How could the popular poem stump 57% of the contestants in the "Poetry Conference"

"Chinese Poetry Conference" has entered its fifth season. This year's ratings are particularly high. One of the reasons is probably because of the epidemic, we have to stay at home to kill time. This year's "Poetry Conference" competition is quite fierce, and the players are getting closer and closer. This can be seen from the situation of the hundred people group's answers. However, in the third episode of the program, there was a problem that stumped 57% of the people, which is really shocking.

This question is this year's new question type with the wrong item: "As soon as Hou Men enters as deep as the sea, Xiao Lang is a passerby"; "As soon as Hou Men enters as deep as the sea, Xiao Lang is a passerby". The answerer Wu Yuman on the spot easily crossed out the first option and passed the level smoothly. However, in the Hundreds Group, 57 players answered incorrectly, which is also the most difficult question in this year's "Poetry Conference".

You must know that a 50% error rate is a barrier. After all, it is a choice of two. Even if there is no knowledge reserve, just throw the dice, according to the probability, half of the people should get the correct answer. It can be seen that this question is quite level and very confusing. Let's take a look at its source first. This is from Cui Jiao's "Gift to the Maid":

, the sons and daughters of the king and grandson, follow in the footsteps, and the green beads are tearing down the towel.

As soon as Hou Men entered as deep as the sea, Xiao Lang was a passerby ever since.

Cui Jiao was a poet of the Tang Dynasty, but so far, there is only this poem. Although the number is too small, but the reputation is very big. The story behind this poem adds a lot to it. It was during the Yuanhe period. Cui Jiao fell in love with a maid next to his aunt, and the two of them were in love with each other. However, what made Cui Jiao sad was that the maid was sold to Yu Di.

Yu Dian is not an ordinary dignitaries, but comes from a prominent family, he himself worshipped in Yuanhe three years, and even Han Yu wrote to him to request quotations. Of course, Cui Jiao couldn't compete with such a position, he could only hide his longing deeply in his heart. However, during the Cold Food Festival that year, Cui Jiao unexpectedly met the maidservant. He had mixed feelings and wrote this poem as a gift.

Of course, this story has a happy ending. The poem was so beautifully written, and then it reached Yu Di's ears. Yu Di was very moved, not only returned the maidservant to Cui Jiao, but also gave a large sum of money. Therefore, some people joked that this poem is probably the most expensive Tang poem. Some people also joked that it was probably because Cui Jiao had both beautiful women and money, and Cui Jiao had no intention of learning since then and wasted his great talent. In the end, only this poem was handed down. The stories and poems of

are very famous. Among them, "Hou Men enters as deep as the sea" is even more popular. Why does it stump so many people? In fact, just because it is too familiar, it is easy to make mistakes. In particular, this poem extends an idiom-Hou Men like the sea. This idiom itself is also famous, and it is also used by many poets. For example, the poet Du Xunhe in the late Tang Dynasty wrote in "Drinking with Friends": "The road is as far away as the sky, and the gate of Hou is as deep as the sea." Another example is the Song Dynasty eminent monk Shi Puji wrote in "Five Deng Hui Yuan: Kuang Wu Zen Master": "The road is as far away as the sky, and the door of Houmen is as deep as the sea."

. Among other topics. Xiao Jue has heard of "as deep as rivers and lakes as deep as the sea", "as deep as the sea as soon as one enters the palace" and so on. They in turn have affected our perception of the original poem. To what extent has the misunderstanding of

penetrated into the hearts of the people? Xiao Jue checked the revision record of the Baidu Encyclopedia entry. In the poem "Gift to the Maid", "Hou Men enters as deep as the sea" for a long time. It was not until the broadcast of the "Poetry Conference". Amended by enthusiastic netizens. If you go to check some ancient poetry websites now, many have not been changed. Therefore, it is not surprising that 57 people from the Hundreds Group gave wrong answers. Even the host Long Yang, in the interactive session with the guests, ridiculed Teacher Wang Liqun, can not help but say "a poem is as deep as the sea".

Therefore, Xiao Jue believes that this topic is the most difficult and most exciting topic in the fifth season of "Conference of Chinese Poetry". It allows us to solve the long-term fixed errors, and it is also a great deed of immense merit.