Don’t use couples as couplets

When reading newspapers and magazines, especially newspaper supplements, from time to time I see some so-called couplets appearing majestically on the pages. Whether it is national or provincial or municipal newspaper supplements, this seemingly inevitable problem exists. I often wonder about this: As a supplement editor, his knowledge of couplet literature is so lacking or even ignorant. How did he become an editor? Wouldn't it be ridiculous to mislead readers with false information?

The following is a brief analysis of some sentences excerpted from a newspaper supplement to see if they can be called "couples" and whether they are worthy of "interesting conversation".

1. Today we educate Tangdi; tomorrow we become pillars.

2. A good harvest fills the wall with paintings; wealth fills a room with books.

3. Working with pen and ink is a blessing; living a frugal life is beautiful.

4. The brain and body move together to increase longevity; writing and ink can dance together to bring endless joy.

5. Holding a knife to the wood and wandering through black and white and gray; holding a pen and paper to explore the truth, goodness and beauty.

Based on the analysis of basic requirements such as word count equivalence, part-of-speech correspondence, phonological opposition, structural symmetry, rhythmic beat, and content docking, the first sentence has two obvious problems: First, the words are joined together, and the words before The second character of the first sentence and the second sentence are both "日", which results in repetitive meaning; secondly, the second and fourth characters of the second sentence are both oblique sounds, and the rhyme alternation is inappropriate. The problem with the second sentence is: the "harvest" in the previous sentence is an adjective, and the "wealth" corresponding to "harvest" in the second sentence is a noun, and the part of speech does not correspond; the second and fourth characters in the previous sentence both have flat tones and rhyme. Improper alternation. There are four errors in the third sentence: first, the word "pen and ink" in the previous sentence is a noun, and the corresponding "frugal" in the second sentence is an adjective, and the part of speech does not correspond; second, the word "cultivation" in the first sentence is a verb, and the corresponding word "frugal" in the second sentence corresponds to it "Life" is a noun, and the part of speech does not correspond; third, the "福" in the previous sentence is a noun, and the corresponding "Beauty" in the second sentence is an adjective, and the part of speech does not correspond; fourth, according to the requirements of ancient rhyme, the "" at the end of the following sentence The word "福" and "美" all have oblique rhymes, which violates the rule that the first couplet ends in oblique and the second couplet ends in flat. If you follow the new pronunciation and rhyme requirements, you must swap the preceding and following sentences to avoid the problem of confusing rhyme and footwork. The shortcomings of the fourth sentence are: the second and fourth characters in the preceding and following sentences appear consecutive oblique phenomena, and there is no alternation between oblique and oblique; the "yi" in the first sentence is a verb, and the corresponding word "乐" in the second sentence is an adjective, and the parts of speech do not correspond . The deficiencies in the fifth sentence are: the five characters after the first sentence are all consecutive flat tones, making the last three flat, and the rhyme does not comply with the regulations of upper flat and lower flat; the second, fourth, sixth and eighth characters in the second sentence are all It is a oblique tone, and the rhyme alternation is seriously inappropriate. The ending character should be in a flat tone, but the oblique tone is used.

Strictly speaking, none of the five sentences is a qualified couplet and can only be counted as a couplet. Couplets are often used as slogans and slogans, or as jingles. Calling them couplets would be a mistake.