Overview of the story of Chinese couplets

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Yang Jisheng's clever dialogues

Yang Jisheng was a celebrity in the Ming Dynasty who was famous for his "smart dialogues". Born in Rongcheng, Hebei Province, he was buried in Jiajing. It is said that "every time he did something wrong, people often praised him for doing good". To this day, many stories about his clever pairings are still circulated among the people.

Legend has it that when Yang Jisheng first entered a private school, one day, an older student, Mr. Private School, came. Seeing that such an old man also came to study, he made a pair. Laughing at each other:

Old student

Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, Yang Jisheng, who was sitting aside, took it over without thinking:

Little Jinshi

The gentleman who laughed at the "old student" was shocked when he heard this and said: "He is so smart at such a young age, he will definitely be promising in the future!"

Once, the gentleman from the private school went out. , the students, the students played the game of war. We were having fun when our husband suddenly came back, and everyone hurriedly hid in all directions. The teacher was so angry that he ordered the students to kneel down one by one, and then showed off;

Hide away;

Ask the students to answer, and those who stand up first will not be punished, and those who cannot stand will continue to be punished. . Yang Jisheng smiled slightly and answered correctly:

Show your surname and reputation.

The anger on the gentleman's face was instantly wiped away, and he exclaimed: "This is absolutely true!" He stretched out his hand and pulled Yang Jisheng up. From then on, Yang Jisheng became famous for being good at confrontation. During his ten years as a private school teacher, Yang Jisheng also composed many popular couplets. For example, once, his cousin Xin Tiyuan came to visit. I happened to have no wine at home, so I went to the hotel to buy it, but it happened that the wine was also sold out. Xin Tiyuan came out of the first couplet and said:

Without wine, you are a poor master;

I only heard a slightly childish voice reply:

You have a son who is a famous minister. .

Xin Tiyuan glanced around and realized that Xiao Jisheng was the one who responded. He couldn't help but praise him. When Yang Jisheng grew up, he became a famous official in the Ming Dynasty, reaching the rank of Wailang, a member of the Ministry of War. At that time, the treacherous prime minister Yan Song was in power, and Yang Jisheng was demoted four times within a year because of his loyalty and outspokenness. The last time, when he was being demoted, he impeached Yan Song with the "Ten Sins and Five Traitors". As a result, he was framed and imprisoned. After being tortured, he was brutally killed.

An iron shoulder bears moral responsibility; a tough hand carries the article.

This famous couplet, which has been passed down through the ages, was written by Yang Jisheng in prison. The couplets are sonorous and powerful, showing his swaying mind and firmness.

Miao Dui, a firewood seller, enters a private school

During the Ming Dynasty, in Wu County, Jiangsu Province, a "child prodigy" named Shi Mingpan came out. Shi Pan's family was very poor and could not afford to go to school. Since he was five years old, he had been going to the mountains to cut firewood and cut grass to sell for money! At the same time, he used his time to secretly learn to read, read, recite poems, and write essays from an old scholar in the village. When Shi Pan was nine years old, he went to the city to sell firewood and passed by a private school. Listening to the sound of reading coming from inside, he really wanted to join a private school and become a student. Just at this time, Zhang Duxian, the owner of the private school, came home in a sedan chair and found Xiao Shipan. Zhang Duxian asked him what he was doing standing here. Xiao Shipan muttered that he wanted to study in a private school. When Zhang Hexian heard this, he laughed and said, "A poor boy also wants to study in my private school without thinking about his own identity." After Xiao Shipan repeatedly begged, Zhang Douxian said: "Let's do it. I will write a couplet." , as long as you can match up, I can make an exception and let the private school teacher accept you." Zhang Hexian's first couplet is:

The new moon is like a bow, the waning moon is like a bow, the bow is bowed, the bow is bowed;

This couplet uses four characters for "bow" and two characters for "moon" and "string". Zhang Douxian thought that this time, the firewood boy would be stumped. Unexpectedly, Xiao Shipan listened to the first couplet and said with a smile, "I can't afford the tuition, but it's not a problem for me." After thinking about it for a while, he wrote the second couplet:

Zhaoxia Like brocade, dusk glow looks like brocade, Dongchuan brocade, Xichuan brocade.

The second couplet written opposite Shi Pan uses four characters for "Jin" and two characters for "Xia" and "Chuan", which fully meets the requirements of Zhang Duxian's first couplet, and also uses the characters "Chao" and "Chuan". "Twilight" corresponds to "Xin" and "Remnant", and "East" and "West" correspond to "Shang" and "Down", which are so neat that Zhang Duxian had no choice but to let him study in a private school.

Cultivating guests

Jiang Tao, a young writer in the Ming Dynasty, was famous in his hometown for his quick thinking and fluent repartee when he was a child.

One day, his grandfather took him to a temple to play. Jiang Tao jumped down from the high steps and reached the bottom in three jumps. Grandpa saw it and said with a smile:

Three jumps and he jumped to the ground;

Jiang Tao looked up from below and happened to see a little bird on the tree; with a "flutter", it flew He went to the sky, and he immediately said:

As soon as I fly, I fly to the sky.

Grandpa was very happy to hear it and praised it repeatedly.

One time, his father’s friends came to visit. They were sitting around the living room reciting poems and couplets. Suddenly, dark clouds gathered, then strong winds arose, and after a while, it started to rain heavily, and the raindrops "split and pat". "The ground hit the window. One of the guests saw the raindrops on the window paper. He was moved by the scene and wrote a couplet to find the right answer:

Freezing rain sprinkled on the window, two o'clock in the east and three o'clock in the west;

This is The couplet means that at this moment, cold raindrops are hitting the windows. There are raindrops on the east window and there are also raindrops on the west window. Literally speaking, it happens that the word "frozen" in "frozen rain" is composed of "east" and two dots, and the word "sprinkle" in "sprinkling window" is composed of "west" and three dots. In this way, the linkage not only explains the scene of rain hitting the window at that time, but also explains the composition of the words "frozen" and "sprinkled". In this way, the second line is not very correct. It is really difficult to ask that the things mentioned in the second half of the sentence are related to the things mentioned in the first half of the sentence, and the first and third words of the first half of the sentence must be spelled out. The guests here thought hard, racked their brains, and found it difficult to deal with. The living room was silent for a while.

At this time, the servant brought the melon. Jiang Tao's father quickly cut the melon into pieces and invited the guests to eat the melon. Standing aside to watch his father cutting the melons and the guests eating the melons, Jiang Tao was moved by the scene and said loudly: "I'll come and write the second couplet." Then chanted:

Cut and divide the guests, seven horizontal knives and eight vertical knives.

As soon as he said this, everyone in the audience was amazed. Jiang Tao's first half of the second line of the second line, "cut the melons and divide the guests", is talking about eating melons at that time. The second half of the sentence "seven horizontal knives" and "eight vertical knives" both refer to cutting melons and are directly related to the first half of the sentence. At the same time, "seven" and "dao" are seen horizontally, and together they are the first character "cut" in the first half of the sentence; "eight" and "dao" are seen vertically, and together they are the third character "fen". What a witty pun and full of interest. The guests were all amazed.

Less than Qian's answer showed his literary talent

Yu Qian, (1398-1457), courtesy name Tingyi, was born in Qiantang, Zhejiang (now Hangzhou, Zhejiang). In the Ming Dynasty, Shuile Jintu was a famous national hero (1). When he was young, he was studious and ambitious. I recite it as soon as I read it, and the couplets are perfect when spoken. Once, Yu Qian's mother combed his hair into a bun to go to school. One day, he was seen by a monk named Lan Guchun. In response to his appearance, Lan Guchun teased him and said:

The cow's head is so happy that it has horns;

Yu Qian immediately responded:

How can a dog's mouth have ivory?

Lan Guchun asked for trouble and left in a hurry. After Yu Qian returned home, he said to his mother: "You can no longer do double buns for me. A few days later, Lan Guchun happened to pass by the school again and saw Yu Qian's hair combed into three knots, so he joked again:

The triangle is like a drum;

Yu Qian responded:

The bald head is like a hammer.

Lan Guchun praised his quick thinking. , said to Qian’s teacher: “When this child grows up, he will definitely be a pillar of the country. "

One year during the Qingming Festival, Yu Qian went to visit his ancestors' graves with the adults in his family. When passing by the Phoenix Terrace, his uncle wrote a couplet for him to read. The couplet was:

The same goes to the Phoenix Stage now;

Yu Qian responded immediately:

He had monopolized Qilin Pavilion

The adults were surprised by this ambitious couplet. Unexpectedly, his uncle said: "This boy is our family's great horse!" ”

On the way back from sweeping the tomb, I passed an archway with three characters written on it: Guixin Street

Yu Qian’s uncle said: The first two characters of these three-character place names are Belonging to the heavenly stems (i.e. A, B, B, D, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, Gui), it may not be easy to get the right place name.

"Unexpectedly, Yu Qian used the place name of Shaanxi mentioned in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and said:

Ziwu Terrace

His uncle and tribesmen were even more surprised and delighted after hearing this. , because the first two characters of this place name happen to be two characters from the earthly branches (i.e. Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Ji, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, Hai), which is the same as (Guixin Street) It was a perfect match.

Two years later, Yu Qian became a student member of the county. At that time, a visiting official visited a temple in his hometown and one of the officials pointed at the Buddha statue in the temple.

Three big Buddhas, sitting on a lion, sitting on an elephant, and sitting on a lotus;

No one came out for a while, so Yu Qian happened to be there, so he responded casually:

A scholar, Pan Feng, Pan Long, Pan Guizi

Everyone clapped their hands and praised it.

Note: (1) In the autumn of the 14th year of the Ming Dynasty (1449), Wa. The Ci (a Mongolian tribe) invaded and Yingzong was captured. At that time, Yu Qian, who was the Minister of the Ministry of War, supported Emperor Jing and opposed the southward movement. He personally supervised the battle and defeated the Wa Ci army, which turned the situation into safety, so he was called a national hero.

How do you know that a fish cannot turn into a dragon?

Qiu Jun, a scholar of the Ming Dynasty, (1418-1495), courtesy name Zhongshen, was born in Qiongshan (now Qiongshan, Guangdong) When I was a child, I was studying in school. One day, it rained heavily and some seats were leaking. Everyone was vying for seats that were not leaky. The person who was competing with Qiu Jun for the seat was the son of a local dignitary. They refused to give in and became red-faced. The teacher saw it and said, "Don't fight, you two. I have a five-character couplet. The one who can match me will sit in the right seat." "Then he read:

The drizzle is dripping on the shoulders;

When the noble son heard this, he was dumbfounded and couldn't accept it, but Qiu Jun was confident and said to him:

Qing Yun was born.

After hearing this, the teacher had to give the waterproof seat to Qiu Jun.

The noble son was not convinced and would fight for the seat when he came home from school. After hearing this, he cried to his father. The dignitary was furious and sent someone to call Qiu Jun home. When they met, he shouted angrily:

Who said a dog can bully a tiger?

Qiu Jun smiled contemptuously and replied calmly:

How do you know that the fish can't turn into a dragon?

When the dignitary heard this, he was startled and knew that Xiao Qiu Jun was not an ordinary person. When he grew up, he would be a promising person, so he had nothing to say, so he had to let him go.

When Qiu Jun grew up, he was indeed a promising person. Xiaozong ascended the throne, served as the Minister of Rites, and was also a bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion, and participated in the maintenance of machinery. He was studious by nature, opposed to "the dangers of literature", and was familiar with national allusions in "Extensions of the University" written by Xia Dexiu. The entries in Ping Tianxia were not complete, so I supplemented them by reading a lot of books (1) and called it "The Explanation of the Great Learning". I lost my sight in my right eye in my later years, so I kept reading.

Note: (1) Xia Dexiu (278-335) was a minister and scholar in the Southern Song Dynasty. He was a Jinshi in Jianzhou (now Pucheng, Fujian). His philosophical views inherited the ideas of Er Cheng and Zhu Xi, and advocated: "Relax your mind. "Nurture moral character". He is the author of "Collected Works of Xishan", "Explanation of the University", etc.

Yang Pu cleverly opposed father's servitude

Yang Pu (1379-1 446), courtesy name Hongji, a native of Shishou (now Shishou, Hubei Province). He was a Jianwen scholar in the Ming Dynasty and a famous scholar in the Ming Dynasty. He, Yang Shiqi, and Yang Rong lived in four dynasties (Chengzu, Renzong, Xuanzong, and Yingzong), and were collectively called the Cabinet (Sanyang).

Yang Pu was born in poverty when he was young, and his father was old and sick. Despite his poor family background, he worked tirelessly and studied hard. Although he was young, his literary talent was extraordinary.

Once, the county magistrate sent someone to arrest his father for forced labor. His father was ill, so Yang Pu went to the county government and begged again and again to be exempted from hard labor. The county magistrate saw that he was just a child, so he made things difficult for him and said, "I will make a match for you. If you match, I can release you." 's father.

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Then, the first couplet came out:

The four mouths are in the same picture, and the inner mouth is controlled by the outer mouth;

This first couplet is wonderfully conceived, and the county The official used the structure of the word "图" and changed the meaning of the word to say: "Within the scope of my rule, the people must obey my jurisdiction. "After hearing this, Xiao Yang Pu learned that this county official likes flattery. After thinking for a moment, he went along with it and wrote the following line:

Five people use umbrellas, and the villain relies on the adults to cover him. .

Yang Pu's second line also uses the "character analysis method" to split the word "umbrella", which not only expresses his request, but also compliments the county magistrate, and the contrast is neat and appropriate. Therefore, , the county magistrate had to nod his head in praise, and finally pardoned his father's labor service.

Note: (Editor: (1) Official name. The editors of the Hanlin Academy in the Ming and Qing Dynasties were ranked first, second, and third jinshi. Those who are ordinary people stay in the library, there is no fixed staff, and there are no actual duties. They are responsible for compiling national history, records, meetings, etc.

Xu Jiang's Childhood Couple

Xu Jiang (1). O45--1111) was born in Min County (now Fuzhou), Fujian. He was the first scholar in the eighth year of Song Renzong's reign (1063). He was smart, studious and talented when he was a child. The famous "little prodigy"

In the summer when Xu Jiang was nine years old, after visiting Baiyan Mountain with his relatives, he felt thirsty due to eating dry food on the way back, so he asked the old man who was fencing in the vegetable garden. Asking for tea. Old Man Fei knew for a long time that the child standing in front of him was a famous local "little prodigy". He did not give him tea immediately, but made a condition and said to him: "Brother, of course you can drink tea. But I want you to correct it. I have a first couplet that I have kept in my heart for many years and I cannot correct it. I will give you tea only after you correct the second couplet."

Although Xiao Xu Jiang is very thirsty, But he knew how to respect his elders, so he said politely and humbly: "Please give me some advice, let the children know."

The old man read out the first couplet based on his own fence construction:

There is a vegetable garden with one fence, two weaves and three piles, and spring, summer, autumn and winter vegetables are planted in the garden;

Among the relatives who interacted with General Xu, there were many literati and refined people. After hearing the first couplet, they There was nothing he could say for a moment, and he couldn't help little Xu Jiang. He was anxious and worried that he wouldn't be able to cope with it. The quick-thinking little Xu Jiang blinked, patted his little head, and calmly answered the second line:

There are hundreds of shelves and thousands of volumes of books in the library.

As soon as General Xu finished speaking, everyone clapped their hands and admired him secretly. "It's pretty good, but I don't know if he got it by chance or if he has real talent." I thought, let's try another pair. So, the old man said, "Brother, how about I teach you another pair?" I couldn't drink the tea, but I was even thirstier. But I still had patience and replied respectfully: "Please give me some advice." The old man took the topic of their visit to Baiyan Mountain today and said:

White rocks, white mist, and white roses are like looking at a jade dish;

After listening to the first couplet, the fellow travelers knew that the old man was using the rhetorical technique of compound characters, and racked their brains to help Xiao Xu. However, General Xu knew it well. He looked back on today's mountaineering tour, and beautiful pictures reappeared in front of him: the Tuohong Temple on the Lotus Rock, the red temple reflected the morning glow; the red azaleas in full bloom on the Tortoiseshell Peak, he Thinking of this, I immediately got the second line and said to him slowly:

The red temple, red clouds and red cuckoos, are like a bounty screen.

After hearing this, the old man raised his thumbs up with joy and kept saying wonderful things. The high-quality white rock tea was immediately brought out. Xiao Xu Jiang took the tea and was about to drink it. The old man shouted: "Slow down!" while adding fragrant jasmine flowers to the tea cup. At this moment, the old man noticed the shadow of the waxing moon reflected in the tea cup. He was moved by the scene and shouted again: "Slow down! Another couplet." Then he read out:

The tea drinker swallows the cup Zhongyue;

This first couplet not only troubled the literati and scholars traveling with me, but also really troubled General Xu. At this time, Xiao Xu held the tea with an attractive aroma in his hand and did not dare to put it into his mouth. He lowered his head and thought hard. It was difficult to find a good sentence, so he had to raise his head and look for materials for the correct answer. When he found that there was a man by the well. The sister-in-law was fetching water, and suddenly she had an idea! He shouted happily: "That's right!" and then read aloud:

The water is pumped into the star in the well.

Everyone cheered in unison, and the old man was so happy that his beard stood up, and he shouted again: "Slow down, little brother!" Everyone was startled, thinking that he was going to have another problem. It turned out that he loved talents and was very happy. With a smile, he added longan meat into Xu Jiang's tea cup, and then said: "The little prodigy is well-deserved. He will definitely win the first prize in the future!"

After Xu Jiang won the first prize, , successively served as editor, judge of Longtuge, direct bachelor of Longtuge, Hanlin Scholar, Shangshu Zuocheng, Youcheng, etc., and knew Taizhou (now Tianshui County, Gansu Province), Yangzhou (now Jiangdu County, Jiangsu Province) , Yunzhou (now Pingdonggun, Chudong Province) and other places. In the seventh year of Xining (1024), the Khitan forced Daizhou (now Yanmen County, Shanxi Province) with 200,000 troops. The imperial court ordered General Xu to go north as an envoy to negotiate with the Khitan. Xu will read a lot of information, learn extensively, and be fully prepared. During the negotiation, he engaged in a verbal battle with the other party, answering questions and answers fluently, leaving the other party speechless. Finally, the negotiation was successful and he was protected from foreign aggression.

Spring Couplets and Couplets of the Prodigy Xie Jin

Xie Jin (1369-1415) was a minister of the Ming Dynasty, a native of Jishui (now Jishui, Jiangxi), Hongwu Jinshi during the year. Xie Jin was smart, quick-thinking, and studious. He was familiar with the "Four Books" and "Five Classics" at a young age. He is proficient in articles and poems, especially good at couplets, and is known as a "child prodigy" from far and wide. Below, is the story of his childhood couplet.

(1) Writing Spring Couplets

One New Year's Eve, Xie Jin, who was in his early tenth year, was inspired by the scene and wrote a Spring Couplet:

Riwang Thousands of miles of sail on the Ganjiang River; thousands of lanterns in Luling at night.

This Spring Festival couplet attracted the attention of the neighbors and everyone praised it. Opposite Xie Jin's house is the residence of Cao Shangshu. This Lord Shangshu had heard the name of "child prodigy" for a long time, but he didn't believe in Xie Jin's literary talent. When he saw this couplet, he couldn't help but secretly praise it. But I always had some doubts in my heart, so I decided to come up with an idea to test Jie Jin. Cao Shangshu ordered a piece of green bamboo to be planted on the river embankment directly opposite the gate of Xie's family to block the view of Xie's family of "looking at thousands of miles of sails on the Gan River in the day and thousands of lanterns in Luling at night".

On New Year's Eve the next year, Xie Jin posted a Spring Festival couplet on the door:

The door faces thousands of poles of bamboo; the family has thousands of books.

When Cao Shangshu saw it, he couldn't help but be amazed. In order to test Jie Jin again, the bamboo was immediately cut short. When he went to look at Jie's Spring Festival couplets, he saw a word added to the end of each couplet, which became:

The opposite door is short, and the bamboo pole is short; the family has thousands of books.

Cao Shangshu got angry and ordered his family to dig out the bamboo roots. At this time, Xie Jin wrote at the end of the couplet again, adding one word each, and the couplet became:

There are thousands of poles of bamboo at the door, but there are thousands of books in the family collection.

Cao Shangshu had no choice but to send someone to send a red invitation to Xie Jin. He must see the true ability of this "prodigy" in person.

(2) Outsmarting Cao Shangshu

Xie Jin received Cao Shangshu’s red invitation and followed him to Cao Shangshu’s house. Seeing that the door was closed and the side door was wide open, he turned around and walked back. Cao Shangshu sneered at the door and said:

The boy is too talented to think that the ground is flat;

After hearing this, Jin casually hummed:

The roc spreads its wings and hates the sky. .

Cao Shangshu had no choice but to open the door to welcome Xie Jin. He looked at Xie Jin, who was dressed in green, and chanted:

A toad in the water wears green;

Xie Jin smiled and pointed at Cao Shangshu, who was wearing a red robe. , replied tit for tat:

The shrimp in the pot is wearing a red robe.

Cao Shangshu was so angry that he cursed:

Two apes are cutting wood in the deep mountains, how dare a little monkey dare to saw each other (sentence)?

Xie Jin also responded unceremoniously:

How can an old beast get out of the hooves if a horse falls into the mud (question).

Cao Shangshu, who was born in Hanlin, faced off against a young child and couldn't get the upper hand at all. He was very unwilling, but he had to admit in his heart that the "child prodigy" was talented and quick-witted. Cao Shangshu did not give up, and immediately invited visitors to see him. He wanted to test Jie Jin again in front of everyone.

Cao Shangshu took a sip of wine, faced an ink mark hanging on the wall, and blurted out:

Drunkenly loves the traces of Xi;

Xie Jin casually said Yin:

Yan the poem "Bai Ye" (1) wildly.

Cao Shangshu immediately wrote another first couplet:

The wind blows a thousand lines from the horse's tail;

Xie Jin immediately answered correctly:

Rizhao Dragon scales are worth thousands of gold.

The onlookers were all impressed by Xie Jin's cleverness and couldn't help but cheer and cheer. Cao Shangshu was very anxious when he saw that Jie Jin had not yet failed the exam. He pointed to the painting on the screen and wrote another couplet:

The dragon does not sing, the tiger does not roar, the fish does not jump, the toad does not jump, and laughter is evil. The bangs on his head dropped;

Xie Jin thought for a moment, pointed to the chess pieces on the case and replied:

A chariot has no wheels, a horse has no saddle, an elephant has no tusks, and a cannon has no fire. Capture it alive. General Sene.

Jie Jin had just finished the duel, and Cao Shangshu was sweating on his forehead, but he still refused to admit defeat, so he said in a lecturing tone:

The beads are still there in Confucius’s eyes, and in his nostrils. Above;

Xie Jin meditated for a moment, and then got a couplet to reply:

Mr. Mei, after the first generation, the second generation will be born, and the second generation will be longer than the first generation.

This couplet has profound meaning and implicit irony, which can be said to be quite original. After Xie Jin finished speaking, the onlookers burst into applause. Cao Shangshu was speechless and had to pretend to be drunk and retreat.

(3) Killing three birds with one stone

Xie Jin's superior intelligence made Cao Shangshu secretly admired. One day, he invited Xie Jin into his mansion again, wanting to test whether Xie Jin had made progress in his recent studies. So, we went back and forth, and after matching several couplets, Cao Shangshu never gained the upper hand. So, he used his last trick; he used "homophonic" puns in an attempt to "kill three birds with one stone" to overwhelm Jie Jin. The first couplet he wrote was:

Planting bamboo in front of the courtyard will lead to bamboo shoots;

Xie Jin immediately responded:

Planting flowers behind the temple will lead to elders.

Cao Shangshu said with a smile: "My first line means that the bamboos planted in front of the courtyard grew bamboo shoots first." Xie Jin said: "My second line means that the flowers planted behind the temple , Old branches grew."

Cao Shangshu added: "I have another explanation for the first couplet. It is said that the bamboo grown in the courtyard did not grow well, so the teacher cut it down. It is:

The bamboos planted in front of the courtyard were damaged;

Xie Jin immediately went on to say: "My second couplet also has another meaning. It is talking about the flowers planted behind the temple being blown by the wind. It was tilted, so the elders used wooden sticks to support it, so there is:

The elders planted flowers behind the temple.

Cao Shangshu laughed loudly: "The prodigy did not know something. My first couplet also has a third meaning, which is about planting bamboo in front of the court. The teacher asked others what the reason was. So it is:

Mr. Bamboo Planting in front of the court asked;

Xie Jin clapped his hands and smiled and said: "Master Cao, don't worry, my second couplet also has another meaning. It means that someone planted behind the temple Flower, the young monk hurriedly went to tell the elder, and the elder said he already knew. So it is:

The elders who plant flowers behind the temple know.

Cao Shangshu's "killing three birds with one stone" still did not faze the clever Xie Jin. He couldn't help but sincerely praise him: "He is really an unrivaled genius!" Cao Shangshu really loves talents and is very happy. So he betrothed his beloved daughter to Xie Jin.

Note: "Bai Ye" is taken from the poem "Bai Ye's poetry is invincible" written by the poet Du Fu about Li Bai. This couplet is elegant and elegant, and the function words "ye" and "zhi" are opposite, making the couplet interesting.

Xie Jinqiao versus Zhu Yuanzhang

In the spring of the 22nd year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1389), Xie Jin went from his hometown of Jishui in Jiangxi to Kyoto Nanjing participated in the examination. The imperial examination system at that time stipulated that after passing the general examination, one must undergo a re-examination, which took place in the emperor's palace and was called the "Ting Examination" or "Palace Examination". The imperial examination was administered by the emperor himself.

In the joint examination, Xie Jin's articles were majestic, sharp and simple in words. He won praise from the examiner Liu Sanwu, who selected him as the top scholar. Some people objected on the grounds that his remarks on countermeasures were too high. In the palace examination, he was selected as the seventh Jinshi. Xie Jin's eldest brother Xie Lun and brother-in-law Huang Jinhua entered the top three in high school at the same time.

The Jie family’s “Three Scholars” not only caused a sensation in Jishui City, Jiangxi Province, but also in the capital.

Long live Lord Zhu Yuanzhang, when he learned that this dwarf from Jiangxi Province was not only good at writing, but also good at answering questions, he summoned him to the palace and personally asked questions for the interview.

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "There is a large stage in the palace. I will write the first couplet and you will read the second couplet." Xie Jin kowtowed and said, "Long live, I obey the decree."

Zhu Yuanzhang thought road.

Yao and Shun Jing, Tang Wusheng, Huan Wen and Chou Dan, there are so many roles in ancient and modern times;

The Jie Jin interface can deal with:

Sun and moon lamps, clouds and clouds, Wind and thunder drum board, a big drama in the universe.

"Okay!" Zhu Yuanzhang was filled with joy. And then the first couplet:

The sun is in the east, the moon is in the west, the word "ming" is born in heaven;

Xie Jin immediately continued it into the second couplet:

子On the right, the woman on the left, the match is destined to be a "good" person.

Zhu Yuanzhang was immediately delighted and praised him repeatedly.

Inscribed couplet by Emperor Taizu of Ming Dynasty

Zhu Yuanzhang (1), Taizu of Ming Dynasty, was born in a poor family. He let cattle live and became a monk. When I was a child, I had no chance to study. But he is a very ambitious person. After studying hard, he is quite proficient in writing, can recite poems and compose, and especially likes couplets. Legend has it that whether Zhu Yuanzhang was marching or fighting, drinking or playing chess, he was traveling incognito or visiting temples! They all like to talk about couplets. For ministers, literati, farmers, and even children, I often confront them.

In the year when Zhu Yuanzhang sent troops to attack Gusu, during the march, he wrote a couplet with the word "Tiankou":

The mouth of Tianxia, ??the mouth of Tianshang aims to swallow Wu;

When the counselor Liu Ji (2) heard this, he knew that Zhu Yuanzhang used the word "Tiankou"! Spell it up and down to spell out the two words "Ten" and "Wu". Therefore, he used the word "King of Humans" to perfectly complement the second couplet,

King among people, king among people, intending to take full responsibility.

Once, Zhu Yuanzhang was playing chess with Liu Ji, and Zhu Yuanzhang chanted a couplet to signal Liu Ji to respond. The joint text is:

The stars on the chessboard are made by heaven, and the sun and the moon win glory;

Liu Ji blurts out:

Thunder is the drum for war, lightning is the flag, and the wind and cloud are International meeting.

Another time, Zhu Yuanzhang went to the home of Minister Tao An and saw Tao An using books as a pillow. Head;

Tao An knew what he meant, and immediately said:

The fan writes about the country, and he has the unification of the world in his hand.

On a visit in casual clothes, Zhu Yuanzhang met a farmer selling lotus roots, and immediately wrote a couplet:

A bent Western arm;

He used a snow-white The lotus root is compared to the arm of the beautiful Xi Shi, and I want to test whether the farmer can do it right. The farmer looked at him and answered with a smile:

Qiqiaobiganxin.

Farmers used the porous lotus root to describe the heart of the loyal minister Bigan in the Shang Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang was very happy to hear this and ordered the farmers to accompany him and praised him greatly. Legend has it that the peasant was later appointed as an official in the imperial court.

Note: (1) Zhu Yuanzhang (1328-1398), whose courtesy name was Guorui, was born in Zhongli, Haozhou (now Fengyangdong, Anwei). The founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he reigned for thirty years.

(2) Liu Ji (1132-1375), courtesy name Bowen, was from Qingtian (now Qingtian, Zhejiang). Minister and writer in the early Ming Dynasty. In the early Ming Dynasty, he was one of the arbiters of various major ceremonies, such as music and rituals, criminal law, history, imperial examinations, etc.

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