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Overlooking Morning Source Scenic Area
National 5A Level Scenic Area, Chongqing's 'Jiangjin Four Peaks' has a site called 'Morning Source Viewing'. 'The First Wonder Couplet' is located here. Let's take a look.
Couplet before the main hall entrance on the west side of 'Morning Source Viewing'
The inscription on the main hall entrance's plaque reads 'Morning Source'
'Ethereal Source' – four large characters.
There's a couplet on the arched entranceway.
The upper couplet is: 'Cloud friends see see see see see – see',
The lower couplet is: 'Friend clouds see see see see see – see',
The horizontal couplet is: 'Jade Hall Cloud'.
Note: The upper and lower couplets of the two sides have the last two characters of the upper and lower couplets are similar to the Arabic numeral '3' – abbreviated writing.
The couplet on the east entranceway of 'Morning Source Viewing', due to its vague and profound content, has puzzled scholars from ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad, who have tried to interpret it, but none of the interpretations have been recognized by the academic community, so this couplet is known as the 'Goldbach Conjecture' and 'The First Wonder Couplet'.
Long-Ride Couplet Trial Interpretation
Long-Ride Couplet Trial Interpretation
Li Jianhong
Long: refers to the growth and advancement of the Daoist arts. That is, referring to the utmost truth, the mysterious techniques, and the ability of a person to attain Dao through cultivation and practice constantly grow and advance.
Ride: refers to the levels of Daoist cultivation – Small Vehicle Saints, Great Vehicle True Men, and Great Vehicle Celestial Beings. Daoists who have ascended have constantly thought of ascending to Small Vehicle Saints, then Small Vehicle Saints, the pronunciation of 'Ride, Saint, same sound', 'Ride, Saint' have similar meaning, here it means increase, rise.
The original text: Long long long long long long
Pronunciation: Chang zhang zhang zhang zhang zhang zhang
Interpretation: Long: growth, advancement, increase, rise.
The original text: Ride ride ride ride ride ride
Pronunciation: Sheng sheng sheng sheng sheng sheng
Interpretation: Increase, rise, increase, rise.
This is only a trial interpretation of the 'Long-Ride Couplet'.
Mr. Li Xianhui, former president of the 'China Tourism Newspaper' magazine, wrote: 'The couplet of 'Morning Source Viewing' is similar to the couplet of 'Meng Jiang's Temple' – 'The sea falls see see see see see – see, the clouds are long long long long long long – see', thousands of years, how many scholars and literati have been unable to figure it out'.
Jiangjin's two 'First Wonder Couplets': long and holy couplets, wonder couplets have no one to break it
What is your understanding of 'The First Wonder Couplet'?
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