Lotus on four sides and willow on three sides, one city has mountains, and half the city has lakes. -Liu, "Daming Lake Fu"
2. Origin: In the summer of the 9th year of Jiaqing in Qing Dynasty (1804), Liu, a Shandong magistrate and historian, and a Shandong governor and calligrapher once gave a banquet in Tiexiao Canglang, and they were greatly interested. Liu improvised a couplet: "Lotus on all sides, willow on all sides, mountain on all sides and lake on all sides." Tie Bao's impromptu book Dancing. This couplet stone carving has been embedded on both sides of the entrance of the west corridor wall of the hospital so far, and it has become a famous couplet sentence describing the style of Jinan ancient city.
3, translation: write the beauty of Daming Lake-lotus willows around the lake and weeping willows on three sides; Half of the mountains in a city are reflected in the lake.
About the author: Liu (1760- 1830), whose real name is Cheng Mu, is from Shiguanquan Village, Chishan Township, Shangli County, Pingxiang City. After fifty-four years of Qianlong (1789), he was awarded the third scholar in No.1 Middle School (Hua Tan) and edited by the Hanlin Academy. Qianlong fifty-six years (179 1), promoted to bachelor of imperial academy.
Later, he served as imperial academy's wine waiter, minister of Taichang Hall, bachelor of cabinet, right assistant minister of Ministry of War, right assistant minister of Ministry of Housing and right assistant minister of official department. In the meantime, he served as a political scholar in Guangxi, Shandong, Zhejiang and other provinces, and served as an examiner after obtaining the provincial examinations in Hubei, Shandong and Jiangnan provinces. Emperor Qianlong appreciated him very much and called him "a great instrument in Jiangxi".