In the history of China, since Meng Changjun, the emperor of Shu after the Five Dynasties, wrote the first Spring Festival couplets on New Year's Eve, couplets were born and have been popular ever since. From emperors to princes to scholars, everyone likes it, and everyone can be right regardless of age. Sometimes, a seven-year-old boy may be better than a scholar.
In the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang liked couplets. He not only rebelled against princes and ministers, but also often visited them incognito and paired up with the people below. Therefore, he is also known as the Emperor of Couplets. He once said: "Breaking barbarians is the first in ancient and modern times; Out will enter the phase, unparalleled "dedicated to Xu Da. He also sent a pair of couplets to Meiyin House in Ma Xu: "The worldly customs are the first honor. "
Since the emperor loves couplets, he naturally cannot lack the "perfect old man" Emperor Qianlong.
During the Qianlong period, there was a student named Liu in Guanquan Village, Chishan Town, Shangli County, Pingxiang City, Jiangxi Province. Liu lost his mother in his early years, but he didn't study hard. Besides, he was brilliant, so he soon stood out.
Liu writes beautifully. He took part in palace examination after the senior high school entrance examination at the age of 18. As a result, it was time for the exam, and he hadn't written it yet. The examiner decided not to accept his paper, but thought that Liu's calligraphy was not beautiful, so he authorized him to hand it in later and light candles for him himself.
Liu didn't disappoint the history of this department of rites, and won the third place in one fell swoop, and there was also a third place, which is what you called Hua Tan. The first place is the champion and the second place is the runner-up.
However, I glanced at Liu and said that he was ugly and didn't want to send flowers to this 28-year-old boy. So he decided to take Liu's exam again. After thinking for a while, he said to Liu, I'll let you guess right. If you can answer correctly, I will let you do a flower exploration. Immediately, dry mouth up a top allied:
Dong Qiming, Xi Chang Gung, Nanji Beidou, I am a star picker;
Qi Ming is Venus, Chang Gung is Venus, Venus and Chang Gung are Venus, but one morning is in the east and the other night is in the west. The dustpan is one of the 28 stars, including four stars, and the Big Dipper is the Big Dipper. The first part contains the stars of the four directions, which is domineering.
In addition, this couplet has two meanings: on the surface, it means that Gan Long thinks he is a star picker, but in fact, it implies that he can decide everything. Whether he can decide whether he can explore flowers or not depends on himself.
After Liu kowtowed and said "yes", he listened to the first part of Qianlong and immediately made the second part:
Spring peony, summer peony, autumn chrysanthemum, winter plum flower, I am a flower-exploring lang.
The second couplet includes four seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter, and when it comes to flowers in four seasons, it is even more rare that "Flower Explorer" has two meanings: first, he is willing to be a flower explorer and present flowers to your majesty, which means that he is willing to contribute to the emperor and govern the world; Second, the third flower exploration of the flower exploration lang than the palace examination.
Hearing this, Qianlong was very happy, and immediately approved the third place in Wei Liu, and the flower detective deserved it. Later, Qianlong thought Liu was brilliant and praised him as a good player in Jiangxi. Liu later served as an examiner in Hubei, Shandong, Jiangnan and other places, and studied politics in Guangxi, Shandong and Zhejiang, and his reputation spread far and wide.