A rich man wished his mother a birthday. The first couplet said: The sky increases the sun and the moon, and my mother’s life increases. The second couplet made people laugh.

Couplets have a long history in our country and can be seen everywhere in life. Couplets, also called couplets, originated during the Qin Dynasty and were originally peach symbols. Later, this kind of couplets became more and more popular among people. Not only did people like to post couplets during the New Year and festivals, but ancient scholars and scholars also liked to make couplets very much and regarded them as a way to adjust their lives. There is no limit to the number of characters in a couplet. It can be a single-character couplet, a cross-character couplet, or a multi-character couplet. China's first Spring Festival couplets recorded in history were written by Meng Chang, the lord of the Later Shu Dynasty: ""New Year's celebration; festival number Changchun". This Spring Festival couplet is still in use today. In addition, couplets can be used to compete in talents, and also It can be used to celebrate birthdays, etc. In the late Qing Dynasty, Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi and a representative of the Westernization movement, once visited Taoranting with a group of guests. The guest suggested using "Taoranting" as the first couplet and asked those present what the second couplet should be. After hearing this, Zhang Zhidong smiled slightly and said, "My name is Zhang Zhidong." "The guests were so impressed and praised one after another. It is also said that during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, there was a rich man named Huang in Tianjin. Although his family was rich, his cultural level was limited and he often made some jokes. Rich man Huang did not have much self-awareness, even if he often Even though he was being teased behind his back, he still liked to be arty. When he was celebrating his 70-year-old mother's birthday, Rich Man Huang made a joke about it. He planned to write a good birthday couplet to his old mother himself and arrange it at the time. Outside the door, it was both festive and a demonstration of his talent. But after racking his brains for a long time, he couldn't find anything satisfactory, so he called Yu Xiucai next door and asked him to write a birthday couplet for him. Upon hearing this, he thought, isn't this simple? There are already good couplets, so why bother to think of new ones by yourself? So he wrote a very traditional couplet and gave it to Mr. Huang: The sky increases, the sun and the moon increase people's life; spring brings happiness to the universe. Rich Man Huang saw it, applauded him, gave Yu Xiucai some money, and sent him back. But Rich Man Huang was not a peaceful man, and he always wanted to change the couplet, so that he could be regarded as his own. He did it himself. He thought for a long time and slapped his thigh: Since it was a birthday celebration for his mother, wouldn't it be better to change the "person" in "the sky increases, the sun and the moon increase the life" to "mother"? He I also thought that couplets should pay attention to neat contrasts, so this couplet changed to the first couplet: the sky increases, the sun and the moon increase the life of the mother; the second couplet: the spring is full, the universe is full, and the father is full of life. It was posted in front of the door, and on the day when the old mother celebrated her birthday, everyone would tell everyone that it was written by herself. The guests laughed loudly, laughing at the fact that the rich man only cared about being neat, but he had attracted a lot of "" dads to himself. "!