Interesting punctuation story

Zhu Zhishan’s Couplet (1)

It is said that during the Hongzhi period of the Ming Dynasty, a wealthy man’s mansion had just been completed and he asked Zhu Zhishan to write a couplet. Zhu Huahao wrote the following:

"This house is safe to live in

The person is so sad."

The rich man blamed Zhu Zhishan for writing such unlucky words to him. Zhu Zhishan smiled and said:

"Why is this couplet said to be unlucky? Let me read it to you!

This house is safe and livable.

He is a good man and is not sad.

This is great luck!"

The rich man was dumbfounded after hearing this.

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4. Zhu Zhishan’s Couplet (2)

According to legend, Zhu Zhishan and his book boy passed by a family member’s house on New Year’s Eve and suddenly heard the cry of a baby falling to the ground. , and conveniently wrote on the door:

"It's so unlucky to come in without a tent this year,

Giving birth to a demon last night is not a good child or grandchild"

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, as soon as the member opened the door, he saw this couplet,

"It's so unlucky this year. I came in without a tent.

I gave birth to a monster last night, so I'm not a good boy. "Good grandson."

He shouted that it was unlucky, so he asked Zhu Zhishan for explanation.

Zhu Zhishan joked: "You misinterpreted the sentence, you should read it like this:

This year is really good, all bad luck is gone, money comes in;

Last night happened "I'm not a monster, I'm a good son and grandson."

The members turned their anger into joy and hurriedly made wine to express their thanks.

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5. New Year's greetings

A scholar once wrote a New Year's greeting and gave it to a farmer, who was illiterate. I happily took it back and posted it on the door lintel. When the neighbors came to see it, there was a man named Zhang San. Although he didn't read much, he still knew a few words. Because the sentences had no punctuation marks, when he interrupted the sentence, the farmer couldn't help but get angry. The congratulatory message was written like this:

"This year is very unlucky, and there are few lawsuits.

The piglets are as big as house mice, and they all die cleanly.

The wine vat is good for making vinegar, but the altar is sour."

The farmer angrily ran to question the scholar, but the scholar broke off his sentence again, and the farmer turned his anger into joy and went home happily. The method of sentence segmentation:

"This year is good, with less bad luck and no lawsuits.

The piglets are as big as a house, and the mice are all dead.

Wine wine The vat is good, but the vinegar is sour."

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6. Pedestrians are not allowed to urinate

Patrol officer: "How can you defecate anywhere?"< /p>

Passers: "This is your regulation!" Patrolman: "Nonsense."

Passers: "Isn't it written here: Pedestrians can't wait and urinate."

< p>Patrol police: "Nonsense! It should be: pedestrians waiting, no urination"

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7. Who is the champion?

The battle report of a baseball game read:

"The result of this fierce baseball game,

the Chinese team defeated the Cuban team and won the World Cup championship ”

The first person said after watching it, the Chinese team won the baseball game. What the newspaper wrote was:

"The result of this fierce baseball match:

The Chinese team defeated the Cuban team and won the World Cup championship."

Another said, no, it was clearly written in the newspaper:

"The result of this fierce baseball game,

the Chinese team was defeated,

The Cuban team won the World Cup championship. ”

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8. Women panic if they don’t have a man

There is one. The professor wrote a sentence and asked the students to write punctuation marks on it.

As a result, all the girls’ answers were: “If a woman is gone, men will panic!”

But all the boys’ answers are: “If a woman is gone, a man , I’m panicking!”

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9. Sick? Death?

A person in charge of a certain unit was instructed to explain to his superiors the reasons for his failure to attend an important meeting, but did not add punctuation under the important words, thus making a joke. The article said: "The director of our institute, so-and-so, was unable to attend the meeting due to illness..." The superiors were shocked after receiving the written representation.

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10. Ordering

No chicken, duck, fish, or a plate of vegetables is enough

What do the guests want? What?

You can have it without chicken or duck, or you can have it without fish. A plate of vegetables is enough. (Light meal)

If you don’t have chicken, you can have duck; if you don’t have fish, you can have meat; a plate of vegetables is enough. (Package)

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11. The Way of the University

In the Way of the University, there is a saying: "Knowing the cessation will lead to concentration, and concentration will lead to ability." Be still, and then you can be at peace. After you are at peace, you can think about it. After you think about it, you can gain. "

In the past, because there was no punctuation, there was a private school teacher in the East Village who taught his students to read like this: "Know the stop and then you will gain." After settling, you can be quiet, then you can be at peace, then you can worry, and then you can gain." When the teacher read this, he screamed, why is the word "get" missing?

There is also a teacher in Xicun, and he has another teaching method: "Know and stop, then there will be, be calm and then be able, be quiet and then be able, be peaceful and then be able, worry and then be able, and gain." He was also surprised and said, why is there an extra word "de"?

One day, when the teacher from the East Village went to the West Village to find this teacher, when he heard him reciting it like this, he suddenly realized and said: "No wonder I am missing the word "de" no matter how I read it, it turns out that my The "acquisition" of the university has come to you!"

If it rains, I won't stay.

If it rains, the guests will stay, but the sky will stay with me? Not stay.

If it rains, the guests will stay, but will the weather stay with me? Keep.

When it rains, the sky invites visitors; if the sky accepts me, I will not stay!

On a rainy day, stay as a guest, stay with me? Not stay.

On a rainy day, stay as a guest; will you stay with me? Keep.

On a rainy day, it’s a guest’s day. Should I stay or not?

On a rainy day, it’s a day to welcome guests, or not?

A rainy day will keep guests away, but a rainy day will keep guests away.

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