送孟浩然之廣陵 Poem by 李白

送孟浩然之廣陵   【唐】 李白

故人西辭黃鶴樓，
煙花三月下揚州。
孤帆遠影碧空盡，
惟見長江天際流。

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When Li Bai was just a little boy, he didn't like to study, and often skipped school to roam around the streets.

One day, while Li Bai was roaming on the streets, he passed by a broken hut, and saw a gray-haired old lady was grinding an iron pestle. Curiously, Li Bai questioned her what she was doing. The old lady looked up and replied, "I want to grind this iron pestle into a needle." she then looked down and continued with her work.

"A needle?" Li Bai asked: "Are you making a sewing needle?"

"Of course!" the old lady replied.

"But, but the rod is so thick, when will it be grounded into a thin needle?"

Instead the old lady questioned Li Bai back, "If dripping water can wear away a stone, and the Foolish Old Man can move mountains, why can't I grind this pestle into a needle?"

"But, with your age?" Li Bai asked.

The old lady replied, "As long as I put a lot more effort than the others, nothing I can't accomplish."

The old lady's remarks made Li Bai feel very ashamed of himself.

Ever since that day, Li Bai never skip another day of school, and put a great effort into his studying, and he soon became one of the very famous poets of the Tang Dynasty.


[Interpretation]

Whatever you do, as long as your have perseverance, you will be successful, and the effort will pay off.
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Li Bai's Poem -下江陵

下江陵  【唐】 李白

朝辭白帝彩雲間，
千里江陵一日還。
兩岸猿聲啼不住，
輕舟已過萬重山。

Calligraphy of Li Bai's Poem
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Calligraphy of Poems by Li Bai

Calligraphy of poems written by one of Tang Dynasty famous poet, Li Bai.


望天門山  【唐】 李白

天門中斷楚江開，
碧水東流至此回。
兩岸青山相對出，
孤帆一片日邊來。


送孟浩然之廣陵   【唐】 李白

故人西辭黃鶴樓，
煙花三月下揚州。
孤帆遠影碧空盡，
惟見長江天際流。

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Li Bai (Li Pai; Chinese: 李白; pinyin: Lǐ Bái; Wade–Giles: Li3 Pai2, 701[1] – 762), also known as Li Bo (or Li Po; pinyin: Lǐ Bó; Wade–Giles: Li3 Po2), is a Chinese poet acclaimed from his own day to the present as a genius and romantic figure who took traditional poetic forms to new heights. He and his friend Du Fu (712-770) are the two most prominent figures in the flourishing of Chinese poetry in the mid-Tang Dynasty that is often called the "Golden Age of China." Wikipedia

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