The classification of couplets is closely related to the writing of couplets. Without a clear classification of couplets, it is impossible to write good couplets with accurate content. Specifically, there are five ways to classify couplets.
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According to the scope of use, it can be divided into (1) practical couplets - spring couplets (2) special couplets - elegiac couplets, birthday couplets, wedding couplets, happy couplets, industry couplets, motto couplets, etc. (3) social couplets - free couplets, question answer couplets, etc. (4) decorative couplets. It should be noted that decorative couplets mainly refer to couplets used to beautify the environment, such as those used to decorate pavilions, pavilions, and places of interest; Decorate the study bedroom, couplets of famous paintings, precious inkstones, etc. Generally rich in philosophy, with endless aftertaste.
According to the relationship between the writing method and the upper and lower couplets, the couplets can be divided into three types: positive, negative and flowing. 1. Positive antithesis refers to the fact that the contents of the upper and lower couplets are related or similar, explaining roughly the same truth from different perspectives. Such as: floating boat sea; Immediately Kunlun. A big belly can accommodate things that the world can't handle; Laugh when you open your mouth. Laugh at the ridiculous people in the world. 2. Opposition means that the content of the upper and lower couplets is opposite and in sharp contrast. This kind of couplet often explains the same problem from both sides, and highlights the expression effect in the contrast. For example: Castle Peak is lucky to bury his loyalty, and white iron is unlucky to cast a courtier. 3. The flowing pair is also called string pair, which means that one meaning is divided into two sentences. The two sentences together are a whole. The upper and lower links have the following relationships: assumption, progression, cause and effect, condition, etc. For example, when books are in use, they hate less; No matter what happens, it is difficult.
In terms of the number of characters, couplets can be divided into four character couplets, five character couplets, six character couplets, seven character couplets, eight character couplets, nine character couplets, dozens of character couplets, hundreds of characters of couplets, etc. Four word couplet: Never give up day and night; The world flows together. Five word couplet: thousands of steep stones stand again, and hundreds of vines open. Six character couplet; When did the spring get cold and where did the peak come from. Seven word couplet: Liquor in Lijiang attracts the cool, and often accompanies poems to appreciate the rain. Eight character couplet: Peach and plum are magnified without crane in the tent; There are turtles in the bed accompanied by piano books. Nine word couplet: red flowers are tied together and compared with Chaoyang; The purple swallow flies to Haoyu and sings. Cross Couplet: You can't see who will not die when you are 100 years old; It's hard to be parallel to the world.
According to the content, it can be divided into nine kinds: festival couplets, festive couplets, elegiac couplets, scenic spots couplets, industry couplets, inscription couplets, miscellaneous feeling couplets, academic couplets, and funny couplets. Festival couplet: Spring wind blows the ground heavily; I miss my relatives many times during the holidays. Celebration couplet: a man in striped clothes wraps around his knee; The white head case raised eyebrows. Elegiac couplet: the soul goes by crane; Good spirit comes with the wind. Scenic spot couplets: the old moon in the east of Huaishui; The tide is coming from Jinling Ferry. Industry Federation: Five Words of Xizhi; Zhuge commanded the three military battles. Inscribed couplet: When all is black, there is still bone; Where it is very red, it turns grey. Miscellaneous feeling connection: the door welcomes the capital of the river; I want to walk on the moon bridge. Academic Union: Achievements are made by patchwork; There are five Mongolia and three theft skills in talent evaluation. Quqiao Lian: Rain is clouds and tears, and tears always rise; The flower is spring, and its radiance will be the joy of vegetation.
According to the source of the couplet, it can be divided into four types: sentence collection couplet, word collection couplet, and sentence extraction couplet. A couplet composed entirely of ready-made sentences from ancient poems. For example, the water is as green as jade and the mountain is as black as daisy; People want clothes and flowers and looks. A couplet consisting of characters from ancient writings and calligraphy copybooks. For example, there are mountain and forest music in the room; People are the same as heaven and earth in spring. The couplet is a couplet made by directly picking the couplets in other people's poems. For example, the sun and the moon run in the mountains; The wind and thunder are blowing underground. A couplet is a couplet created by the author himself.
