"In the case of mice and dust, cattle and sheep fall at dusk. The tiger roars in the empty valley, the rabbit opens the bright moon window, the dragon shadow is far green, and the snake willow lingers near. Ma Lanfang is far away and breeds sheep in spring. The monkey chestnut shames the fragrant fruit, and the chicken anvil attracts the clear bosom. The dog is outside the house and the pig window is long. " This poem embeds the names of the animals of the 12 Zodiac in sequence in the first word, which highlights the natural characteristics of each animal and plays the role of making the finishing touch. It can be described as unique and entertaining.
Zhu, a great Confucian scholar in the Southern Song Dynasty, also wrote a poem about the zodiac. He skillfully scattered the names of the animals of the zodiac in his poems. There is a cloud in the poem: "In the daytime, the hungry mouse was bitten by the air, and Xiao Jia won the abandoned baby house in Niu Geng. When I was a tiger, I was arrogant and poor. You see, after sleeping for three winters, the dragon's head doesn't argue with the snake. Destroying a car and killing a horse is easy to cook and drink. Keep monkeys hanging green by hand, and keep Kun chicken (Kun chicken: ancient books refer to birds such as cranes). Guests come to the dog to urge tea, and they don't have to buy pork from the owner. "
Liu Yin, a scholar in Yuan Dynasty, is quite famous for his poem about the zodiac: "The hungry eagle can't scare the mouse, but the cow lies on its back." Jingzhou rabbit hole, a thousand miles apart. Fish and dragons enter the water, regardless of size. The magic mirror is a snake in a cup. The autumn wind in the horse's ear has gone without a trace, and the narrow path has returned home early. There is no need to dance with monkeys in the hall, and chickens in the intestines are paradise. Chai Men's dog barked at his neighbors and told them to buy Xie Chunyu, a god pig. "The Chinese zodiac is embedded in the poem, and every sentence is a story with a clear meaning, which means nothing.
Hu Yan, a great scholar in the Ming Dynasty, also wrote a poem about the zodiac, which said, "Cows and girls have not seen each other for many years. The rabbit grows longer in the middle of the month. Dragons with beads often don't sleep, and drawing snakes is very tiring. Has the old horse ever had horns, and the sheep angered the princes? Don't laugh at the Chu people's crown bathing monkeys, but wish the chickens were empty nests. Wuyang slaughtered dogs in Langzhong City, and Ping Jin put the head of the Bohai Sea. " The first sentence "Zokor" is the water rat; The "cow girl" in the second sentence is a legend of the folk cowherd and weaver girl: the "dragon" in the fifth sentence is a kind of dragon with a treasure ball under its chin, so it is called dragon; In the eight sentences, "licking the sheep" is a ram, and "touching the fan" means that the corner touches the fence; "Wuyang" eleven sentences, refers to the emperor gaozu Liu Bang named Fan Kuai Wuyang Hou. He used to kill dogs for a living in Pei County, Jiangsu Province. The last sentence refers to the prime minister of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Gong, who put pigs in the East China Sea. This poem not only embeds the names of the zodiac in turn, but also has a code name for each name, so that people can enjoy the fun and taste the connotation.
In the early years of the Republic of China, the great painter Wang painted a picture of the Chinese zodiac for Li Yi, a pupil, and it happened in an instant. At that time, famous scholars were present, and Li tried to ask Huang for poetry. Huang Nai wrote a poem named "The Inscription of the Zodiac" for it: "Although the world is full, poems are in a cluster. I have never been an emperor, a tiger, a wolf or a Qin dynasty. It's really boring to watch the rabbit garden at night. Long Hanxin knew that the robbery was not over, and Jia Sheng burst into tears. There are no horses in the pear garden, only sheep and cars are like jade. The child is like a miraculous macaque, drawing a chicken window alone. Banqiao dog meat has nothing to envy, Dongpo meat. " Every sentence is embedded with the name of the zodiac, and every sentence has allusions, which can be described as well-intentioned, unique and interesting.