Sun walker; Hu Shizhi.
Note: The first part is Tsinghua University Entrance Examination Chinese Matching Test 1932, written by Mr. Chen. His answer is "Zu Chongzi". The second couplet was written by Mr Zhou Zumo (Professor Peking University), a candidate at that time, and was recognized as the best one. At that time, more than half of the candidates handed in blank papers.
(1) 1932, enrollment in Tsinghua University. The Chinese question was compiled by Mr. Chen Yinque, and there were only two questions, one was a composition question and the other was a couplet. The first part is a "sun walker" and requires candidates to make the second part. Teacher Chen's "standard answer" is "Hu Shizhi", but one candidate answered "Zu Chongzhi", which is better than Teacher Chen's "standard answer". It is said that this student later became a famous expert in Chinese studies.
(2) At the beginning of the 20th century, an old gentleman named Shou, a private school, made a "unicorn" couplet when he was teaching "opposite class", and asked the boys to make a couplet. For a time, "two-headed snake", "three-legged eaves", "nine-headed bird" and "hundred-legged worm" had various answers. The old man shook his head. After a boy came to the flounder, the old man was surprised. This boy is the later Lu Xun.
(3) 1953, Qian Sanqiang led a delegation of scientists to visit, including Hua, Zhao Jiuzhang (a physicist) and others, and everyone proposed to appreciate each other. Hua wrote the first couplet: "Three Powerful Countries: North Korea, Wei and Zhao", which not only contained the history, but also interpreted the scene. Everyone just thought it was wonderful and it was difficult to deal with it at the moment. Finally, Hua made a bottom line: "Nine Chapters of Pythagoras' String Theory", which combined numbers with physics and was applauded by the audience.
(4) Cai Yuanpei, the father of Peking University, pointed out that couplets "are both the beginning of composition and the basis of poetry." 1932 after the entrance examination in Tsinghua, someone raised an objection. Mr. Chen Yinque explained: "It is good for husband and wife. You can test the authenticity of the characters, know how to be quiet, and you can also see the amount of reading, the richness of language, and the coherence of thoughts. " Therefore, we can say that couplets can best show a person's intelligence level and language ability.