Interesting story of China.

The teacher asked the students to write the word "dog" silently. A student drew a dot on the word "dog" in the upper left corner. The teacher gave a comment: the dog's head is crooked, its head is missing, which is outrageous. It lays eggs with a fork on its left shoulder.

Father and son passed the gate of a five-star hotel and saw a very luxurious imported car. The son disdainfully said to his father, "People who ride in this kind of car must have no knowledge in their stomachs!" "The father replied airily," People who say such things must have no money in their pockets! "

(Note: Does your view of things also reflect your true attitude? )

After dinner, mother and daughter wash dishes together, and father and son watch TV in the living room. Suddenly, there was a sound of breaking dishes in the kitchen, and then there was silence. It was the son who looked at his father and said, "Mom must have broken it." "How do you know?" "She didn't swear."

Note: We are used to judging others and ourselves by different standards, so that we are often strict with ourselves. )

Three, there are two Taiwan Province tour groups to travel to the Japanese Izu Peninsula. The road conditions are poor, and there are potholes everywhere. One of the tour guides repeatedly apologized and said that the road was just like pockmarked. However, another tour guide said poetically to the tourists, "Ladies and gentlemen, the road we are taking now is the famous Izu charming dimple avenue."

(Note: Although it is the same situation, different ideas will produce different attitudes. How beautiful your thoughts are and how you think about them are up to you. )

Fourth, students who are also in the third grade of primary school say in their composition that their future wish is to be a clown. China's teacher denounced it as: "Without ambition, you can't teach a boy!" The foreign church said, "May you bring laughter to the whole world!" "

(Note: As elders, we not only tend to demand more than encourage, but also have a narrower definition of success. )

In the Palace Museum, a lady said impatiently to her husband, "I said why you walked so slowly. So you always stop to look at these things. "

(Note: Some people only know how to rush on the road of life, and as a result, they lose the opportunity to see beautiful flowers on both sides. )

My wife is cooking in the kitchen. Her husband has been nagging: slow down. Watch out! The fire is too big. Turn the fish over quickly. Shovel it up quickly, there is too much oil! Level the tofu! "Gee," the wife blurted out, "I know how to cook." "Of course you know, madam," the husband replied calmly. "I just want you to know how I feel when you are chattering around while I am driving."

(Note: It is not difficult to learn to be considerate of others, as long as you are willing to seriously look at the problem from the other side's perspective and position. )

Mark Twain's Wonderful Answer

Mark Twain, a famous modern American writer, sat opposite a lady at a banquet and said out of courtesy, "You are so beautiful!" " The lady said ungrateful, "It's a pity that I can't praise you in the same way!" " "Mark Twain said," That doesn't matter. You can lie like me. "Words euphemistically peaceful, with the opposite. The lady bowed her head.

The shortest letter in the world

After Hugo, a famous French writer, sent the manuscript of Les Miserables to the publishing house, it was not published for some time. So I sent a letter to the publishing house, and the content only wrote: "? -Hugo. " Soon, he received a reply from the publishing house, and the content was only: "! -editing room. " After a while, Les Miserables, which caused a sensation in the world, made it convenient for readers to meet.

This letter is called "the shortest letter in the world".

Who is the champion?

The battle report of a football match wrote: "Because of this fierce football match, Shandong team defeated Beijing team and won the championship."

The first man looked at it and said that the Shandong team had won the football match. The communique reads: "Because of this fierce football match, Shandong team defeated Beijing team and won the championship." Another person said, no, it was clearly written in the Battle Report: "As a result of this fierce football match, Shandong team was defeated and Beijing team won the championship."

who is right and who is wrong

Once upon a time, there was an advertisement posted in a hotel, which read: "Stay in rainy days, stay in the future." A passenger came forward to ask about the hotel. The shopkeeper pointed to the advertisement and said, "Didn't you see the advertisement saying,' If it rains, just stay for one day, just stay for one day? "Stay," said the guest. "I saw it. The advertisement clearly says:' If it rains, stay for one day. Do you want to stay? "Stay!" "

In fact, there are two other ways to pronounce this sentence: one is a question: "If it rains, stay for one day, stay for one day?" One is a declarative sentence: "If it rains, it will stay, and if it stays, it will not stay."

Sir's written evidence

Once upon a time, there was a very stingy rich man. Once, he hired a teacher for his son. Speaking of treatment, Mr. Wang knows that he is always mean to people. I moved my heart and made a written statement with him, which read:

No rice noodles, no chicken, duck and fish, no money.

The rich man was very happy to see it. He thinks that Mr. Wang doesn't pay attention to eating and doesn't have to pay tuition. He felt that he was taking advantage. By the end of the year, Mr. Wang will settle accounts with the rich man. Where the rich man is willing to give, he will go to the county government for a lawsuit. The county magistrate asked the rich man to read the written evidence again; The rich man read it according to the written evidence, but Mr. Wang paused to read it again according to punctuation, so he read it as follows:

No rice, noodles are ok;

Without chickens, ducks can do it;

Without fish, meat is ok;

Without money, money will do.

Hearing this, the rich man had to give his husband both tuition and meals.

Legend has it that at the end of Qing Dynasty, Empress Dowager Cixi invited a famous calligrapher to write poems for her fans. Liangzhou Ci written by Wang Zhihuan, a calligrapher in Tang Dynasty;

The Yellow River is getting farther and farther away, because it flows in the middle of the Yellow River, and Yumenguan is located on a lonely mountain.

Why use the elegy of willow to complain about the delay of spring, old Yumenguan, a spring breeze is not blowing!

Due to negligence, the calligrapher forgot to write the word "Jian" Cixi was furious and wanted to kill him. The calligrapher used his quick wits and quickly explained, "Calm down, Lafayette, this is a sentence written in Wang Zhihuan's poems." And sentenced on the spot, read to the empress dowager cixi:

"The Yellow River is far away, white clouds fill the air, and Wan Ren Mountain is an isolated city. Why are you complaining about Johnny? Willow spring breeze, not Yumenguan. "

Hearing this, Cixi turned anger into joy and even called it wonderful.

Cleverly change couplets

Once upon a time, there was an old Jinshi, and his son was also a Jinshi. He was very proud. The next day, he prepared a rich banquet for his guests and personally wrote a couplet and posted it outside the gate. The first part is "father Jinshi, son Jinshi, father and son Jinshi", and the second part is "old lady, daughter-in-law, old lady". Because this old Jinshi is usually rich and heartless, relying on his wealth and power, he often bullies men, women and fish villages, and the people hate him very much. One of the scholars saw this couplet and immediately decided to play a trick on the old Jinshi to relieve his evil spirit. So, taking advantage of the night, he added a horizontal line under the word "scholar" in this couplet, a apostrophe on the word "husband" and two horizontal lines on the word "person".

The next day, all the guests invited by the old Jinshi came. Everyone snickered when they saw this couplet. When the old Jinshi heard the news, he saw that the couplet had become "father goes to the ground, son goes to the ground, father and son go to the ground;" A woman loses her husband, a daughter-in-law loses her husband and a mother-in-law loses her husband. "

The old Jinshi made a fool of himself in front of everyone, let out a cry and fainted, and everyone applauded.

Poems and songs of past dynasties contain many anecdotes about poets refining sentences. According to the Chronicle of Tang Poetry and other records, a monk named Miracle in the Tang Dynasty wrote a poem "Early Plum", which contains two sentences: "In the former village of Zita Law, how many branches bloomed last night." After reading it, Zheng Gu suggested that "several branches" should be changed to "one branch" because "one branch opens" and "early plum" are more poetic. Qi was deeply impressed, and immediately bowed down, honoring Zheng Gu as a "word teacher".

There are two poems by Sadu Ci poets, a famous poet in the Yuan Dynasty, which are often praised by people: the earth is wet and tired, and the moon comes to listen to Jingyang Bell. Later, he heard that an old man in Shandong had different views on these two poems, so he made a special trip to visit. When the old man saw the poet come to the door, he said bluntly, "It's too monotonous to use' smell' in the first sentence and' listen' in the second sentence." Saduko felt that the old man's opinion was very pertinent and asked, "In your opinion, how should I change it?" The old man said, "In the Tang Dynasty, people hated to see the forest rain. Isn't it good to borrow the word "look" instead of "smell"? " Saduko was so impressed that he hurried forward to salute and called the old man his "word teacher".

Two anecdotes about Ji Xiaolan.

First of all, the riddle couplet stumped the monarch and his subjects.

On the eve of the Lantern Festival one year, Emperor Qianlong asked every minister to put a note with riddles, couplets or poems on it and send it to the palace for everyone to enjoy and celebrate the Lantern Festival.

On the Lantern Festival, the royal garden is full of colorful lights. Qianlong and the civil and military officials walked up and down in the imperial garden, as if wandering in the sea of lights. Whenever they walk to a lamp, or enjoy poetry, or guess riddles, or talk, they burst into hearty laughter from time to time.

Minister of civil and military affairs accompanied Emperor Qianlong to Ji Xiaolan to offer lanterns, only to see a lantern riddle couplet hanging on it, saying:

Black is not, white is not, red and yellow is not; Like foxes, wolves, cats and dogs, they are neither domestic animals nor wild animals.

There are poems, words and Analects of Confucius. Blurred to the east, west, north and south, although it is a short product, it is also a wonderful article.

When the man Wu saw this riddle couplet, he immediately restrained his smile and brow, and they were all stumped.

Emperor Qianlong, who loves dialogue and riddles, is at a loss at the moment. The monarch and the minister racked their brains together, but they still didn't know what to say after guessing. In the end, Ji Xiaolan had to solve the mystery himself.

It turns out that crossword puzzles are typed. The first part is "guessing" and the second part is "riddle".

Second, cleverly congratulate Shoulian.

In other words, when Emperor Qianlong was in power for 50 years, in order to celebrate the prosperity of the Qing Dynasty at that time, and to celebrate his 50 years in power, Emperor Qianlong invited people over 60 to dinner in Beijing. Emperor Qianlong was very happy and asked who was the oldest. One of them called himself 14 1, and the emperor was overjoyed.

Because the Qing Dynasty entered the customs in l644, which happened to be 14 1 year. This person just witnessed the history of the Qing Dynasty, and the emperor was overjoyed, so he recruited Ji Xiaolan to join him:

Shanglian:

The reunion of Hua Jia will last 37 years (Hua Jia is 60 years old, and the reunion is 120, plus 3× 7 = 2 1, which is exactly141);

Ji Xiaolan thought for a moment, namely the bottom allied:

Ancient and rare celebrate the spring and autumn (ancient and rare is 70 years old, double celebration 140, and one more time is just 14 1).

This couplet is so neat that Ji Xiaolan is really the best talent in the world.

Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang

Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, loved couplets before he ascended the throne, so he was dubbed the "son of heaven".

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the world was in chaos and the people were in dire straits. Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to raise something at that time. On a snowy road, he met his good friend Geng, so he said, "It's freezing, and the water is not frozen at all." Gunn pondered for a while, and then heckled the couplet: "If the country is in chaos, the people are worried, and the king doesn't get ahead, who will be in charge?" Zhu Yuanzhang was secretly happy after hearing this.

After Zhu Yuanzhang led the army to win the Yuan Army in Qing Ji, he took a nap at the post office and saw a 7-year-old child living in it, serving his father. He asked the boy, "Can you correct the sentence?" The boy replied, "Yes." Zhu Yuanzhang issued the first couplet saying, "Seven-year-old children should be horse posts." The children looked Zhu Yuanzhang up and down and thought that this man was extraordinary. They casually called him "the son of heaven has been sitting in a dragon court for thousands of years." Zhu Yuanzhang was overjoyed and ordered him to be exempted from labor.

When Zhu Yuanzhang led an army to attack Gusu City. In order to boost morale, they wrote a couplet by word-splitting: "The mouth of the world, the mouth of heaven, aims to swallow Wu." Strategist Liu Bowen immediately responded to the couplet in the same way: "The people are king, the people are king, and they want to be full-time". Joint means that I will definitely take your intention of "swallowing Wu" as the most important task. Zhu Yuanzhang was overjoyed: "The strategist knows me."

After Zhu Yuanzhang made Nanjing his capital, he sent a decree saying: No matter whether it is a hundred officials, civil servants or ordinary people, Spring Festival couplets should be posted. One day, he went to the street incognito and suddenly saw that there was no Spring Festival couplets posted at the door of a family, so he went forward to ask. It turns out that this family is engaged in castrating pigs, and no one in the family can write. At present, they haven't invited a scholar to write it, and they are worrying about it. After finding out the reason, Zhu Yuanzhang recommended himself and said, "Let me write one for you!" According to the professional characteristics of the householder, he spread out the paper and waved his hand: "Split the road of life and death with both hands, and cut off the root of right and wrong with one knife." When Zhu Yuanzhang returned from his inspection, he found that his Spring Festival couplets had not been posted on the door at home, and he couldn't help but be furious. The householder even shouted, "After the emperor left, we realized that this was a rare royal gift for Mo Bao. It has been hanging in nave and is burning incense to celebrate its sacredness! " Upon hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang turned his anger into joy and ordered his followers to give the master thirty taels of silver to show his loyalty.

One day, Zhu Yuanzhang took his fourth son Judy and grandson Zhu Jun to watch a horse race. He saw the horse galloping, and the wind blew on its hooves. Occasionally, he got a couplet: "The wind blows a thousand lines of ponytails", and asked a son and a grandson to make couplets respectively. Zhu Yun took the lead and said, "Rain hits the wool like a blanket." . After hearing this, Mao thought the dialogue was too weak, without momentum and displeasure. He asked his son if he was right, and Judy said, "Rizhao Longlin has ten thousand gold points." . Mao was very happy and nodded in praise.

One day, Zhu Yuanzhang traveled incognito and met a farmer selling lotus roots on the way. He was moved by this scene. He used five words to say "the west arm bends" and asked the farmer to make a couplet. The farmer looked at the lotus root hole and replied, "seven orifices are better than a dead heart." The farmer responded so quickly and neatly that Zhu Yuanzhang was very happy and named it "Wine Festival" (official name).

One day, Zhu Yuanzhang came to a teahouse incognito and chatted with a scholar who was drinking tea. He learned that the scholar's ancestral home was in Chongqing, so he wrote a couplet with a place name: "A thousand miles is the most important thing, and heavy water is the most important mountain in Chongqing." Scholars know that this is an embedded place name. He took the couplet and said, "One person is big, and a big country is king." Zhu Yuanzhang appreciated it very much after listening.

On another occasion, Zhu Yuanzhang came to a small town hotel to drink incognito. He saw that the shop was small and there were no delicious appetizers. There are three cups and five lights in the small hotel, and there is nothing. The shopkeeper casually said to the first couplet, "Daming Kingdom is unified, regardless of north and south." Zhu Yuanzhang was overjoyed and wanted to give him an official position, which was politely declined by the shopkeeper.

When Zhu Yuanzhang was playing chess with Prime Minister Liu Bowen, he was in a particularly good mood. Occasionally, he made a couplet saying that "the sky is a chessboard star, and the sun and the moon win glory" and asked Liu Bowen to make a couplet. Liu thought for a moment and said, "Thunder is the flag drum, and wind and rain will surely come." After listening to Zhu Yuanzhang, he felt that the two of them expressed their opinions and felt carefree.

Zhu Yuanzhang reduced the year number by one word.

During the Hongwu period, there was a scholar named Lu Xiong, who had a good personality and literary talent and was recommended by the official department to be an official in the court. Zhu Yuanzhang approved his appointment as a native of Yanzhou, Shandong Province.

Lu Xiong took office. In the past, it was said that "the private document officer should seal". After he arrived in Yanzhou, he must first use the official seal to issue a proclamation. He was startled when he took out the official seal given to him by the emperor. It turned out that Zhu Yuanzhang's imperial edict was awarded to the magistrate of Zhou in Shandong Province. This official seal was carved according to the emperor's imperial edict, which naturally turned Yanzhou into Zhou. But Shandong has always had Yanzhou without Yizhou.

If it was wrong at that time, Zhou was wrong, which was changed by the emperor. Nobody dares to do anything, so it's okay. However, Lu Xiong is a scholar and works hard. He thinks Yanzhou is Yanzhou, how can it be changed to Yizhou? So he wrote a letter to the emperor, asking him to correct it and engrave the official seal again.

Zhu Yuanzhang turned red and white when he saw the paper. He really made a mistake. He is a man who cultivates his own land and is familiar with the names of the geographical States and counties in the country. He should know that Yanzhou is not the state of Zhou, and the pronunciation of this word is "gǔn" instead of "Y m: n". However, it is not so easy for the emperor to admit his mistake. Zhu Yuanzhang came from a humble background and had a strong self-esteem. As soon as his ruffian's temper came up, he cursed: "Lu Xiong is so bold, he talks like a book on my head. I didn't know there was a Yanzhou in Shandong, and it was only under his influence that I knew that Yanzhou was the same word, because many things written by scholars were different. Son of a bitch, the minister of punishments listened to the imperial edict and beheaded Lu Xiong. " Poor Lu Xiong died for a word.

Su Shi's quip refused friends.

Su Shi, a great writer, is famous for his position in the history of China literature. The level and quantity of his poems are rare in China ancient literary world. However, his career is not smooth. Although he was a top official, he served as a minister of rites, an academician and an emperor's attendant, but he was more of a poet who moved guests and spent much more time in exile than in the temple. Although his official career is bumpy, he is famous and his legacy is immortal for thousands of years.

1057, 22-year-old Su Shi and 19-year-old brother Su Zhe went to Beijing to try. In the court examination held by Emperor Injong, both of them were admitted to the Imperial Capital and were famous for their success. Ouyang Xiu, a great writer and prime minister at that time, said when reading Su Shi's article: "After reading his article, my sweat came down. In another 30 years, no one will know me, only him. " Emperor Renzong was even more happy to say, "I chose two good prime ministers for my descendants today."

Su Zhe and Su Shi are both Beijing officials, Su Zhe is the right official of Shangshu, and Su Shi is the official of Hanlin. There is a man who is an old friend of theirs and wants to get an official position. He stayed in Su Zhe's place for a long time, but he didn't get what he wanted, so he turned to Su Shi's place hopefully. He said, "I really want to get a job at Hanlin College. Please say a few words for me. " Su Shi was noncommittal, but told a story: "Once upon a time, there was a poor man who went to rob a tomb. There is a naked man sitting in the coffin. He said to the grave robbers, I am Yang Wangsun of the Han Dynasty! When I was dying, I told my son to be buried naked. So, no money to help you! The grave robbers made great efforts to dig another grave, and the people in it were dressed like kings. The deceased introduced himself: I am Wendi. Before I died, I left a will telling my deputies not to bury them with gold and jade treasures. Even the utensils here are made of pottery. What can you get? The grave robber saw two graves beside him and dug up the one on the left. The deceased was skinny and his eyes were sunken. He said, I'm Boyi. Haven't you heard? I starved to death in shouyangshan. Think about it. Can people who starve to death have money? The grave robbers wanted to dig the grave on the right. Boyi kindly advised: That's my brother Shu Qi. My brother is so thin, can he still be like a person? "

Su Shi used this story as a metaphor: Boyi is Su Zhe, and Shu Qi is himself; Su Zhe can't meet your requirements. What about me, Su Shi? Don't talk! My friend couldn't help laughing when he knew it.

Xu Wenchang reached out to the magistrate.

Xu Wei (152 1 year ~ 1593), a native of Tianchishan, a Taoist priest of Ivy League, (now Shaoxing), a writer and painter, was a pioneer of the ideological liberation movement in the late Ming Dynasty. He wrote many couplets in his life. Xu contains 1 18 couplet, which is rare in Ming dynasty, while couplets with more than 40 words have 12 couplet, and there is almost no second person in Ming dynasty. In particular, he was the first to break through the 100 couplet, and the 140 couplet inscribed for the main hall of Kaiyuan Temple in Shaoxing still exists today. Up to now, some stories about Xu Wenchang's couplets are still circulating in Zhejiang.

Xu Wenchang came to Hangzhou at the age of fourteen. At that time, the magistrate in Hangzhou was very arrogant. He was very angry when he learned that Xu Wenchang wrote poems in Hangzhou and was welcomed by people. He thought that a little boy dared to dance and write ink in his jurisdiction, which was really rare, so he sent the chief to ask Xu Wenchang to talk. Threatened to expel him from the city if he didn't get things done. Xu Wenchang as cool as a cucumber, readily promised. The magistrate took Xu Wenchang to the West Lake and pointed to Pagoda of Six Harmonies, saying, "Pagoda of Six Harmonies is very heavy, with seven edges and eight octagons on all sides."

Xu Wenchang didn't speak, just Yang Yang hand. The magistrate felt wrong and was secretly happy. He proudly pointed to Baokuita and made another couplet: "Baokuita, the spire is like a pen, and the pen writes the world." Without saying a word, Xu Wenchang pointed to the ribbon bridge, bowed his hand to the magistrate, and then split his hands equally.

When the magistrate saw that Xu Wenchang still didn't answer, he proudly said, "If you can't even answer a word, you are a child prodigy!" Immediately ordered: "Get him out!" At this time, Xu Wenchang smiled confidently: "Don't be rude, the bottom line has long been right!" The magistrate said angrily, "How dare you make an unreasonable sophistry and fool our government?" Xu Wenchang explained: "You said it, I was right." "Hands to the right! What do you mean? " The magistrate asked.

Xu Wenchang answered: I raised my hand to the first couplet, that is to say, "one palm is flat, five fingers are three long and two short"; Hand in hand to the second arch, hands evenly spread, and at one stroke, meaning "Golden Belt Bridge, bridge opening round, round as a mirror, looking at Kyushu in the world". The magistrate was speechless and had to leave angrily.