Interpretation of couplets

Couplets is the first TV series in China with couplets as the theme, which is a unique artistic treasure of the Chinese nation. It organically combines historical facts, historical figures and funny stories circulated by the people, and takes the love and bumpy fate of couplets as the main line, creating a historical legend that sometimes makes people laugh and sometimes makes people cry. It has distinctive national style and artistic characteristics. Here, there are two points to note: first, couplets are quite strict in terms of words, levels, rhythm, sentence patterns, etc., but the requirements for clever sentences can be slightly relaxed to avoid damaging the meaning because of the rules; Second, couplets usually end with a flat top and a flat bottom, which is the so-called "flat top and flat bottom". However, when two people are talking, the sentence is not necessarily the upper part, but also the lower part. On the contrary, the dialogue is not necessarily flat, but it may be flat. This is why "sentence" and "dual" are used more than "upper couplet" and "lower couplet" in explanation.

The first episode: The story happened in a water town called Xiucaiying Village in the south of the Yangtze River in the Ming Dynasty. Ling Daxiu, the child of Ling Zhen, the owner of a poor tofu mill, is smart, studious and good at poetry. One day, my father Ling Zhen and I chatted while swimming in the river. On the way, I met a fat monk and an old shepherd, who were laughing and playing with him. He won them a nickname "Wenquxing" with his witty and childlike wonderful answers. Cao, a squire in the same county, was arty and ambitious, forcing his spoiled son Cao Longju to learn couplets from his teacher, and as a result, he made a joke of "radish pair". On one occasion, Li Taishi, an important official of the Tang Dynasty, visited the county seat. I don't know Xiao Ling's filial piety, but the sedan chair is lying on the street, blocking the official road, carrying the imperial book "There is no book in the world". All the onlookers are sweating for him.

A thousand-year-old tree is used as a hanger (Ling Zhen) and the Yangtze River is used as a bathtub (young Ling Daxiu)

Commentary: This is a couplet written by Jie Jin, a gifted scholar in the Ming Dynasty. He answered his father correctly when he was a teenager. The occasion is like a TV series, on the river. This is a metaphor. Sentences and dialogues all show a broad mind, especially antithesis, which is rare as a juvenile work.

Walnut (Cao Taigong), Radish (Cao Longju)

Commentary: This pair of couplets and the following pair of couplets are all jokes from the people. Cao Longju's confrontation in the play was made only after Teacher Ye reminded him. This couplet is a "noun pair", vegetables are dried fruits, and because of the traditional Chinese character "radish", it is all the same.

Satin (Cao Taigong), rob (Cao Longju)

Commentary: This couplet was explained by Mr. Ye. Luo is the silk and cloth is the cloth of the same kind.

Bells and drums (Cao Taigong), gongs and cymbals (Cao Longju)

Commentary: This couplet was explained by Mr. Ye. Gong is the gong of gongs and drums, and cymbals are the cymbals of cymbals, which is also a noun pair of the same kind.

Yue Fei (Cao Taigong), Luo Fu (Cao Longju)

Commentary: This couplet lives up to its name. Mr. Ye explained that Yue Fei is a loyal minister and Luo Fu is a dutiful son, so they can be relatives.

Cowheads like to have dragon horns (fat monks), and dogs never spit ivory (young Ling Daxiu)

Commentary: This couplet and the next couplet are dialogues between Yu Qian, a famous national hero in Ming Dynasty, and Shang Lan, a teenager. This is a "figurative right", which means that a teenager wears two buns on his head and the teenager scolds him back. Although disrespectful, he speaks neatly and the fat monk is not angry.

Triangle drum stand (fat monk), light head hammer (young Ling Daxiu)

Commentary: This couplet is also a figurative couplet. It is a metaphor of a teenager with three buns on his head. The teenager satirizes the baldness of the monk. After listening, the monk repeatedly claimed: "Good! "Kindness, put smart, his mind is quite broad.

This wood belongs to Chai Shan (the old shepherd), because of the fire (the cave of the young spirit), my eyes are full of smoke.

Commentary: This is a word pair of "separation and combination" widely circulated among the people: "this" and "wood" are combined into "firewood", and "mountain" and "mountain" are combined into "exit"; "Cause" and "fire" synthesize "smoke", "evening" and "evening" synthesize "much". This is a wonderful couplet, inspired by the scene image in front of the creator, which is expressed in beautiful pictures in the play. It can be seen that the creation of couplets can never be separated from life.

The sun is in the east, the moon is in the west, and the sky generates Ming characters (old shepherd); Women are left, children are right, and there are good people in the world (teenagers laugh)

Commentary: This is a pair of conjunctions when Wan 'an was a teenager in the Ming Dynasty: the sun, the moon, the woman and the son were combined as the good. The TV series is set in the Ming Dynasty, and the word "Ming" in couplets has a special meaning.

When a goat goes up the mountain, the mountain touches the goat's foot, baa (old shepherd); Water Buffalo, Water Buffalo Nose, Cleisthenes (Young Spirit Show)

Commentary: This couplet comes from the "imitation sound pair" and "compound word pair" in traditional cross talk, and "baa" and "baa" are the cries of sheep and cattle; "Mountain" and "water" were used four times, and "cattle" and "sheep" were used twice. When this couplet was circulated among the people, there were many sayings. One is that the "feet" in couplets are "horns" and the "nose" is "waist", which is more harmonious.

I have no vulgar rhyme in my porch window, and I know that the vegetation has real fragrance (Mr. Yun)

Commentary: This is a general title couplet, which belongs to the self-title couplet and can show the author's elegant life interest.

When you hear a chicken crow, you will dance (old shepherd), and when you hit a tiger, you will wear a stone (young Ling Daxiu)

Commentary: This couplet uses idioms and allusions. This sentence means that Zu Ti, a famous Eastern Jin Dynasty star, was with Liu Kun when he was young. When I heard a pheasant crow in the middle of the night, I got up and went out to dance swords to cultivate heroism. The story of antithesis is that when Li Guang went hunting, he saw a stone in the grass and mistook it for a tiger, so he shot and killed it. "The stone is not clustered", and even the arrow is shot in, which shows that its power is infinite.

Ill-gotten wealth is not desirable (Ling Zhen); Pay with your heart, and you will get it with your heart (young Ling Daxiu)

Commentary: This couplet shows the inner thoughts of father and son. At that time, the father was afraid that his son had received ill-gotten gains and that his son had been wronged, so he did a test. The son answered with dialogue, which made the father breathe a sigh of relief.

Wheat, millet, rice, rice, these bastards, which gentleman (Mr. Duoguan); Poetry and calligraphy are easy, courtesy is still spring and autumn, and most of them are serious. Why do you want to ask Lao Tzu (Mr. Ye)

Commentary: This is a traditional couplet, which is used properly in the play. Mr. Takeshi thinks he knows everything and finds it difficult for others, but he arrogantly calls "Mr." an asshole. Here, "asshole" and "sir" are puns. The word "serious" in Mr. Ye's antithesis is also a pun, which refers not only to the "serious" in front-poetry, books, rituals, the Book of Changes, the Spring and Autumn Period, but also to "decency". Because people bully others too much, they call themselves "Laozi" and retaliate against each other. "Laozi" is also a pun, referring to the title of elder and Laozi, which is the Tao Te Ching.

The steles in the Six Dynasties seek truth and meaning, while the articles in the Han Dynasty spare ancient customs.

Commentary: This is a couplet hung in the play "Main Hall" to show the extraordinary bearing of the host.

Unicorn (Mr. Ye); Flatfish (young ling da xiu)

Commentary: This couplet is a wonderful answer to Mr. Lu Xun's teacher's birthday when he was a teenager at school. After the students compared "nine-headed bird", "three-legged toad" and "hundred-legged crab", Teacher Wang affirmed "flounder" because "independence" is not a number, but it means "one", and "ratio" is not a number, but it is equivalent to "two". Although there are no numbers, they all have the meaning of numbers, which is a perfect match.

A strong man has a sword three feet around his waist, and a man has five books in his belly (young Ling Daxiao)

Commentary: This antithetical couplet is an ancient traditional antithetical couplet. Ling Daxiao, a teenager in the play, used this to answer Li Taishi's question, "How many books are there in your stomach?" . The first couplet is that he came to the scene immediately after seeing the samurai holding swords around him, as a foreshadowing of confrontation; The bottom line is a direct answer, which is general and empty, and also shows the tolerance of the respondent.

Sky blue satin three feet (Li Taishi); Liuwei Dihuang Pill (Juvenile Lingdaxiu)

Commentary: This couplet is a "loveless couple" passed down from generation to generation. Satire at a man who paid an official to open a Chinese medicine shop. The first part refers to the color of official clothes, and the second part is the name of patented medicine, which is irrelevant, so there is no love. But the taste is right for the ruler, the ground is right for the sky, the yellow is right for the blue, and the pill is right for the satin, which is extremely neat. The transformation in the play turned satire into humor.

Looking north and south (Li Taishi); Eating on the Road (Young Ling Daxiu)

Commentary: this is a kind of "loanword pair", that is, borrowing literal meaning to form a clever confrontation with sentences. This Federation skillfully uses "things" as "east" and "west" directions to play "south" and "north", which is perfect in coordination with the action of eating.

Nantong, North Tongzhou, North Tongzhou connects North and South (Li Taishi); East Pawnshop, West Pawnshop, East Pawnshop as something (Young Ling Daxiu)

Commentary: The legend of this couplet has always been the antithesis of Ji Xiaolan's reply to Emperor Qianlong in Qing Dynasty, and it is a famous "compound word borrowing". Except for the borrowing of "East" and "West", all the words in the couplet were repeated at least three times. "Nantong House" is now Nantong City, Jiangsu Province; "North Tongzhou" is now Tongzhou County, Beijing.

The bridge is broken today, when (Li Taishi); When will the bright moon shine in the Ming Dynasty (young Ling Daxiao)

Commentary: This couplet skillfully uses many couplet creation techniques. It is a thimble, that is, the word at the end of the previous clause is the word at the beginning of the next clause, such as the broken bridge in the upper part and the bright moon in the lower part; The parts of speech of some words in couplets have changed, and adjectives or "broken" and "bright" equivalent to adjectives have become verbs at the end of sentences.

The fire candle is empty and bright, and the light shines (Li Taishi); The explosion sounded and anger soared (young Ling Daxiao)

Commentary: This couplet was made on the spot. This sentence expresses Li Taishi's expectation of "child prodigy", "fighting" and "stars", hoping that his "literary light" will shine in the sky. The dual "anger" is generate of "ambition". As for "anger", it is not aimed at Thai Shi Li, but at those who are proud of their officials and despise the people.

There are no lights on New Year's Eve, and counting lights adds color to Gan Kun (Li Taishi); The new spring thunder did not move, and the drums were famous all over the world (young Ling Daxiao)

Commentary: This couplet was written by Tao Shu, a scholar in Qing Dynasty, when he was a teenager. The sentence was sublimated from the lights on New Year's Eve to "adding color to Gankun", which greatly improved the artistic conception; The antithesis is also extraordinary, and the drums are like spring thunder, radiating the vitality of "making a difference for the world."

Episode 2: Wang Jilie, the magistrate of a county, accompanied Li Taishi to watch songs and dances, and read imperial couplets during the exhibition. Daxiao wrote a pair of "long" couplets with the same word and different sounds on the topic of bean sprouts at home, which attracted scholars' neighbors to express their curiosity. Teacher Ye, who loves talents, also came to collect disciples. The arrogant Cao Longju mocked the farmer at the edge of the paddy field, but was mocked by the big cave, so he had to flee in panic. After Dayu entered the DPRK, Cao Longju always wanted revenge and even arrogantly seized Dayu's position. Mr. Ye went out to be a referee. After losing, Long Ju refused to accept it. He went home crying and called his father, Mr. Cao Taigong, to save him.

Young girl Ni Jia (Li Taishi); Zhuge, a talkative man (Ni Jun)

Commentary: This couplet is a famous piece of "The Couplet of Parting Words" which has been handed down for ages. The word "Miao" is split into "girl"; The word "big" is split into "one person"; However, people, children (the traditional form of children), words and writing combine the words "you" and "Zhu" conveniently, just like nature, which is amazing. The legend of this couplet is that Zhang Yushu, Minister of Qianlong, was right.

Long long long; Dragon, dragon, dragon, dragon (juvenile Ling Daxiu)

Commentary: This couplet is the couplet of a bean sprout shop in folklore, which is a "phonetic couplet". Ling, a prodigy in the play, laughed and talked about the couplets of bean sprouts in his tofu workshop. The "zh ? ng" in the couplet is pronounced as "cháng" or "zh m 4 ng". Because it is specially written about bean sprouts, the meaning of this couplet is very reasonable. If it is aimed at other businesses, it may not be easy to understand.

Father grew up in the street, carrying the sun and the moon to sell; My mother is in the hospital, and her hand is turned to Kun (young Ling Daxiao)

Commentary: This couplet was written by Jie Jin, a gifted scholar in the Ming Dynasty. In the play, Ling Daxiu introduced his parents' business in exaggerated language. Exaggerated beauty, reasonable and interesting: his father Ling Zhen (who claims to be my father) will go out to sell tofu in the morning and evening, and his mother (who claims to be my mother) is spinning all day. Deliberately used words that generally describe senior officials and even emperors, such as "living in the street", "living in the yard", "picking the sun and the moon" and "shaking the dry Kun" ... This made people confused at first and couldn't help but be surprised. They will marvel at his shrewdness when they know the answer.

Surrounded by lakes and mountains; All families are sad and happy (Li Taishi)

Commentary: This imitation is a famous imitation of Yueyang Tower in Hunan. "Near" means "coming". The word "sadness and joy" in the second couplet comes from Fan Zhongyan's famous sentence "Worry about the world first, and then enjoy the world" in Yueyang Tower. Li Taishi's self-writing in the play reflects the spiritual realm and self-cultivation consciousness of the ancient literati class.

Bamboo basket with bamboo shoots, holding mother (Cao Longju); Straw throwing seedling bundle (young Ling Daxiu)

Commentary: This couplet is a clever pair handed down from generation to generation (with slightly different words), using metaphors. Bamboo shoots are born in bamboo baskets, just like "mother" holding "son"; The antithesis is even better, and the relationship between rice seedlings and straw is skillfully used, just like the "father" tying the "son". It is also a natural and good way to use "mother holding child" and "father holding child" in ancient couplets.

Cattle run donkeys and can't beat horses; Chickens fly, ducks fly, eagles fly (farmers)

Commentary: This couplet is based on the characteristics of cows, donkeys, horses, chickens, ducks and eagles that are common in rural areas, and chooses "horse" and "eagle" to show the spirit of Ma Benteng's eagle striking the sky, symbolizing a kind, beautiful, upward and forward force.

One of the largest families; Earth-shattering man (young Ling Daxiu)

Commentary: This couplet was written by young Ling Daxiu for a family of three brothers who are engaged in different occupations. A cross-section was specially added to subtly show their professional characteristics: the boss sells cookies and is "one of the best" all day; The second child selling firecrackers is naturally "earth-shattering"; The third is to kill pigs. Of course, it is "beheading first" and there is no need to "explain" to anyone. It is exaggerated and true; It is said to be realistic and illusory.

When was the bamboo shoot born called "Lin (Ling) Big Show"? The origin of plum blossom, I have never seen Mr. Ye (Ye)

Commentary: This couplet is a dialogue with Mr. Ye when he was a teenager in Guangdong in the Ming Dynasty. From the beginning of realism, "homophonic person-name pairs" have been formed. The clever use of this couplet in the play is really seamless. From bamboo shoots to bamboo forests, there are beautiful bamboos, and the homonym of "Lin Daxiu" is "Ling Daxiu" (name); The antithetical features from Cold Plum lead to the truth that there is no Mr. Ye, and it is subtly reconciled to the person named "Mr. Ye", which can be called the top grade of Jia Lian.

Who can recruit three autumn moons; I want to seduce Wan Lifeng.

Commentary: This couplet uses the rhetorical device of "asking questions" to cope with the exam. This sentence of Mr. Ye is undoubtedly a test of Daxiu's literary talent and his ambition. Because "The Moon in March" is a natural scenery, although you can write the scenery again, it is inevitable to simply write the scenery. In the play, the prodigy Ling Daxiao is mainly lyrical, which shows his ambition to fly to Lingyun through Wan Lifeng. Couplets pay great attention to momentum, so it is forbidden to attach importance to the upper couplet and ignore the lower couplet. At the very least, the upper part and the lower part should be as strong. This pair of couplets is a representative masterpiece among the couplets circulated throughout the ages.

When will the good news come, spring will bloom and autumn will be crisp; Where is the real kung fu? The night light is more chicken.

Commentary: This couplet is from the old couplet "If it is constant, why do you sleep five times a night?" The most useless thing is to be frozen for ten days in one day. The sentence is to encourage Ling Daxiu to make achievements in learning and become famous; Spring and autumn are the time for imperial examinations of different grades. At this time, "good news" is either a scholar or a juror. The opposite sentence means that you should study hard, even if you burn the lamp and stay up late. The purpose of studying for fame is a long time ago, but this spirit of studying hard still has positive significance.

Who dares to bully the tiger? Knowing that fish don't give birth to dragons.

Commentary: In the play, Taigong Cao bullied the poor with money, bullied the young with his elders, and made rude remarks, saying that Ling Daxiao was a "dog". Daxiao, on the other hand, fought back in a roundabout way, saying that his little "fish" would become a "dragon" in the future without answering, which fully showed his wit and intelligence.

Parrots can talk like chickens; Spiders are not as clever as silkworms.

Commentary: This couplet is a witty remark made by Wang Yucheng, a famous poet in the Northern Song Dynasty, when he was a teenager. He grasped the characteristics of two kinds of animals: parrots can "talk" and spiders are good at "weaving webs", both of which have wonderful skills. This instinct is regarded as the mystery of animals. However, "parrots can talk, but they can't live without birds." Spiders can't benefit mankind as silkworms spin silk. Expressing it in such a tit-for-tat way in the play gives this couplet a new meaning.

Sad night rain, half a cold lamp in the banana window, change it for the students; After the autumn wind recovered, Guiyuan left a bald pen and wanted to find some daily necessities for the whole family.

Commentary: In ancient China, many backward scholars and Confucian scholars, despite their rich knowledge, were often denied the opportunity to display their talents, leaving many couplets, telling their poverty and sadness and calling for human injustice and pain. This couplet is one of them. The autumn wind and the cold rain, this scene shows the sad mood of Confucian scholars, which is very infectious. It is natural to be interested in "daily necessities" and even "people who care about it", which shows that this teacher is very talented.

The third episode: Teacher Ye was driven away, and a strange teacher Shi came to the school. He has a problem with filial piety and wants to find out if it is filial piety. Unexpectedly, because of the clever irony of Daxiao, Teacher Shi kicked Daxiao out of school in a rage. Xiao Su 'e, from a distant village, heard that Daxiao could not read, so she gave him her beloved trinkets as tuition. The big cave refused, and Xiao Su 'e cried unjustly. Daxiao banned the sale of tofu at the entrance of the county yamen and was taken to court for trial. After some excuses, the magistrate of a county calmed down, smiled and recommended him as a scholar. Daxiao and Su E played couplets, but Su E never stopped, so he had to be Daxiao's "wife". Su E and Daxiao, who didn't guess correctly, sang "Bamboo Horse Song" with childlike innocence. In order to fool Daxiao, Taigong Cao even cut down all his bamboo forests and invited celebrities to join Daxiao in couplets.

Snow bravado, white can occupy the countryside for a few days; Clouds follow the rain, and the sky is not dark.

Commentary: This couplet is a "concrete pair" handed down from generation to generation, and its biggest feature is "echo". The phrase "pastoral" is "white" because of "snow" is used to indicate that evil forces want to drive away Mr. Ye and "occupy" the "pastoral" of private schools. Daxiao said in the confrontation that "heaven and earth" are "black" because of clouds, but the clouds will not last long, so as to comfort his respect for teachers and enhance his confidence in fighting evil forces.

The cat stepped on the cat's head tile; The chicken pecked at the cockscomb.

Commentary: This couplet comes out immediately. "Cat's head tile" is a common name to describe the tile shape under the eaves. Therefore, it is not easy to write sentences accurately. Young Ling Daxiu was right on the spot. He is very clever.

After the brick, the fine-feathered birds died; Mr Si Tong, the coarse-haired beast.

Commentary: This legend was written by Pu Songling in Qing Dynasty when he was a teenager, and it was also a heartless couple: thin and thick, feather and hair, home and wild, bird and beast, brick and stone, back and head. The upper and lower couplets are opposite, but separately, they are two words with far different meanings (heartless): each sentence is realistic, and Mr. Shi killed the chicken with a brick; The antithesis is a mockery of Mr. Shi's ignorance (pronounced "one exposure to ten cold" as "one exposure to ten cold") and refers to him as a "coarse-haired beast".

The golden willow by the Jinshui River passes through the mouth of the goldfish; Hosta flowers are outside the jade railing and inserted on the jade head.

Commentary: Some people think that this couplet is very suitable for Jie Jin, a gifted scholar in Ming Dynasty. It is an excellent "top target". His focus is not one word, but two words "golden thread willow" and "Hosta flower". At the same time, the All-China Federation skillfully uses three "gold" and three "jade" to connect the contents, which is indeed a famous association.

Japanese yen; The wind is flat.

Commentary: This couplet is a "short pair" of Dai Dabin and the magistrate in Ming Dynasty. If the antithesis of the word "Quan Lian" is the rhyming antithesis of "mountain flower" to "sea tree" and "red sun" to "sky", it is too general. The beauty of this couplet lies in the clever understanding of the word "flat wind": the wind can enter and exit through the door, isn't its shape "flat"? This play is used in the dialogue between teenagers, and it is also in line with the imagination of children.

Feng Ming; Cow dance

Commentary: This couplet is also the antithesis between Dai Dabin and the magistrate in Ming Dynasty. Just like the dialogue of the above two words, it shows fun from the dialogue. "Cow dance" was difficult to understand at first, but the ancients once said that "all animals dance". As one of the animals, cattle can certainly "dance", which is amazing.

Bachelor's chair with tiger skin mattress cover; The rabbit writes Zhuangyuan Square with a brush.

Commentary: This couplet is a clever pair handed down from generation to generation. Using "rabbit brush" to "tiger skin mattress" is clean, neat, novel and unique. Taking the "Zhuangyuan Square" as the "bachelor chair" also expresses the ambition and ambition of a child prodigy.

Perch has four gills and occupies a seat in Songjiang; Crabs are eight-legged, and Kyushu is rampant.

Commentary: According to records, an imperial adviser visited Songjiang Prefecture in the Ming Dynasty, and said during the dinner, "Perch has four gills and one tail, which is monopolized by Songjiang." This means that local judges have monopoly power here. Songjiang magistrate said to him, "crabs with eight legs and two claws are rampant all over the world." Answer this as a joke with an old friend. In the TV series, it is even more like a couplet, in which Wang Jilie, the magistrate of a county, answers with Ling Daxiao, showing only the ingenious thinking of the filial piety, without irony at all.

Eggs are really light without salt; The pig intestines are not cut properly.

Commentary: This couplet is also a homophonic pair handed down from generation to generation. Light, egg, length and intestine are homonyms. The meaning is clear, but the answer is clever. Coupled with the following couplets, it has played a prominent role in Ling Daxiu's agile learning.

Children's legs are fungi; The boss looks like pepper.

Commentary: This couplet is a scene between Wang Erlie and the examiner in the examination room in Qing Dynasty, which uses figurative rhetoric. "Auricularia auricula" and "Zanthoxylum bungeanum" form a neat and interesting dual. In the play, the pants with big holes in the outside are relatively short, revealing the edge of the pants inside, like "fungus". Ling Daxiao, the divine power, is very clever, and it is just right to compare the age spots on an old scholar's face to "pepper".

Two people sitting on the dirt; January is bright and beautiful.

Commentary: This couplet is a couplet of Zhang Zong in Jin Dynasty and Li Er in Zhao Rong. Two "people" and "ground" are combined into the word "sit"; "Day" and "month" are combined into the word "Ming". This couplet is quoted in the TV series, implying the relationship between Su E and Daxiao as adults.

Watching the moon at the door; Think about the fields.

Commentary: This couplet is a antithetical couplet: a word "leisure" is opposite, a door is opposite, and a month is opposite. Take the word "Xiang" apart, and a "field" and a "heart" are formed. The structure of Chinese characters is very complicated, and some words are composed of several words. For example, when we hear a person's surname "zhāng", we will ask "Do you want to take a bow or make an early seal?" These characteristics of Chinese characters provide a broad world for the creation of "split-character pairs".

I love my neighbor, and my neighbor loves me; Fish swim along the water.

Commentary: This couplet is a pair of palindromes created by contemporary people. The reading method of the first couplet, from reciting to reading, from reciting to reading, is the same sentence, and so is the second couplet. In the composition of palindromes, the middle word is called "axis", with it as the center, and the same words are arranged symmetrically in turn. The "living" and "living" of this couplet are "axes".

Door to door; I live in thousands of books.

The door is as short as 1000 bamboo poles; Thousands of books's family has a long history.

The door is short of a thousand bamboo poles; My home is in thousands of books.

Commentary: These triplets are a pair in the traditional stand-up comic dialogue "Xie Bachelor", which was recorded in Story Club earlier than the comic dialogue, but the plot is very simple. The couplet quoted in the TV series is perfect and just right. The first couplet was written by Daxiao. Cut bamboo for the Cao family, because I don't want Daxiao to have "couplets". Since there is no bamboo, shouldn't Daxiao take off that pair by himself? Cao didn't expect the words "short" and "long" to be added up and down the cave. The Cao family uprooted bamboo and added the words "nothing" and "yes" to the big hole. Cao Jia had no choice but to give up, and since then, he has held a grudge. After a few years, the contradiction has become more acute.