The Qianlong Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, who had been reading poetry since childhood, belonged to the more talented among the emperors of the previous dynasties, except for Li Yu, the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and Zhao Yao, the Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, whose talent was above Qianlong. Because of this, Qianlong was full of self-confidence, self-proclaimed "Ten Perfect Old Man", eager to get a plaque of the world's first talent to hang in the palace.
To be fair, Qianlong is indeed erudite and talented, but it cannot reach the otherworldly realm, at best it is a third-rate level, compared with Li Bai, Du Fu, Su Shi and other talents, Qianlong is similar to primary school students. Qianlong ping had two major hobbies, namely writing poetry and pairs, it is said that he wrote more than 40,000 poems, but none of them are famous, which shows that his level of poetry writing is really average, at best it is just oil poetry.
So the question is, what is Qianlong's foundation in the couplet? Objectively speaking, he has a high degree of achievement in couplets, and most of the ministers are not his opponents, only Ji Xiaolan can match them. Ji Xiaolan is relying on excellent couplet knowledge, deeply favored by Qianlong, Qianlong every time micro-service private visits, or play in the south of the River, almost will take Ji Xiaolan with him, the two left many interesting stories.
One day, Qianlong and a group of ministers passed by a restaurant in the capital, whose name was "Natural Residence". The well-informed Qianlong praised such an elegant restaurant name, and the courtiers also followed suit. Qianlong's eyes rolled, and he suddenly thought of a shanglian: "The guest is naturally a resident, and the guest is actually a guest in heaven." "I have to say that this uplink is not low in difficulty, and people with insufficient IQ can't start at all."
Dozens of ministers, including He yan, did not think of a suitable answer when they wanted to break their heads, and Qianlong knew that they were not materials in this regard, so he turned to look at Ji Xiaolan. Ji Xiaolan frowned, and immediately said to the next link: "Monk You Yun Yin Temple, Temple Yin Yun Yu Monk." "In an examination for the imperial examination, qianlong, in order to make it difficult for a poor scholar, gave a shanglian that he thought was difficult on the spot, but he did not embarrass the other party, and the shusheng was very domineering to the lower link.
Fifty-four years after Qianlong, Liu Fenghuan, a talented man in Jiangxi, set off from his hometown with a bag of dry food on his back and went to the capital thousands of miles away to participate in the examination. Liu Fengchen showed outstanding talent from an early age, and at the age of eighteen, she was a person who passed the examination, and although her family was poor, she never gave up the dream of the imperial examination. With the support of relatives and friends, I continued to immerse myself in hard study, just to one day rise to the top and realize my ambitions in life.
After the examination results came out, Liu Fengchen's gold list title, what made him even more excited was that because the results were relatively high, it was logical to enter the ultimate selection, that is, the palace examination that was personally written by the emperor. Libu Shangshu presented the list of candidates and examination papers who participated in the palace examination, and Qianlong looked at them one by one, and then asked questions to the candidates, and selected the best batch according to their on-the-spot adaptability and the emperor's mood.
When it was Liu Fenghuan's turn to play, Qianlong was silent for a long time, not knowing how to rate him, and even planned to eliminate him directly. It turned out that Liu Fenghuan was too naughty when he was a child, accidentally injured his eyes, and because he did not get timely treatment, he was blind in one eye. Although the selection of the imperial examination mainly depends on talent, there are also certain requirements for appearance, so Qianlong does not want Liu Fenghuan to be selected.
As a result, Qianlong made a rather sarcastic shanglian: "One-eyed man does not climb the dragon and tiger list." Liu Fengchen was also a very clever person, how could he not hear the emperor's voice, but he did not flinch, and opened his mouth to the next link: "The half moon is still shining." Qianlong was stunned, he did not expect that Liu Fenghuan was not only talented, but also had a small pattern, and in time, he would surely become a pillar of material.
In order to further test him, Qianlong made another joint: "East Qiming, West Changgeng, Nanji Beidou, who is the star picking Han?" The difficulty coefficient of this joint was even greater, and Ji Xiaolan on the side was helpless, but Liu Fengxuan's clever move was a wonderful link: "Spring Peony, Summer Peony Medicine, Autumn Chrysanthemum Winter Plum, Chenben Tanhualang." "With "spring, summer, autumn and winter" to "southeast, northwest", the four famous flowers correspond to the four square stars, which can be called the absolute of eternity.
More importantly, Liu Fengxuan was bold and bold, and directly used the "Chenben Tanhualang" to ask the emperor for his meritorious name. Qianlong admired his talent and courage very much, and said on the spot: Tanhua is you! Liu Fenghuan's deeds make us understand a truth, talent is more important than appearance, once you have excellent talent, it doesn't matter how ugly you look.
If you were to take a look at the two upper leagues of Qianlong, could you make a good lower link? Feel free to write your answer in the comments section.