Wang Xizhi's couplet "Look at the sword while drinking wine, read at night while burning incense". Wang Xizhi, the general of the right army of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, was good at poetry, calligraphy and painting, and was especially famous for his calligraphy. One night, when nothing happened in the military tent, Wang Xi lit sandalwood. Stay up late and read at night. Suddenly, I thought of a couplet, but after thinking about it for a long time, I couldn't find the right one. At this time, Yin Hao, the general of the Chinese Army, came here to check the accounts. He saw the lights in the Youjun tent were brightly lit. As he entered the account, he said, "Youjun, why are you studying so hard late at night?" Wang Xizhi saw Yin Hao in front of him. When Yin Hao came, he was overjoyed and immediately asked him for a sentence: "I just got an upper couplet by chance. I didn't get the second couplet as expected. I hope the Chinese army can teach me." When Yin Hao saw the first couplet, it read:
Looking at the sword while drinking;
p>I feel that the writing is elegant and the charm is honest, and I appreciate it very much. When he looked up, he saw cigarette smoke curling up in the tent, and the fragrance was bursting. He smiled and said, "Why don't you burn incense and read it at night?" When Wang Xizhi heard this, he suddenly realized, and repeatedly said the wonderful saying: "Thank you for your guidance, the second couplet is ready." He wrote:
Reading at night while burning incense.
This couplet is concise and concise, burning wine, looking at the sword and reading, which fully expresses the charm of the Confucian general