Couplets in Wang’s Ancestral Hall Common couplets in ancestral halls:
Nuan Shu Liu Bank;
Rui Yi Huai Hall.
——Quan Lian Dian refers to the father and son Wang You and Wang Dan of the Northern Song Dynasty.
Huaitang Shirui;
Pearl trees and family treasures.
——The first couplet refers to Wang You of the Northern Song Dynasty. The second couplet refers to Wang Bo of Tang Dynasty.
Wangchuan calligraphy and painting;
Yi State is strict.
——Shangliandian came from Tang Dynasty Wang Wei, who was good at poetry and painting. He lived in Lantian and Wangchuan in his later years. The second couplet comes from Wang Zeng of the Song Dynasty, who was granted the title of Duke of Yi and was strict in his administration.
Green Tomb of Ming Fei;
Golden Mother Yaochi.
——The first couplet refers to Wang Zhaojun of the Western Han Dynasty. The second line refers to the mythical Queen Mother of the West.
A famous family in Taiyuan;
A famous family in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
——The first couplet refers to Wang Dun of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The second couplet refers to Dao Wang of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
Sanhuai Shize;
The reputation of the two Jin Dynasties.
——The first couplet states that Wang You, the father of Wang Dan in the Song Dynasty, planted three locust trees in the courtyard and said: "In the future generations after me, there will definitely be three nobles." At that time, he was called "the three locust kings" " Xia Lian Dian came from Wang Dao of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, who rose to the position of prime minister, and his descendants have been wearing hairpins for generations.
Wuxiang is a family tradition;
The ancient green box.
——The Shanglian Dian came from the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Wang Biao was proficient in classics and familiar with the old affairs of Jiangzuo. The recorded rituals were hidden in the Qingxi box and passed down from generation to generation. It was known as "Wang's Qingxiang study". Xia Lian Dian dates back to the Eastern Jin Dynasty when the Wang family's distinguished family settled in Wuyi Lane, Jiankang.
Please let me know Li Shize;
I love Goose’s family voice.
——The first couplet comes from Wang Xiang of the Han Dynasty, and there is a story about lying on the ice to beg a carp to serve his mother. It was listed as one of the "Twenty-four Filial Piety" in the old days. In the second couplet, Wang Xizhi of the Eastern Jin Dynasty had sex with a goose and wrote the Tao Te Ching for the Shanyin priests in exchange for the goose.
Yangming's academics;
Yishao is romantic.
——This couplet is the couplet of the Taiyuan Hall of the ancestral hall of the Wang family. The first couplet indicates that Wang Shouren gave lectures in his hometown, Yangming Cave, and was known as "Mr. Yangming" in the world. The second couplet refers to Wang Xizhi of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, whose courtesy name is Yi Shao. There is a story of "the East bed is open and the abdomen is open".
Carp leaping on the ice;
Flying ducks toward the palace.
——The first couplet comes from Wang Xiang of the Han Dynasty, who once lay on the ice and begged a carp to serve his mother. The second couplet comes from the palace of Prince Qiao in the Eastern Han Dynasty. He came and went without a trace, flying with his twin ducks. At that time, people called him the "immortal official".
Once the old virtue is passed down;
The five words shine on the talents.
——Wang Shulian, a member of the civil service and calligrapher of the Qing Dynasty.
Huaijie Peishide;
Wuxiang Huan family reputation.
——Liu Yong’s autographed couplets from the Wang family’s old ancestral hall in Gaomi City, Shandong Province.
Lanting's family reputation is far away;
Three locust trees last forever.
——The Shangliandian refers to the calligraphy of Wang Xizhi of the Eastern Jin Dynasty as the best in ancient and modern times, and the "Lanting Preface" has a profound influence. The second couplet refers to Wang You of the Northern Song Dynasty.
The green sarong protects the poet's grass;
The golden belt surrounds the prime minister's flower.
——The first couplet was written by Wang Bo in the Tang Dynasty. After Xian Da became the Prime Minister, the monks used a blue sarong to protect the lonely and poor man and inscribed it on the wall of the temple when he was sending food. The second couplet shows Han Qi's family banquet in the Song Dynasty. Wang Gui, Wang Anshi and Chen Shengzhi were all present. There were four branches in a golden belt, and the last four became prime ministers one after another.
Yellow locust trees and green bamboos are planted in the new courtyard;
Purple swallows and red geese speak of the old home.
——The first couplet refers to Wang You and Wang Xianzhi of the Northern Song Dynasty. The second couplet refers to Wang Xie and Wang Xizhi of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
Lotus flowers bloom all over the world;
A glass of fine wine looks at the lakes and mountains.
——The first couplet comes from a poem by Wang Wan, a poet from the Tang Dynasty. The second couplet is a collection of poems by Wang Tinggui, a poet from the Song Dynasty.
The couplets are written in Youjun's ink;
The joy of spring is attributed to Mojie's poems.
——The first couplet came from Wang Xizhi of the Jin Dynasty, who was known as King Youjun in the world. The lower couplet contains the Tang Dynasty poet Wang Wei, whose courtesy name was Mojie.
The falling clouds on the autumn water startle everyone;
The tung blossoms sit on the phoenix and report to the wise.
——The first couplet comes from Wang Bo, a writer of the Tang Dynasty, whose "Preface to Prince Teng's Pavilion" contains the sentence "The setting clouds and solitary swans fly together, the autumn water and the long sky are the same color". The lower couplet contains Wang Shizhen, a Qing Dynasty poet and Minister of Justice.
Family integrity is the same as that of pine and bamboo;
The merits of serving the country are the same as fighting mountains.
——Adopt Wang's Jieyitang couplet. The Shanglian Dian comes from the Wang family, which has a strong sense of integrity. Xia Lian Dian has a large number of talented people from the Wang family, many of whom have made great contributions to the country and the people, and have meritorious deeds as great as those of a nobleman.
The yellow locust tree and the green box are beautiful for thousands of years,
The red goose with purple air is spring for thousands of years.
——Contemporary financier Wang Shaofeng wrote a couplet of Shangdetang in his new residence in Shenzhen. The first couplet is derived from Wang You, Wang Dao, Wang Anshi, Wang Yangming, Wang Fuzhi, etc., which is a metaphor for the Wang family's inheritance of etiquette and righteousness, poetry and calligraphy to teach children, abundant talents, especially good at organizing the whole chapter; the second couplet is from Xuanyuan Huangdi, Wang Xizhi, Wang Xianzhi, etc. It shows that the Wang family is the descendant of the emperor and has a long history.