If there are mountains, they are pictures, but if there is no water, there are no articles. This is a sentence from "Couplets" written by Liang Zhangju in the Qing Dynasty of my country.

The "article" here does not refer to written works, but describes the beauty of water color, saying that it has intricate patterns and colors. This sentence means that places with mountains and rivers are as beautiful as pictures and articles. The place is described as beautiful and breathtaking.

The second meaning means that if there are no mountains, the painting will not be complete, and it generally refers to the beauty of mountains. If there is no water, the article cannot be written. (In ancient times, there is no painting without mountains, and no writing without water, which means that a painting cannot be called a painting without mountains, and it cannot be an article without describing water.) It refers to the importance of landscapes and their proportion in human life.

Extended information:

Liang Zhangju was a prominent figure throughout his life and wrote numerous works. He is good at creating couplets, and has dozens of inscribed, reward, and elegiac couplets handed down from generation to generation. For example, the couplet of the official office in Jiangling, Hubei states, "Political affairs only seek the convenience of the people, and everything can be discussed with others."; the couplet of Wuquan Mountain in Lanzhou: "The Buddha's land is boundless, and you can see the layers of pavilions, and thousands of peaks standing on the same threshold; clear springs cannot be turbid. , laughter rolls out of the mountains, and the nine bends of the Yellow River embrace the city.";

Coupon given to Lin Zexu; "The emperor relies on it as his arms, ears, and eyes, and the people look up to him as if he were his parents and gods." Suzhou Canglang Pavilion collected verses: "The breeze is bright and the moon is bright. "It is priceless (Ouyang Xiu), and there is love even near the water and in the distant mountains (Su Shunqin)", etc., all of which are profound and popular.

Liang Zhangju was also good at writing poems, good at identifying epigraphy, calligraphy and painting, diligent in taking notes, and good at researching historical materials. The more famous works in these aspects include "Tui'an Poems", "Tui'an Essays", "Wandering Congtan", "Selected Writings and Circumstantial Evidence", etc. On his seventieth birthday, his good friend Wang Shulan wrote a couplet to congratulate him:

“At the age of twenty, he was promoted to the countryside; at the age of thirty, he ascended to the throne; at the age of forty, he returned to the court; at the age of fifty, he left the garrison; at the age of sixty, he opened his mansion; at the age of seventy, he returned to the fields. From now on, they will be free and happy, and a generation of blessed people will have many free days;

Simple as "Aphorisms", as detailed as "Essays", as knowledgeable as "Circumstantial Evidence", as sophisticated as "Selected" studies, as skillful as "Lianhua", as high-level Such as a collection of poems, a brief summary of his life's writings, "Qianqiu Great Deeds are Good at Famous Mountains"

This couplet summarizes Liang Zhangju's life's writings and achievements.