Wèile shíxiàn mèngxiǎng, tā yǐ xuánliángcìgǔ de jīngshén kǔ dú.
To realize her dream, she studied with the spirit of those who tied themselves to the rafters and stabbed their thighs.
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Combines two stories: the Warring States strategist Su Qin (苏秦), from 《战国策·秦策》, jabbed his thigh with an awl to stay awake while reading. The Han scholar Sun Jing (孙敬) tied his hair to a rafter so that if he nodded off, the pull would wake him.
