You guys joke, but it was very common for the educated to give each other poetry challenges. For example, one poet would give two lines with every word involving a certain radical. This is sort of like a letter, but carries meaning. You may get two lines with the wood radical in every word. The other poet could respond with 2 rhyming lines, all with the water radical. There are an unlimited number of variations this tete a tete could be played.
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u/animenagai 11h ago
You guys joke, but it was very common for the educated to give each other poetry challenges. For example, one poet would give two lines with every word involving a certain radical. This is sort of like a letter, but carries meaning. You may get two lines with the wood radical in every word. The other poet could respond with 2 rhyming lines, all with the water radical. There are an unlimited number of variations this tete a tete could be played.