On the Language Application Characteristics of Xunzi's "Encouraging Learning"

Another feature of "encouraging learning" in writing is the extensive use of short sentence parallelism and positive and negative contrast. At the beginning of the article, there is a set of parallelism: "Green is taken from blue, and green is blue; Ice, water, but colder than water "; This kind of parallelism sentence is numerous in the text, full of argumentation and literary charm, and even has a sense of music rhythm flowing in it. Similarly, in the use of contrast techniques, "Encourage Learning" is also very distinctive. For example, when expounding the truth that learning should be good at accumulation, the author compares Qian Ji with Ma Xu, rotten wood with Jinshi, which shows that Ma Xu is indomitable and indomitable. Perseverance, a stone can be carved ",fully illustrates the great significance of" giving up "for learning. When expounding the principle of concentration in learning, the author compares earthworms with crabs. The former is "stronger than bones and muscles, but it can' eat the ground and drink the yellow'". Although the latter has "eight knees and two claws", it is not a snake point. What is the reason? Is that the former "with one heart" and the latter "with one heart". Sharp contrast and strong contrast enhance the weight of reasoning.