Sun Walker and Hu Shizhi's couplets.

1932, entrance examination for freshmen in Tsinghua University. The Chinese exam was given by Chen Yinque, a master of Chinese studies, and one of the questions was a pair. As a result, more than half of the candidates handed in blank papers, while other candidates failed in various competitions, including Tang Sanzang and Zhu Bajie. A few candidates are dissatisfied with Zu Chongzhi and Wang. Only one person praised Chen Yinque's Hu Shizhi (that is, Hu Shi, whose words are appropriate). Master Chen even said: "With these three words, this candidate can go to any department in Tsinghua!" The examinee is the famous linguist Zhou Zumo.

So, why can Zhou Zumo's duality be affirmed by Chen Yinque? Mr. Wang specifically talked about this connection in his reminiscence article: "at that time, I thought there were two people who could fight against it: one was Wang and the other was Wang." For them, it is better to treat "Hu Shizhi". Because "the fittest, go", "go" and "do" have similar meanings, and "introduce" is another meaning. Therefore, I will prefer' Hu Shizhi'. "

In Mr. Chen Yinque's reminiscence article, it is more detailed. 1965, 76-year-old Chen Yinque recalled past propositions in the second collection of manuscripts in Jin Ming Pavilion. "His right topic is Sun Traveler, because Su Dongpo's poem says,' I was afraid of being a traveler in my last life and learned to call Han Jie'. Cold dew is the name of a dog, "walk" and "retreat" are both advanced and backward verbs, and "zhe" and "zhi" are both function words. Dongpo's couplets can be called China's couplets literature ",he said," Yin Ke took Sun Walker as the subtitle, and really wanted candidates to think that Sun Walker was the deputy. Gai's gone is an ape, while "Walker" and "Shun" are relative in meaning and phonology, and they are just being cunning for a while ... "("Sun Hu "means" gone ",which is a simple word like" Lu Han ". For "Zu Chongzhi", although "grandparents and grandchildren" are also in pairs, they are not as clever as "Hu Shizhi".

It turns out that Chen Yinque's answer is "Hu Shizhi". Taking "Hu Shizhi" as "Sun Monkey" is not only steady and harmonious, but also comparable to Su's sentences, and it combines ancient and modern times with allusions. "Hu and Sun" are paired, originally intended to ridicule Hu Shi, who is also a great scholar, as a "monkey". Master Chen is really humorous. Therefore, when Zhou Zumo responded with "Hu Shizhi", Chen Yinque suddenly saw an answer that met his original intention in various dialogues, which naturally made him overjoyed, so that his statement on the spot allowed candidates to choose their major at will in Tsinghua.