Classic couplets

Jie Jin, a famous scholar, writer and calligrapher in the early Ming Dynasty, presided over the compilation of Yongle Dadian. He was smart and studious since he was a child, and he was good at poetry and writing at the age of seven. People call him a "prodigy". He is especially good at making couplets and is called "the master of couplets".

When Jie Jin was seven years old, he went to the Yangtze River to take a bath with his father. His father hung his clothes on an old tree and said the first part:

A thousand-year-old tree is a hanger.

Jie Jin looked at the magnificent river, immediately to the bottom allied:

Wanli Yangtze river bathtub

(2)

Once, a big official didn't believe that Jie Jin had this talent and decided to invite him. When Jie Jin came to the door, he saw it closed. The family said that the host ordered him to enter from the west gate, but Jie Jin refused. The official ordered people to send the first part:

Puppies are ignorant and narrow-minded.

Jie Jin replied without hesitation:

Dapeng spreads his wings and hates the sky.

Officials had to open the door to meet him. He saw Jie Jin dressed in green, taunting way:

The frog in the well is wearing a green coat.

Jie Jin smiled and said, pointing to the big officer's red robe:

The shrimp in the pot is wearing a red robe.

Big official's home is lush and full of flowers. The first thing that big officials do when they go out is:

Folium Typhae, Folium Persicae, Folium Vitis Viniferae, and woody herbs;

Jie Jin blurted out the bottom allied:

Plum blossom, osmanthus, rose, spring fragrance and autumn fragrance

(3)

Opposite Jie Jin's house is a rich man who is jealous of Jie Jin's knowledge, but he can't surpass Jie Jin in knowledge. So he bought 1000 bamboo trees from other places and planted them in front of his house, which attracted many scholars to talk about learning at his house every day. The rich man was very happy and said to Jie Jin with his head held high: "I am a talented person now, and I have received a good education. If you are free, come to my house to listen. I don't charge your tuition. " Jie Jin thought the rich were stupid and ridiculous, so he posted a couplet on the door:

Door to door, home to thousands of books.

When the rich man saw it, he angrily asked the servant to cut all the bamboo. Jie Jin added two words to the couplet, which became:

The door is as short as a thousand bamboo poles, but parents hide thousands of books.

The rich man stamped his foot at home, thinking that Jie Jin laughed at his ignorance, so he flew into a rage and pulled out all the bamboos. Jie Jin smiled and watched them pull bamboo, so he added two words to the couplet, which became:

The door is short of bamboo, and there are thousands of books at home.

(4)

A self-reliant genius scholar challenged Jie Jin, shook his head and said:

Cattle run, donkeys run, but horses run,

Chickens and ducks can't fly, but eagles can.

Jie Jin saw the scholar's smugness and heard his self-proclaimed couplets of "horse" and "eagle". He felt ridiculous and immediately responded:

The reeds on the wall are top-heavy and shallow;

Bamboo shoots in the mountains have thick mouths and empty stomachs.

This couplet compares this self-righteous guy without real talent and learning to "reeds on the wall" and "bamboo shoots in the mountains", which makes him speechless.

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Once, Jie Jin's father played chess with his friends, who looked up at the sky and sang:

Heaven is a star on the chessboard. Who dares to play?

"Father puzzling over for a long time, Jie Jin was straight stamp, father also don't understand what Jie Jin means. He had to step on the ground with his feet and said:

There are harps and strings on the ground, and you can play either one!

Celosia cristata is an annual erect grass flower of Amaranthaceae, which is named after its erect fleshy inflorescence like the crown of a rooster. Once, Jie Jin and Emperor Yongle were playing in the garden, and the emperor suddenly ordered Jie Jin to write poems with cockscomb flowers. After thinking for a while, Jie Jin said: The comb of a rooster is dyed with rouge.

As soon as the voice fell, the emperor took out the white cockscomb from behind and said, "This is not carmine, it is white." Jie Jin improvised and immediately said, "Why did you wear so little makeup today?" Because of the greed of the fifth watch, I still carry it.

Jie Jin's reaction is very good, his language is very special, and his association is great. The emperor was very happy to hear that.

Jie Jin, a gifted scholar in Ming Dynasty, went to a businessman's house to collect taxes in advance. The merchant's naughty daughter posted couplets in front of the door, thinking, look at how your tax collectors came into the house to write couplets:

Idle people are not allowed in, and thieves are not allowed to come.

Jie Jin looked at it and smiled. He asked someone to add three words to the couplet with a pen, and then he stood up and went out to see the merchant's daughter. He had to admire the quick thinking of the young tax official, and skillfully added the original solution of the couplet as follows:

Idle people are not allowed to enter the sages, and thieves are not allowed to come.