The bird in the cage hates Guan Yu and cannot fly Zhang Fei. In order to conduct life, it needs Bajie and even more needs Wukong." The meaning is: the bird in the cage can only be locked in the cage by itself, and cannot spread its wings and soar in the sky; and Although people in society sometimes understand the empty world, they still need to abide by certain precepts.

Another strange couplet. At first glance, the first couplet says, "Hate Guan Yu but not Zhang Fei", nothing. For clues, I put aside the names of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms to understand it, and then I gradually realized that the wings were closed by the cage, how could Zhang Fei?

Looking at the second line with the same thinking, "I want Bajie to change." "Need Wukong", the contrast is neat (not to mention the rhyme), and more importantly, it is sublimated from "Guan Yu" and "Zhang Fei" to "Bajie", "Wukong" (please do not understand it as a name), from the confinement of "bird", The convergence and maturity of "people" is indeed exquisite.

The first thing is that the couplet uses the name of the novel to form a couplet. The meaning of the word is that the bird is trapped in the cage and cannot stretch out. In this world, we also need to be careful and enlightened; literally, we use Romance of the Three Kingdoms to describe Journey to the West, both of which are four great classics, but they are similar and different in code.

The second trick (continued in the first second) is to use familiar characters. When making couplets, it is easy to feel familiar and be brought into the meaning. When you see Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, you can reflect the glorious beginning and sad ending of the Taoyuan brothers, just like the caged bird; when you see Wukong and Bajie, you know that people should not be greedy. Don't be arrogant and arrogant, it is easy to get confused with "people in the world"

The third wonderful thing is the bold contrast. It starts with the caged bird and ends with the human in the world. The first couplet briefly describes the dissatisfaction of the caged bird. Freedom, the second couplet directly contrasts the uneasiness of people in the world, making people feel like this couplet is like a bird in a cage, which is very uncomfortable.

Extended information:

Parallel prose and rhythmic poetry are the two components of the couplet. In the process of its own development, the couplets also absorbed the characteristics of ancient poetry, prose, lyrics and music. Therefore, in addition to the rhythmic verse and parallel prose sentences, the sentence patterns used in the couplets also include ancient poetry, prose and imitation.

People often say that couplets are both elegant and popular, and this is not true at all. Just imagine, there is another literary form, like couplets, for scholars and literati at the top, and for women and children at the bottom. What is the reason for this wonderful unity? Couplets are an art that is both simple and complex, pure and rich. As mentioned above, the rules of couplets are not complicated, especially the color and style of the language, the subject matter, and the content. They are generally very simple. It is short and widely used in social life. It does not have an elegant face like other literary forms. It is easy to learn, understand, and remember, and it is not difficult to write as long as it is done correctly, regardless of the elegance of the language or the size of the subject matter. , the depth of thought, all form a couplet.

Reference materials:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Couplet