Hu Yan, a great scholar in the Ming Dynasty, also wrote a poem about the zodiac, which said: "A flying mouse drinks the river and doesn't do it, but a cow and a girl can't see 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.