有位古人叫孫山，
攻讀詩書是秀才。
說話幽默又風趣，
人稱他是滑稽才。
一次他到京城去趕考，
鄉鄰托事詳交代：
“他孫大哥，把俺兒也帶去，
考個舉人多光彩！”
想不到鄰居的兒子未考中，
孫山才考個榜末才，
回鄉之後鄰居問：
“俺家孩子可得彩？”
孫山說：“解（jiè）名盡處是孫山，
賢郎更落孫山外。”
“名落孫山”作成語，
常比喻考試落第未取的才。
Fall Behind Sun Shan
There was an ancient man named Sun Shan，who was a scholar who indulged himself in literature。When he spoke he cast a shadow of humour and edy，so people called him Sun Shan the Comedian。Once he went to the capital to sit for the imperial exam，and one of his neighbours asked him a favour。
“Brother Sun，would you take my son with you？It would be honorable if he happened to be enrolled as an imperial scholar？”
But his neighbour's son failed，while he was enrolled at the end of the list。When he went back the neighbour asked him：“Has my son passed the exam？”Sun Shan replied，“My name was listed last and your son has fallen behind me。”
The idiom“Fall Behind Sun Shan”means someone has failed in an exam。