2266字對聯

There is a 22 year old who wrote a 2266 "parallel poem" that breaks record.
News item is here.

在對聯中我用到了賦、五言絕句、五言律詩、七言絕句、七言律詩、詞、曲、對聯、佛偈共9種文體，於是就申請了文體最多的對聯

Impressive indeed. Some excerpts in here.

However, great poetry does not have to be long and record breaking.
Short 20 word poems can be classified as a "ultimate!" 絕 and receive endless praise for centuries.

That excerpt reminds me of this classic, written with an education focus.
That impressive poem has no duplicate words, but this does not have the "parallel" feature.
I am sure most Chinese do NOT know all 1000 words there, and that's a children book. (Ok, I admit I don't either)
See, ancient Chinese education is quite demanding.

Ancient Chinese education focus much on word elegance.