1. Two orioles singing green willows - I don’t know what to say.
A line of egrets ascending into the blue sky - a long way off topic.
That is: "Two orioles sing in the green willows, and a row of egrets ascend to the blue sky." The idioms are - incomprehensible and off topic.
2. From: Zhu Zhishan’s review article.
It is said that one day, the county magistrate invited Zhu Zhishan to the county government office and showed Zhu Zhishan an article written by his son. Zhu Zhishan couldn't refuse, so he read it carefully and wrote two lines of Tang poems: Two orioles singing in the green willows, and a line of egrets ascending to the blue sky. There is a line of small words written next to it: Type two idioms to form a comment. After that, Zhu Zhishan left.
The masters read Zhu Zhishan’s comments and complimented them one after another: the two orioles crowing in the green willows in the first sentence means that the article was written vividly; the egrets in the blue sky in the second sentence mean that the clouds are rising straight up, pointing to the future of the young master. Infinite. The county magistrate smiled happily.
When Zhu Zhishan’s friends learned about this, they visited Zhu Zhishan’s house and asked about Zhu Zhishan’s original intention. Zhu Zhishan said eight words, which was exactly the opposite of what the masters understood.
3. Introduction to Zhu Zhishan:
Zhu Yunming (1460-1526), ??whose courtesy name was Xizhe, was named Zhishan because he had branch fingers on his right hand. Known as "Zhu Jingzhao" in the world, he was born in Changzhou (now Wuxian County, Jiangsu Province) and was extremely intelligent since he was a child. In the fifth year of Hongzhi (1429), he passed the imperial examination, but failed in the examination for a long time. In the ninth year of Zhengde (1514), he was awarded the title of magistrate of Xingning County, Guangdong. In the first year of Jiajing (1522), he was transferred to the general magistrate of Yingtian (now Nanjing) Prefecture. Soon he returned to his hometown due to illness.
Zhu Yunming was good at poetry and prose, especially calligraphy, and was well-known throughout the country. He had a similar spirit with Tang Yin, but encountered many difficulties. Together with Tang Yin, Wen Zhengming and Xu Zhenqing, he is known as the "Four Talents in Wuzhong". Together with Wen Zhengming and Wang Chong, he is a representative calligrapher of the mid-Ming Dynasty. In his early years, regular script was refined and rigorous. He learned from Zhao Mengfu and Chu Suiliang, and also followed the "two kings" from Europe and Yu. The masters of cursive calligraphy are Li Yong, Huang Tingjian, and Mi Fu. They have profound skills. In their later years, they especially changed and their character deteriorated.
"Mingshan Zang" says: "Yun Mingshu came in and out of the Jin and Wei Dynasties, and became more and more strange in the later years, ranking first in the country."
"Linchi Xinjie" by Zhu Hegen in the Qing Dynasty It says: "I wish the great grass in Jingzhao has learned the principles of Youjun's spirit, and sometimes reveals its aura; the small grass suddenly becomes pure and gentle, dense in the rows, and becomes as abundant as Xiao Yuan, almost as good as Chu (Suiliang) Gong."
Representative works include "Taihu Poems", "Honghou Yin", "Chibi Fu", etc. The "Poetry and Fu Volume in Six-Style Script", "Du Fu's Poetry Volume in Cursive Script", "Nineteen Ancient Poems", "Poetry Volume of Tang Dynasty in Cursive Script" and "Poem and Han Volume in Cursive Script" are all calligraphy treasures handed down from generation to generation.