Top-heavy, bamboo shoots in the mountains are sweet. Where did it come from?

Couplets originated in Jie Jin in the Ming Dynasty.

Metaphor derogatory couplets, describing people's complacency, lack of solid work and preference for vanity; Exaggerated and mean, but no knowledge and real kung fu in my stomach. Used to satirize people, hoping that people can do things practically.

Quote Mao Zedong's Transform Our Learning: "This kind of person has a portrait. The two said: the reeds on the wall are top-heavy and shallow; The bamboo shoots in the mountains are thick and empty. "

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Jie Jin was smart and eager to learn since he was a child. He was able to write poems at the age of seven, and he was good at writing, with a straightforward nature. Retired Li Shangshu doesn't believe that Jie Jin has this talent. He invited several dignitaries to write poems, and sent someone to call Jie Jin to deal with this matter, hoping to ridicule him in public.

The process of couplets in the middle is wonderful, and Jie Jin can cope with them one by one, which makes the dignitaries such as Shangshu very timid. Later, as a closing couplet, Jie Jin raised his glass and said, "It is rare to have an elegant talent gathering today. I want to put forward a couplet to increase the fun." Hearing this, the ministers sent for Four Treasures of the Study, and Jie Jin laughed. Everyone came to have a look and froze for a long time. It turns out that this is a metaphor: "The reeds on the wall are top-heavy and shallow; The bamboo shoots in the mountains are thick and empty. "