Classical couplets from ancient times to modern times

Qing Yu in the New Year;

Jiajie Changchun.

-This is a pair of Taofu couplets written by Meng Changjun, the monarch of Shu during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, and the first Spring Festival couplets recorded in China's national history. Literally, "accept" means "enjoy"; "Qing Yu" used to mean "the legacy of the previous generation" and "the Book of Changes"? Kun? Classical Chinese: "Where there is a good family, there must be Qing Yu." The main idea of the first part is to enjoy the legacy of the previous generation in the New Year. The main idea of the second part is that festivals show that spring is always there.

Good reading is not good reading;

Good reading is not good reading.

-This couplet was written by Xu Wei in Ming Dynasty. The first couplet refers to reading when I was young, but I don't like reading. I like reading when I am old, but I can't read well.

Shanglian: All rivers run into the sea, with great tolerance;

Bottom line: the wall stands a thousand miles, and the desire is just.

-This couplet is Lin Zexu's study.

Part I: Ideal is not enjoyment;

Bottom line: The future is full of money.

-This couplet uses homophonic palindromes. Li: Sweet wine. )

The first part: watching plum blossoms sweep wax snow alone;

Bottom line: the mountains are dancing and flowing.

The beauty of this couplet lies in its urgent reading, such as the scale:' Dolemi fasolasi'. The next couplet reads the numbers in dialect: "1234567".

The first part: Shang Jiaoyu, scholar, farmer and worker (palace);

Bottom line: cold and hot, warm and cool (good), respect and frugality.

-this couplet is also a strange couplet. The first part is divided into two parts: scholars, agriculture, industry and commerce; Gong Shang jiao Yu The former is a four-industry, while the latter is a five-tone, homophonic word repetition. The primitive five virtues of cold and hot are four senses, and gentleness, courtesy and frugality are gentlemen.

Shanglian: heavy rain irrigates wheat seeds;

The sky is falling: Tian He will work on the arid plateau.

-This homophonic Xia Dayu; Mozi philosopher in the Spring and Autumn Period (Mai and Homophony); Guan Zhong: a figure in the Spring and Autumn Period; Gaudi: Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang; Tian He, Master of Yi Studies in the Early Han Dynasty, Bigan, Minister of Shang and Zhou Dynasties.

The first part: Fengyun three-foot sword;

Bottom line: flowers and birds, a book.

-This couplet was written by Zuo Guangdou in Ming Dynasty.

The first part: thousands of books, a family heirloom, remembers the sixteen characters of Yuting;

Bottom line: I am arrogant and let Nishan go.

-This couplet was written by Liu Shaoyi in Song Dynasty when he was a child. One day, he and his teacher went to pay homage to the famous Luo Sichun and his right. Imperial court: refers to the court of Shun. According to legend, Shun was the master of ancient sages, so the Jade Pavilion is often used as a synonym for the "sacred dynasty". Sixteen-character, refer to "Shangshu Dayu Mo": People's hearts are only in danger, Tao's heart is only tiny, but refined and tolerant. Song Confucianism regarded these sixteen characters as the personal moral cultivation and the principles of governing the country and politics recited by Yao, Shun and Yu. Nishan: Originally a mountain name, it was in Qufu, Shandong Province, and now it refers to Confucius. It is shocking that Liu Shaoyi competed to speak in such a tone in front of his predecessor at a young age.

If you don't put it aside, it will always be bitter;

They are famous when they hold each other tightly.

Horizontal criticism: ignoring life

-This couplet writes down the philosophy of life. If the word "if" is not missed, it is the word "bitter"; The word "ge" is a "name" only if it is acceptable; With a wave of his hand, it is the word "person". "skimming" and "holding" are dialectical relations of unity of opposites, which should be both open and closed; We should learn to give up and persist, so as to be a real person. If you only "skim" and don't "suppress", there will be no principle and discretion in being a man; Only "controlling" and not "skimming" will make people too picky and cautious. "skimming" and "holding" complement each other, support each other and complement each other, otherwise it will not be a complete "person" In the couplets, people are advised to "leave" their desires, temptations and greed in life, and to "remain indifferent, lonely and persistent". R people's life is to be able to "stay" and "hold", as the saying goes: willing, willing, give up and get back.

Qingshan does not paint for thousands of years;

Green water without strings.

-This is a famous couplet describing landscapes. Although Qingshan is not inked, it is a beautiful picture, which will be passed down to future generations; Although the clear water has no strings, it has played melodious and beautiful piano sounds since ancient times. The picture and the sound of the piano are far from the beauty of green mountains and clear waters. They are light and interesting, but simple and meaningful. With a few strokes, the author outlines the beautiful artistic conception of harmonious coexistence between man and nature in green mountains and clear waters.

The spring breeze is elegant and can accommodate things;

Qiushui's articles are free from dust.

-This couplet was written by Deng in Qing Dynasty. Spring breeze has a broad feeling of tolerance and acceptance of everything; Pen and ink are like autumn water, without any secular dust. How tolerant and noble.

Sun walker;

Hu Shizhi.

-Tsinghua University 1932 Chinese exam questions, put forward by Professor Chen Yinque, once wrote a three-character couplet: "Sun Walker". It is said that only one candidate got the best answer. The opposite is "Hu Shizhi".

Sun Walker and Hu Shizhi are both names; One ancient and one present, one martial art and one article, one virtual and one real, one god and one fan are all celebrities; These two celebrities can be said to be both Buddhist monks. That's right. Hu and Sun are both aliases and nouns of monkeys. "Go" and "fit" both have the meaning of going, and they are both verbs. "Zhe" and "Zhi" are both function words in classical Chinese. This is the correct text. Speaking of phonology: even tone, even tone, is a metrical pair. This three-character couplet is really concise, interesting, neat and natural.

Shushan has a road service as the path;

There is no limit to learning the sea.

-this sentence comes from Han Yu, a famous writer and the leader of the eight masters in Tang and Song Dynasties. This sentence is included in "Glory and Contribution", which is a famous saying of his scholarship. It aims to encourage people to study more without fear of difficulties, and only hard work can lead to success.

The sound of wind and rain, the sound of reading;

I care about family affairs, state affairs and everything in the world.

-This is a famous couplet hanging in the auditorium of the Volunteers of Lindong College. This couplet was written by Gu Xiancheng, the leader of Lindong Party in Ming Dynasty. Later, people used it to advocate "saving the country and not forgetting to study", which still has positive significance. The first couplet combines the sound of reading with the sound of wind and rain, which is both poetic and meaningful. The bottom line is the ambition to rule the country and level the world. Wind to rain, home to country, ears to heart. Extremely neat, especially when used with words, such as the sound of books.

This pair of couplets is to encourage scholars to take it as their duty to help the country and the world, and it still has enlightening and educational significance. In other words, they are required not only to read good books, but also to care about the country, politics and world events, and try their best to understand all kinds of things in the world and apply what they have learned, instead of reading.

Riding a strange horse, pulling a long bow, playing pipa and pipa, the king is on the throne, fighting alone;

Japanese Commissioner, attacking dragon clothes, four ghosts, ghosts invading the border, holding together.

-Legend has it that after Eight-Nation Alliance captured Beijing, a Japanese who claimed to be an expert on China hung a couplet on the city wall, challenging him to sign: "Riding a strange horse, pulling a long bow, playing the piano, pipa and pipa, there is a king in the world, and you will win the first world war; In the face of the invaders' aggression, a China citizen stepped forward regardless of his life's danger, and responded: "The Japanese entrusted people, attacked dragon clothes, haunted four little devils, and ghosts invaded the border and took them all away." This is a powerful counterattack against the invaders' arrogance. The spy was startled.