Anecdotes of Couplets (238) He Dan is like a strange couple.

During the Tongzhi period of Qing Dynasty, Juren He Danru was familiar with poetry books all his life. He is knowledgeable and well read. He is humorous and good at writing humorous couplets. He is called "the master of funny couplets", "the king of strange couplets" and "the ancestor of dialect couplets".

Once, it was midsummer and the sun was scorching. He Danru invited his friend Hu to take a boat to a cave to enjoy a cool game. Hu stood at the bow watching and enjoying the scenery.

Who is in charge of Yunshan on all sides;

He Dan Ru stands behind Lake Balu, which is based on the Cantonese proverb:

I know nothing about religion.

Lake Baru found that these two sentences actually established a wonderful connection.

One year, Fu, a gifted scholar in Guangzhou, wrote the first article on the topic of Lane in the name of the old street in Congguifang, Xiguan:

Cong Guiyou contains Zhan Lu;

And ask for the next link. However, no one can be right for long. He Danru knew, after a little thinking, with a couplet, inadvertently:

Six banyan trees have no temple breeze.

He Danru's collocation is very clever. "Liurong Temple" is a famous temple in Guangzhou, named after six big banyan trees in the temple. The word "six banyan" on the temple gate was written by Su Dongpo, but he only wrote the word "six banyan" without the word "temple", so it was called "six banyan without a temple". There is a "Qingfeng" bridge next to the temple, just opposite the "Zhan Lu" Lane.