击钵催诗 — “To compose poetry under a strict time limit”

During the Southern Dynasties period, Xiao Ziliang, the Prince of Jingling of the Qi state, frequently invited scholars and literary figures to drink and compose poetry at night. He would set a time limit by marking candles, stipulating that a poem of four rhymes must be completed by the time one inch of the candle had burned. Xiao Wenwan, considering this task not particularly challenging, along with Qiu Lingkai and Jiang Gong, altered the method to 'striking a bronze bowl to urge poetry', demanding that a poem be completed as soon as the sound of the bowl ceased.