1. Yang Jisheng’s clever dialogues

Yang Jisheng was a celebrity in the Ming Dynasty who was famous for his clever dialogues. Born in Rongcheng, Hebei Province, he was buried in Jiajing. It is said that "every time he did something wrong, people often praised him for doing good". To this day, many stories about his clever pairings are still circulated among the people.

Legend has it that when Yang Jisheng first entered a private school, one day, an older student, Mr. Private School, came. Seeing that such an old man also came to study, he made a pair. Ridicule: old student. Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, Yang Jisheng, who was sitting aside, took it over without thinking: "Little Jinshi."

The gentleman who laughed at the "old student" was shocked when he heard this and said: "He is so smart at such a young age, and he will definitely be promising in the future!"

Once, The private school teacher went out and the students played a game of war. We were having fun when our husband suddenly came back, and everyone hurriedly hid in all directions. The husband was furious, and ordered everyone to kneel down, and then went out to hide their faces. Ask the students to correct, and those who correct first will not be punished, and those who cannot correct will continue to be punished. I saw Yang Jisheng smile slightly and answered correctly: show your name and fame.

The anger on the gentleman's face was immediately wiped away, and he exclaimed: "This is absolutely true!" He stretched out his hand and pulled Yang Jisheng up. From then on, Yang Jisheng became famous for being good at confrontation. During his ten years as a private school teacher, Yang Jisheng also composed many popular couplets. For example, once, his cousin Xin Tiyuan came to visit. I happened to have no wine at home, so I went to the hotel to buy it, but it happened that the wine was also sold out. Xin Tiyuan came out of the first couplet and said: Without wine, you are a poor man.

I only heard a slightly childish voice reply: You'er is a famous minister. Xin Tiyuan glanced around and realized that it was Xiao Jisheng who was dealing with the situation, and he couldn't help but praise him. When Yang Jisheng grew up, he became a famous official in the Ming Dynasty, reaching the rank of Wailang, a member of the Ministry of War.

2. A wonderful pair of firewood sellers entered the family school

During the Ming Dynasty, a "child prodigy" named Shi Mingpan came out in Wu County, Jiangsu Province. Shi Pan's family was very poor and could not afford to go to school. Since he was five years old, he had been going to the mountains to cut firewood and cut grass to sell for money! At the same time, he used his time to secretly learn to read, read and recite poetry from an old scholar in the village. , against.

When Shi Pan was nine years old, he went to the city to sell firewood and passed by a private school. Listening to the sound of reading coming from inside, he really wanted to join a private school and become a student. Just at this time, Zhang Duxian, the owner of the private school, came home in a sedan chair and found Xiao Shipan. Zhang Duxian asked him what he was doing standing here. Xiao Shipan muttered that he wanted to study in a private school.

When Zhang Hexian heard this, he laughed and said: "A poor boy also wants to study in my private school without thinking about his own identity." After Xiao Shipan repeatedly begged, Zhang Duxian said: "This way Well, I'll give you a couplet. As long as you can match it, I can make an exception and let the private school teacher accept you." Zhang Hexian's first couplet is: The new moon is like a bow, the waning moon is like a bow, the bow is bowed, the bow is bowed.

This first couplet uses four characters for "bow" and two characters for "moon" and "string". Zhang Douxian thought that this time, the firewood boy would be stumped. Unexpectedly, Xiao Shipan listened to the first couplet and said with a smile, "I can't afford the tuition, but it's not a problem for me." He thought for a moment and then read the second couplet: The morning glow is like a brocade, the sunset is like a brocade. , Dongchuan Brocade, Xichuan Brocade.

The second couplet written opposite Shi Pan uses four characters for "Jin" and two characters for "Xia" and "Chuan", which fully meets the requirements of Zhang Duxian's first couplet, and also uses the characters "Chao" and "Chuan". "Twilight" corresponds to "Xin" and "Remnant", and "East" and "West" correspond to "Shang" and "Down", which are so neat that Zhang Duxian had no choice but to let him study in a private school.

3. Divide the guests among themselves

Jiang Tao, a young writer in the Ming Dynasty, was famous in his hometown for his quick thinking and fluent repartee when he was a child.

One day, his grandfather took him to a temple to play. Jiang Tao jumped down from the high steps and reached the bottom in three jumps. Grandpa saw it and said with a smile: Jump three times and jump to the ground. Jiang Tao looked up from below and happened to see a little bird flying up to the sky with a "flutter" in the tree. He immediately said: "Fly, fly up to the sky."

Grandpa was very happy to hear it and praised it repeatedly.

One time, his father’s friends came to visit. They were sitting around the living room reciting poems and couplets. Suddenly, dark clouds gathered, then strong winds arose, and after a while, it started to rain heavily, and the raindrops "split and pat". "The ground hit the window. Among the guests, one of the guests saw the raindrops on the window paper. He was moved by the scene and wrote a couplet to find the right answer: Freezing rain sprinkled on the window, two o'clock in the east and three o'clock in the west.

The meaning of this first couplet is that at this moment, cold raindrops are hitting the windows. There are raindrops on the east window and there are also raindrops on the west window. Literally speaking, it happens that the word "frozen" in "frozen rain" is composed of "east" and two dots, and the word "sprinkle" in "sprinkling window" is composed of "west" and three dots.

In this way, the linkage not only explains the scene of rain hitting the window at that time, but also explains the composition of the words "frozen" and "sprinkled". In this way, the second line is not very correct. It is really difficult to ask that the things mentioned in the second half of the sentence are related to the things mentioned in the first half of the sentence, and the first and third words of the first half of the sentence must be spelled out. The guests here thought hard, racked their brains, and found it difficult to deal with. The living room was silent for a while.

At this time, the servant brought the melon. Jiang Tao's father quickly cut the melon into pieces and invited the guests to eat the melon. Standing aside to watch his father cutting the melons and the guests eating the melons, Jiang Tao was moved by the scene and said loudly: "I'll come and write the second couplet." Then he chanted: Cut the melons and divide the guests with seven horizontal knives and eight vertical knives.

As soon as he said this, everyone in the audience was amazed. Jiang Tao's first half of the second line of the second line, "cut the melons and divide the guests", is talking about eating melons at that time. The second half of the sentence "seven horizontal knives" and "eight vertical knives" both refer to cutting melons and are directly related to the first half of the sentence. At the same time, "seven" and "dao" are seen horizontally, and together they are the first character "cut" in the first half of the sentence; "eight" and "dao" are seen vertically, and together they are the third character "fen".

4. Yu Qian’s answers show his literary talent

Yu Qian, courtesy name Tingyi, was born in Qiantang, Zhejiang (now Hangzhou, Zhejiang). In the Ming Dynasty, Shui Le Jin Tu was a famous national hero. When he was young, he was studious and ambitious. I recite it as soon as I read it, and the couplets are perfect when spoken. Once, Yu Qian's mother combed his hair into a bun to go to school. One day, he was seen by a monk named Lan Guchun. In view of his appearance, Lan Guchun teased him and said: "A cow has a head and likes to have dragon horns."

Yu Qian responded immediately: How could ivory come out of a dog's mouth? Lan Guchun asked for trouble and left in a hurry. After Yu Qian returned home, he said to his mother: "You can no longer do double buns for me. A few days later, Lan Guchun happened to pass by the school again and saw Yu Qian's hair combed into three branches, so he joked again: "The triangle is like this. Play the drum. Yu Qian responded: bald as a hammer.

Lan Guchun praised his quick thinking and said to Qian's teacher: "This child will definitely be a leader of the country when he grows up." "One year during the Qingming Festival, Yu Qian went to visit his ancestors' graves with the adults in his family. When passing by the Phoenix Terrace, his uncle wrote a couplet for him to read. The couplet read: I will go to the Phoenix Terrace today.

Yu Qian immediately went to the Phoenix Terrace. Response: He has monopolized Qilin Pavilion. It’s so confusing. I didn’t even bother to mention these words. The adults were surprised by this ambitious couplet. His uncle said: "This kid is our family." What a thousand-mile horse!"

On the way back from sweeping the tomb, I passed an archway with three characters written on it: Guixin Street. Yu Qian's uncle said: The first two characters of these three-character place names belong to It’s probably not easy to match the place names of Tiangan (i.e. Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, Gui). "Unexpectedly, it is written in Yu Qianyong (Romance of the Three Kingdoms). Shaanxi place name, opposite: Ziwu Terrace.

His uncle and his tribe were even more surprised and delighted when they heard this, because the first two characters of this place name happened to be the Earthly Branches (i.e. Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Ji, Wu, Wei, Shen). The two characters in ", You, Xu, Hai" are a perfect pair with "Guixin Street".

Two years later, Yu Qian became a county student member. At that time, a visiting priest visited a temple in his hometown. One of the accompanying officials pointed to the Buddha statues in the hall and said: There are three big Buddhas, sitting on a lion, sitting on an elephant, and sitting on a lotus. No one came out for a while. Yu Qian happened to be present, and he responded casually: "A scholar, Pan Feng, Pan Long, Pan Guizi." Everyone clapped their hands and praised it.

5. How do you know that a fish will not turn into a dragon?

Qiu Jun, a scholar of the Ming Dynasty, named Zhongshen, was born in Qiongshan.

When I was a child, I was studying in school. One day, it rained heavily and some seats were leaking. Everyone was vying to sit in the seats that did not leak. At that time, the person competing with Qiu Jun for the seat was the son of a local dignitary. The two refused to give in and became red-faced. The teacher saw it and said, "Don't fight, you two. I have a five-character couplet. Those who can match each other should sit in their seats." Then he read: The drizzle is dripping on the shoulders.

When the nobleman's son heard this, he was dumbfounded and couldn't stand it. However, Qiu Jun confidently said to him: "Qingyun will be born with a single step." After hearing this, the teacher had no choice but to give the rainproof seat to Qiu Jun. The nobleman's son was not convinced. He came home from school and cried to his father about the fight for seats. After hearing this, the dignitary was furious and sent someone to call Qiu Jun to his home. As soon as they met, he shouted angrily: Who said a dog can bully a tiger!

Qiu Jun smiled contemptuously and replied calmly: "Why?" Do you know whether a fish can turn into a dragon? When the nobleman heard this, he was shocked. He knew that Xiao Qiu Jun was not an ordinary person, and he would be promising when he grew up. He had nothing to say, so he had to let him go.

When Qiu Jun grew up, he was really promising. He was a Jinshi during the Jingtai period and was taught editing and editing. During the Chenghua period, he offered wine to the emperor of the country. When Xiaozong ascended the throne, he was appointed as the Minister of Rites and a bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion, and participated in the maintenance of machinery. He was studious by nature, opposed to "literary trends and dangers", and was familiar with national allusions.

He believed that the items on governing the country and pacifying the world in the "Extensions of the University" written by Xia Dexiu were not complete enough, so he collected many books and supplemented them, which was called the "Supplement to the Extensions of the University". In his later years, he became blind in his right eye, but he persisted in reading and reading.