the words of Wang Xizhi, a "book sage", are loved by everyone. One year on New Year's Eve, he posted Spring Festival couplets twice, but they were all uncovered. He was afraid of being uncovered again, so he wrote a pair of "semi-finished" Spring Festival couplets: "Happiness never comes in pairs, but it never rains alone". Sure enough, no one uncovered them again. At the first day of the new year, he wrote "Happiness never comes in pairs until today; Misfortune never rains but it pours last night. "The original meaning of two unlucky words has turned into an auspicious and incomparable sentence, which is amazing.
Lv Mengzheng, the prime minister of the Song Dynasty, had a poor family and a poor life before he made his fortune. One year during the Spring Festival, he posted a pair of Spring Festival couplets in front of his house: "2345, 6789", which was horizontally approved as North and South, meaning that one (clothing) was missing and ten (food) was missing, and there was nothing. This couplet is a great satire on the social phenomenon of "rich in buildings, poor in places" at that time.
Su Dongpo, a great poet in the Northern Song Dynasty, visited his friend Wang Wenfu on New Year's Eve one year. When he saw that he was writing couplets, Su Dongpo gave him a pair of couplets, saying, "The gate is big enough for thousands of riders; Tang Shen doesn't feel that a hundred men are clamoring. " As soon as this couplet came out, the viewers were full of admiration and pondering.
As an imperial edict, Zhu Yuanzhang, who is known as the "antithetical couplet to the son of heaven", turned the "inscribed peach symbol" into a Spring Festival couplets, which was spread from the palace giants to the people's portal overnight. He also "smiled and laughed" and found that a pig-castrating person had not posted Spring Festival couplets, so he ordered someone to take pen and ink and personally wrote a couplet: "Split the road between life and death with both hands; Cut off the roots with one knife. " This couplet is novel in conception, humorous and popular, and it is also a shop-to-shop couplet that conforms to the characteristics of the industry. Due to the emperor's advocacy, putting up Spring Festival couplets has become an indispensable custom to celebrate the New Year.
Xu Wenchang, an outstanding painter and dramatist in Ming Dynasty, went to borrow money from relatives and friends' homes on New Year's Eve. He passed by the magistrate's official residence and saw a pair of Spring Festival couplets posted in front of the door. When he got closer, he saw it, which read: "Snow begins, love the people if you are a child; Chimonanthus praecox is in full bloom and law enforcement is like a mountain. " Xu Wenchang was very angry in his heart. He knew that the corrupt official was relying on someone in the court, doing evil and taking bribes and perverting the law. When Xu Wenchang returned home, he immediately cut out two pieces of red paper and wrote four words on them, and ordered people to post them under the Spring Festival couplets at night. Make the Spring Festival couplets become: "Ruixue first falls, love the people if they are children, golden women;" Chimonanthus praecox is in full bloom, law enforcement is like a mountain, and Qianshan is backed by mountains. " On the morning of New Year's Day, people saw the couplets in front of the county magistrate, and everyone was happy, clapping their hands and cheering, and they rushed to recite them.
Legend has it that Zhu Zhishan of Ming Dynasty went to a hotel for a drink one year in front of beginning of spring. When the shopkeeper saw a famous person coming, he asked Four Treasures of the Study to write couplets, so that he could earn money for the drinks. Zhu Zhishan is a person who likes to joke. He wrote: "Tomorrow will be unlucky in spring; There is less luck and more money all year round. " After reading it, the shopkeeper said to himself, "Tomorrow will be spring, so bad luck; Luck all year round, less money. " Suddenly smile into anger, want to ask. Zhu Zhishan smiled and read aloud: "Tomorrow is good in spring, not unlucky; There is less luck all year round and more money. " The shopkeeper, who thinks he is just a poor scholar, immediately bought wine to honor his guests. It turned out that Zhu Zhishan played a joke on the shopkeeper by using the function of rhetoric.
In the Qing Dynasty, there was a rich man in Zichuan, Shandong Province. On the 3th of the twelfth lunar month, Pu Songling, a novelist, asked him to write a book about the door. Pu Songling wrote, "As time goes by, people live longer, and spring is full of dry kunfu." Who knows that when he heard the fire, he flew into a rage: "What is the life expectancy of the fucking poor ghost? If you want to prolong your life, it's my mother's turn to prolong it!" Pu Songling said: "The antithetical couplets should be changed in the later period of the last sentence, otherwise people will laugh." On the first day of New Year's Day, people looked at the couplets on the rich man's door and laughed speechless. It turned out that Pu Songling changed the couplets to "Days increase years, mothers prolong their lives, and spring is full of dry Kun and dad."
One year on New Year's Eve, Emperor Qianlong heard that the business of a famous "inline shoe store" in Langfang, Beijing was very depressed, so he used the imperial pen to write such a couplet as a gift: "Chase after the poor man; Hurry up and rush into the god of wealth. " When Wenwu Baiguan heard this, he often went to the store to order boots, which made the store famous.
Tang Bohu, a romantic genius, once wrote such a pair of Spring Festival couplets for Qian Xiaodai: "Business is like spring breeze; Financial resources are like running water. " However, the rich businessman didn't understand the meaning of "spring breeze" and "flowing water". He thought that "money" and "making a fortune" were not highlighted, and Tang Bohu was asked to rewrite them. Tang Bohu had a brainwave and rewritten them as follows: "The business in front of the door is like mosquitoes flying in and out on summer nights; Copper coins in the cupboard are just like catching more lice in winter. " It makes people laugh.
Ji Xiaolan was a scholar and writer in the Qing Dynasty. Once, when he came home during the Spring Festival, a brother in the village asked him to write Spring Festival couplets. He wrote a pair of "earth-shattering portals; One of the best families ",horizontal approval is" acting first ". It was a terrible mistake. Someone accused him of deceiving the monarch by "committing a crime". When Emperor Qianlong learned this, he immediately called Ji Xiaolan back to Beijing to inquire. Ji Xiaolan replied: "I wrote the Spring Festival couplets. There is nothing wrong. This boss sells firecrackers, isn't it an earth-shattering portal?" The second child is in charge of fighting in the market. Isn't it one of the best in the world? Lao San sells roast chicken, isn't he "acting first"? After a long speech, I laughed.
After the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom made Nanjing its capital, there was a story among the people that Shi Dakai, the wing king, wrote Spring Festival couplets for an old barber: On New Year's Eve one year, Shi Dakai saw that an old barber had not posted Spring Festival couplets, so he wrote a couplet for him: "Sharpen your hair and ask how many heads there are in the world; And try it every time to see what the old man means? " The couplet is humorous and awe-inspiring, and it can't help but make your hair stand on end. According to legend, after this couplet was posted, people were too scared to ask the old barber to shave their heads again.
Lin Zexu, a famous patriotic politician in modern times, was able to write poems against him at the age of seven. One year on New Year's Eve, his father wrote Spring Festival couplets in front of the hall, and just wrote the first couplet: "The month of New Year's Eve is unknown, count the lights, and do it for Kun Zhuang"; But I can't think of the next link. At a young age, Lin Zexu swung a drumstick and beat it three times on the hall drum, then loudly sang the second couplet: "The new spring thunder hasn't rung, beat the three-way drum, and make a name for the world." When the father heard the joy, he even praised his son for his cleverness.
Weng Tonghe, the teacher of Emperor Guangxu, wrote a pair of Spring Festival couplets in 1898: "An old horse thinks a thousand miles; An emu has one foot. " The couplet collection of Cao Cao's poems and Zhuangzi's "Happy Travel" shows the determination to persist in reform regardless of personal gains and losses.
In the Spring Festival of 1924, Lin Shu, a modern translator and writer, wrote a couplet: "Seeing the mountains is the only way to be satisfied; Being involved in the world knows that it is too difficult. " He expressed his views on reality in implicit language and expressed his sigh for life.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the famous writer Lao She wrote New Spring Festival couplets almost every year, eulogizing the new society and new fashions. Such as: "Wine is hot and poetry is strong; Meihong Tiandi is new. " "Poetry resigns the old year; Raise a glass to celebrate the New Year. " "Diligent housekeeping, be prepared; Warmly serve the country and work hard. " In 1962, he made a Spring Festival couplet: "New Year's Eve beginning of spring has two festivals on the same day; Progress at any time is a thousand dollars. " It is in line with the characteristics of the solar terms of the year and full of the flavor of the times.
Zhao Puchu, a calligrapher and Buddhist, is good at poetry and music, and his couplet is profound and magnificent. Such as: "Heqing Life Insurance; The wind is strong and high. " "even in this world the spirit of a hero, the clouds are full of spring." The Spring Festival couplets written in 1983 said: "Two civilizations, spring breeze, Wan Li opens a new bureau;" The four principles, Red Sun Qian Shan raises the banner. " It vividly depicts the great historical changes and magnificent prospects of the motherland after the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Party.
Calligrapher Qi Gong has a pair of Spring Festival couplets: "Running water breaks the bridge and breaks the grass road; Light clouds and light rain raise flowers. " Clear words and beautiful sentences are full of poetry, expressing the praise of loyalty virtue and beautiful environment by praising spring.
Cang Kejia, a famous contemporary poet and consultant of China Couplet Society, once said, "I hope to have a unique style, and I am in the couplet." His self-written Spring Festival couplets are poetic and philosophical, concise and meaningful. Such as: "shoulders are heavy; White hair is light. " "Will reach the macro standard; It doesn't count. "
Chen Daluo, a famous scholar in Taiwan Province, has been published in mainland newspapers frequently in recent years. Such as: "cross-strait spring breeze melts rain; Unify the earth and sing songs. " "Ear meal and peace; I am fascinated by the unified sound. " "Spring scenery, spring breeze, spring rain, Fu Yingchun, cross-strait spring scenery; New things and new businesses, new people and new looks, innovation and innovation, and many new machines for all people. " They all expressed their sincere desire for cross-strait reunification and the prosperity of the motherland.