孤儿寡妇,家贫如洗,母亲陈氏,抚孤务农,常当乡里婚姻嫁娶之侍,仅足糊口,哪能送子读书。 During the Qing Dynasty Xianfeng, Maoming County (now Gaozhou City), Caojiang Hehuang village a teenager, named Zeng Yaonan, the word times abundance, the next Qiaojiang. Father died young, orphans and widows, poor family, such as washing, mother Chen, caress solitary farming, marriage often married village paternity, only enough subsistence, which can send children to study.