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.

original text

Moxi is located under the Xiangshan Mountain of Meizhou Elephant. It is said that Li Bai failed in reading and abandoned it. Cross the stream, old Lu Yu. Asked why, he said, "I want to be a needle." Laughed for nothing. The old woman said, "When you get there, you will hear it." Li Bai was so moved that he graduated and became a celebrity.

translate

Mozhenxi is at the foot of Xianger Mountain in Meizhou.

It is said that Li Bai, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, planned to give up after a long period of study when he was a teenager.

After crossing the stream, I saw an old woman grinding a thick iron bar on a stone. Li Bai asked curiously, "Old woman, what are you doing grinding iron bars?"

The old woman said, "I will grind it into an embroidery needle."

Li Bai said in surprise, "Oh dear! Even an ordinary iron bar can't be ground into such a fine embroidery needle. Why did you find an iron bar as thick as a duck egg? Even a young man like me may not be able to grind this iron bar into a fine embroidery needle after grinding for a lifetime! "

The old woman went over and said, "Ha ha ha, little friend, you don't know. This iron bar is the only one in my family. In my prime, it was never used, and I never polished it. I was going to use it as a fire stick for cooking in the kitchen. And I'm not worried about wasting time, and there's nothing boring and distracting in the end. As long as I live, I will insist on grinding my iron bar a little thinner than yesterday, and finally naturally it will be ground into an embroidery needle. "

Li Bai was deeply touched after listening. He thinks that his shortcomings can actually be made up by persistent efforts. An old man of this age can have the confidence to do something that seems hopeless. How can you give up halfway and give up the ideal you pursue because of a temporary setback? So I immediately went back to the university to continue my studies.

A year later, Li Bai went down the mountain again and found the old woman. While thanking him for pointing out, he also saw that the iron bar was really much thinner.

A few years later, Li Bai finally lived up to his talent and wrote many immortal poems.