Thank-You Letter is a letter written by Tao Hongjing, a writer in the Southern Dynasties, to his friend Xie Zhongshu. The article begins with emotion: the beauty of mountains and rivers has existed since ancient times. People with elegant taste may be able to taste the beauty of mountains and rivers and exchange their inner feelings with friends, which is a great pleasure in life and embodies the author's idea of entertaining mountains and waters.
The author regards Xie Zhongshu as a friend who can talk about mountains and water, and expects to make a comparison with Lin Shi through the ages. This article praises the beauty of the south of the Yangtze River, with mountains and rivers in pen cages, four seasons in paper and beautiful words, which can be called a masterpiece of landscape sketches in the Six Dynasties.
Hugu Zhangshu is an essay written by Wu Yun, a writer in the Southern Dynasties. This article can be divided into two layers. The first sentence is the first floor, which begins with a narrative to explain why he retired last month.
The second sentence, from the beginning to the end, is the second layer, which mainly depicts the scenery of Shimen Mountain and expresses the author's interest in entertaining himself after retiring. The language of this essay is concise and beautiful, fresh and elegant. Rhetorically, it has parallelism, duality, anthropomorphism and many skills.