Jokes in folk literature and art

There are three men and three women in Su Xun, among whom Su Shi ranks fifth. He has a younger brother, the famous Su Zhe. However, there is a folk saying that Su Shi also has a younger sister named Su Xiaomei, who is beautiful in appearance, quick in thinking and good at both learning and talent.

The story about Su Xiaomei can be found in Feng Menglong's The Three Difficult Grooms of Su Xiaomei. It is said that Su Xiaomei fell in love with Su Shi's student Qin Guan. Later, on their wedding night, little sister refused to let Qin Guan into the house and wrote a couplet to embarrass him. The first couplet says, "Close the door and launch the moon before the window." Qin Guan is also a great scholar, but he is afraid that he is plain and can't show his talent, so he sits by the pond and thinks hard. It was not until midnight that Su Dongpo came out to inquire about his brother-in-law. Knowing that it was her little sister, she quietly picked up a stone and threw it into the pool. Qin Shaoyou suddenly heard a bang and saw the scattered moon shadows in the pool, so he was inspired and quickly made a couplet: "Throw a stone to break the underwater sky". At this time, the door of the cave also opened with a "ah".

There are also many interesting stories between Su Xiaomei and Su Shi. The two brothers and sisters chattered nonstop, showing their magical powers, which made people laugh. Su Shi smiled at his little sister's high forehead and said, "Before going out, I will go to the picture gallery on my forehead." Little sister did not show weakness, retorted and laughed at her brother's long face: "Last year, a tear of lovesickness didn't reach her cheek."

What a Su Xiaomei! It is really cute. Kang Zhen, an associate professor at the College of Literature of Beijing Normal University, said that historically, people in Xiaomei, Su Like, may be sad. In fact, Su Xiaomei does not exist. First of all, there were hundreds of letters and poems between Su Shi and Su Zhe, but none of them mentioned Su Xiaomei. Secondly, Su Xiaomei was never mentioned in Su Shi's friends' notes and poems. Third, according to historical records, Qin Guan's wife is not surnamed Su, let alone Su.

Associate Professor Kang Zhen analyzed that Su Shi likes to play some word games with people and say some interesting couplets, which is similar to the current brain teasers. Too much history. The world should think that Su Shi should have such a smart and beautiful sister, so Su Xiaomei was born among the people. Su Xiaomei is a beautiful portrayal of Su Shi!