"Articles should be made by nature, and be obtained by chance by skillful hands." This means that chapters should be made naturally, as if they were obtained by chance by skillful hands; only in this way can they be flawless without any artificial artifacts.
"Articles are made by nature, but can be obtained by chance by skillful hands" comes from "Jiannan Poetry Manuscript·Article" written by Lu You in the Southern Song Dynasty. The full poem is as follows:
?"Jiannan Poetry Manuscript·Article"
The article was created by nature, and it was acquired by chance.
It is completely flawless and does not require artificial intervention.
Look at the ancient Yi utensils, they are ingenious and clumsy.
The Han Dynasty has recently preceded the Qin Dynasty, and it is already extremely pure.
What does the Hu tribe do? The bold bamboos are mixed with mourning threads.
If Hou Kui no longer works, who will be there for thousands of years?
Translation:
The article is not artificial, it is natural, and it was obtained by chance by highly skilled people. Pure white has no flaws and does not require manpower to pursue it deliberately. Look at the ancient Yi vessels (bronze sacrificial vessels). They are delicate and clumsy and cannot be changed. The Han Dynasty was the closest to the Pre-Qin Dynasty, but there was a big difference in the depth and shallowness of the articles. What is the music of the Hu people like? Just some orchestral instruments and silk and bamboo. Hou Kui (according to legend, he was Shun's music officer) no longer writes music. For thousands of years, who can compare with him?
Appreciation:
"Jiannan Poetry Draft" Lu You worked diligently throughout his life and has more than 9,400 poems that have been handed down to this day. The content of poetry is also extremely rich, covering almost all aspects of social life at that time, the most important of which are patriotic themes and chants of daily life.
Lu You has a bold personality and great ambitions. He pursues the vigorous and powerful in his poetry style and despises the delicate and delicate. He often poured out his ambitions and passions that could not be realized in real life into his poems, and used illusions and dreams to express the heroic spirit in his chest. The rich and colorful dream poems constitute the elegant and unrestrained characteristics of Lu You's poetic style, which is quite similar to Li Bai's spirit.
However, such an era of internal and external troubles is no longer the era of Li Bai's prosperous Tang Dynasty. The illusion in the dream will eventually disappear. The harsh real environment has put pressure on the poet's soul that he is not afraid to get rid of. Therefore, Lu You's poetic style is close to Du Fu's melancholy and sad side.
It combines Li Bai's elegance and unrestrainedness with Du Fu's melancholy and frustration, forming Lu You's Zhute Poetry Phoenix. However, Lu's poems are not as majestic and unpredictable as Li's and Du's poems. Instead, the language is easy to understand and the composition is rigorous. Even Qigu is no exception.
About the author
Lu You (1125-1210), with the alias Wuguan and his nickname Fangweng. Han nationality, from Shanyin, Yuezhou (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang). Poet of the Southern Song Dynasty. When he was young, he was influenced by his family's patriotism. During the reign of Emperor Gaozong, he took the examination of the Ministry of Rites and was deposed by Qin Hui. During the reign of Emperor Xiaozong, he was granted a Jinshi background. He entered Shu in middle age and devoted himself to military life. He was appointed to Baozhang Pavilion to be appointed. In his later years, he retired to his hometown, but his belief in regaining the Central Plains remained unswerving.