Chinese culture is broad and profound, the charm of Chinese characters is infinite, and a few short words can express a variety of meanings. The industrious and wise ancients used Chinese characters to create many excellent cultures, and they carried them forward and passed them on to this day. There are both essences and dross in traditional Chinese culture, and today I will talk about the treasure couplet of traditional Chinese culture. Couplets are a cultural form that the broad masses of the people like to hear, it is concise and profound, and it is a unique art form that Chinese language. Couplets first appeared in the Three Kingdoms period, developed for more than a thousand years, and now it is an important part of the traditional culture of the Han people.
Couplets are counter-to-war literature, which integrates the dualistic concepts of yin and yang, and its language and writing are parallel and symmetrical, and every word and sound are very exquisite. In ancient China, literati and inkers were very fond of couplet culture, drinking a pot of wine and chanting poems in a quiet place, which was their favorite life. Couplets seem simple, but they are endlessly mysterious. Generally speaking, couplets have upper and lower links, and because some upper links are too perfect, they have not been able to match the right lower links. For example, in the Qianlong period, the absolute of the ages: smoke lock pond willow; and then for example, in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, Jiangnan women came out of the Shanglian: lonely cold window empty widow. These are the age-old absolutes that have not been able to have the best downlinks.
There are also many interesting couplet stories in history, and I believe that everyone hears the couplet stories of Su Shi and Buddha Yin the most. Before that, we're also going to tell a story about the two of them. Su Shi and the Buddha Seal are friends of Mo Rebellion. Because the relationship is very good, they often use couplets to make jokes about each other.
Once, Su Shi went to the Golden Mountain Temple to visit the Master of the Buddha Seal, and it happened that the Buddha Seal was not in the temple, and it was a small Shami who opened the door. Su Shi deliberately shouted, "Where is the bald donkey?" Xiao Shami did not blame, but pointed to the hillside in the distance and said, "The eastern slope grazes!" Another time, Su Shi and Fo Yin were taking a boat trip to Slender West Lake, Su Shi suddenly rose, he saw a dog on the bank of the river gnawing on the bone, so he blurted out: "The dog gnaws on the (monk) bone on the river." The Buddha Seal was stunned for a moment, so he did not hesitate to throw the fan with Su Shishi in his hand into the river, and said to the next link: "Water Flow Dongpo Poem (Corpse). ”
The content of the couplet seems boring, but in fact, as long as we study it with our hearts, we can definitely find the fun in it. The ancients played the Chinese characters that could not speak thoroughly, and couplets could also become their way of entertainment.
During the Tang Dynasty, there were also many interesting couplet stories, such as the interesting pairs between Yang Guozhong and Li Bai. Yang Guozhong was the chancellor of the Tang Xuanzong period, and he was the brother of Yang Guifei, who had monopoly power and corrupted the state during his tenure. Not only that, Yang Guozhong was also jealous of people with stronger abilities than him, including the great poet Li Bai.
Yang Guozhong claimed to be the emperor's favorite, and he had always been blind and oppressed hundreds of officials. At that time, Li Bai's talent was monstrous, and he was very jealous of Li Bai's talent, and his heart was very uncomfortable, so he wanted to humiliate him. One day, Yang Guozhong came up with a solution, and he asked Li Bai to go forward to the three-step sentence. Who is Li Bai? Playing word games, few people in history can play him, Yang Guozhong is self-righteous, and finally did not expect to be humiliated.
As soon as Li Bai was invited to enter the door, Yang Guozhong looked at Li Bai and said sarcastically: "The two apes logged the wood in the middle of the mountain, and asked the monkey how to saw?" Here Yang Guozhong uses a harmonic tone to mock Li Bai as a "monkey". Li Bai was also not flustered at all, he listened to the slightest and said: "Please start, within three steps, it is not right, count me as losing." Yang Guozhong wanted to hurry up and take three steps, but as soon as he took a step, Li Bai pointed at Yang Guozhong's feet and shouted, "A horse is hidden in the mud, and see how the beast hoofs!" Here Li Bai also uses a harmonic tone to pay homage, "hoof" and "title" homophony, the lower link is very neat, Yang Guozhong originally wanted to take advantage, but was humiliated by Li Bai.
As soon as Yang Guozhong raised his foot, he was ridiculed as "an animal giving birth to a hoof", which made him not go, nor did he go, and the scene was very embarrassing. There are many more interesting couplets in history, what else do you readers know? Welcome to leave a message below, thank you for your support.