In this pair of couplets, the verbs love to be cultivated but not taken off, the noun pot fish knows how to keep the verbs, and the nominalization machine is right for business.

[short story]

Zhu, a philosopher and educator in the Southern Song Dynasty, was taught by his father since childhood and was brilliant. At the age of 4, my father pointed to the sky and said, "This is the sky." Zhu asked, "What's in the sky?" His father was very happy to see his son so considerate. Because he was diligent in thinking and studying, Zhu could read the Book of Filial Piety at the age of eight. He wrote an inscription in the book: "If not, he is not an adult." Zhu Yisheng made great contributions to education and scholarship. He founded Bailuyuan Academy and Yuelu Academy among the four major academies in China, as well as Kaoting Academy and Wuyi Academy. Because he advocated Neo-Confucianism and promoted Confucianism, later people called him Zhu. In his later years, he became an official in Zhangzhou, Fujian Province, and wrote a couplet for Kaiyuan: "Birds know the mystery and get spring flowers; Fish crosses the veins and swallows the moon to the water's edge ",which means that birds understand the mystery of nature and extend the spring scenery into the flowers to tease;" Fish walk through the motionless terrain, catch the shadow of the moon, speak hesitatingly at the water's edge, and write birds and fish vividly, making people feel the beauty of spring in nature.

[Related knowledge]

The word "Shang" in couplets refers to vitality, love for nature and vitality. In order to appreciate its vitality and green, Shanglian deliberately did not weed the grass in the courtyard; The second part is about loving fish farming, because you can get close to nature, experience the joy of life and understand the mysteries of nature.

Zeng Guofan wrote a couplet: "I don't want to leave my business except grass, but I like to raise a pot of fish." Mr. Tao Xingzhi appreciates the phrase "never leaving the court to stay in business" and gives himself a nickname "never appearing in court".