The earliest couplet that has been recorded and appeared is from during the Three Kingdoms period and was unearthed from Luling, Jiangxi. It mainly consists of iron crosses with the words "couplets", and then it continues to spread.
Another statement comes from the Spring Festival in 964 AD and was written by Hou Shu Emperor Meng Chang . Due to the age of time, it is impossible to check the authenticity of the specific information.
But to talk about the most peculiar couplet, it must be absolute in the 3 years of the Ming Dynasty. The upper and lower lines are just right, but they have not been surpassed yet.
Reading
is called the lazyst and one of the most exciting couplets in history. The lower couplet is given by the Ming Dynasty master Xu Wei . Although it is short, it makes people understand.
The story happened at a banquet. At that time, Xu Wei and many friends drank and had fun with . When they were in the deepest place, the drinking gradually made people feel intrigued.
So someone suggested that it would be better to enjoy couplets than . One person sends the first couplet, and the other person sends the second couplet to see who is fast and neat, and the artistic conception must meet the requirements.
If you want to just drink, most of the scholars present have reached the limit of . But if it is a word game, then everyone will be in an instant.
Although the ancients often said that there is no first in literature and no second in martial arts, it is possible to give the couplets of the game and make everyone recognize it. It is also something that is worthy of pride.
So "Passenger A" gives the first line: is good at reading but not easy to read.
text looks simple, but the meaning doesn't seem to be profound enough. But if you really want to find the right couplet, everyone will look at me and I look at you for a while, but they still have no clue about .
and circled around everyone. Seeing that the situation was about to happen, Xu Wei suddenly said: is easy to read but not easy to read.
The person next to you joked: Brother Xu, I asked you to give the second line, but I didn’t ask you to repeat the first line by .
Unexpectedly, Xu Wei directly answered: I am the second couplet, is good at reading but not reading, and it is good at reading but not reading. No, the work is neat.
Everyone was stunned. Just as they were about to laugh at me, something suddenly came to my mind. After chanting it over and over again, I realized that is nonsense on the surface, but it is absolutely true forever.
First of all, the first line is good at reading but not easy to read, which refers to Youthful , which is the best time for everyone to study.
But in such a precious time period, many people do not know how to cherish it, but they do not study hard. My black hair doesn’t know how to study early, but I regret studying late after I’m old. But it's really the follow-up. What's the use of regretting ? ?
Low-couple is good at reading but not good at reading , which means exactly the opposite. When life comes to old age, I recall and sigh at my life experiences. Suddenly I found that when I was young, I didn’t read many books and had no knowledge mastered by .
At this moment, people began to like and wanted to read , but they were affected by age. has the will but lacks strength.
The ancients said: It is hard to learn, and the skill will be achieved only after you get old. is what I can achieve success in my old age, but it only starts working hard in my later years. Isn’t a big dream?
If the upper and lower lines are separated, no one knows what they are talking about. But after the two are combined, everyone can understand that this is such a neat and profound couplet that encourages learning.
Time seems like a flash of time, suddenly. I don’t know how to work hard at all, and I will only regret it in the future. Whether in ancient times or modern times, the word "" that encourages learning will never be outdated, and efforts will never be out of touch with the times.
Learning is like sailing against the current, if you don’t advance, you will retreat. The same is true for life. If you don’t know how to work hard and make progress, you will eventually fail.
Xu Wei seemed to be just repeating the first line, but it made everyone present feel a different artistic conception. Everyone sighed that his is brilliant in writing , which is really amazing.
Encourage learning to learn
Learning is a lifelong thing, especially when modern society is much better than ancient life. Today's people should work hard to learn .
The ancients once praised those who were willing to learn, even if they were in their sixties and seventies, they could learn. doesn’t care when it starts, just whether you are willing to learn.
This statement is encouragement to encourage learning, but people really need to wait until they are old before they learn ? It is not an exaggeration to say that it is good to read but not to read. When enthusiasm is defeated by reality, how long can ordinary people last?
is like understanding the culture of couplets. This is also a kind of learning. can learn more when you are young, and can you learn less when you are old?
Step back, when the elderly brag and chat with their family and friends, can they also learn more about ?
People often continue to delay learning, but the ancients said: tomorrow and tomorrow, and there are so many tomorrows. I am waiting for tomorrow, and everything will be wasted. If you work hard at a certain age, there are not many examples of late bloomer.
In fact, there are many couplets similar to those that encourage learning, but they can truly surpass , but they are not very good at reading but not good at reading , and there are not many couplets that are deeply impressed. Since people have some understanding of this, they should understand the profound meaning of left by Xu Wei.
Chinese traditional culture runs through ancient and modern times, inheriting ancient life and the wisdom of ancient people to the present, but it not only makes people feel novel , but also needs to make understand.
