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Tang Bohu wrote a couplet for the toilet for 1 taels of silver, so far.
There is a short story that Tang Bohu wrote a couplet for the county magistrate's toilet for 1 taels of silver, which can be passed down through the ages.

Tang Bohu drinks and makes merry all day, and his usual living expenses are subsidized by prostitutes. His life can be described as poverty and poverty, and he has never had a meal. At that time, a new toilet was built in the county magistrate's house, and he wanted talented scholars to write couplets. For three days in a row, no one wrote them. The magistrate's staff recommended Tang Bohu, a former romantic genius, to him, and the magistrate asked Tang Bohu to write couplets, with a reward of 1 taels of silver.

It is said that scholars regard money as dirt, but they also want to eat. Tang Bohu agreed for the twelve taels of silver. The magistrate thought he would have to wait for three to five days. Who knows, Tang Bohu went after drinking two glasses of wine, and immediately wrote a couplet;

Part I: It seems that the guest is affectionate, and he will never regret taking off his clothes.

Part II: Don't say that this thing is useless, but turn it into spring mud to protect flowers.

This couplet is wonderful, and it is absolutely not an exaggeration to be called eternal! Only Tang Bohu, a romantic genius, can write the toilet so fresh and refined. He wrote this couplet in the toilet for 1 taels of silver, which has been praised by later generations, and no one has surpassed it so far, which is absolutely eternal! Tang Bohu's life is like a river and a sea, and his life is as thin as paper. It's pathetic!

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