Ancient riddle stories

Introduction: The riddles we usually come into contact with are generally short and concise, but there are also some riddles that can only be completed by narrating a complete story. Below are some interesting riddle stories that I have collected. I hope you all like them. Ancient Riddle Story Part 1

Once upon a time, there was a stingy rich man who wanted to hold a happy event at home, so he sent many invitations to dignitaries, wealthy relatives and friends. What makes the rich man embarrassed is that he also has a relative nearby. Logically speaking, he must invite him. If he doesn't invite others, he will gossip. But this relative is relatively poor. If he is invited, he will definitely not be able to give a big gift. Instead, he will have to eat and drink like other guests, and he will have to pay for it. Finally, the old rich man came up with an idea. He sent an invitation to his poor relatives. On the invitation he wrote these words: "If you come, you are greedy; if you don't come, you are disrespectful." < /p>

After reading the invitation, the poor relative put a penny in the box and wrote a reply. The old rich man was very embarrassed after seeing the reply.

Do you know what is written in the reply?

The answer: The reply is: If you accept it, you are greedy for money; if you don't accept it, you look down on it. Ancient Riddle Stories Part 2

When Wang Mian, a painter and poet of the Yuan Dynasty, was a child, his family was very poor. When he was ten years old, his mother sent him to a rich man's house to herd cattle. The rich man saw that he was a child and was not sensible yet. He said to his mother: "This child is young and can't do much work. Let's set up a contract and try it out for a year. If he does well and can answer the questions I raised, he will be paid one year's wages. , continue to stay in my house the next year; if you can't answer the questions I asked, not only will I not give you wages, but I will ask you to find another head of household!" After hearing this, the mother hesitated. Wang Mian said: "Mother! Don't hesitate. ! Just follow the contents of the document." So, both parties signed the document.

One year passed quickly. Wang Mian raised the rich man's cattle until they were fat, and went to the rich man to ask for wages. The rich man should have acted according to the rules, but he deliberately made things difficult for Wang Mian by telling him a riddle and asking Wang Mian to guess a word. Wang Mian said: "Tell me!" The rich man said: "Once upon a time, a group of poor children were digging soil, and suddenly they found something with a pattern like a basket lid, but no one could recognize what it was. At that time, someone took it After washing it in the water, they saw that it was a piece of jade. Everyone shouted, "It's a treasure! Let's each share a piece." So they smashed the jade and divided it into pieces. , but they don’t understand that once this priceless jade is smashed, it will be worthless. As a result, these poor people are still empty-handed.”

Wang Mian immediately listened to the story told by the rich man. I wrote a word on the table with water.

The rich man had nothing to say, so he had to pay Wang Mian his full year's wages. Can you guess what word Wang Mian wrote?

Answer: the word "poverty". Ancient Riddle Story 3

Confucius and his disciples took a carriage to a place to give lectures. They saw two naughty boys sitting in the middle of the road playing in front of them. Zigong quickly stopped the carriage and shouted: "You Get out of the way, these two urchins, this is Confucius's car!" Confucius quickly stopped Zigong, got out of the car and said politely to the urchins: "We have something important to do, please let us pass by!" < /p>

A naughty boy asked: "What do you want to do?"

Confucius stroked his beard and replied with a smile: "Traveling around the world, giving lectures and preaching."

Another naughty boy The interface said: "Then you, an old gentleman, must have some skills and talents?"

"How dare you, how dare you." Confucius said humbly.

The naughty boy then said: "Let me ask you four words!" Then he sang:

Little by little, little by little,

Little by little A little bit together,

a little bit, a little bit left,

a little bit less.

Confucius knew astronomy first, geography second, and was proficient in literature and history. How could a naughty boy stump him? He quickly answered.

Then, Confucius said with a smile: "I also replied to the two young talents with four sentences. What is the word?" Immediately he chanted:

One horizontal line, one horizontal line and another horizontal line, < /p>

One stroke after another, one stroke after another,

One stroke after another, one stroke after another,

One stroke after another.

Seeing that the two naughty boys were scratching their heads and scratching their heads and unable to answer, Confucius advised: "It's better to go back to the school to study instead of playing on the road." After that, he took the car and left. Do you know what the characters are?

Answer: Fen, Qia, Liu, Sha (naughty boy); Sen (Confucius). Ancient Riddle Stories Chapter 4

There was a great scholar in the Song Dynasty named Huang Tingjian. He could write poems when he was seven years old. Later, he became more and more famous. After hearing about it, the historian Sima Guang wanted to He was asked to be his assistant, so he invited Huang Tingjian to be a guest, actually to test him.

Sima Guang and Huang Tingjian chatted for a while and then read two lines of poetry: "We only know each other when the lotus appears, and we part after the sycamore leaves fall.

Then let Huang Tingjian guess what the poem said. What is it?

Huang Xiaoxiao said: "Let me write it for you.

He immediately wrote a poem: "There is a family with no walls, and a hero is hidden inside. Some people think he looks like Guan Gong, and some people say he is the overlord of Chu.

Sima As soon as Guang saw the poem, he immediately recommended it to the emperor, and Huang Tingjian was given an important job!

Huang Tingjian's answer to the riddle is the same as Sima Guang's. You are smart, can you guess the answer to this riddle?

Answer: Fan Ancient Riddle Story 5

According to legend, there was a scholar who was pedantic and arrogant and showed off all day long

There was a hotel. The boss was also illiterate and couldn't stand his arrogance.

One day, he saw the scholar showing off on the street again, so he invited the scholar to the store and said, "I have a man here. Mystery, I just wanted to ask you.

If you can figure it out, you will get free drinks today; if you can't figure it out, you will be punished by not using the word "ye" in your future speeches.

The scholar said: "Okay, tell me the riddle.

The boss told a story: In the Spring and Autumn Period, Confucius was chatting with his two students Zilu and Yan Hui. Asked the students: "Yes? No?" Zilu replied: "Yes."

Yan Hui: "No."

The two couldn't argue. Confucius said: "Yes, then it is straight in it!" The two men nodded and said: "No."

The boss asked: "What word is this?

The scholar was confused. Confucius clearly said "Yes," but Zilu and Yan Hui said "No."

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Is it "yes" or "no"? He racked his brains and found nothing.

The boss smiled and wrote the word "乜" on the table while dipping his wine.

Just when the scholar was about to read "ye", he saw that it was not "ye".

But why did Confucius say "Yes?"

The boss smiled and said: "Confucius said that 'straight in it' is 'yes'."

The scholar knew that he had little talent and little knowledge, and was so ashamed that he never dared to show off casually again. Ancient Riddle Stories Part 6

During the Ming Dynasty, there was a frail scholar named Bai Jian who was well-read in poetry and books and was preparing to enter an official career.

One year during the Lantern Festival, fireballs shot out and firecrackers collapsed.

There are hundreds of kinds of lanterns: some are flying giants, cunning rabbits, tigers, leopards, insects and fish; some are brocades made by heaven and sun, and dragon girls are outing.

Sitting in the "Yulong Hotel" owned by her cousin, drinking and watching the lanterns, Bai Jian couldn't help but become inspired by poetry, and blurted out: "When the Yuan Dynasty comes to celebrate, every house is lit up with spring mood."

Emperor Yongle, who happened to be visiting privately incognito, was also drinking in this shop. Listening to the scholar's chants, his language was frank, clear, beautiful and natural, and the pen of inspiration seemed to flow from his chest. I felt that the scholar was full of literary integrity. , different from the ordinary, he came up with another riddle to test his talent:

The bones are scattered here and there,

The skin is thin and light.

Asked what the stubborn illness is,

The beauty is so hot that her heart is burning.

Bai Jian bowed his hand to the "fortune teller" and told the answer to the riddle.

Emperor Yongle liked Bai Jian very much when he saw Bai Jian's quick thinking.

Parting, he deliberately said to Bai Jian borrowed the rouge treasure pleat.

Bai Jian happily agreed.

Emperor Yongle returned to the palace and appointed Junyi scholar Bai Jian as the number one scholar to patrol Henan.

Do you know what the emperor's poem riddle is about?

Answer: "Lantern. Ancient Riddle Story 7"

Once upon a time, there was an old man who was dying. He left a suicide note in front of him and gave it to his five-year-old child and his son-in-law respectively. The suicide note said: If a sixty-year-old son gives birth to a son, he will give all his property and land to his son-in-law and no one will have any dispute with him after a few years. The brother-in-law separated and the two had a dispute, so they had to go to the Yamen to file a lawsuit. The son-in-law said in his suicide note that if a sixty-year-old son gave birth to a son, he would give all his property and land to his son-in-law, and no one else would be allowed to do so. Dispute.

The county magistrate accepted the suicide note and ordered him to leave the court temporarily and wait until the next day. The county magistrate said: The inheritance should be inherited by his son! The old man's suicide note was returned to his son and son-in-law. The son-in-law was speechless and had to obey. Guess what the county magistrate marked in the old man's suicide note? No, he is my son! All the property and fields are given to the son-in-law, and no one can argue with him. Ancient Riddle Story 8

Confucius traveled around the country and came to Yan State not far from the city gate. Seeing a young man stopping the carriage, he said, "My name is Xiang Lu. I heard that Mr. Kong was very knowledgeable, so I blocked the road to ask for advice." Confucius smiled and said, "My child, what problem have you encountered?"

Xiang Lu. Li Qi asked: What kind of water has no fish? What kind of fire has no smoke? What kind of tree has no leaves? What kind of flower has no branches? After hearing this, Confucius said: There are fish in all kinds of water, regardless of firewood or candles. There is smoke, and as for plants, they cannot grow into trees without leaves. Xiang Luo shook his head and shouted: "No!" Then Confucius said: "The descendants are terrible, I worship you as my teacher!" Which four things are you talking about? (Answer: There are no fish in the well water, no smoke from the fireflies, no leaves from the dead trees, and no branches from the snowflakes. Ancient Riddle Story 9

Once upon a time there was a merchant who was away from home all the time. Doing business. One New Year's Eve, the merchant went home to reunite with his family. He wanted to test the knowledge and intelligence of his three sons, so he asked his wife to bring out a plate of melon seeds, and then ordered each son to write a poem. The eldest son first chanted: Gan Luo Twelve is the prime minister. The father nodded and asked his wife to count twelve melon seeds for his son.

The second son blurted out: Grandpa met King Wen at the age of eighty! The merchant smiled slightly and asked his wife to count eighty melon seeds to the second son. Then he chanted something loudly. When the merchant heard it, he said happily: "One is better than the other." Do you know what the younger son chanted? 10

Once upon a time, someone dug a metal box in the ground. The box had no lock, but it could not be opened. Looking closely at the circular dial on the lid, there were twenty characters engraved on it. : In spring, there are many things in this country, and beans are willing to be red; when branches come to pick hair, the trees in the south are the most fondly remembered.

This person is well versed in poetry and knows that this is a code composed of an ancient poem. Following the order of the poems, he finally opened the box and got the treasure inside. Do you know what ancient poem this is? (Answer: Red beans grow in the south. In the spring, a few branches will appear. I hope you will pick more. This is the most lovesick thing. Ancient Riddle Story No. 11

Once upon a time, there was a seventh-grade county magistrate who went to the street to watch on the first day of the new year. Spring couplets, I suddenly saw a Spring couplet posted on the door of a house that was different from others. I saw that: the upper couplet: count one door and two doors; the second couplet: earth-shattering family; the banner: kill first and then report. The county magistrate thought: This household must be so powerful. The high official of the imperial court quickly prepared a generous gift and knocked on the door. The county magistrate asked the master: "Who is serving in your house in Kyoto?" The master was confused when he heard that he said that the three brothers were poor people. >

The county magistrate was stunned and quickly asked: "That couplet posted on the door?" The owner replied: "Ah, that's it." He then explained: That couplet is not false at all, so he listed the occupations of his three brothers. After hearing this, the county magistrate realized that he was wrong, so he left the gift and left. (The answer: The three brothers are sellers of sesame seeds. The sesame seed cakes have to be counted to the customers one by one, so it is said that the second and second brothers are making firecrackers, and the boss is a butcher who sets off the cannons to shock the earth. The killing of pigs does not require the approval of the Yamen, so it is said to be executed first and then reported.

Ancient Riddle Stories Chapter 12

Once upon a time, there was a playboy named Jin Zhipeng. He was lazy and lazy since he was a child, and he enjoyed whoring and gambling. After his father's death, he remained vicious and quickly spent all his inheritance, becoming a poor young man. One New Year's Eve, this poor boy didn't even have rice to celebrate the New Year.

So he wrote a self-deprecating couplet: Be frugal and live a quiet year, and posted it on the door. That night, my uncle bought two kilograms of meat and carried ten kilograms of rice. When he saw the Spring Festival couplets in front of the door, he was filled with emotion and said to his nephew: You should add a word on each of these couplets! After speaking, he wrote a couplet. When the poor young man saw this, he was so ashamed that he changed his ways and made a living on his own, becoming a prodigal son. Do you know what words that kind uncle added to each couplet? (Answer: Be frugal early to avoid the Year of Indifference. Ancient Riddle Stories Chapter 13

It is said that during the Lantern Festival one year, there was a riddle lantern hanging on the door of the Baicheng Bookstore in Bian City, which reflected a sentence from the "Three Character Classic" 2. The riddle notes: The winner will be given a piece of fox-leg fur. An old scholar who often guesses riddles laughed and said: This is the owner’s guard, and I’m afraid no one can shoot it. p>

A down-and-out Juren who had been studying mysteries for many years said, "I don't think so." After saying that, the Juren returned to his house and pondered over the lamp for three consecutive nights, but still couldn't find it. Answer. Can you guess the answer to this riddle? (Answer: Er is the last word in the seventh chapter of "Mencius". The seventh chapter of "Three Character Classic" ends with Mencius. Ancient Interesting Stories Chapter 14

Once upon a time There was a scholar who failed in consecutive examinations and lived a very poor life. One day, a classmate of his childhood got married and asked someone to quietly send him four poems: Walking from the west to the east, there are three stars hanging on the crescent moon, and the three of them ride on a hornless ox. , with three strokes and a little green on his mouth.

Seeing that he was wholeheartedly asking for a favor, he quickly said, "It's hard to refuse such kindness, so I have to go." So he went to his neighbor Qian Zijing's house to borrow a donkey. The scholar came to borrow the donkey, took the pen and ink, and wrote on the paper: the second day of the first lunar month, the fourth day of the first lunar month, and the fifth day of the lunar month. After writing, he put the pen down and gave it to the scholar. He held up his hands and thanked her, saying, "Thank you for your help. I'll be here tomorrow morning." After that, he happily walked out of Qian's house. (Answer: The meaning of this passage is that it's the first day of the first lunar month. That is the word Ken.