Basic knowledge of couplets

Basic rules:

1. Equal number of words

"Equal number of words" has three meanings: the words of phrases corresponding to the upper and lower couplet are equal; The number of words in each clause of the upper and lower couplet is equal; The total number of words in the upper part is equal to that in the lower part.

2. Content-related

The contents of the couplet should be related. A couplet should be regarded as an article, with a theme and a central idea, and it is not allowed to say an irrelevant thing in the upper and lower couplets.

3. "Part-of-speech equivalence" is a grammatical element of couplets, which means that each word and part-of-speech corresponding to the upper and lower couplets should belong to the same category. That is, noun to noun, verb to verb, and so on, such as "spring comes to the eyes, beaming", both express the joy of spring.

4. The concept of "ping ping": "ping" refers to the yin ping and yang ping of Putonghua, that is, the first and second tones, such as "Ma" and "Ma", which are called "ping ping sheng characters" in couplets; "Xu" refers to the rising and falling tones in Putonghua, that is, the third and fourth tones, such as "Ma, scold", which is called "Xu" in couplets.

"even and harmonious" means that the tones are coordinated with each other, so that they can be read fluently and have a sense of rhyme. "Flat and harmonious" is the melody element of couplets. Extended information

The antithesis between couplets and regular poems has a relationship of inheritance and evolution. The flat and even meter of regular poems and the principle of "No matter one, three, five, two, four and six are distinct" are also applicable to couplets. As for the number of words in each pair of couplets, there is no limit, ranging from four words, five words, six words, seven words, eight characters and nine words to tens or hundreds of words, as long as there is something to say, it will do.

here are some examples to illustrate this: the motherland is magnificent; The people are new in years. (flat and flat, flat and flat. ) The "motherland" and "mountains and rivers" in the upper part and the "people" and "years" in the lower part are all nouns, and the last word "Zhuang" in the upper part and the last word "Xin" in the lower part are adjectives, which are relative and balanced, and their contents and forms are consistent with the above five laws.

resources

Baidu encyclopedia _ antithetical couplet