A scholar's joke about writing couplets is

As an artistic treasure of China culture, couplets have been enduring for thousands of years. After the maturity of the Song Dynasty, it reached its peak in the Ming and Qing Dynasties and became one of the favorite pastimes of literati. Throughout the ages, historical celebrities such as Su Dongpo in the Northern Song Dynasty, Jie Jin in the Ming Dynasty and Ji Xiaolan in the Qing Dynasty all left many interesting couplets in the long history of couplets, which made people cry after reading them, which was amazing!

During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, there was a scholar named Zhou in a village in Anqing. He is ugly, pockmarked all over his face, and his beard grows to his chin. At that time and in modern times, he was ugly, even ugly. There is a scholar named Lin in the neighboring village. He is not only ugly, but also a cyclops. Although they are brilliant and knowledgeable, they are ugly.

Coincidentally, there is a very beautiful and lovely girl in the east village. The point is that she is not married. When Zhou Xiucai and Lin Xiucai learned about it, they invited someone to propose marriage to their aunt. A few days later, when they met, they both knew each other's proposal, and their hearts were full of contempt and disdain for each other.

On this day, the two met and went to the girl's house together to let the girl decide who to marry. In order to show her talent in front of the girls and win the impression points, Lin Xiucai laughed proudly at Zhou Xiucai in front of the girls and sang a couplet casually.

The first part: pockmarked face, beard, sheep's belly stone and upside-down cattail grass.

The first part shows the meaning of humiliation. Lin Xiucai described Zhou Xiucai's appearance vividly and ironically. Hearing this, Zhou Xiucai immediately flew into a rage. The feeling be nasty under, he wanted to revenge Lin Xiucai, let him know that he didn't come for nothing. After thinking for a while, he blurted out the couplet.

Bottom line: Conch cups with crooked cheeks and white eyes, and pearls are inlaid obliquely.

Zhou Xiucai's expression of anger in this couplet is more profound, while Lin Xiucai's crooked face and one-eyed face are also vividly portrayed and embedded in the couplet, which is a classic. The couplets are neat and consistent in artistic conception. Don't look at the topic, it can be described as a classic! Zhou Xiucai voice down, then looked at Lin Xiucai with a face of contempt.

The girl next to her saw two scholars hooked together and laughed at their physical defects, thinking, "Although they are brilliant and knowledgeable, they have no sense of being a gentleman at all. How can I marry such a person just to be jealous and slander others? " So she left angrily and didn't want to contact them again, leaving two scholars looking at each other, not knowing what to do!