Couplet, it is a kind of old literature stylistic, it circulates chiliad, love by guest of bookman Chinese ink, up-to-date, still having exuberant vitality. On the history, the person that is good at couplet is very much, because this also left a lot of classical couplet, there is interesting story at the back of each couplet, and this also is couplet can circulate up to now one of reasons. The story about couplet is told to everybody below.
Respecting Tang Yin, everybody is not familiar with the likelihood, but Tang Baihu, that unmanned not cicada. The likelihood that everybody thinks of is his poem picture double absolutely, talent is 8 bottles high. Fabulous he is brilliant and cheesy, literary grace is top-ranking, have " Changjiang Delta talent " say. Also someone says, he is tasteful Ti Tang, like beautiful look, married 8 appearance beauty to be like beautiful wife all one's life, once was a slave from pleasant even, it is to be held in the arms so that beauty returns.
The Tang Yin on the history is done not have however so lucky. Tang Yin one's previous experience the home at a businessman, family circumstances is rich, report of different of endowment of from a child, perusal poetry book, countryside attends to try when 28 years old unplug so that the head prepares, attend into Beijing with the first achievement can try. But be sentenced because of discharge problem proposal never employ, from now on his life begins to be on decline. As a result of his heart high morale is proud, do not wish to be official, also do not wish from business, make a living in order to sell a painting all the time, plus his sultriness, the day gets special be frustrated too, wife also because destitute leave him and go. Can say, it is very deplorable that his second half is born, often be bread to be anxious.
One, he is in that county knew a county to buy one place house newly, archaic bookman has a habit, to show oneself are literate, a couplet should be hanged on every room door. Did not pass how long, every room in his house had hunged up couplet, but toilet doorway cannot be found all the time hang up suitably. Know a county to be this thing also some are anxious, say to the person below, who can draw up appropriate couplet, admire silver 20 2, but all the time also nobody can draw up come. Because couplet is an artistic thing originally, and the toilet follows artistic and honest not relevant, should draw up appropriate couplet is too difficult. Can draw up the scholar that come has a level very much for certain, the person that has talent is natural also more keen on face-saving, write couplet to pass fame to the toilet not Orphean also, for trifling a few silver lost him face to delimit do not come. Right now Tang Baihu is impecunious, impoverished, when to next pausing the meal is anxious. Heard of this after the event, for bread, he makes actively you home, write this couplet to know a county.
Arrive after you home knowing a county, he first well play knife and fork, after wine full meal is full, he carried a ground of get sth done without any letup to write couplet, "And see guest amorous, gan Jieyi is taken eventually not regret; Mo Dao this content is useless, change Chun Ni more protect a flower " . This couplet draws up come, the person all round exclaim unceasingly. Look from literal, every word can be opposite the first line of a couplet on a scroll and the second line of a couplet to go up, a matching of both sound and sense in two lines very carefully and nearly. Rectify a Gao Yuan of couplet artistic conception, but stick in toilet doorway, everybody knows the thing that couplet indicates, dirty smelly content changes decorous artistic concept, change decayed for magical, perhaps resemble Tang Yin only the person ability with such towering literary talent draws up such couplet comes.
Know prefectural great rejoicing, gave Tang Yin doubly to admire silver, stuck couplet cheerfully next go up. From apparently look, this is interesting anecdotical, but think carefully, resemble Tang Yin such talent are high 8 fought people, hold office at court cannot exhibit common people of aspiration, benefit, be out of office cannot write book end to make, open Zong Li to send, finally actually be reduced to poverty makes a living to ostentation expressions, it is to make a person clutch wrist really.
Bibliographical reference: " bright history "
