The following is the source of crossword puzzles found on the Internet for your reference.
The origin of crossword puzzles: The earliest crossword puzzles came into being in the Han and Wei Dynasties. Liu Xie's "Wen Xin Diao Long Hidden Chapter" said: "Since the Wei Dynasty, it has not been condescending, but the gentleman laughed and turned into a riddle." Liu Xie said that riddles came into being in Wei and Jin Dynasties because the literati at that time created many independent and complete crossword puzzles. For example, a poem named "Li Hezuo County" written by Kong Rong, a great writer at that time, has four words in each sentence, and every four or two sentences refer to one word. The whole poem is twenty-two sentences long, * * * eighty-eight.
The full text is as follows:
Fishermen bend over and water hides; Keep pace with the times and leave the temple. Lv Gong Loki hook, lower mouth; The nine realms are sacred, and no soil is king. Goodness is integrity, and women belong to Kuang; There are herrings overseas, and falcons fly. Six purlins will be excited, but the feather instrument is not obvious; The sting of the dragon and snake made it forget. Mei Xuan hides herself, while Mei Yu hides her own light. No name, no reputation, deep words; According to the rules, it's a long way to go in Xiu Yuan.
The answer to this poem is Kong Rong Lu Literature (Kong Rong Literature). Kong Rong's "Poems of Separation" is currently recognized as the earliest complete and mature crossword puzzle in China. In this period, in addition to the form of poetry, people often use objects other than language to express the mystery of words.
Shi Shuo Xin Yu Wu Jie records that when Yang Xiu was the editor-in-chief, he built a state house for Cao Cao. When the roof truss was first built, Cao Cao came out to inspect it, which was quite unpleasant. So he wrote a word "live" on the door of Guo Xiang Mansion and left without saying a word. At the sight of this word, Yang Xiu immediately had the gate of Guo Xiang House torn down and rebuilt. He said: "The word' wide' is added to the' door'. Wang Wei thinks the door is too small. " After the story spread, Cao Cao's ingenuity in making riddles and Yang Xiu's success in solving riddles were described as beautiful stories by people at that time.