This is not a poem, but a couplet, which was created by Qin Dashi, the champion of Qianlong Dynasty in Qing Dynasty.
There is a mansion building in Qing Dynasty on Changle Road beside Qinhuai River in Nanjing. The owner of the mansion is Qin Dashi, the champion of Qing Dynasty.
It is said that this famous couplet was made while visiting Yuewang Temple in Hangzhou with others, which not only avoided embarrassment, but also skillfully answered people's difficult questions, and was worthy of being the first generation scholar.
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People call Qin Dashi's poems, books and paintings three unique skills, and he became even better after winning the first prize. He once wrote Selected Works of Zhaoming on the orders of Qianlong. Bao Shichen, a famous calligrapher in Qing Dynasty, divided the calligraphers in Qing Dynasty into five grades and nine grades in "Art Boat and Double Drum", and Qin Dashi was listed as "able product".
In the Westinghouse of the former residence, there are still inscriptions written by Qin Zhuangyuan in four styles: Zheng, Cao, Li and Zhuan, all of which are pleasing to the eye. In his later years, tuas liked painting, especially good at writing bamboo, and sometimes made freehand flowers, which was full of vitality and fame.
As a native of Jinling, Qin Dashi left many relics in Jinling. Especially in the south of the city, there are many ink poems of tuas. The plaque of the "Southeast First School" in Dacheng Hall of Confucius Temple was inscribed by Da Shi. Qin Dashi, where Zhishi returned home, stayed at home, went out for a trip, and wandered around the landscape gardens, where he found leisure everywhere.
Niushou Mountain, Sheshan Mountain (now Qixia Mountain), Longjiang Pass and Wulongtan have printed his footprints everywhere; The Hanbi Building in Longtan and the snow and ice nest in Taoxiang are all chanted by top scholars.