Selected couplets from the Ming Dynasty

Author: Liang Shenwei
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: Selected Couplets of the Ming Dynasty is arranged in the order of the authors' birth years, featuring over 650 couplets by 260 couplet masters. Although many of the included couplets are responses to clever questions, this not only demonstrates that couplets gradually developed through early elementary education's response exercises but also allows us to appreciate the significance of couplets as tools for enlightening minds, recognizing talent, competing for success, and social interaction. Additionally, they serve a unique role and value in appreciating literary refinement, expressing emotions, and bringing joy to the body and mind—functions that many other art forms cannot replace.