A monk does not become a Buddha, and the Buddha seal is a shy little sister
Couplets, a treasure of ancient Chinese culture, originated during the Three Kingdoms period and have long been a favorite game of literati and artists. Historically, many well-known literati have left their couplets, even emperors.
For example, the Kangxi Emperor of the Qing Dynasty is known as the best of the couplets among the emperors of all dynasties. With the popularization of couplets, more and more ordinary people and people from all walks of life also participate in this activity, making couplets a cultural treasure shared by the whole people.
Historically, there have been many women who have also joined the world of couplets, and the most famous of them may be Su Xiaomei. She is not only the younger sister of the great writer Su Shi, but also often pairs with others with him.
She once made a couplet to a mage: "People used to be monks, and people can become Buddhas", but the mage's couplet made Su Xiaomei very angry. Today, we're going to take a look at the cultural meaning behind this couplet.
According to historical records, the unique cultural form of couplets originated in the Qin Dynasty, which not only required the symmetry of language and writing, but also followed the one-to-one relative rules of battle, and also reflected the concept of yin and yang in ancient China.
Couplets originated as a form of Spring Festival couplets, which contained profound literary skills, so that couplets were not familiar to the public at first. With the advent of more advanced poetry, the public found it more difficult to compose poetry, and turned their attention to the simpler and more popular couplets.
Couplets are an art form that is both elegant and popular, which can be as elegant as spring and snow, and can also be popularized as the Riba people, and people of any era and any class can try to create.
In the ancient Song Dynasty, couplets were already a topic of conversation among the general public. There are so many people who are obsessed with couplets, including Su Shi, who is known as a great writer.
It is said that Su Shi often exchanged couplets with a mage, this mage was called Buddha Yin, and his literary attainments were very high, and he could also compete with Su Shi in terms of couplets. The two can be described as chess opponents, and sometimes Buddha Yin can even slightly beat Su Shi.
When Su Shi's sister Su Xiaomei learned of this, she questioned the talent of Venerable Buddha Yin, and she decided to test Venerable Foyin's talent.
Su Shi and Master Foyin paired up, Su Shi boasted of being "the first in the world", and Venerable Buddha Yin responded that "Buddhism is boundless". When Su Xiaomei outside the window heard this, she immediately walked into the house and said to Master Buddha Yin: "People were once monks, and people can become Buddhas", challenging Master Buddha Yin to make a couplet, and asked for the situation.
Su Xiaomei was famous in the Northern Song Dynasty for her talent, and she once made a couplet, which made it difficult for everyone to deal with. But unexpectedly, Master Foyin's answer made Su Xiaomei very angry.
So, what is the Buddha seal right? The following couplet of the Buddha's seal reads as follows: "A woman is also a scholar, how can a woman be king", which means, "How dare you call yourself a king even though you are a woman?"
How dare you say you are'The world is invincible'This? "Again,"Female"Words with"Also"The words together just are"taxi"，"Female"with"Why?"It was just formed"Wang", this link is also a pun and the difficulty coefficient is quite large.
Su Xiaomei's couplet implicitly satirizes Venerable Buddha Yin, a monk who claims to be "boundless in Buddhism", and is shameless. This made Su Shi a little embarrassed, but his heart was happy.
Su Shi had long known about the contradiction between Su Xiaomei and Venerable Foyin, and he wanted to know how Venerable Foyin would respond. Sure enough, Su Xiaomei's uplink is impressive, not only showing her literary talent, but also subtly satirizing Master Foyin.
If you are an ordinary person, you may be stumped. But Venerable Buddha Yin is not an ordinary person, he knows that Su Xiaomei is very smart and naughty, so he decided to "teach" Su Xiaomei as well.
Su Shi sat on the side and watched Master Foyin be silent, thinking that he couldn't respond, and was about to play a round.
In a couplet between Su Xiaomei and Master Foyin, I didn't expect Master Foyin to suddenly laugh and say his next couplet to Su Xiaomei: "Women are inferior to maids, and women can be called slaves."
Master Foyin's next link not only gave Su Xiaomei a powerful response at the level of the battle, but also made Su Shi on the side feel very embarrassed. And the "initiator" Su Xiaomei was even more angry at Master Foyin's next link, scolded him for being a "stinky hooligan", and then ran away.
At this time, Venerable Buddha Yin was secretly laughing on the side, while Su Shi looked very embarrassed.
1.Su Xiaomei's performance is incomprehensible, she is a famous talented woman in the Northern Song Dynasty, although her personality is a little tricky and willful, but she will not lose because of the connection of Master Buddha Yin.
So, is there a mystery hidden in Venerable Buddha's couplet? The secret hidden in the next link is this: Su Xiaomei is not a narrow-minded person, and she will not be angry because she is attacked by Master Buddha Yin.
The problem lies in the lower couplet of Master Buddha Yin, and his lower couplet is "The female is inferior to the maid, and the woman can be called a slave", which is also the method of making words, and the battle is very neat, which is no different from Su Xiaomei's upper couplet.
2.Su Xiaomei's performance is confusing, although she is a famous talented woman in the Northern Song Dynasty, and her personality is a little tricky and willful, but it is impossible to lose because of the lower link of Master Buddha Yin.
So, is there any secret in Venerable Buddha's next couplet?The secret hidden in the next link is this: Su Xiaomei is not a narrow-minded person, and she will not be angry because she is confronted by Master Buddha Yin.
The problem lies in the lower link of Master Buddha Yin, and the lower link he came out of is "The female is inferior to the maid, and the woman can be called a slave", which is also the use of the method of making words, and the battle is very neat, and there is not much difference from Su Xiaomei's upper couplet.
3.Su Xiaomei's performance is incomprehensible, although she is a well-known talented woman in the Northern Song Dynasty, and her personality is a little tricky and willful, but she will not lose because of the lower connection of Master Buddha Yin.
So, is there any mystery in Venerable Buddha's couplet?The secret hidden in the next link is this: Su Xiaomei is not a narrow-minded person, and she will not be angry because she is confronted by Master Buddha Yin.
The problem lies in the lower link of Master Buddha Yin, and the lower link he came out of is "The female is inferior to the maid, and the woman can be called a slave", which is also the use of the method of making words, and the battle is very neat, and there is not much difference from Su Xiaomei's upper couplet.
If you dig deeper into the meaning of this sentence, you will find that there is actually a big difference. In ancient times, the word "maidservant" referred to a hired woman, similar to our maid today, while "**" denoted a low status.
Venerable Foyin's lower couplet expresses his humiliation of Su Xiaomei more clearly, and is even more insulting than Su Xiaomei's upper couplet. Even a talented woman like Su Xiaomei could hardly resist the humiliation and discrimination of Venerable Buddha Yin.
This incident was provoked by Su Xiaomei, and it is no wonder that she left angrily. Despite this, Su Xiaomei is not a mediocre person. Since that incident of mutual humiliation with Venerable Buddha Yin, the relationship between the two has completely broken down.
Su Xiaomei has been learning couplets with Master Buddha Yin for many years, and the competition between the two has made even her brother Su Shi unable to interject, and this story of the three pairs has now become a good story.
The Chinese culture is deep and long-standing, and the neatness of the couplets shows the Chinese people's concept of balance since ancient times. In today's fast-paced society, we should deeply appreciate the culture contained in the couplet, and inherit and carry it forward.