纪晓岚是著名的历史人物,谈吐诙谐,善于对对子。《纪连海点评乾隆名臣》63页引钱泳《履园丛话》记载的一则逸闻:清朝乾隆年间,京城工部衙门失火,大司空金简受命负责重建。有人据此出了上联:“水部火灾,金司空大兴土木。”句中含有“水、火、金、土、木”五行, Ji Xiaolan is a famous historical figure, humorous, good at right. “Ji Lianhai commented Qianlong famous minister” 63 pages cited Qian Yong “Park Yuancong dialect” recorded in an anecdote: during the Qing Dynasty Emperor Qianlong, the capital department Yamen fire, Dazao empty Kim was ordered to rebuild. According to this, some people came out on the line: “The water department fires and the gold slate empire” contains the five elements of “water, fire, gold, earth and wood”