"The cool breeze and the bright moon are priceless, and the clear breeze and the bright moon are everywhere." It means that the clear breeze and the bright moon are everywhere, but for ordinary people, money can't buy them. Things, but in the eyes of the poet, they all become sentimental things, with strong contrast.
This is a couplet that Liang Zhangju obtained for editing "Canglang Pavilion Chronicles". It is a couplet engraved on the stone pillars of Canglang Pavilion in Suzhou's famous garden. The first couplet comes from the first sentence of the poem "Canglang Pavilion" written by Ouyang Xiu, a famous official in the Northern Song Dynasty, "The breeze and the bright moon are priceless, but it is only sold for 40,000 yuan." The second couplet comes from the second sentence of the poem "Passing Suzhou" written by Su Shunqin, the founder of Canglang Pavilion and a contemporary of Ouyang Xiu, "The green poplars and egrets are all contented, and the near water and the distant mountains are all sentimental."
It shows that the author is very happy with the environment he is in, thus giving emotions to the mountains and rivers around him.
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The upper and lower couplets are neatly contrasted, which not only records the origin of Su Shunqin’s purchase of the private garden where Canglang Pavilion is located with 40,000 yuan, but also It highlights the beauty of the scenery here with "far mountains and near water", which is a perfect combination and complements each other.
Canglang Pavilion has been destroyed and renovated several times in history. This couplet was engraved by Liang Zhangju, the envoy to Jiangsu Province in the 7th year of Daoguang reign of the Qing Dynasty when he rebuilt the Canglang Pavilion. Three points add a lot of glory to the famous pavilion. In the past two hundred years, many literati and scholars have lingered in front of the pavilion, looking at the couplets and imagining the scenery.
More than a hundred years later, this couplet was written on a scroll by Wang Xiaju, a famous contemporary calligrapher. The calligraphy and couplets shine, the poetry and the fragrance of ink blend together, expressing the beautiful feelings of a generation of calligraphers.