From:
Late Eastern Zhou Dynasty, Spring and Autumn Period-Confucius;
Historical Records Confucius Family: Confucius listened to the lawsuit when he was in office, and his words were unique to others. As for the Spring and Autumn Annals, a pen is a pen, and cutting is cutting. People in summer summer can't praise this word. Disciples collected the Spring and Autumn Annals, and Confucius said, "The Spring and Autumn Annals are used by those who know hills in later generations, and also by those who sin hills."
Translation:
Confucius went to court in Scott's position. If he had something to discuss with others, he wouldn't decide the verdict alone. As for Spring and Autumn Annals, he thinks that what should be written should be written and what should be deleted should be deleted. Even a high-legged disciple like Xia Zi can't put forward a word. When the disciples heard Confucius talk about the Spring and Autumn Annals, Confucius said, "Later generations know me by this Spring and Autumn Annals, and blame me by this Spring and Autumn Annals."
Extended data
Spring and autumn brushwork and official document writing;
The Measures for Handling Official Documents of State Administrative Organs issued by the State Council on August 24th, 2000 and implemented on October 24th, 2006 clearly stipulates that official documents are "official documents with legal effect and normative style formed by administrative organs in the process of administrative management".
Orders, notices, opinions and other languages in official documents are important tools for state organs to commend the advanced, criticize mistakes, reflect problems and establish public opinion orientation. When official documents play these functions, they must show a clear position from beginning to end, which is reflected in the article and manifested in the comprehensive application of public narrative and hidden narrative.
Official documents are mainly narrative, followed by discussion and description. In the narrative of official documents, it is obviously a very funny thing if a narrator jumps out to speak subjectively from time to time.
In order to maintain the solemn and plain style of official documents, and also to reflect the distinctive attitude of the issuing organ, the best solution is to use the "Spring and Autumn brushwork" to open the narrative voice in the form of hidden narrative texts. (Excerpted from How to Write Official Documents in Chunqiu Style, Applied Writing Academic Monthly, No.4, 2005)
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