Appreciation of couplets,
Song Dynasty writers Su Dongpo and Huang Tingjian often drank, recited poems and played chess. Once, two people were playing games in Panasonic, and pine nuts just fell on the chessboard. Dongpo moved his heart and said, "Matsushita went, and the pine nuts fell off with the chess pieces." The valley looked up and saw a fisherman fishing in Liuxiali across the lake. He said, "When fishing by willow, willow often hangs a fishing line." .
Appreciation of couplets II,
In the sixteenth year of Tang Kaiyuan, the imperial court recruited the world child prodigy, and Li Bi, who was only seven years old, took the exam. Just as Xuanzong was interested in watching chess, he ordered Prime Minister Zhang to take chess as a couplet: "If the square is a chessboard, it is as round as a chess piece, and it is quiet when moving." At the end of the speech, Li Bi answered correctly: "If you are righteous, if you use wisdom, if you use talent, if you are quiet, if you succeed." Xuanzong was overjoyed. Zhang said that he has a literary name, and Li Bi can have this pair, which is really extraordinary.
Appreciation of couplets iii,
The smell of Zhu Yuanzhang playing chess with his strategist Liu Bowen caused his own fanaticism: the sky is a chessboard star, and the sun and the moon win glory. Liu told him that thunder is the flag of war drums and electricity, and a storm is coming. It's from unofficial history. You can't trust it. There are similar connections among the people: Heaven is a chessboard star, who dares to play; The local area is pipa road, and the strings are strings, which one can play.
Appreciation of couplets 4,
It is said that Hong Chengchou, the minister of the Qing Dynasty, played chess with people on the day of Grain Rain, and casually made a couplet: "A wonderful game of chess, I almost forgot Grain Rain today." His companions hated his dishonor and humiliation and continued to issue a joint statement: "Why didn't the leaders of the two dynasties make it clear in his title?" Pun intended, full of irony.
Appreciation of couplets v,
Nanjing Mochou Lake is also a famous chess federation. Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming emperor, and Xu Da, the minister, played chess in Mochou Lake, betting on the lake. After Zhu was defeated, Mochou Lake was given to Xu, and the first floor was built here in the early Ming Dynasty, named "Sacred Building". The inscription in front of the building reads: "Things are like chess, and I strive for the future; Tender as water, when will the spring water flow in the Six Dynasties? "