2 interesting punctuation stories

"It rains a lot during Qingming Festival, and pedestrians on the road want to die. Excuse me, where is the restaurant? The shepherd boy points to Xinghua Village."

This is a famous work by Du Mu, a poet in the Tang Dynasty. Have you thought about it? Just punctuation can make it change its style.

Look at this:

"It rains during the Qingming Festival, and pedestrians on the road are trying to kill their souls. Excuse me, where is the restaurant? There are shepherd boys, pointing to Xinghua Village. "

-it has become a long and short sentence.

Look again:

[ During the Qingming Festival, there are many rains on the road ]

Pedestrians (trying to kill their souls): "Excuse me, where is the restaurant?"

shepherd boy (pointing): "Xinghua Village!"

-it's a script.

2. Wang Zhihuan's "Liangzhou Ci"

The Yellow River is far above the white clouds, and it is a lonely city of Wan Ren Mountain. Why use the sad willow song to complain about the spring delay, the old Yumen pass, a spring breeze is not blowing ah!

There was a calligrapher in the Qing Dynasty. He wrote this poem by Wang Zhihuan as a banner and gave it to Empress Dowager Cixi. Unexpectedly, one of the words "Jian" was accidentally left out, and Empress Dowager Cixi was furious. I think this is a fool for her ignorance of poetry. The calligrapher was frightened by this "crime of deceiving the monarch" and used his quick wits. He said that the words he wrote were based on Wang Zhihuan's poetry: "The Yellow River is far up/the white clouds are scattered/the lonely city of Wan Ren Mountain/the Qiangdi why complain/the spring breeze of the willows/the lack of Yumenguan". Empress Dowager Cixi saw that he was right, so she had to give up and gave wine to suppress the shock. The game of the ancients

1 "Mr. Contract": According to legend, there was a rich man who was stingy by nature. On one occasion, he hired a teacher to explain that the diet was very meager. At that time, the teacher promised, but he said that there was no evidence and asked for a certificate. The rich man readily promised. The teacher wrote a contract: "It is enough to eat without chicken or duck or fish or a dish of vegetables every day." The rich man looked at the contract and read it carefully: "It is enough to eat without chicken or duck or fish and a dish of vegetables every day." I signed the contract gladly. I didn't know that when I ate my first meal, the teacher shouted, "Why are all vegetables and no fish?" Didn't we agree to have meat for every meal? " After speaking, I read the contract to the rich man once. The rich man was speechless after hearing this. In the future, every meal will be cooked with fish for this teacher. Please think about how this teacher read this contract.

(answer: daily meal: no chicken, duck is ok; No fish, meat is ok; A dish of green vegetables is enough. )

2 Punctuation suicide note: Once upon a time, an old man was so excited that he couldn't afford a stroke and stayed in bed for five years. Before he died, he left a suicide note to his 5-year-old child and son-in-law. The suicide note reads:

"A 6-year-old son gives birth to a son, but it's not my son's fault, and he has to pay all his possessions and fields, so he can't argue with his son-in-law and outsiders."

after a few years, the youngest son will be separated from his brother-in-law when he comes of age. Who owns the property and countryside? The two men argued endlessly and had to go to the yamen to file a lawsuit.

The son-in-law pleaded: "It is clearly written in the father-in-law's suicide note: sixty old children give birth to a son, and people say,' It's not my son!'" The family property is paid to the son-in-law, and outsiders are not allowed to argue.

The county magistrate carefully pondered the untitled suicide note and came up with another method to break the inheritance with his youngest son. How do county officials punctuate?

(Answer: A 6-year-old gives birth to a son. People say wrong, but it's my son! Give everything you have. A son-in-law is not allowed to argue with outsiders. )

3 Hotel couplets

There is a man who runs a wine shop and also makes vinegar, and raises pigs with scraps, but this man is famous for being stingy. Once, he invited a scholar to write couplets for his workshop, asking him to wish the business of the workshop prosperous and his family prosperous and rich in financial resources. The scholar wrote a couplet and a horizontal batch without punctuation, and read it to him:

Make a good wine jar and make it sour;

the pig is bigger than the mouse.

horizontal criticism: many people, few diseases, and wealth.

The man was very happy to hear that, but he refused to pay according to the price agreed in advance, and only gave half. The scholar didn't bargain with him and left with the money.

The next day, many people gathered around the front of the wine shop to laugh. When the man went out to watch, he found that the couplet had been punctuated, but the meaning was completely reversed, and he rolled his eyes with anger. Do you know how punctuation is added?

(Answer: The vats are good for vinegar, but the jars are sour. Raising pigs is the first big mouse, and only dies. Horizontal criticism: many people are ill, but less wealth. )

4 marching orders

On a rainy day, a man arrived at his friend's house and could not leave, so he had to stay at his friend's house temporarily. But this friend is a very stingy person and won't be received. This friend was too embarrassed to speak out, so he had to write a note and leave it on his desk. The note reads: "Keep the guests in rainy days and stay with me every day" without punctuation. After reading it, the passer-by felt that his friend was not interesting enough, so he raised his pen and punctuated the original article, which became a direct inquiry. Do you know how they break sentences?

answer friend passing by: If it rains, stay for a day, will you stay with me? Stay!

on rainy days, stay? Leave me alone!

Miserable friend: Stay in rainy days, and I won't stay in days.

5. auspicious words

a person is always sued. During the Chinese New Year, he said to his family, "No one can go to court this year." And posted a couplet that said, "Good year, less bad luck, no lawsuits." It's just not punctuated As a result, the younger son read this couplet when he came to visit relatives, which surprised the whole family. What he read was: "This year is very unlucky, and there are many lawsuits."

6. The cunning of the matchmaker

In ancient times, marriage events were the orders of parents and the words of the matchmaker. At that time, a matchmaker interceded for the young master of a large family and wrote a line: dark hair without pockmarked feet is not very handsome. He also said that the girl's appearance was guaranteed as written on the note. When the large family saw it, they were elated and allowed the marriage. The big family got even with the matchmaker. The matchmaker refused to accept the account, saying that her note clearly stated: dark, hairless, pockmarked, with small feet, Zhou Zheng. < P > III. Modern story

1. Who panicked?

An English professor wrote the following sentence on the blackboard: "A woman is nothing without her (her) man", and asked her students to mark punctuations correctly.

The male student's goal is: "A woman, without her man, is nothing."

The female student's goal is: "Woman: Without her, a man is nothing."

2. Children's Diary A child wrote punctuation marks in the wrong place when writing a diary, which caused great contradiction between father and mother. This sentence is "My uncle kissed my mother and kissed me." In fact, it really means "my uncle kissed me and my mother kissed me." It is the wrong use of punctuation marks that makes the contradiction between father and mother, so don't underestimate punctuation marks!

3. A letter from a wanderer

A young man went out on business and didn't come home for half a year. His father and mother at home were particularly worried. Finally, one day, parents received a letter from their children. However, after reading, my father is happy and my mother is sad. Do you know what is going on? The original text is as follows:

My son's life is so painful and there is no food, but he is ill and earns a lot of money (no punctuation)

My father reads this letter from home like this:

My son's life is good and there is no pain, but there is more food and less illness and he earns a lot of money.

look again, how does mother read it?

My son's life is so painful! There is no food, and I am sick and earn a lot of money.

4. Some slogans posted on cars. (1) Pay attention to bear infestation

(2) Correct the violation and stop at any time

5. Notice pedestrians, etc. are not allowed here.