Taking advantage of the back of time, I was lucky enough to meet Liu Yuxi, the author of My Humble Room. Old and frail, his face lit up and he warmly invited me to his house.
From a distance, three ancient low rooms appeared in front of us. This shabby house seems to have passed thousands of years.
Walk into the first room, wow! Quaint and chic. Although it is broken, it tastes unique. Liu Yuxi told me that although the house is ugly, it can also shelter from the wind and rain, and it has more elegant charm than the expensive rooms in the world. I attached the voice and the answer was correct. Then follow it into the wing. Oh, white walls and black tiles, simple and small, small stone yard, green everywhere, pine, cypress and bamboo, full of green, beautiful, there are several wooden benches in the middle, completely connected with nature. Obviously, there are even more "moss marks on the moss, and the grass in the curtain is blue." "You can tune the pipa and read Jin Dian." "There is no confusion of bamboo, and there is nothing in the case." Interest. Liu Yuxi told me that it is far from downtown and I don't like the world of mortals, but I can come here to play. Although he has been demoted many times and gone through all kinds of hardships, he is more interested in not seeking fame and fortune and being noble. Here, you can enjoy yourself, be indifferent to fame and fortune and have fun. Here, there can't be the sound of silk and bamboo disturbing the ears, and there can't be case work and relaxation. Don't envy the splendor, there are thousands of natural wealth here. Don't go to see the monarch, there are hundreds of learned Confucians here. Have a drink, talk about knowledge and communicate, ok? I was shocked by his words and couldn't speak. ...
Walking out of the humble room, I sighed: although the humble room is ugly, it is not ugly! ! !
Walk into Ouyang xiu
Ouyang Xiu was an outstanding writer in Song Dynasty. His father died when he was a child. His family was poor and his life was very hard. Mother had to take him away from home to take refuge with his uncle who was far away.
Uncle's family is not rich either. Ouyang Xiu is old enough to go to school and can't even afford paper and pens. His mother used reed poles as pens, spread sand on the ground as paper, and taught Ouyang Xiu to read. Ouyang Xiu studied hard, and by the time he was ten years old, he had the ability of self-study. He often borrows books from people who have books. If the borrowed books are to be returned on time, he will recite them and return them to others. He made an endorsement plan, reciting 300 words every day. A few years later, I learned all four books by heart.
Seeing how hard he worked, his uncle bound the leftover paper for him. He was so happy that he used half of these books to copy books and half to learn to write an article. At that time, people's writing atmosphere was not good, and they only paid attention to the floweriness of words and ignored the content. Ouyang Xiu thinks this kind of atmosphere is very bad, and he wants to learn to write another kind of article.
Once, he found some old books from a broken book box, written by Han Yu, a writer in the Tang Dynasty. The article written by Han Yu is not only beautiful in words, but also thorough in truth. Ouyang Xiu found it more interesting as he read it, so he took Han Yu's article as an example to learn to write and imitate.
Ouyang Xiu writes articles seriously. In order to write an article, he often has to read many books. After the first draft of each article is written, he sticks it on the wall, reads it repeatedly when he has time, and revises it repeatedly until he thinks he is satisfied.
The first paragraph of Zuiweng Pavilion written by him shows that Chuzhou is surrounded by mountains. The first draft used dozens of words to write what mountains are in the east, what mountains are in the west, what mountains are in the south and what mountains are in the north. But when it was finalized, only five words were used: "The Weichu River is also a mountain", and the meaning was expressed.
Ouyang Xiu in his later years was also a brilliant writer, but his writing was carefully scrutinized word by word, not sloppy at all. His wife advised and joked, "You are so old, and you are still afraid of being scolded by the teacher?" Ouyang Xiu smiled and replied: "I am not afraid of being scolded by the teacher, but I am afraid of being laughed at by later generations!"
Reading is accumulation, and reading more excellent articles is an effective way to cultivate Chinese ability. Ouyang Xiu is like this, and we also need this. When learning to write, you should read more good books, love life, exercise your keen perception from life and study, and especially pay attention to learning from the writer's experience of understanding life from reading. Ouyang Xiu took Han Yu's article as a writing example, conducted scientific writing training, and carefully practiced revision until his later years. Only in this way can we enjoy the joy from reading comprehension to composition success.