1. Offense but not offending
From "Reading the Calligraphy of the Fifth Talented Scholar" by Zhang Zhupo, a great talent in the Kangxi period:
The beauty of "Jin Ping Mei" is that he is good at using the pen to make mistakes. Not guilty. For example, if you write about an earl, you should write about a Greek. However, after all, an earl is a count, and a Greek is a Greek. Everyone's identity and conversation are all in order. Writing about a golden lotus and a bottle of children is a crime, but they are always gathering and dispersing, and their words and actions are not chaotic at all. I wrote about Wang Liu'er, but also wrote about Bi Sisao. I wrote about Sister Li Gui, but also about Sister Wu Yin and Zheng Yuer. I write about one Wang Po, but also one Xue Matchmaker, one Feng Mama, one Wen Sister-in-law, and one Tao Matchmaker. I wrote about Aunt Xue, but also Aunt Wang and Aunt Liu. The beauty of all these is that they are all made in special ways, but each one is completely different. ""Reading" 47
Zhang Zhupo mainly refers to characters with similar identities. They are all "harlots", matchmakers, and nuns, but they can shape and portray different characters. Although they are similar, Similar to each other, but absolutely not the same, if we say that this is also a kind of composition, grammar, and writing style, in a broad sense, the Chinese classical novels "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Water Margin", "The Plum in the Golden Vase", "A Dream of Red Mansions", etc. In shaping similar identities, classes, statuses, and ages, and at the same time portraying different characters, so that they are similar but different, they have accumulated extremely rich and valuable artistic experience in this regard.
2. Same but different, there are differences
Comments from Li Zhi's "Mr. Li Zhuowu's Criticism of the Loyalty and Righteous Water Margin"
Monk Li said: The depiction of Lu Zhishen is as alive as ever through the ages. The writings of "Water Margin" are wonderful throughout the ages, and they are all the same but different. For example, Lu Zhishen, Li Kui, Wu Song, Ruan Xiaoqi, Shi Xiu, Hu Yanzhuo, Liu Tang, etc., all of them are impatient. He describes and depicts each person with his or her own style, circumstances, tutoring, and identity. They are exactly the same and not mixed in half. You can distinguish them when you read them. You don’t need to see their names. You can tell someone so-and-so at a glance. People. Do readers think so? It’s not easy for Li Zhuolao to think so.
The meaning of both sentences is that the characters are typical and have different personalities. .