The main-beam couplet in Ku Te-fu's home describes the family's origins and the difficulty of listing their early achievements. It continues, telling of their hard work on coming to Taiwan and the numerous occupations they took up here. It concludes with a wish for the continuation of their line. Forget about memorizing such a long couplet.
古德福家的棟對，上聯是「世系出洪荒闢地開天厥後聚族新安將相公侯難縷述」，下聯是「支分來粵嶺騎羊策馬住久喬遷台島士農工賈慶綿長」，這麼長的句子，別說記不住，就連一口氣讀完都不容易。