View the landscape on Guanyin Mountain and the Luohan Temple in the Luohan Temple.
The meaning of this couplet is: Guanyin guides the mountains and rivers on the mountain, making strategic arrangements to carry forward Buddhism. Arhats line up in the temple to prepare to save all sentient beings. A beautiful picture of Guanyin and Arhat working hard to promote Buddhism.
This second couplet complies with the six requirements for couplets in the " General Principles of Coupling Laws ", plus the four special requirements for couplets. Known as the decathlon.
Below we break down the decathlon one by one in order.
The sixth solution is the combination of form and meaning.
Article 6 of Chapter 1 of the "General Principles of Lian Lv" is as follows:
forms an Italian union. Form contrast, meaning correlation. The contents expressed by the upper and lower couplets are unified in the theme.
Regarding formal couplets
The upper and lower sentences of the couplet must be organized according to a certain pattern, which is called a sentence pattern. This sentence structure must form a correct form. The pair has two parts.
The first is the word count: the upper and lower couplets have the same number of words. This is the appearance that can be seen clearly at a glance. Of course, long couplets with multiple sentences still need to be counted.
The second is the sentence structure:
Let's take a look at the structure and sentence analysis of the upper and lower sentences of this couplet.
1, no subject sentence, the subject is omitted in this sentence.
Guanyin Mountain 丨 Guanyin 丨 Landscape
Adverbial 丨 Predicate 丨 Object
Luohan Temple in 丨 Luo ｜ Temple
"Guanyin Mountain" is used as an adverbial in this sentence, and the second word "Guan" is used as a predicate in this sentence, "Landscape" "" is used as an object.
2. Subject-predicate-object sentence pattern
Guanyin丨Shanshan丨Guan|Landscape
Subject丨Adverbial丨Predicate丨Object
Arhat|Temple|Luo丨Tiaotang
Guanyin is the subject (the preposition "yu" is omitted later), and "on the mountain" is This sentence is an adverbial, the second word "Guan" is used as the predicate in this sentence, and the word "山水" is used as the object.
The above two sentence components are representations of form. There are several other inherent ingredients. Such as the equivalence of words and sentences; the equivalence of parts of speech; the correspondence of structure; the correspondence of rhythm and beat; and the opposition of oblique and oblique elements. The previous five explanations have been decomposed. As far as sentence structure is concerned, if the sentence structure of the upper and lower couplets is consistent, it is called "formal couplet".
About the meaning association
The meaning association is related. First explain the association meaning, and then talk about the meaning of association.
couplets are both "pairs" and "links" between the upper and lower couplets. The above mentioned words with the same number of words, the same parts of speech, the same structure, the corresponding rhythm and the harmony of oblique and oblique are all "right". So what is Lian? "Connection" means that the content should be related.
The content between the upper and lower couplets of a couplet should be related. If the upper and lower couplets each write an unrelated thing, and the two cannot reflect, connect, and echo, then it cannot be considered a qualified couplet.
In this case, let’s take a look. The connotation of the upper and lower couplets is: Avalokitesvara is on the mountain observing the landscape. Arhats are listed in temples.
The content expressed in the upper and lower couplets is unified with the Buddhist theme of Guanyin Mountain, showing the theme of Guanyin and Arhat promoting Buddhism. Reflecting the close relationship in the expression of joint meanings.
The first line is Guanyin and the second line is Arhat. They exemplify each other and set off each other. Semantically, the content expressed in the upper and lower couplets, such as images, images, artistic conceptions, etc., are closely related, and they are linked around the theme of Buddhist affairs and serve the same theme.
The picture of Guanyin observing the landscape on the mountain in the first couplet is macroscopic and grand strategic planning level. You can also imagine what Guanyin was thinking about and what she was going to do when she was watching the mountains and rivers.
The picture of Arhats arranged in the temple in the second couplet is partial and concrete. What Arhats do in the Array Hall, whether it is display, arranging seats, preaching in groups, etc. can be extended and imagined, and implementation actions at the tactical level can be prepared.
The upper and lower meanings can be summed up in one sentence. Avalokitesvara is on the mountain observing the layout of the landscape, and Arhats are lining up in the temple to set out to save all sentient beings. A beautiful picture of Guanyin and the monks working hard for the promotion of Buddhism.
