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Pun Design ：
Five + Boy + Fighting over + Helmet
Punning Details：
&#8211; The action of five (more or fewer) boys fighting over something refers to ‘夺 duo’. ‘Five’ is a function word.
&#8211; ‘kui 盔 helmet’, is a pun on ‘<a href="https://tutuhaoyi.com/figures-stories/god-of-literature/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">kui 魁</a>’, the name for the first successful candidate in the imperial examinations since the Song dynasty (960–1279).
The above two elements are combined to convey the meaning of ‘winning the number one position in the imperial examinations’.
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Related Figure and Story:
<a href="https://tutuhaoyi.com/figures-stories/when-the-god-of-literature-kicks-an-ink-vessel-you-are-blessed-to-be-the-only-one-who-can-stand-on-the-head-of-a-dragon-carp/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">When the god of literature kicks an ink vessel, you are blessed to be the only one who can stand on the head of a dragon-carp.</a> 魁星踢斗, 独占鳌头
Related Pun Picture:
<a href="https://tutuhaoyi.com/pun-pictures/you-will-certainly-come-out-first-in-the-imperial-examinations/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">You will certainly come out first in the imperial examinations</a> 必定夺魁

May your five sons come out first in civil examinations

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