Successful literary works have a * * *, that is, there is a layer of meaning besides the literal meaning, which is what the ancients said: "What is said has substance, what is said has substance, and what is implied." It seems that the author didn't want to express this meaning, but we felt it when reading.
The title of this essay is "Growing Flowers", and there is no place in the whole essay that leaves growing flowers. However, between the lines, we heard another voice of the author: "How interesting life is! How wonderful life is! Isn't it true that you can't raise a flower without working? " It is simply a hymn of life, full of love for beautiful things and life. The author has never mentioned this meaning, but every word contains it.
This article is full of charm because of its meaning and rhythm.
Where does this moral come from? It comes from the author's heart, it is the author's voice.
If Mr. Lao She didn't really love his new life so much, if he didn't have such a kind and beautiful heart, he wouldn't have made such a hint.
He is too beautiful, too kind and too fond of beautiful things. He was sad to see a good flower die of illness; Rescuing flowers and plants in the wind and rain, I was so tired that my back ached and my legs ached, and I was so hot that I felt unspeakable fun; He even thanked the flowers and plants because they gave him happiness ... The love for beautiful things revealed in his prose originated from Lao She's beautiful heart.
So the first image created by literary creation is the author's own image. Creation is to open your heart to others. This is especially true of lyric prose and poetry. Only a beautiful heart can sing beautiful songs. The cultivation of art is inseparable from the cultivation of personality. That's what Lu You meant when he said that the kung fu of writing poetry was outside poetry.
"Raising Flowers" is written naturally and smoothly, as if it were said casually in front of friends, as if a clear spring flowed naturally, with no traces of knives and axes.
However, it pays great attention to structure and layout. The whole article is inseparable from flower cultivation, with distinct levels, or talking about the hobby of flower cultivation, or talking about the hardships of flower cultivation, or talking about the happiness of flower cultivation, or talking about the sadness of flower cultivation ... There are contrasts and changes. The last paragraph, a few figures, make the finishing point, clarify the theme, and wrap the full text, so that the whole article becomes an inseparable whole.
There is kung fu, but it seems that there is no kung fu, which is natural. This is the deepest skill in writing!