Part one: the lake stone in the middle of the river is not a fake island! Can you make a subtle bottom line?

Tang Bohu, Zhu Yunming (Zhu Zhishan), Wen Zhiming and Xu Zhenqing are called "Four Masters in Wuzhong", which is what we often call "Four Masters in Jiangnan". In many TV dramas, there is no Xu Zhenqing among the four great talents in Jiangnan, because he died young. Later, scholars invented a character zhou wenbin to make up the numbers.

In history, Xu Zhenqing can be said to be on an equal footing with Tang Bohu, which means that his talent is not inferior to others. Because of the quatrain of "writing every jade in Jiangzuo and flowers and trees in Yangzhou in the misty moon", it is known as "the crown of Wuzhong poets". Although the four great talents in Jiangnan have their own strengths, they are all brilliant in literary talent. When literati meet, they are better than countless floating dust.

The four great talents in the south of the Yangtze River often get together and paint poems, thus leaving many excellent works. According to legend, Xu Zhenqing once wrote a couplet: "A lake in the heart of a river is not a fake island". At first glance, this couplet is not difficult, but after careful taste, you will find that it is actually a homophonic couplet. Homophonic couplet is to make a pun by using the homophonic voice, which has an interesting effect. The first part of Xu Zhenqing uses the homonym of "Pseudo Island" and "Jia Dao".

Jia Dao is a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty. The word "scrutiny" comes from his poem "Birds inhabit trees by the pool, and monks knock (push) the door under the moon." Both he and Meng Jiao belong to the "Poets of Sorrow", collectively called "Jiao Han Dao Bo", Meng Jiao was called "Poet's Prison" and Jia Dao was called "Poet's Slave" by later generations.

The bottom line of this sentence was written by Wen Zhiming. The bottom line is: "A tiger riding on horseback is called a spotted tiger". The bottom line is a pun on the homonym of "Spot Tiger" and "Ban Biao". Ban Biao was a historian and writer in the Eastern Han Dynasty. His children Ban Zhao and Ban Gu are famous historians, while his youngest son Ban Chao is a famous strategist and diplomat.

Couplets in China have a long history and many unique forms. Homophonic couplets are just one of them. In this long history, in addition to the above-mentioned "building a lake in the middle of the river is not a fake island; In addition to the "tiger skin on horseback", there are many other classic homophonic couplets, such as Jie Jin's "Two apes are logging in the mountains, and the little monkey dares to saw (sentence); A horse is stuck in the mud. How can an old beast give birth to hooves? "Jin Shengtan" lotus (pity) son is bitter in heart; Pear (from) children's stomachache and Cheng's Lotus Root (Lian) due to lotus (what); There are apricots (fortunately) and no plums (media). "

These classic couplets have their own stories behind them. If you are interested in them, you can learn about them yourself.