What is the next sentence of "all mountain paintings, no water, no writing"?

All mountains are paintings, and there is no article without water. This is a sentence from Liang Zhangju's couplet Conghua in Qing Dynasty.

The "article" here does not refer to written works, but describes the beauty of watercolor, saying that it has mixed patterns and colors. The meaning of this sentence is that places with mountains and water are as beautiful as pictures and articles. Describe the beauty of that place. It's amazing.

The second layer means that there is no painting without mountains, which generally refers to the beauty of mountains. Without water, you can't write an article. In ancient times, there was no painting without mountains, and there was no unwritten water, that is to say, a painting without mountains could not be called a painting, and a painting without describing water could not be an article. Refers to the importance of mountains and rivers and their proportion in human life.

Analysis:

The most essential feature of a standard couplet is "antithesis". When expressed orally, it is verbal confrontation, and when written, it is verbal confrontation.

Usually we talk about four items: equal number of words, relative parts of speech, flat and oblique contradictions, and the same syntax. The most important of the four items is that the number of words is equal and the contradiction is flat and oblique. The number of words here is equal, which is different from the "number of words" in English. Its essence is syllable equality. That is, one syllable corresponds to one syllable.

In English, the words "car" and "jeep" are equal in number, but not in syllable. In Chinese, "truck" and "jeep" are equal in number and syllable. The reason why Chinese can achieve "syllable" equality is because Chinese is a language with monosyllabic as the basic unit. Syllables, morphemes and characters are trinity.