Xie Jin's Couplet Story Collection
32 Xie Jin's couplet story: Xie Jin was a famous calligrapher and writer of the Ming Dynasty. His couplet works were known as the pinnacle of ancient Chinese couplet art. The following are some of the contents of Xie Jin's couplet story: Origin of Couplets The couplet originated from the Tang Dynasty and was a form of literature in ancient China. Xie Jin's couplet was created in his later years and was also one of his most famous couplet works. 2 Couplet stories There were many stories of Xie Jin's couplets, among which the more famous ones were the following: - Couplets on the street It was said that Xie Jin was strolling on the streets of Beijing one day when he suddenly heard someone calling him from behind. He turned around and saw a child writing a couplet. The child's couplet was: " The clouds cross the nine heavens, and the water falls in the cold autumn." After Xie Jin saw the couplet, he was very surprised and thought that the child's couplet was very talented. He decided to create a couplet with the child, so he began to write: " Clouds cross the nine heavens and dream of good water falling in the cold autumn." - Couplets are treasured After Xie Jin's couplet was completed, he decided to treasure it. He spent a lot of effort to make rubbings of couplets and collected them together with the rubbings. - The couplet was praised One day, an official came to Xie Jin's house to praise his couplet art. Xie Jin was very modest, but his officials thought that his couplets were very good and should be widely disseminated. Therefore, the officials wrote Xie Jin's couplet on an article and distributed it to all the officials and the people. Soon, Xie Jin's couplet was widely praised and circulated. People began to use his couplets to decorate their houses and express their feelings and blessings. Xie Jin's couplet works not only have literary value but also practical value. It is an important part of Chinese culture.
