Li Bai, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, didn't like reading when he was a child. One day, while the teacher was not at home, he sneaked out to play. He came to the river at the foot of the mountain and saw an old woman grinding an iron pestle on a stone. Li Bai was puzzled and asked, "Old woman, what are you doing grinding the iron pestle?"
The old woman said, "I am grinding the needle."
Li Bai was surprised and asked, "Oh dear! As thick as a pestle, how can it be ground into a needle? " The old woman walked over and said, "As long as the pestle is always ground more and more finely every day, are you still afraid that it is not a needle?" Li Bai, a clever man, was ashamed of himself after hearing this. He turned and ran back to the bookstore. From then on, he kept in mind the truth that "as long as kung fu is deep, the iron pestle is ground into a needle" and studied hard.
From Song Zhu Mu's "Yu Fangsheng, Lan Mei, Zhou Mozhen Xi": According to legend, Li Bai studied in Elephant Trunk Hill, and left it before he finished his studies. "After the stream, you can grind the iron pestle when you are old. Ask him,' I want to be a needle.' Taibai feels its meaning and returns to school. "
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Li Bai, a famous poet in Tang Dynasty, never studied hard when he was a child. He often throws away his books and goes out to play. One day, Li Bai met a white-haired old woman who was grinding a big iron bar on a stone. She was curious and asked what she was doing. The old woman told him to grind it into an embroidery needle. Li Bai was deeply moved, studied hard and finally became a writer.
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Elbow grease gives the best polish. Metaphor as long as you are determined and willing to work hard, how difficult things can be successfully completed.
Li Bai (70 1-762), whose real name is Taibai, also known as "purple laity" and "fallen fairy", was a great romantic poet in the Tang Dynasty, and was praised as "poetic fairy" by later generations, and was also called "Du Li" with Du Fu. In order to distinguish himself from two other poets, Li Shangyin and Du Mu, that is, "Little Du Li", Du Fu and Li Bai merged again.
According to the Book of the New Tang Dynasty, Li Bai is the ninth grandson of Gui Li, the king of Liang, and he is a descendant of all kings. He is cheerful and generous, loves to drink and write poems, and likes to make friends.
Li Bai has the highest achievements in Yuefu, Gexing and Jueju. His songs completely broke all the inherent forms of poetry creation, with no one to rely on and many strokes, reaching the magical realm of vagaries and swaying. Li Bai's quatrains are natural and lively, elegant and chic, and can express endless feelings in concise and lively language.
Among the poets in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, Wang Wei and Meng Haoran were good at the Five Wonders, while Wang Changling and others wrote the Seven Wonders well. Li Bai is the only one who is good at both the Five Odds and the Seven Odds.