Writing an article is not a mysterious thing, not a difficult thing, but a matter of taking pleasure in suffering. The bitter thing is, if you don't begin to understand, think hard and rack your brains, you can't write anything anyway The good news is that once you make progress, you can write without extra points, flow freely and splash ink like clouds, which is naturally worry-free. What is the secret or password of writing? Let's look for the answer from the Preface to Articles and selected articles written by Mr. Ye Shengtao more than 80 years ago.
First, the article example preface
Examples of Articles is an article selected by Mr. Ye Shengtao for the column of New Youth Magazine, which is a modern literary work close to readers' interests. After reading this preface, I understand Mr. Ye Shengtao's three main points about writing:
First of all, we should have a correct writing attitude. Every good article has a reason. When a person's experience is fresh and particularly profound, it is worth writing down as a record of his personal life. Mr. Ye Shengtao emphasized that writing should first have a correct writing attitude. On this basis, we can identify which materials are worth writing, and at the same time, we can identify which articles of others are worth reading.
Secondly, we should have a correct understanding of writing training. Mr. Ye Shengtao said: The so-called good article is nothing more than a precise selection of materials and a more accurate and thorough expression. In real life, it is meaningful for us to live in society, not for writing articles, but for a wonderful life.
I like the golden sentence in Mr. Ye Shengtao's article best: life is like a spring, and articles are like a stream, which springs day and night and is natural and lively. This sentence illustrates the close relationship between life and writing. I still remember Whitehead said in The Purpose of Education that education has only one theme, and that is colorful life. Anyone who has a sincere love for life often feels that there are many articles to write, and what is written is often a good article. ?
Most people think that writing articles is the unique skill of "scholars" or "writers". Mr. Ye Shengtao firmly believes that anyone can write articles. Even the workers in the workshop, the farmers in the field, the shop assistants and even the stevedores on the dock can write good articles because they have their own lives. write
Articles are not the embellishment and decoration of life, but life itself. Mr. Ye Shengtao believes that there is nothing to boast about if you can write articles, but the defect is that you can't write articles. Writing is to enrich and enrich your life.
Finally, it is necessary to clarify the significance and value of the selected article in the article examples. The articles selected in the book are not boring entertainment games, and each article has its own writing value. The content presented is the living water from the source of the author's life, so vivid and natural.
Some words added by Mr. Ye Shengtao after each article are inconsistent in nature. Some point out the benefits of this article, some explain the practice of this kind of article, some talk about the whole article, and some only talk about part of it. When we read these in-depth interpretations of the text, it is like listening to the teacher make an overview after the explanation. Therefore, when reading other articles, my eyes are sharp, and I can naturally distinguish the benefits and practices of the article, or the inappropriate and illegal places in the article.
Reading the famous articles in reading and Mr. Ye Shengtao's comments on writing techniques are not only conducive to improving our own vision of reading literary works, but also conducive to our own wrists. What path should you follow when writing by yourself, such as being detailed and appropriate, depicting details, etc. Naturally, we can also know what mistakes must be avoided.
2. Example of the article (excerpt)
In this chapter, Mr. Ye Shengtao selected the literary works and accurate comments of seven famous artists, such as Zhu Ziqing's back, Mao Dun's bathroom sketch, Xia Yan's contract workers, Feng Zikai's modern architectural beauty, Zou Taofen's Parting, Lao She's foreign coachman in Beiping, and Lu Xun's The Theatre. Most of these articles are partially intercepted, and some comments from Mr. Ye Shengtao are attached to the original text to help readers understand the essence of writing from the words of these famous writers.
Rereading Mr. Zhu Ziqing's "Back", I understood the content of the article, felt the deep affection of my beloved son's father, and my heart was naturally filled with emotion. Reading Mr. Ye Shengtao's analysis of Back, there are subtle comments, warm explanations and deep feelings behind clean and natural words. I am even more moved and humbled by the article. The power of the original words is so shocking and touching, pay tribute to the two masters.
Simply sort out Mr. Ye Shengtao's exquisite comments on "The Back": an article, reading aloud is both a means and an end. When reading, we should first understand new words and difficult words. There are three ways to solve these problems, relying on your own experience, looking up the dictionary and asking others. Then, use our minds to add invisible symbols to the article, clearly divide it, and read it according to the symbols of the sentence to avoid understanding or misunderstanding the meaning of the article.
This article focuses on my father's back, so I don't need to write anything that has nothing to do with his back, such as being invited by a friend to go sightseeing. All I have to write is about my father's back. For example, when my father climbed onto the platform to buy me oranges, he wrote very delicately, implying touching affection for his son!
Mr. Ye Shengtao said that there should be no superfluous words in speeches and no superfluous sentences in compositions. Mr. Zhu Ziqing's writing style can be said to be short and pithy, and his meticulous writing sometimes splashes ink. Read carefully the father's language and behavior described later, so that we can read the touching farewell picture. My father did a hard and enjoyable job. Father's words are only four places, very simple, and the action of climbing the platform is also very common, but simple words and ordinary actions are affectionate.
In addition, there are several places in the article where the author does not understand the emotional and psychological activities of the father's love for his son, which plays a foil role. It can be seen that my father always regards the author as a child who still needs protection, so he gives him thoughtful care anytime and anywhere. From Mr. Ye Shengtao's comments, we can see that to appreciate articles and learn to write articles is to slow down, carefully analyze, ponder over, taste and learn from them.
Mao Dun showed his meticulous reading and exquisite writing in the article Sketch of Bathroom. In Feng Zikai's The Formal Beauty of Modern Architecture, Mr. Ye Shengtao's comments made us understand how to write a narrative, how to deal with essays and how to explain it appropriately. Zou Taofen's argumentative essay "Efforts to Separate" is really full of words, and the power to impress readers' hearts is enormous! Reading Mr. Ye Shengtao's words, we understand that the success of expository writing is to "explain clearly" and the success of argumentative writing is to "convince others"; Lao She's rickshaw driver in Beiping shows the appropriateness, appropriateness and incisiveness of the author's pure oral language, and the article shows the author's generous and compassionate feelings everywhere. Humor contains gentle and meticulous words with endless aftertaste.
Reading and writing are both acts of life. Mr. Ye Shengtao said that the knowledge of reading and writing must become a habit, form a habit and use it unconsciously, which is the real use. In the evaluation, teacher Ye Shengtao gave us more room to think while guiding the direction. He conveyed to us the idea that it is not difficult to learn Chinese and write.
Learning to write is very simple, and the road is very simple. Only by living with your heart can you write a good article. Learning to write is not easy. It takes a long time to read, enrich yourself in reading, start with your own life observation and feelings, accumulate from the classic beautiful articles you read, train your eyes like a camera, capture meaningful things, and carefully and wisely cut down the materials, then you can record naturally and sincerely, write truly and smoothly, make reading and writing engraved into your life, and make reading and writing as natural as breathing. Reading Ye Shengtao's classic prose about Chinese education more than half a century ago can bring us great gains and insights.
Education is reading, and reading is education; Education is life and life is education; Life is writing and writing is life. Let's continue to read Mr. Ye Shengtao's classic articles, draw on the strength of going forward and reap the growth of spirit.