The story of a couplet

Jie Jin (1369- 14 15), a minister of the Ming Dynasty, was born in Jishui (now Jishui, Jiangxi). He was a scholar in Hongwu period. Jie Jin is smart, quick-thinking and studious. He has been familiar with the "Four Books" and "Five Classics" since childhood. He is proficient in all kinds of articles and poems, especially in antithesis, and is called "prodigy" by far and near. The following is the story of his childhood conversation. ?

write Spring Festival couplets

One year on New Year's Eve, teenage Jie Jin wrote a pair of Spring Festival couplets:

Sunjiangfan

Look at the lanterns in luling at night. ?

This pair of Spring Festival couplets attracted all the neighbors to watch and everyone praised it. Opposite Jie Jin's house is Cao Shangshu's mansion. The senior minister has always been called a "prodigy", but he doesn't believe in Jie Jin's literary talent. He couldn't help secretly approving this pair of Spring Festival couplets. It's just that I have some doubts in my heart, so I decided to think of an idea to test Jie Jin. Cao Shangshu ordered a bamboo to be planted on the riverbank opposite Xie Jiamen, blocking Xie Jia's view of "watching Jiangfan in Jiangxi every day and Luling lanterns at night".

On New Year's Eve the following year, Jie Jin posted a pair of Spring Festival couplets on the gate again:

Bambusa door to door

I live in thousands of books.

Cao Shangshu was amazed when he saw it. In order to test Jie Jin again, the bamboo was immediately cut short. When he went to see Xie Jia's Spring Festival couplets again, he saw a word added to each pair of couplets, which became:

The door is short on the stem and bamboo.

Thousands of books, the head of the family?

Cao Shangshu was cruel, and his family dug up the bamboo roots. At this time, Jie Jin again at the end of the couplet, added a word, couplet:

This door is short of bamboo.

This family owns thousands of books.

Cao Shangshu was very helpless, so he sent someone to send Jie Jin a red invitation, and he must meet this "child prodigy" face to face. ?

2. Zhi Dou Cao Shangshu couplets:

1). Dapeng spreads his wings, hates the low-water toad wearing green clothes, and the shrimp in the pot wearing red robes.

2). Two apes are cutting down trees in the deep mountain, but the little monkey dares to saw (sentence)? ? When the horse fell into the mud, how could the old beast run out of its hoof?

3). traces of drunken love? Recite white poems crazily

4). The wind blows ponytails for thousands of lines? Rizhao Longlin Wandianjin

5) dragons don't sing tigers, fish don't bark, toads don't jump, don't laugh, and bow their heads.

Cars without wheels and horses without saddles, like toothless guns without fire, can capture General Sene alive.

6). Is the eyeball nostril bead still on Confucius? Mr. Mei was born longer than Mr. Mei.

Jie Jin received a red invitation from Cao Shangshu, so he took people to Cao Shangshu's house. I saw the door closed and the side door wide open, so I turned and walked back. Cao Shangshu sneered at the door: Boy, don't be rude; ? Hearing this, Jin casually snorted: Dapeng spreads its wings and hates the sky. ? Cao Shangshu had to open the door to welcome Jie Jin. He looked at Jie Jin in green and said: Toads in the water wear green; ? Jie Jin smiled and pointed to Cao Shangshu, who was wearing a red robe, and replied in a tit-for-tat manner: The shrimp in the pot was wearing a red robe. ? Cao Shangshu became angry from embarrassment and scolded: Two apes cut down trees in the deep mountains, but how dare the little monkey saw? Jie Jin immediately responded rudely: When a horse fell into the mud, how could an old beast come out of its hoof?

Cao Shangshu, who was born in Hanlin, couldn't get the upper hand against a wet behind the ears child. He is very unwilling, but he has to admit that this "prodigy" is brilliant and quick-thinking. Cao Shangshu didn't stop there, so he invited a spectator. He wants to test Jie Jin again in front of everyone. ? Cao Shangshu took a sip of wine and blurted out: "I am drunk and love the trace of Xi;" ? Jie Jin casually recited the poem "Bai Ye". Cao Shangshu immediately made a couplet: the wind blows a ponytail for a thousand lines; ? Jie Jin immediately and correctly replied: Rizhao Longlin has ten thousand points of gold. The audience were all moved by Jie Jin's clever couple and couldn't help applauding and cheering. Seeing that Jie Jin had not been defeated, Cao Shangshu was very anxious, pointing to the picture on the screen, and made another couplet: dragons don't sing, tigers don't bark, fish don't jump, toads don't jump, laugh and laugh; Jie Jin pondered a little, pointed to the chess pieces on the case and replied: The car has no wheels, the horse has no saddle, like it has no teeth, and the gun has no fire. Take General Sene alive. Jie Jin just finished, Cao Shangshu was sweating on his forehead, but he refused to give up. He said in a tone of lesson: the eyeball, nostrils and beads are still on Confucius; Jie Jin pondered for a while, and then got an answer: Mr. Mei, the afterlife is longer than Mr. Mei. This couplet has a profound meaning and implies sarcasm, which can be described as quite ingenious. Jie Jin didn't say that finish, onlookers amaze, Cao Shangshu suddenly speechless, so we have to pretend to be drunk. ?

? 3. Kill three birds with one stone

Planting bamboo shoots in front of the stadium? Techniques of planting flowers behind temples

? Jie Jin's extraordinary intelligence forced Cao Shangshu to gasp in admiration. One day, he invited Jie Jin into the house to see if Jie Jin had made any progress in his studies recently. So, after several couplets, Cao Shangshu never got the upper hand. So, use the last resort; Using homophonic puns, I tried to kill three birds with one stone to overwhelm Jie Jin. His first part is:

Planting bamboo shoots in front of the court; ? Jie Jin immediately pointed out that "it is the skill of the elders to plant flowers behind the temple." . Cao Shangshu said with a smile: "My couplet means that the bamboo planted in front of the yard grows bamboo shoots first." Jie Jin said, "I mean, the flowers planted behind the temple have grown old branches." Cao Shangshu added, "My first couplet has another explanation. It is said that the bamboo planted in the yard is not growing well, so the teacher cut it down, so it is: it is harmful to plant bamboo in front of the yard; Jie Jin immediately went on to say, "My bottom line also has another meaning. It is said that the flowers planted in the back of the house were crooked by the wind, and the elders supported them with wooden sticks, so there are: the flowers planted in the back of the house were supported by the elders.

Cao Shangshu said with a smile, "I don't know anything about prodigy. I have a third meaning here. It's about planting bamboo in front of the court. The teacher asked someone else. What is the reason, so it is: Mr. Ueda asked before the court; Jie Jin clapped his hands and said with a smile, "Don't worry, Master Cao, my second couplet has another meaning, that is, flowers were planted behind the house, and the young monk hurried to tell the elder, who said that he already knew. So that's it: the elders who plant flowers behind the temple know. Cao Shangshu's "Kill Three Birds with One Stone" still didn't beat the clever Jie Jin, and he couldn't help but sincerely admire: "What a genius!" Cao Shangshu was so eager for talents that he was overjoyed and betrothed his daughter to Jie Jin.

Note: "Bai Ye" comes from the poem "Invincible Poems by Bai Ye" by the poet Du Fu.

? This couplet is even and elegant, and the function words "ye" and "zhi" are opposite, which makes the couplet interesting.