The extended information comes from the Biography of Geng Yan in the Later Han Dynasty: "The general was in Nanyang before, and it was often thought that it was difficult to get together. Where there is a will, there is a way." Where there is a will, there is a way. If we cross the rubicon, 120 Qin Guan will belong to Chu after all. Hard-working people, heaven rewards hard work, and never stops. More than 3,000 armour can swallow Wu. -Pu Songling wrote a self-help couplet.
The couplet uses the allusions of Xiang Yu's cross the rubicon and Qin Bing's defeat, which shows that Xiang Yu needs to fight to the death and never look back. The second couplet uses the allusion that Gou Jian, the king of Yue, devoted himself to humiliating Wu, and said that he should learn from Gou Jian's perseverance and hard work. Pu Songling wrote this couplet to inspire himself to read and write, just like these two characters have the spirit of not giving up until they reach their goals.
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Baidu Encyclopedia _ Where there is a will, there is a way.