Invite nature to show filial piety to our ancestors by flying in the air like a phoenix, pillowing the mounds, mountains and streams, crouching tigers, hidden dragons. The first couplet means that the Wang family owes their respect to
Couplets of the Wang Family Courtyard in Shanxi
This summer, I took my family to visit the Wang Family Courtyard in Jinzhi. I saw its architecture, listened to its explanations, and heard its anecdotes, which made me feel quite emotional. The couplets are profound in connotation, either thought-provoking or inspiring. After reading them, I deeply feel the breadth and depth of Chinese culture. Now I publish my article to share with my friends and encourage them.
1. Those who sing praises of virtues: such as:
Invite nature to show filial piety to ancestors and fly like a phoenix,
There are crouching tigers and hidden dragons in the streams on the pillows of hills and mountains.
The first couplet means that because the Wang family respects God and does not forget the grace of creation and education, they have achieved great success. The second line means that the Wang family courtyard rests on a high loess slope and faces a clear stream. More outstanding people will emerge in this Feng Shui treasure land.
Yi Jue's grandson has been planning for four hundred years to keep the melons and melons flowing, and his ancestors have been fighting for twenty generations to revitalize the katydids.
The first couplet means that the ancestors are good at planning the career of future generations, and the family fortune will not decline after four hundred years. The second couplet means that descendants can inherit the family business and prosper through twenty generations.
The shadows of clouds lingering around the beams protect the three luxuriant trees in the locust garden, and the melodious music of feathers flows through Fenshui.
The first couplet means that the lingering sound of singing lingers in the beams, and the ancestors protect the three locust trees of the Wang family with lush leaves. The second couplet means that the feather tune songs are erratic and ups and downs, and the merits of the ancestors are as long-lasting as the Fen River.
2. Emotional and lyrical ones: such as: Dong Yuhui loses the grass, Zheng Lan and Dou Gui, the universe is full of spring, auspicious clouds and auspicious sun adjust the wind.
The first couplet means: In the hall, there are Xie Tiao’s cursive calligraphy, Zheng Sixiao’s and Zheng Banqiao’s orchid grass paintings, as well as the auspicious signs that the five sons have passed the imperial examination. The meaning of the second line is: spring fills the sky and the earth, the clouds and the sun carry an auspicious atmosphere, the wind blows the Buddha, and the spring light bathes the earth within the Liuhe.
The scent of cinnamon trees lingers on the eucalyptus trees, and the fragrance of orchids lingers around the tall pines.
First line: Clusters of sweet-scented osmanthus trees exude a rich fragrance, tightly surrounding the jade trees. The lower line means a light and elegant orchid, with its fragrant fragrance lingering around the tall and tall leaves spreading in all directions.
3. Inspirational couplets elucidating ambitions and ambitions
For example: The hills and valleys hidden in the chest also have a poetic charm, and the smoke and haze in the remote countryside are not without the fragrance of flowers and ink.
First couplet: As long as the intention is far-reaching, one can discover and feel the poetry and painting here even if one lives in a poor place. Second line: When you place your affection on the misty mountains and rivers of clouds, even if you are in a remote country, it is impossible not to be without the fragrance of calligraphy.
Set up your life and career with those who are brave and courageous, and read from the wordless book to gain a clear understanding and a clear mind.
First line: Only by getting along with people who are courageous and loyal can you benefit yourself and make achievements in your career. Second line: Not only should we learn from books, but we should also obtain knowledge that is not in books from practice, so that we can understand more principles.
Be an official with no moral character and act with moral character; read hundreds of books and become one's own disciple.
Quan Lian means: A person can be a low-ranking official without rank, but he still must have noble conduct in doing things. Only by gathering together and reading hundreds of books can we form our own opinions.
4. Enlightenment of life,
For example: What can the sky say? The four seasons are moving, the sun and the moon are shining, the earth is silent, all things are born, and the rivers are flowing.
Quan Lian rationally lamented how calm and generous the silent heaven and earth are, allowing the four seasons to change, the sun and the moon to move, all things to grow, and rivers to flow. But what about the people between heaven and earth? What can be learned from this?
Thinking about the creation and enjoying the fruits of spring and autumn in the four seasons, quietly watching the stars and the moon and feeling the vicissitudes of the past century
Thinking about the sentient beings in the creation of heaven and earth, rejoicing in the laws of spring planting and autumn harvest. Look at the eternity of the sun, moon and stars, and sigh at the impermanence of worldly events.
5. A warning to future generations
How dare we forget that our ancestors became virtuous by being diligent and frugal but failed by being extravagant? Future generations should educate young people and take care of their elders, and respect their heads in words and deeds
The whole association educates the younger generation clearly and in simple terms, not forgetting the foundation of the ancestors' hard work and thrift, and must follow the virtue of respecting the elderly and loving the young in words and deeds from generation to generation.
Remember the great kindness of our ancestors and always pass on the family tradition with propriety and justice, and teach the future generations to be pragmatic and pragmatic but to seek innocence in the world
The whole federation teaches the descendants not to forget the kindness of their ancestors and to Inheriting etiquette and justice to the family, keep your personality pure, and don't be divorced from reality and aim too high.
Following the true legacy of our ancestors, we should be diligent and thrifty, showing our children and grandchildren the two right paths: studying and farming.
The Allied Federation uses ancestral precepts and experience to teach our children and grandchildren to be diligent and thrifty, whether farming or studying, and not to be lazy or lazy. luxury.
6. Promoting loyalty, filial piety and justice
For example: He collected thousands of books to teach his children the ways of Confucius and Mencius, bought ten acres of land and planted pine trees, plum blossoms and bamboos as friends
Quan Lian It reflects the elegant sentiments of scholars in the old days. The purpose of collecting books is to teach children and grandchildren to study the Tao of Confucius and Mencius, and to make friends with the same integrity as pines, bamboos and plums.
The holy way is high and profound, the poems and rituals are endless, and the emperor’s grace is so great that digging wells and plowing fields is more than a joy.
The holy way is both high and deep, but as long as you believe in the way of Confucius and Mencius, the results will be endless. . Because of the emperor's wisdom, the people were happy to farm with peace of mind.
Etiquette and righteousness are heirlooms, and poems and books are treasures for future generations
It means to use Confucian etiquette and righteousness as a magic weapon to inherit the family, and to use "Book of Songs" and "Book of Books" to educate future generations, so that He became a pillar of talent.