During the Song Jiayou period, there was no open hostility between the Song and Liao, and there were often exchanges between the two sides. However, the Liao State was already covetous at this time, and every time it sent an envoy to Beijing, it had to try to mock it

During the Song Jiayou period, there was no open hostility between the Song and Liao, and there were often exchanges between the two sides. However, the Liao state was already covetous at this time, and every time it sent envoys to Beijing, it had to try to mock the Emperor or officials of the Great Song Dynasty in an attempt to wear down the self-esteem and self-confidence of the Central Plains people.

Once, when liao sent emissaries to Kaifeng, The Divine Sect ordered Su Dongpo, a scholar of the University, to take two deputies with him to receive the emissaries.

The Liao envoy had long heard of Su Dongpo's great name, and secretly thought in his heart: "Su Dongpo is a great celebrity in the Central Plains, if we can try to embarrass him and make him ugly in public, can't we greatly destroy the ambition of the Song people and the prestige of the Liao state?" Therefore, he maliciously made a connection to Su Dongpo, saying that he was "asking for advice" from Su Dongpo. This uplink is:

Three light sun and moon stars

As soon as Su Dongpo heard it, he knew that this upper link was a difficult "absolute". Although this link has only five words, it uses the "number grid", if other numbers are used to the lower link, there will inevitably be a phenomenon of more or less numbers, so as not to be a foreign joke? At this time, I saw him smile slightly, and quietly said to one of the deputies next to him: "I can be right, if you two can't be right, it will damage my great Song prestige." You can use the 'Four Poetry Styles' to correct it, and I will find another way. This deputy was instructed by Su Dongpo, and everyone present was shocked. Because they also know that "Ya" is divided into two kinds, Daya and Small, which are separated into two, collectively called one. Without waiting for the Liao envoy to react, Su Dongpo did not hurry and made another subordinate link:

Henry the Fourth German

When the Liao envoy heard about this lower link, he thought that Su Dongpo had thrown away the "zhen" in the "four virtues", so he triumphantly rebuked Su Dongpo. Unexpectedly, Su Dongpo smiled coldly and sneered at each other: "We are state gifts, how can we not avoid the imperial secrets of both sides in our speech?" I am going to the current emperor's name 'Zhen', can I not avoid it? What ignorance! ”

Liao envoy Wanwan did not expect Su Dongpo's literary thinking and eloquence to be so agile and sharp, and even less did he expect Su Dongpo to seize his handle, but to counterattack and taunt him for not understanding the state etiquette. However, he could not return the favor and had to praise it in succession.

At this time, there was a loud thunder outside the door, and Su Dongpo looked at Liao's blushing and embarrassed look, and added another lower link:

A wind and thunderstorm

When Liao lingered, he was even more amazed. Without waiting for the Liao envoy's eulogy to be exported, Su Dongpo added another couplet:

Two dynasties of brotherhood

The final pair of sentences is not only cleverly used, but also has a semantic pun. The purpose was to persuade the Liao to make Mo Sheng think differently, and not to lift a stone and drop it on his own feet, so as to damage the harmony and friendly relations between the two fraternal states.

When the Liao envoys listened, they were in awe of Su Dong Potun and did not dare to speak wildly anymore. Su Dongpo also defended the dignity and self-confidence of the Song people with his own talents.