"The reeds on the wall are top-heavy and the bamboo shoots in the mountains are thick and hollow." Where did it come from?

Origin: Jie Jin's couplets in Ming Dynasty.

Metaphor derogatory couplets, describing people's complacency, lack of solid work and preference for vanity; Exaggerated and mean, but no knowledge and real kung fu in my stomach. Used to satirize people, hoping that people can do things practically.

Mao Zedong quoted such a couplet in "Transforming Our Learning": "The reeds on the wall are top-heavy; The bamboo shoots in the mountains are thick and empty. " The author of this couplet is Jie Jin, a gifted scholar in the early Ming Dynasty. Ming Chengzu Judy commented on Jie Jin: "I can't live without me for a day, and I can't live without Jie Jin for a day."

Jie Jin (1369 65438+February 6, 2005-1465438+February 22, 2005), a native of Jishui (now Jishui, Jiangxi) in the Ming Dynasty, was a cabinet official and a college student in Chunfang. Jie Jin was afraid to speak out because of his extraordinary intelligence, and was repeatedly demoted, and eventually he was jailed because of "no minister". Yongle was buried in a snowdrift and froze to death on 13th of 13th (1465438+22nd of February, 2005), at the age of 47.