Source: Song Zhu Mu's Yu Fangsheng, Lan Mei, Zhou Mozhen Xi: It is said that Li Bai studies like an ear mountain, and he abandons it before finishing it. "Kick down the ladder, 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. "
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.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
Source: Laozi's Tao Te Ching in the Spring and Autumn Period
Allusion: In the Spring and Autumn Period, the famous philosopher Lao Zi put forward the idea of being cautious to the end according to the law of the development of things. He advocates that problems should be prevented before they happen. Governing the country should be before chaos. The folded tree is a seedling, the nine-story platform is a basket of mud, and the journey of a thousand miles begins at the foot.
Explanation: A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Metaphorically, everything starts from scratch, starting from small things, step by step. No matter how difficult it is, as long as you keep on acting, you will achieve something.
3, if you are poor, you will change your mind, and you will not fall into the clouds.
Source: Tang Teng Farewell Preface.
Commentary: The more difficult a person is, the more perseverance he has, and the more he will not lose his lofty aspirations. ?
4. Where there is a will, there is a way.
Source: Geng Yan Biography in the Southern Dynasties (y m 4 n) Lin Zi Lao Geng Yan: "Before the general was in Nanyang, it was often thought that it was difficult to get together, where there is a will, there is a way." "
Allusion: In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Geng Yan was a famous soldier under Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu of Han Dynasty. On one occasion, Liu Xiu sent him to attack Zhang Bu, a local strongman, and the battle was fierce. Later, Geng Yan was shot in the thigh by an arrow. He drew his sword, cut it down and went on fighting.
Geng Yan finally defeated the enemy. Emperor Guangwu praised Geng Yan. He said to him with emotion, "When the general was in Nanyang, he proposed to attack Zhang Bu and pacify the Shandong area. At first, he thought the plan was too big and worried that it would be difficult to achieve. Now I know that ambitious people can succeed in the end. "
Explanation: Ambitious people will succeed in the end. Tell us that life should struggle, struggle, and move forward indomitable in the wind and rain.
5, sincerity, the stone is open.
Source: Zhuangzi Fisherman in Zhuang Zhou of Warring States Period.
Explanation: People's sincerity can move the world and split the stone. Metaphor as long as you concentrate on doing it sincerely, any problem can be solved.
Allusion: During the Western Han Dynasty, there was a famous general named Li Guang. He is good at horseback riding and archery, and he is very brave in battle. He is called "the flying general". Once, he went hunting at the southern foot of Mingshan Mountain and suddenly found a tiger crouching in the grass.
Li Guang hurriedly bow and arrow, concentrate, exhausted strength, an arrow shot. Li Guang is good at archery. He thinks that the tiger must have been shot by an arrow. He sent someone to check at dawn the next day. Unexpectedly, it is a big stone shaped like a tiger. Not only did the arrow penetrate the stone deeply, but also the tail of the arrow almost completely penetrated the stone.
Li Guang was surprised. He didn't believe that he could have such great strength, so he wanted to try again. He stepped back, pulled his bow and shot at the stone. But a few arrows didn't go in, some were broken, some were broken, and the big stone was not damaged at all.
People were surprised and puzzled by this matter, so they went to consult the scholar Yang Xiong. Yang Xiong replied, "If you are sincere, even something as hard as a stone will be moved." The idiom "come with sincerity, the stone opens" has been handed down from this.
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