Su Shi wrote a couplet to tease the young monk. As soon as the second couplet came out, Dongpo felt ashamed!
If we talk about famous poets in the Northern Song Dynasty, Su Shi, one of the eight great poets of the Tang and Song Dynasties, must be among them. Su Shi was a famous writer and painter in the Northern Song Dynasty. He had high attainments in poetry, calligraphy and painting. He was respectfully called Dongpo layman, also known as Su Dongpo.
Like other scholars, Su Shi also wanted to obtain fame, become an official in the court, be put into important use by the court, do what he could for the court, and realize his lofty ideals. However, things always went against his wishes. In his life, he was demoted by the emperor many times for offending officials. Over time, after several ups and downs, Su Dongpo also looked away, no longer obsessed with the mundane world, and began to wander around.
Su Shi had a bold personality and was straightforward, so he met many monks when he went out. Among them, the one with whom he had the best relationship was Monk Foyin. The two had similar interests and often chatted and exchanged words with each other. One time Su Dongpo and Foyin went out to play together. At this time, Su Dongpo saw a dog gnawing bones by the river. He pointed at him and laughed. Foyin didn't know that Su Shi was making fun of him. It turned out that "the dog gnawed the bones on the river." , the pronunciation of "on the river" is similar to that of "monk", and Foyin thought for a moment, threw the fan he was holding into the river, and responded: "The poem of Dongpo on the water flow", this fan is Dongpo A gift for him. He also personally wrote poems on the fan, transforming "poetry" into the homophony of "corpse" to answer Dongpo's examination questions. After seeing it, Su Shi felt very ashamed and couldn't help but admire Foyin's talent even more.
Su Dongpo and Foyin were not much different in age, and they were good friends. Naturally, they would not care about this, and regarded it as a literary discussion between each other. But that time that made Su Shi extremely embarrassed, He is the young monk in Foyin's family. One day, Su Shi went to Foyin's house to chat with him. Foyin happened to be away, leaving only a young monk to look after the house. So Su Shi wanted to tease him, so he asked: "Where is the bald donkey?" Unexpectedly, the young monk was really there. He replied: "Dongpo eats grass." This answer can be said to be very quick. Originally, donkeys eat grass for a living, and Dongpo can be said to be the real location, in order to counter Dongpo's question.
Su Shi really didn't expect that there would be such a smart monk in his friend's temple, and he was much younger than him, and he admired his knowledge even more.