Upper Couplet "Japan Rises in the East, Shining Across Shikoku and Kyushu" -- This Lady Continues to Challenge All Men in the World!

Years ago this lady initiated what became the most sensational so-called "Japanese couplet incident." Using the ID "日日日日日日日本" (Sun Sun Sun Sun Sun Sun Sun Japan), this lady created an upper couplet: "Japan rises in the east, shining across Shikoku and Kyushu." It was originally just for fun, but it caused an enormous uproar. Someone reposted it in newspapers in Singapore and elsewhere, and it became known worldwide. The entire Chinese internet went crazy, giving this lady a firsthand experience of the internet's absurdity. But apart from the lower couplets this lady herself provided, no one else's were worth looking at.

Now this lady continues to use this upper couplet to challenge all men in the world. The rules are simple: you must match it better than this lady did. This lady has the upper couplet covered, and has already given two lower couplets -- one martial, one cultural -- both surpassing the upper couplet in momentum. That's what makes a good couplet. Men, if you've got what it takes, come on! Remember, this upper couplet has many hidden mechanisms -- don't match it blindly!

First: Japan rises in the east, shining across Shikoku and Kyushu; The Celestial Dynasty revives, its momentum swallowing Five Rams and Sanya.

"Celestial Dynasty" refers to China, and can also be split into "Heaven" and "Dynasty"; "Five Rams" refers to Guangzhou but can also secretly mean the whole world; "Sanya" is the one in Hainan, also meaning East Asia, Southeast Asia, and Northeast Asia. This approach starts from the nation, and in momentum should be no less than little Japan's upper couplet, though it has a bit of a "swallowing the globe" vibe. Purely couplet fun -- don't take it too seriously for now.

Second: Japan rises in the east, shining across Shikoku and Kyushu; Dogen returns empty, enlightenment through Yunmen and Fayan.

Dogen was the founder of Japan's Soto Zen school, who went to study in Song Dynasty China and returned. Since Chan has nothing to attain, his return was "empty." "Dogen" can also be read as "Dao -- Yuan." As for "Yunmen" and "Fayan," each is one of the Five Schools of Chan Buddhism and also the names of two great Chan masters. Although there aren't numbers matching numbers here, since Shikoku and Kyushu form a pair, and Yunmen and Fayan also form a pair, it can be accommodated in couplet form. This lower couplet takes a cultural perspective -- meaning little Japan, your culture all came from China, so stop your nonsense.