In the middle of the mountain, the monkey dared to saw.

When a horse is stuck in the mud, how can this beast get its hooves?

This couplet is a work of jokes, and the upper couplet is made by one person, and the "saw" and "couplet" are homophonic; The next link is another person's anti-lip play, "out of the hoof" and "out of the question" homonym.

It is said that during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, Xie Jin, who had just been admitted to the Jinshi, was invited to a banquet. During the banquet, the host asked the celebrity to write poems for pairing, and there was an old master who had an opinion that Jinren was small and had a thin face, like a little monkey, so he came out with a joint play: "The two apes are broken and the wood is deep in the mountains, and the little monkey also dares to saw", and the joint will call Xie Jin a "little monkey", and "saw" is a homonym for "couplet".

When Xie Jin heard this, he knew that the old master was coming for himself, so he thought about it for a while, and said: "If a horse is stuck in the mud, how can an old beast come out of his hooves", Xie Jin unceremoniously called this old master "old beast", and "out of hooves" takes the homonym of "out of the question". This couplet is wonderful in interpreting the way of others, and also governing the body of others, which can really be described as laughing and scolding, and it is wonderful to become a good couplet, so that the old master is speechless and boring.

According to relevant records, during the Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty, Jinshi Lu Rong and Chen Zhen also had a pair of similar couplets. Lu Rong's sentence is "Two apes cut the wood in the mountain, this monkey will also saw", and Chen Zhen's couplet is "A horse is stuck in the mud, how can this animal get hooves".

There is a story in the language workbook that Yang Guozhong was jealous of Li Bai and wanted to see him make a fool of himself, so he made an appointment with Li Bai to make a three-step sentence. It means that laughing at Li Bai is a monkey to saw (sentence).

Li Bai asked him to take three steps, and if he didn't meet within three steps, he would lose. Yang Guozhong wanted to finish the three steps quickly, but as soon as he took the first step, Li Bai pointed to his feet and said that a horse is stuck in the quagmire to see how the hooves of the livestock (question).

The following is the answer found in: Jin Yong talked about the couplet: When Lu Wenliang was an official in Zhejiang, he drank with his colleague Chen Zhen, and when he saw that Chen was a bald head, he laughed at him:

Professor Chen counted the stems of hair, but there was no plan (bun) to apply. Chen Zhen immediately said: "Lord Lu's face is full of mustache, why do you need to do this."

With idioms to idioms, he is very capable, and Lu said with a smile: "In the mountains where the two apes cut the wood, this monkey will also see (sentence)." Chen smiled:

When a horse is stuck in the mud, how does this beast get its hooves (question)? The two clapped their hands and laughed.

A horse is mired in the quagmire, how can an old animal come out of its hooves.

The two birds fluttered their wings in the sky, and the goshawk was not afraid to fight.

The three pigs grabbed the food pen to see how the stupid goods burst out of the groove.

A horse is lost in the mud, how does the old beast come up with the problem.

When a horse is stuck in the mud, how can an old beast come out of his hooves.

When a horse is stuck in the mud, how can this beast get its hooves?

Here is the saw-through "sentence", which is the meaning of the sentence.

Basic Literal Meaning: Original Meaning: A word composed of words that can express a complete meaning. Such as: sentences. Syntax.

Derivation: By extension, it refers to the place where the text pauses in ancient times as "sentence" or "reading". For example: sentence reading (dòu) derivation: also used as a measure word, used in language: three sentences do not leave the line (háng).

In the deep mountains of the two apes, the little monkey also dared to see the original word is a sentence.

A horse is trapped in the sludge, how can the old beast come out of the original word is the question.

Shanglian: Two apes cut down trees in the mountains, see how the monkeys talk to each other.

Downlink: A shark is hungry in the sea, depending on how the big fish eat the small fish.

In a turtle watching the sky and dry wells, Lao Wang Ba talked nonsense about rain.