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White idiom story
Constant polishing turns iron bars into needles; Drip wears away the stone; constant dripping water wears through the rock—persistence leads to success

Mozhenxi is at the foot of Xianger Mountain in Meizhou. According to legend, Li Taibai studied in the mountains, but he gave up and left before he finished reading. After crossing the stream, I saw an old woman grinding an iron pestle. Li Bai was surprised and asked her: The old woman replied, "I want to make needles." Li Taibai asked, "Can you grind the iron pestle into a needle?" The old woman replied, "Just do it well!" Li Bai was moved by her perseverance (will) and returned to the mountain to finish her studies. The old woman herself said that her surname was Wu, and now there is Wushiyan beside Mozhen River.