Nanfeng crossed Jing and Xiang (1) Nanfeng, namely Ceng Gong, a native of Nanfeng (now Jiangxi) in the Northern Song Dynasty, was one of the "Eight Great Masters" in Tang and Song Dynasties. Jing, Xiang, Jingzhou and Xiangyang now belong to Hubei. Houshan [Houshan], namely Chen Shidao, was born in Houshan Jushi and Pengcheng (now Xuzhou, Jiangsu). A poet in the Northern Song Dynasty, he studied Ceng Gong as a scholar. Take what you have done and praise it. Nanfeng fell in love at first sight and had a cordial conversation because of the message. If you want to write a word, there are many things, because you entrust the back mountain with it and give it meaning. After the mountain, the literary thinking is also astringent, and the power of poor days can only be achieved, only a few hundred words. Tomorrow will be Nanfeng. Nan Fengyun said, "It's probably all right, but it's redundant [redundant (r ǒ ng)]. There are many words, I wonder if it can be slightly deleted? " Please change the back mountain. But when Nanfeng sat down, he took a pen and wiped it several times. Every wipe, even one or two lines, will be given to the back hill, where one or two hundred words are cut off. Read it in the back of the mountain, and its meaning will be especially finished. Because of admiration, I think it is the law. Therefore, the words in Houshan are concise.
—— Song Zhuxi's A Brief Introduction to Zhuzi Genre Volume 8
Ou Gong refers to Ouyang Xiu. Every article has been written, and it will be easy to change, and even those who don't leave a word at the beginning of the book. If it is an article, it will be written and posted by Fu. The wall of the house, in and out of the province. As for the letters or notes. It is also necessary to make a draft, and its careful review is like this. Every article was published, and the literati wrote satirical recitations, but it was natural, so don't study the marks of axe chisel [the marks of axe chisel] the marks left by craftsmen when they used axes to chisel wood and stone. Later, it is used to describe that the works have not reached the muddy state, and there are still traces of carving.
—— Yuan Wanggou quoted the name of Wu Shuqing (1) from Lu Family Memories. He said, "There is an article written by a person who works without embellishment. This article is the best (of course). . Secondly, it must be carefully thought out, such as the drafting of articles. Once it's decided, behave yourself from beginning to end. If there is something wrong with qi, it must be smoothed and moistened; If the machine is not round, it must be refined to make it round; The blood vessels are not connected. At the same time, it must be integrated; Syllables are harmonious and consistent. Therefore, it is necessary to adjust the leaves: with such careful scrutiny, natural defects are rare. If you scribble for a while, you will be safe, and you will have a small defect. If you don't go, it will eventually be the spot on the white jade. Hey. "
—— Tang Biao's Book of Reading Composition in Qing Dynasty, Volume 5
Although the ancients said that if they wrote more articles, they would be able to know their faults and wait for no one to criticize them, but when they just did it, they just wrote it. You can't see the defects yourself, but it will take months to know them. If we knew it at that time, we wouldn't write. Therefore, it was true that when it was changed, it was changed; Otherwise, leave it alone and wait. A few months later, take a look, Yan ugly [Yan (yán) ugly] is good or bad. Yan, beauty. Knowing clearly in your heart, it is easy to change it, and it is only when you change it.
—— Tang Biao's Book of Reading Composition in the Qing Dynasty, Volume V
, had to be transformed several times before it was finished. My generation's composition must also be deleted and polished several times. Then wencheng, its reason is also one. I heard that Ouyang Wenzhong [Ouyang Wenzhong] is Ouyang Xiu. Write "The Story of the Zhoujin Hall" [The Story of the Zhoujin Hall] An article written by Ouyang Xiu for the Zhoujin Hall built by Han Qi. The first two sentences of the manuscript are "Official to the Prime Minister, Wealth to the Hometown", which was revised four times, and finally the word "and" was added. There are several crosses at the beginning of the manuscript of Zuiweng Pavilion. Sticky in the bedroom (1) [in the bedroom]. . In the end, I had to "surround Chuhe (Chuhe (Chú)) Chuzhou, the place name, in Anhui. All mountains are also "five words. He was a writer all his life. There are even people who don't save a word of the manuscript. I recently heard that every article written by Mr. Zhu Mei Cliff in my hometown will stick to the wall, and I will read it day by day, and I will go to more than ten words, until there are really no words to delete. And then release the manuscript. This is what you should learn later.
—— Liang Zhangju's essay on retiring from nunnery in Qing Dynasty
If there are words that are difficult to be self-contained, they must be deleted by good friends. Cao Zijian [Cao Zijian] was a famous poet Cao Zhi in the Three Kingdoms period. The words said: "The world's writings cannot be disease-free. My servant tried to comment on my poems and pointed out the shortcomings. If there are bad people, they should be changed in time. " Bai Letian's words said, "It's better for a mortal to be a writer than to be private [naturally]. , can't bear to cut, or lost in many. In chī)〕 meantime, beauty and ugliness refer to advantages and disadvantages. Ugly. , suppression [suppression (yì)〕] Maybe, or. I am confused again. You must make friends with a public certificate and a fair appraisal. If you don't tolerate it, you will cut it, and then simplify it and get it. " A man who is superior to both men and women in writing [a man who is superior to literature] is a person with high attainments in writing. , and its words are so, scholars don't think deeply?
—— The revision of Liang Zhangju's
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on retiring from an nunnery is an important part of the composition. At all times and all over the world, people who write articles well have worked hard to revise them. These six can be divided into two categories. The first and second are the first kind, which are mainly notes: Ceng Gong changed the article for Chen Shidao to make it concise, and Ouyang Xiu was diligent in revising the article. The third to the sixth are one kind, mainly discussing: the third points out what aspects should be started to modify the article; The fourth point is that you can do "cold treatment" after writing an article, and then take it out for revision in a few months; The fifth emphasizes the importance of repeated revision; Sixth, it is pointed out that after the article is written, others should be invited to give advice. These six points are explained from different angles: the text never tires of changing, and most good articles come from revision. If we form the habit of serious revision and diligent revision, our composition level will be greatly improved.