1. Explanation
Pairs refer to dual sentences written on paper, cloth or carved on bamboo, wood, or pillars. It is a culture unique to the Han nationality and is closely related to Chinese language, writing, rhetoric, thinking and social concepts.
2. The pronunciation rules of pairs
(1) The number of characters is equal: the number of characters in the upper and lower pairs must be equal, no more and no less.
(2) The rhythm is consistent: the rhythm of the upper and lower pairs should be consistent, such as "God's will pity the grass, and the world loves the evening sunshine", both the upper and lower pairs have the rhythm of "two one two".
(3) Relative parts of speech: noun to noun, verb to verb, adjective to description...; that is, vacuous to vacuous, real to real; avoid the opposite of the same word.
(4) The structure is the same: subject-predicate structure versus subject-predicate structure, verb-object structure versus verb-object structure, parallel structure versus parallel structure... such as "The flowers are like brocade when the sun shines, and the willows grow like long trees when the wind blows."
(5) The law of equality and obliqueness: the upper and lower sentences must be opposite. Within a sentence, equal and oblique alternate with each other; between two sentences, equal and oblique are opposite to each other; equal to oblique and oblique to equal. The end of the upper sentence is oblique and the end of the second sentence is flat.
3. Related ancient books
"Enlightenment of Rhythm" was written by Che Wanyu, a Jinshi from Hunan during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty. It has evolved from single-character pairs to double-character pairs to three-character pairs and five-character pairs. , seven-character pairs and eleven-character pairs, that is, layers of pairs from single characters to multiple characters. For example,
The first rhyme is "东".
The clouds are against the rain, the snow is against the wind, and the evening sunshine is against the clear sky.
The coming bird is opposite to the departing swallow, and the local bird is opposite to the singing insect.
Three-foot sword, six-hook bow, Lingbei facing Jiangdong.
The Qingshu Palace in the world is the Guanghan Palace in the sky.
The willows and willows are green at dawn on both sides of the bank, and the apricot blossoms are red in the spring rain in the garden.