This is a couplet, not an ancient poem.
It is a couplet of Tiegong Temple in Daming Lake, Jinan, Shandong Province (iron selection, Ming Dynasty sacrifice). The author is unknown. That is a pair of couplets by Liu. It describes the beauty of Daming Lake-surrounded by lotus flowers and weeping willows on three sides; Half of the mountains in a city are reflected in the lake.
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"Jiangxi gifted scholar" Liu
There is a couplet on the telephone pole at the entrance of Daming Lake in Jinan City, Shandong Province: "Lotus flowers on four sides and willows on three sides, a city with mountains and a half city with lakes". This couplet just sums up the scenic features of Jinan and attracts a large number of tourists. The author of this couplet is Liu, who is known as "a gifted scholar in Jiangxi".
Liu (1760? 1830), the word Chengmu, No. Jinmen people are from Shiguanquan Village, Chishan Township, Shangli County, Pingxiang City. In the fifty-fourth year of Qianlong (1789), the third scholar in China (exploring flowers). Editor-in-chief of Imperial College. After 56 years of Qianlong (179 1), he was promoted to a bachelor's degree in work-study program in imperial academy. Since then, he has successively served as imperial academy Toast Ceremony, Taishang Temple Shangshu, Bachelor of Cabinet, Right Assistant Minister of Ministry of War, Right Assistant Minister of Civil Affairs and Right Assistant Minister of Civil Affairs. During this period, he worked as a scholar in Guangxi, Shandong, Zhejiang and other provinces.
Liu Caisi is agile, eloquent and extraordinary in writing. There are many stories that he improvises and talks eloquently among Pingxiang people.
When Liu was a teenager, he was a famous child prodigy in the village. One spring, an old man with a good knowledge of literature and ink saw Liu passing through the field. He said, "The straw sticks to the seedling, and the father holds the child." That's right. It happened that a girl was passing by with a basket of small bamboo shoots. Liu Ling had an idea and said, "The bamboo basket is filled with bamboo shoots, and mother is pregnant." Everyone praised it as wonderful. After Liu passed the exam, he got married in a family in the village downstairs. Do it yourself. He died because of fatigue and a heart attack. Disaster fell from the sky and a happy event turned into a funeral. Seeing that the sedan chair of the new wife is coming, how to rewrite the couplets in front of the door? Scholars invited several batches, all shook their heads and left one after another. It happened that Liu passed by, and the master asked him to make couplets to save the scene as soon as possible. Liu smiled and wrote a novel and interesting couplet for this family. The couplet says: "Red wedding, white wedding, red and white wedding; Can't cry, can't laugh, can't laugh. " All the onlookers applauded.
In the old imperial examination, the imperial palace examination should be hand-picked for the first place in three places. In the fifty-fourth year of Qianlong (1789), after Liu entered the palace for examination, his curiosity drove him to visit all parts of the Golden Palace. Unfortunately, the emperor saw it. The emperor said angrily, "What are you looking at?" Hearing this, Liu replied trembling, "I want to see the calligraphy and painting in the temple." The emperor said, "What calligraphy and painting?" Liu Gaofeng said, "If the emperor doesn't believe in couplets, I can recite them." When the emperor heard this, he might as well let him recite it, and then said, "If you can recite the couplets in the temple, you will be exempted from punishment." Liu did recite all the couplets in the temple word for word. The emperor said, "How do you have this memory?" Liu Yue said, "Your Majesty, the waning moon shines on the earth." It is said that Liu has a disease that can be seen at a glance. When the emperor heard this, he was overjoyed and immediately told him, "Who is the star picker, East Qi Ming, West Chang Gung, and Beidou, Antarctica?" Liu thought for a moment and said to himself, "Spring Peony, Summer Lotus, Autumn Chrysanthemum and Winter Plum Flower, I am Tanhualang." Your highness's civil and military officials are impressed. According to his qualifications, Liu should have been the top scholar, but this pair of meanings was originally dedicated to flower exploration. "East, West, North and South" must be for "Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter" and "Star Picking" must be for "Flower Exploration Lang", so
Liu is an official in Beijing. As a bachelor's attendant, he traveled with Emperor Qianlong to Mount Tai, climb the summit and see the mountains. He was very happy when he saw the momentum, and then he rested in the temple at the top of the mountain. The abbot of the temple seized this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, ordered Xiaomi Sha to carry it into the huge plaque, and requested a royal book to increase his glory. Emperor Qianlong always writes and visits everywhere. He likes to write poems and ink to leave traces of royalty. Ask the abbot for a book. Suddenly, I felt feverish and uncomfortable. Seeing Liu Taigong on the left, I had a brainwave, drew a few strokes on my palm with a pen, held out my palm and asked Liu, "What do you think?" Seeing that Ganlong's hands were empty, Liu knew that Ganlong wanted to draft it himself, but refused to make any noise. He nodded frequently and pretended to chant. "It's perfect that you can see it at a glance." Very good! When Qianlong heard these eight words, he was very ambitious, knowing silently and writing a book with great interest. I didn't expect the word "one" of "take in everything in a glance" to be raised by half a grid. If he continues to write, the layout of the words will be ugly. He quickly stopped writing, and his hands could not help sweating. Liu was also very anxious when he saw this scene. Knowing that the emperor was doing the same thing again, Liu hurried forward and pretended to be serious, saying, "The world is small, but it is more beautiful and better." So much the better! "Qianlong was relieved, as Liu said, in one go. The temple on the top of Mount Tai still hangs this horizontal plaque of "Better in a Small World".
Liu's "humble rise" can really be described as "water without a source, grass without a root" He was born in a poor peasant family, lost his mother at the age of 6, and loved learning since childhood. He works hard. After being admitted to Jinshi, I went to Beijing to take the entrance examination. I only had 65,438+04 strings of money on me, so I had to walk all the way. I couldn't walk any further before renting a donkey. Many things happened, and he became famous in one fell swoop. He has collected three volumes of Du Fu's poems. In Book Proverbs Six, he said: "Words carry words. Although words are gorgeous, they are extravagant." So his poems are also very simple. Because of his poems, Li Gongyi, the governor of Guangdong Province, did not expect that he was born in poverty, so he readily betrothed his daughter to him, leaving an eternal story. Liu is also very accomplished in calligraphy, with big letters and running scripts. Never see each other. He is more diligent and persistent in his studies. More than 20 years later, he finally completed the historical masterpiece Supplement to the History of the Five Dynasties, and also compiled 32 volumes of Collected Works of Cunrezhai, with 4 volumes attached, becoming a famous scholar who will remain immortal. He died in Hangzhou in the first month of the tenth year of Daoguang (1830).