Also talk about couplets
Jin Yong:
The master of Baijian Hall mentioned two couplets in Hangzhou in the article "Reciting Poems and Composing Couples and the like", because I He is from Hangzhou, and he asked me which couplets impressed me the most among the countless couplets in Hangzhou. The first thing I thought of was the couplet in the Yuexia Old Man's Temple: "May all lovers in the world become dependents; it is a destiny destined in the previous life, so don't miss your marriage." The first couplet of this couplet was originally from "Continuation of the West Chamber", and was approved by Jin Shengtan "Continuation of the West Wing" scolds it from beginning to end, and only praises the last two sentences. I think everyone will be happy after reading this couplet, and the diction is also good (there are 99 autographs in Yuexia Laoren Temple, all of which are quoted from scriptures and poems. The elegance and vulgarity are different from those of Wong Tai Sin's autographs here). There is also the couplet written by Ruan Yuan for the Hangzhou Gongyuan: "I wrote a thousand words, when the locust seeds are yellow, the osmanthus is fragrant; when I go out and smile, I see the full moon on the West Lake, and the tide is coming from the east Zhejiang." I remembered this couplet when I was a child, and I will use it every time in the future. When I turn in my papers for a major school exam or entrance exam after being nervous, I will always think of it while feeling relaxed.
The couplet mentioned by the Master of Baijian Hall in front of Yue’s tomb, "The green hills are the place where loyal bones are buried; the innocent white iron casts the sycophants." was written by a woman named Xu (Lu Fangweng wrote, "The green hills are the place where the bones can be buried." "The couplet with white hair and bowing in shame towards others is also quite impressive." I was studying in Chongqing during the Anti-Japanese War. At that time, the Kuomintang government often wanted to seek peace with Japan. Some imperial professors often promoted the idea that "Yue Fei does not understand politics, but Qin Hui can take into account the overall situation." Once Tao Xisheng (who came to Chongqing on orders from the enemy and puppets) gave a speech in school and promoted this theory in his tone. Some of our classmates were very angry. Before his second speech, he wrote on the blackboard: " He knew the couplet "Green Mountain, White Iron" after seeing it. I won’t bring up this topic again.
In the old days, there was a small pavilion in my home, where my grandfather and his guests played chess. There was a couplet hanging in the pavilion: "People's hearts have no calculations; national players sometimes lose." I didn't understand the beauty of it at the time, but now I think about it , which is quite philosophical.
The master of Baijian Hall once wrote a couplet: "It's more passionate and more boney; if you don't regret your love, you won't insult the idiot." I liked it very much when I saw it. He wrote it for me on rice paper and asked Holly to It was framed in a shop in Huodao and hung in a small room, and the elegance suddenly increased.
When I wrote "The Book of Swords and Enmities" and "The Blue Blood Sword", I didn't pay attention to the review at all. I wrote them casually without adjusting Ye Pingyan, so they can't be called couplets, they are just titles. Brother Liang Yusheng praised me very much for the two sentences "Yingying Red Candle Three Lives, Huo Huo Qingshuang Travels Thousands of Miles" (the first sentence is about Xu Tianhong and Zhou Qi's marriage, and the second sentence is about Li Yuanzhi chasing Yu Yutong with a sword), but compared with the Master of Hundred Swords Hall It works every time, which is quite inadequate.
A few days ago, "Grand Park" published an article "Han Yu and Jia Dao" by Mr. Wen Huaisha. He believed that in the two sentences "The bird stayed in the tree beside the pond, and the monk knocked on the door under the moon", " The word "knock" is indeed better than the word "push" because it has the artistic conception of "the mountain with singing birds is more secluded". "The Birds Singing and the Mountains Are More Secluded" was originally a poem written by Wang Ji of the Song Dynasty. "Mengxi Bi Tan" says: There is a line in ancient poems, "The flowers are still falling when the wind sets". It has always been thought that no one can correct it. Wang Anshi corrected it with "The mountains are more secluded when birds sing". Wang Anshi's original couplet is "The noisy cicada forest becomes quieter, and the birdsong mountain becomes more secluded." The two sentences have the same meaning. However, Wang Anshi's couplet has movement in the quietness of the first sentence, and stillness in the movement of the second sentence, which is more beautiful than the original sentence. work. There must be parallels in the old rhyme poems, so there are countless good ones. There are also many records in notebooks and novels about the ancient people who became prosperous and became officials because of good pairs. For example, the poet Yan Yuanxian, the prime minister in the Song Dynasty, had a sentence: "There is nothing to do but the flowers fall away." He could not get a good relationship for several years. One night, he was walking with a small official Wang Qi. When talking about it, Wang responded: "It seems like we have seen each other before Yan returns." Yan Da Because of his appreciation, Wang Qi's career as an official has been smooth sailing ever since.
I used to love listening to books when I was in my hometown in the south of the Yangtze River. When I heard about "Three Smiles", I heard many wonderful words. The singer said that when Wen Zhengming was pursuing his lover, the young lady said to him, "Because of the lotus, I got the lotus root." Matchmaker!" Then good things come together. It is also said that when Jin Shengtan was beheaded, his son chanted: "Lian (Lian) son's heart is bitter." Mr. Jin replied: "Li (Li) son's belly is sore!" One of the two pairs was happy and the other was sad, although they may not be true. It's true, but it's not easy to make double entendres.
Making a pair requires both work and speed, unlike other articles where you can slowly ponder it. There is a story recorded in a notebook: Lu Wenliang was an official in Zhejiang. One day, he was drinking with Chen Zhen, who was in charge of education affairs. Seeing that Chen was a bald man, he mocked him: "Professor Chen counted the hairs of his hair without any plan." You can do it." Chen Zhen immediately said: "Master Lu has a mustache all over his face, why do you need to do this?" He is very good at using idioms on idioms. Lu Dawei admired him and said with a smile: "In the mountain where two apes cut trees, this monkey can also do it. Chen Zhen laughed and said, "I'm going to be rude, but I won't be offended." Then he said, "The horse is stuck in the mud. How can this beast get out of the way?" The two of them touched their hands. Laughing all day long.
It is said that a man named Li Tingyan once presented a hundred-rhyme poem to a high official. There was a pair of words in the middle: "My brother died in Jiangnan, and my brother died in Saibei." The high official felt very sympathetic after seeing it. He said, "I didn't expect that your family would suffer misfortunes one after another." Li Tingyan said hurriedly, "This is not true. It was written like this for the sake of neatness." At this point, formalism can be said to be at its extreme.