Collection of interesting couplets and wonderful couplets

Collection of wonderful couplets in "Collection of Interesting Couplets", Lian Lin Qu Qu

Serial couplets are a method of making couplets, also called thimble grid, Lian Zhu method, syllables in the couplets Or the sentences are connected from beginning to end, from front to back, creating an effect of passing up and down, like beads on a string, which makes it interesting to read. Such as "Broken bridges continue; the remaining snow and snow are not broken." "The fishes are fishing and the fishes are frightened; the whips and whips are frightening." "The fires are burning and the sticks are burning; the ferryboats are ferrying the ferrymen." "The water is frozen and covered with ice and snow, adding insult to injury; The sky is filled with mist and fog, and the clouds are opening to reveal the sun. "...and so on. Another example:

Tianxin Pavilion, pigeons have fallen in the pavilion, but pigeons have not flown in the pavilion;

Shuiluzhou, the island stops and the boat stops, but the boat moves and the island does not move.

This is a popular couplet in Changsha, Hunan. The couplet uses a variety of techniques such as Dingzhen and homonyms. The couplets include "gege", "gege", "zhouzhou", "Zhouzhou" is the most authentic, and "Geige" and "zhouzhou" have the same pronunciation (or homophony), which is quite original.

There is such a story: It is said that a lady of the country, who was beautiful and talented in literature, was determined to marry a talented man. The condition was that as long as her first couplet matched, no matter whether she was rich or poor. She posted the first couplet outside the door of the prime minister's house: An inch of land is a temple, and a poem is written beside the temple. The poem says, "The bright moon sends the monks back to the ancient temple;" This first couplet uses more techniques, such as Dingzhen, split characters, and collection of sentences. "Temple" and "Poetry" are the most true. At the same time, "Temple" and "Poetry" are both formed by the combination of the first two connected words. In the last sentence of the Tang poem, "Moon" is separated from the word "Ming". , very difficult. A scholar surnamed Lin wrote the second couplet and posted it in the Prime Minister's Mansion: Two trees form a forest, and there is a prohibition under the forest. The prohibition goes, "Axes weighing in at the same time can enter the forest." Miss Xiangguo saw it and was very satisfied, so they got married to her.

I am a guest in nature, but I am a guest in heaven.

Among the couplets, the most representative one is Wu Wenzhi’s couplet to guests. It is said that Wu Wenzhi was able to write poems when he was young. One day, a visitor to his home came out and said: mulberry and silkworms were raising silkworms, the silkworms were spinning cocoons, the cocoons were drawing silk, and the silk became beautiful. Wu Wenzhi said: "The grass hides the rabbit, and the rabbit produces hair. The hair is tied to the pen, and the pen is used to write articles." The guests were amazed.

Guan Yunchang, the famous general of the Three Kingdoms, has been famous among the people for thousands of years. Guandi Temple can be seen everywhere. Taking Beijing as an example, the most numerous temple is Guandi Temple. In the Qing Dynasty, there were more than 200 Guan temples in and around Beijing, accounting for one-tenth of the total temples in Beijing. There are countless Guandi temples in other places, and the Guandi temple couplets also have their own characteristics. Couplet from Guansheng Temple in Xiangtan City:

Horse/kill/Yan Liang, the heroes of Hebei are all frightened;

Single-handedly rejecting Lu Su, all the scholars in Jiangnan bow their heads.

This couplet highlights Guan Yu's brave and competitive character.

Zuo Zongtang once wrote the couplet of Guan Temple in Changde:

Historical policy has not been seen for thousands of years. The great sage Wen Xuan was succeeded at the top, and Wu Mu Gu Zhong was launched at the bottom. The majesty lasts forever, and the tree Zhonggu Yilun's teacher;

The place is hundreds of miles away, connected to the old seal of Hanshou in the west and the old base of Yiyang in the east.

The first couplet says that Guan Yu succeeded Wenxuan Great Sage (Confucius) and Wu Mu (Yue Fei) below; the second couplet combines the geographical situation with Guan Yu's career, which is very distinctive.

There is a Guandi Temple on Liupan Mountain in Ningxia. Its temple couplet advises people to live sincerely:

People who worship this person will want to learn from this person, and don’t kowtow to him;

To enter this mountain, you must leave this mountain, and you should carefully examine your heart.

This couplet calls on people to learn from Guan Yu’s moral character and not to be hypocritical. A Guandi temple couplet from /Taiwan/ uses the word "loyalty" to give a high-level summary of Guan Yu's life:

Yiyong soared into the clouds, and he became a brother and a brother;

Loyalty runs through the moon, emperor and king of Qianqiu.

Hang a couplet in the living room, which can reflect the owner’s interests, hobbies and character. After the patriotic educator Cai Yuan Pei was promoted to Jinshi, he served in the Hanlin Academy. He once posted a couplet in his apartment:

There is no official intention;

Only the sound of reading .

Mr. Cai is not pretending to be noble. He has seen through the darkness and decay of the officialdom and is willing to indulge in the sound of books.

The famous poet Lu You of the Southern Song Dynasty also spent his youth surrounded by the sound of reading. His study couplet is:

Ten thousand volumes of ancient and modern books will disappear forever;

A faint dawn through the window will send away the passing years.

The famous painter and writer Feng Zikai wrote a couplet for his study room in "Yuanyuan Hall":

The stars are turning in the galaxy world;

Sun and Moon Tower The sun and the moon are long in the middle.

The study couplet should be just right and should not be boastful. Otherwise, it will make people laugh. Yuan Mei, a talented scholar in the Qing Dynasty, lived in Suiyuan and once hung a couplet in his study:

This place has high mountains, steep ridges, dense forests, and bamboos;

It is possible to read three tombs, Wudian, Basuo, Jiuqiu.

The so-called "Three Tombs", "Five Codes" and "Nine Hills" are all legendary ancient books that have long been lost. How can Yuan Mei read them? Yuan Mei's friend Wang Kefu heard this and came to ask him to borrow the ancient book. He knew he was ashamed and quickly removed the couplet.

Many bedroom couplets are expressions of personal likes and dislikes. Yu Dafu's former residence couplet:

Severing customs is due to laziness;

Selling articles is selling books.

The famous historian Fan Wenlan once had a couplet in his home:

The bench will be cold for ten years,

If the article is not written, it will be empty.

This couplet has simply become Mr. Fan’s motto.

There is a quack doctor in a certain place who is ignorant and often kills people. Someone wrote a couplet and posted it on his door:

It may not turn into something bad;

How has he ever come back from the dead?

The upper and lower couplets each use an idiom, but one word is omitted, which is really a witty phrase.

During the period of the Republic of China, a couplet was widely circulated:

The taxation of ten thousand yuan in the Republic of China;

The world is too poor.

Using the homophonic pronunciation of "tax" and "year", "poverty" and "ping", we analyzed the social conditions of the time when there were many harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and the people did not have a living. Ruthless irony.

In the annual imperial examination in the Qing Dynasty, the question used the sentence "I am ignorant, I am thinking about it" from "The Great Learning". One candidate had poor eyesight and regarded "ambiguity" as "sister". The grader didn't find it funny after reading it, so he wrote a comment that perfectly matched the examinee's question:

Sister, I'm thinking about it;

Brother, you are wrong.

In ancient times, there was a scholar who was lame. His father-in-law disliked him and never let him in. One year, the son-in-law actually passed the exam to become a scholar. The father-in-law invited his son-in-law to a meal. During the dinner, he made a couplet to mock his son-in-law:

A good son-in-law is in vain, the road is bumpy, one step higher, one step lower;

Unfortunately, the father-in-law is one-eyed. The son-in-law took advantage of the topic and laughed at his father-in-law:

Taishan misunderstood, the world is hot and cold, so he turned a blind eye or closed a blind eye.

In January 1933, the Red Army arrived at Fengxianggou in Sichuan. The local folks beat gongs and drums to welcome the Red Army. Someone wrote a Spring Festival couplet dedicated to the Red Army:

The Red Army arrived, /reverse/ Move/escape, the local tyrants and evil gentry hide their cats, and the cats say wonderful things;

Soviet area music, full of folk songs, people are happy, horses are laughing, and cocks are crowing.