1. The wonderful pairing between Ji Xiaolan and Qianlong?
After Ji Xiaolan became a Jinshi in the 19th year of Qianlong's reign, he became a bachelor's student and accompanied Emperor Qianlong to study. As time goes by, I can’t help but miss my hometown in Hejian. Emperor Qianlong also noticed Ji Xiaolan's thoughts and said, "Ji Xiaolan, you look gloomy and unhappy, and you must have something on your mind. How about you let me guess it for you?" Ji Xiaolan asked, "How can your majesty guess it?" Qianlong Said: "I think you are: You are very thoughtful, you miss your wife, your children, and your parents." Ji Xiaolan immediately knelt down and said, "Your Majesty is right. With your Majesty's permission, I would like to give you leave to return to your hometown to visit relatives. Ji Xiaolan is sincerely grateful. Holy grace. I said, "Thank you, thank you." When Emperor Qianlong saw Ji Xiaolan's neat response, he was overjoyed and allowed Ji Xiaolan to go back to his hometown to visit his relatives. ?
2. Li Tiaoyuan's Miao vs. Tang Bohu?
In the Qing Dynasty, Li Tiaoyuan, a talented man from Shu, visited a temple in the mountains. The elder said that he had something to ask for. It turns out that there is a lotus picture in the temple, which was painted by the elder master. It happened that Tang Bohu was visiting here, and the old monk asked him to write an inscription on the painting. Tang Bohu picked up his pen and wrote an inscription: "Paint lotus and monk painting". After writing, he said to the old monk: "After I leave, if anyone can figure out the second couplet, this person must be a genius today!"? Li Tiaoyuanyi Looking at it, I discovered the beauty of this first couplet: it is a palindromic couplet and has homophones, and the pronunciation of the characters is exactly the same when they are read backwards and forwards. Finally, he wrote the second couplet next to Tang Bohu's first couplet: "Shu Lin Han Tie Hanlin Shu". These seven words were read in reverse, and the pronunciation of the words was exactly the same as the original reading. They perfectly matched Tang Bohu's first couplet, and the elders clapped their hands and marveled. Since then, this painting has become the temple's treasure. ?
3. Zhuge Liang fought back against Zhou Yu?
According to legend, Zhou Yu was conceited. Once, he mentioned to Zhuge Liang that Mrs. Zhuge Huang’s face was ugly, and said to Zhuge Liang: “There is a purpose.” It's also ugly. If you don't have eyes, you'll be ugly. If you remove the eyes, add a girl and you'll become a girl. ?The women in Longzhong are born ugly, and it is difficult to choose a girl from a hundred miles. (The ancient Chinese way of writing "Look", the left radical is "eye" and the right radical is "ugly") After hearing this, Zhuge Liang smiled slightly and immediately said to him: "With wood, it is also a bridge, and without wood, it is also a bridge," remove the edges of the bridge. Wood, if you add a girl, you will become a charming girl. ?There are only two beauties in Jiangdong, and it is hard to guarantee that the bronze bird will not be charming. ? Zhou Yu was furious after hearing this, but Zhuge Liang still won. Whether this legend is true or not is unknown. ?
4. Zheng Banqiao met with the United Nations to help the poor?
When Zheng Banqiao was the county magistrate, he paid a private visit incognito and saw a couplet posted on the dilapidated door of a house: ? Two, three, four, five? Six. Seven or eighty-nine? Hengbiao: Another year? Zheng Banqiao saw the couplet and hurriedly ordered his entourage to go back to the Yamen to get rice, noodles, clothes, etc. The head of the household thanked him with tears. ?
5. Liang Qichao’s wonderful confrontation with Zhang Zhidong?
It is said that Liang Qichao went to see Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Huguang. Zhang Zhidong wanted to give Liang Qichao a boost. As soon as they met, he came up with a couplet to make Liang right: "Sishuijiang is first, Sishixia is second, I live in Jiangxia, who is first and who is second?" (Wuhan was formerly known as Jiangxia) Liang Qichao calmly did the right thing: "Three religious Confucianism comes first, and three talented people come behind. Confucians who are born in a niche do not dare to be in front or behind." A true scholar must have courage and integrity. "Don't dare to be in front and don't dare to be behind" reflects a spirit of being humble but neither humble nor arrogant. ?
6. "It's better not to tell" and "Why bother to take care of it"?
It is said that there is an official in a certain county who likes to discuss the rights and wrongs of his superiors and criticize the current abuses. One day, a censor in the imperial court inspected the county government. Someone reported the matter. The censor called the official in charge and gave him a scolding. He angrily said in a couplet: "The person who talks about others is said by the person who talks about others, and everyone is criticized." Say it, it is better not to say it. After hearing this, the principal was dissatisfied and replied to the following couplet: "The officials in charge are under the supervision of the officials in charge, and the officials are under supervision, so why bother to supervise them too much?"
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7. Farmers accidentally collected debts from landlords?
According to legend, there was a farmer who could not repay his debt to the landlord, so he asked someone to write a couplet and paste it on the door. The couplet is :? Borrow new debts, repay old debts, repay debts with debts, repay debts with debts? Demolish the east wall, mend the west wall, tear down the wall to mend the wall, wall to mend the wall? Horizontal comment: Old (without a "point" in it)? Landlords come to collect debts Seeing the couplet, he was surprised and said to himself: "The word "老" in this horizontal batch does not sound like "kao", and it doesn't sound like "老" at all?" Before he finished speaking, the farmer said: "Lao (the word "老") ) If I had a little, I would have paid it back to you long ago! ”?
8. Putting aside life?
The brilliance of couplets lies in the perfect combination of glyphs and meanings. One couplet is even It’s interesting, as follows: ?First line: If you don’t put it aside, you will end up suffering;??Second line: Each of you will become famous if you hold back. ?Hengbiao: Life is written down? The beauty of it is that if the word "ruo" is not written out, it is the word "suffering"; ?the word "ge" can only be written down to be the word "name"; That is "people". ?Everything in this world, aside from some benefits, won’t be painful if you look at it. Being able to suppress your emotions is the great wisdom in life. Isn’t it wonderful? ?
9. Connecting couplets?
The calligraphy sage Wang Xizhi’s words are hard to come by. One New Year’s Eve, the couplets he posted on his doorstep were taken away several times, so he hatched a plan. , posted a couplet: "Blessings never come in pairs; misfortunes never come alone." ? In this way, no one dared to expose it, but after all, it is the Spring Festival and cannot be unlucky, so I added a few words at the end, which is amazing: "Unparalleled blessings have come this morning;" Misfortune never comes alone. Last night. ?
10. Celebrities from the Three Kingdoms are in pairs?
There is a Sanyuan Pagoda built in the Jiajing period in Neijiang, Sichuan. There is a couplet in the tower describing the scenery, but in fact the homophones include the names of six people from the Three Kingdoms:? Living in a pagoda, looking at Kongming, complaining that it is difficult to travel around the river; a bird is in a cage, thinking about its nest, and Guan Yu is so ruthless that he cannot fly. ? It contains the names of six people: Kong Ming, Jiang Wei (Jiangwei), Lu Bu (Lvbu), Cao Cao (? Caochao), Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei. ?The literal meaning can be interpreted as: the bird is surrounded in the pagoda, looking at the light in the pagoda hole, only complaining about the siege by the river embankment, making it difficult to travel; being imprisoned, the heart misses the old nest, and only hates that its wings are trapped in the pagoda. Close, unable to spread its wings and fly. ?
11. Dilemma?
Once upon a time, there was a scholar whose father died suddenly on the morning of his wedding, so he had to organize the funeral and the wedding together. According to custom, couplets must be posted on funerals and happy events. Scholars were in trouble, but a scholar wrote a couplet: "When a relative is mourning and you are a bridegroom, do you cry?" Are you laughing? ?Thinking about it carefully, I can’t laugh or cry? Say goodbye to the mourning hall and enter the bridal chamber. Enter? Retreat? Consider again, in a dilemma? This couplet depicts the scholar's ambivalent psychology of sadness and joy. ?
12. "By virtue of" superiors and subordinates, etc.?
In view of the strong official atmosphere of "superior and inferior" in feudal society, someone made a joke: "The boss has only spoken half a sentence, but he has already said yes" Yes, yes, yes, yes? The subordinates made thousands of speeches, always saying "um, um, um, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh," Tang Bohu asked him to write a couplet, and he gladly wrote it: "Business is like spring, wealth is like water" Unexpectedly, the businessman thought that getting rich didn't mean much. Tang Bohu saw that he was a layman, so he wrote another couplet and said mockingly:? The business in front of the door is like a team of mosquitoes coming in and out on a summer night. At night, the copper coins are like lice in winter. ?
14. Su Guo’s response to Su Shi? Half past midnight; (Su Shi)? Mid-Autumn Festival in August. (Su Guo)?
It is said that one year, Su Shi and his family were enjoying the moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival. At midnight, Su Shi wanted to test his sons' talents, so he recited the first couplet and asked his three sons to oppose him. His third son, Su Guo, reacted quickly and immediately responded to the second line. It is really "a tiger father has no dog son". ?
15. Su Shi and Huang Tingjian's views on each other?
Su Shi and Huang Tingjian are good friends, and they often talk to each other: "The study is like a medicine room; (Su Shi)" A bachelor is a doctor. (Huang Tingjian) The real calligraphy was written on the water of a toad; (Su Shi) It was written cursive in the mud by earthworms. (Huang Tingjian) (The couplets ridicule each other's shortcomings in calligraphy.) When playing chess under the pine, the pine nuts will fall with the chess pieces; (Su Shi) When fishing by the willows, the willow silk will often hang with the fishing line. (Huang Tingjian)? It is said that one day, Su Shi and Huang Tingjian were playing Go under a pine tree. Suddenly a few pine nuts fell on the chessboard, and Su Shi recited the first couplet smoothly.
Huang Tingjian looked up and looked around, and saw a fisherman fishing under a willow tree by the lake, so he wrote the second couplet. One said that pine nuts are meaningful, and the other said that willow silk is sentimental. They use anthropomorphic techniques. There are paintings in the couplets and poems in the paintings. They are poetic and full of interest. ?The snow is flying in the sky, and the farmers are singing together to bring joy to the whole world; (Su Shi)? The sunset reflects on the water, and the fishermen are singing red all over the river. (Huang Tingjian)? Su Shi and Huang Tingjian went on a boat trip and returned late in the evening. It was truly spectacular when the sunset glow reflected on the water. Huang Tingjian chanted the second couplet. Su Shi was indulging in the scenery, and was triggered by Huang Tingjian's sentence, and then continued with the first couplet. "Putianle" and "Manjianghong" in the couplet not only show the scene at that time and place, but also are the names of "Cipai". After the two chanted, they clapped their hands and laughed in unison.