Jin Yong:
Master Bai Jiantang mentioned two pairs of couplets in Hangzhou in his article "Ode to Poetry and Things". Because I am from Hangzhou, he asked me which couplet impressed me the most among countless couplets in Hangzhou. The first thing that comes to my mind is the couplet of the old man's shrine under the moon: "May all lovers in the world get married;" Last life was doomed, don't miss the marriage. " The first part of this couplet was originally published in Continued West Chamber, and Jin Shengtan criticized Continued West Chamber from beginning to end, praising only the last two sentences. I think everyone will be very happy to read this couplet, and the handwriting is also good (there are 99 autographs in the old temple under the moon, all of which are quoted from Confucian classics and poems, and Huang Daxian, who is incomparable in elegance and vulgarity, signed here). There is also a couplet written by Ruan Yuan for Hangzhou Gong Yuan: "Write a thousand words, Zhenghuazi Huangshi, osmanthus fragrance; Go out and smile, watch the West Lake full moon, and the tide in eastern Zhejiang comes. " I remember this couplet when I was a child. Every time I have a big school exam or an entrance exam, I always think of it when I am nervous and hand in my papers.
The owner of Bai Jiantang mentioned that "Qingshan has the honor to bury loyal bones; The couplet "White Tie Innocently Votes for the Confessor" was written by a woman named Xu. White hair is ashamed to bow to others. I studied in Chongqing during the Anti-Japanese War. At that time, the Kuomintang government always wanted to make peace with Japan, and some imperialist professors often preached the idea that "Yue Fei doesn't understand politics and Qin Gui can take care of the overall situation". On one occasion, Tao Xisheng (who came to Chongqing under the orders of the enemy and puppet troops) gave a speech at school to promote this theory in a tone. Some of our classmates are very angry. Before the second speech, he wrote a couplet of "green hills and white belts" on the blackboard, which he knew by heart. I won't mention this topic any more.
In the old society, there was a small porch at home, where my grandfather played chess with his guests. There is a couplet hanging on the porch: "People's hearts are empty; When the national player lost. " I didn't understand beauty at that time, but now I think about it, it's quite philosophical.
Master Bai Jiantang once wrote a couplet: "There is more blood and bones; I have no regrets. " I liked it when I saw it. He helped me write it on rice paper and asked a shop on Hollywood Road to frame it and hang it in the closet. I don't feel suddenly elegant.
I wrote Anqiu Record of the Sword of Shu and Sword with Royal Blood, but I didn't pay any attention to it. I just wrote them in a letter and didn't bother Ye Ping, so it's not a couplet, just a title. Brother Liang Yusheng praised me very much for "a three-day date with a red candle in Ying Ying, and a thousand miles' journey to clear the frost" (the last sentence is about the marriage between Xu Tianhong and qi zhou, and the last sentence is about Li Yuanzhi's pursuit of Yu Yutong), but it is not as good as the work of the master of Baijiantang every time.
A few days ago, Wen published an article "Han Yu and Jia Dao" in the Grand View Garden, arguing that the word "knock" in the two sentences is indeed better than the word "push" because it has the artistic conception of "supporting the palace mountain more secluded". It was originally a poem by Wang Ji in the Song Dynasty. In Meng Qian Bitan, there is a saying in ancient poetry that "the wind will blow the flowers off". People always think that no one is right. Wang Anshi corrected it with "Tonamiyama is more secluded". Wang Ji's original couplet is "cicadas make the forest quieter and Tonamiyama quieter" The two sentences have the same meaning, but the upper sentence of Wang Anshi's couplet is changed, and the lower sentence is quieter, which is more laborious than the original sentence. Old poems must have duality, so there are too many good pairs. The ancients developed into officials because of their wonderful pairs, and there are many records in note novels. For example, Yan Yuan, a prime minister poet in the Song Dynasty, said, "Nothing is impossible." After several years, he couldn't find the right person. One night, he walked with a small official named Wang Qi and talked about it. Wang Ying said: "This is deja vu." Yan was highly appreciated, and from then on, she became an official.
When I was in my hometown in the south of the Yangtze River, I liked telling stories. When I heard about San Xiao, I heard many wonderful stories. The singer who plays the lyrics said that when Wen Zhiming was pursuing his lover, the young lady said, "What is a lotus root?" Wen Zhiming said to him, "If you have apricots (fortunately), you don't need plums!" So all good things are harmonious. It is also said that when Jin Shengtan was beheaded, his son sang, "Even the son has painstaking efforts." Old Mr. Jin said to him, "Pears have a stomachache!" Two couples, one happy and one sad, are not necessarily true, but it is not easy to make a pun.
Matching is hard and fast, and it can be pondered more slowly than other articles. There is a story in the notebook: Lu Wenliang is an official in Zhejiang. One day, he was drinking with Kyle, who was in charge of education. When he saw that Chen was a bald guy, he laughed at him and said, "Professor Chen can't count his hair." Kyle immediately said to him, "Lord Lu has a beard all over his face. Why is he doing this? " Lu Dawei marveled at his ability to use idioms and said with a smile, "Two apes cut down trees, and this monkey can also saw (sentences)." Kyle smiled and said, "I welcome you, too. Fortunately I don't mind. " Then he said to him, "A horse is stuck in the mud. How can this beast have hooves? " The two of them clapped their hands and laughed.
It is said that there was once a man named Li who dedicated a poem with a hundred rhymes to a high official. There is a cloud in the middle: "My brother died in Jiangnan and my brother died in Saibei." The official sympathized with him and said, "I didn't expect your family to suffer misfortune one after another." Li said quickly, "There is no such thing. It was written for neatness. " At this point, formalism can be said to be extreme.