Talented women are out of the four beauties, and talented women seek the right thing
The ancient literati were fond of couplets, not only because they were a universal form of language, but also because of the challenging difficulty of couplets. To put it simply, only a few words are needed to form a couplet, while a difficult couplet can even reach dozens of words, and the upper and lower couplets need to be connected to each other, similar in content, and there can be no repetition.
It can be said that the couplet is a comprehensive test of the comprehensive strength of the literati.
Many interesting stories in history have originated from couplets, one of which is from the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty. At that time, there was a retired ** in Kaifeng Mansion named Liu Yiren. His official position in the capital was not large, but he was one of the founding heroes of the Ming Dynasty.
Liu Yiren was smart and witty, and seemed to feel that Zhu Yuanzhang was going to kill loyal ministers, so he submitted his resignation in advance and left the land of right and wrong. Liu Yiren has been in officialdom for many years, and has many wives and concubines in the family, but only one daughter, named Liu Yuxi.
Although Liu Yiren is often unhappy because he has no son, he loves this only daughter very much.
Liu Yuxi's beauty and talent have made her attract attention in the local area, and many young talents have fallen in love with her. However, by the time she turned twenty, her marriage seemed to have been arranged by her parents.
As a lady, she is destined to marry an official eunuch or a wealthy family. However, Liu Yuxi was adamantly opposed to this arrangement, and she insisted on choosing her own husband. This kind of thinking was very rare in ancient times, because marriage was determined by the orders of parents and the words of matchmakers.
However, Liu Yiren respected his daughter's choice, and after a long stalemate, he decided to back down. He allowed Liu Yuxi to find his favorite among the nobles.
Although Liu Yiren's decision surprised many people, he was convinced that only Liu Yuxi himself could find the most suitable partner for her. He believes that letting his daughter choose her own husband can not only make her happy, but also make the future of the Liu family brighter.
Liu Yuxi's determination is admirable, and she insists on finding her partner in the way of recruiting relatives, otherwise she will die alone. Liu Yiren had no choice but to agree to his daughter's request.
And the so-called Biwen recruiting relatives is actually a game of pairs. Liu Yiren was worried that there would be poor scholars to make a couplet, so he secretly asked the children of the nobles who liked Liu Yuxi to prepare.
Three days later, the door of Liu's Mansion was crowded with people, and everyone wanted to see who this famous lady of Kaifeng Mansion would end up spending her life with. I saw Liu Yuxi wave his hand, and the two maids opened the scroll, and there were twelve big characters written on it: "Hug Diao Chan, meet the concubine, ask Zhaojun, want to Xi Shi".
In an instant, countless brilliant young people emerged outside the door, and they began to scratch their ears and cheeks, bow their heads and ponder, and after more than an hour of hard work, no one could find the corresponding uplink.
Suddenly, a beggar walked to the front and shouted loudly, "Throw Pan An, peep at Song Yu, Song Changgong, look at Wei Jue". This sentence is very neat, the four beauties correspond to the four beautiful men, and each verb has an allusion and a source.
For example, throwing Pan An, according to the "Jin Shu Pan Yue Biography", when Pan An was walking on the road in a car, the women on the side of the road would throw fruit into the car when they saw him, and finally Pan An returned with a full load.
Another example is Wei Jue, who also said, "Watch and kill Wei Jue", he was indeed seen to die.
Liu Yiren's face changed abruptly, wilting like an eggplant beaten by frost. He hesitated, then suddenly got up from his chair again and decided to stop his daughter's marriage to the dirty, smelly beggar.
If he really asked his daughter to marry a beggar, where would his old face go? Liu Yuxi said softly to his father: "There is a secret in this matter, father, please go home with me and talk about it in detail." ”
Liu Yiren returned home with a stomach full of questions, and when he arrived at the study, Liu Yuxi knelt in front of him with the beggar. I only heard Liu Yuxi say: "Father may not know that when you were following the emperor outside, your daughter was accidentally captured by the Yuan soldiers and her life hung by a thread.
Fortunately, this Lin Zikun saved his daughter's life, and then the two of us depended on each other, if it weren't for him begging outside every day, I was afraid that my daughter's life would be gone. The daughter wants to marry him not only because of this kindness, we have been in love for many years, and no one can do without anyone. ”
Liu Yiren sighed lightly and said, "If that's the case, why don't you tell me?" I know that the grace of a drop of water should be reciprocated by a spring, not a stubborn person. ”
Liu Yuxi said again: "My father has always had a bad temper, and my daughter didn't dare to say it directly, so she could only think of this way." Liu Yiren ordered the servants to wash and change Lin Zikun's clothes, and the ancients said that "people rely on clothes and horses and saddles", and Lin Zikun looked very handsome after the change.
The daughter's family has causes and consequences beforehand, and if she doesn't agree, it is difficult to justify it from a moral point of view.
Liu Yiren personally revealed the details of his daughter and son-in-law's wedding, and decided to feast for three days, whether it is relatives, friends or passers-by, as long as they send blessings, they can enjoy food and wine here.
The beautiful marriage between Liu Yuxi and Lin Zikun has become a local story.