The meaning of grinding a needle with a pestle in classical Chinese

Mozhenxi is located at the foot of Xianger Mountain in Meizhou. Legend has it that when Li Bai was studying in the mountains, he gave up his studies and left without finishing them properly.

He passed by a stream and met an old woman grinding iron bars and asked her what she was doing. The old woman said, "I will grind it into a needle." Li Bai was moved by her spirit and went back to finish her studies. The old woman calls herself Wu. Now there is a Wushiyan by the stream.

Original: Mozhenxi at the foot of Xianger Mountain in Meizhou. It is said that Li Taibai studied in the mountains, but he failed and gave it up. Crossing the stream, the old man grinds the iron pestle. The white monster asks him and says, "I want to make needles." Bai said, "What do you get when an iron pestle becomes a needle?" Said, "but it needs in-depth work!" " Taibai thought it was interesting, but it was over. He calls himself Wu, and there is Wushiyan beside this stream.

This article is from Yu Fang Sheng Lan written by Zhu Mu in the Southern Song Dynasty.

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1. Even a pestle can be ground into a needle as long as it persists.

2. A person, regardless of the outcome, can create good results as long as he perseveres.

Li Bai, the hero of grinding needles with iron pillars, lived in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. He is brave and fearless, and loves the mountains and rivers of the motherland. He traveled all over the country and wrote many magnificent poems praising famous mountains and rivers.

His poems are bold, fresh and elegant, with rich imagination, wonderful artistic conception and light language. People call him a poet. Li Bai's poems and songs not only have typical romantic spirit, but also have typical romantic artistic characteristics from the aspects of image shaping, material intake, genre selection and the application of various artistic techniques.