The Golden Pagoda Principle is a book written by barbara minto (USA). On the surface, it is a book that guides how to write. In essence, it is to teach people how to establish a correct thinking paradigm. We have long been used to using products produced by factories and accepted the fact that products are assembled from parts, thus forming a general understanding of product assembly. In fact, writing is similar to assembling products, and articles also have "parts". There is also an assembly process. But many people didn't think of this layer. Knowing this truth, we can break the fear of writing by finding parts (collecting and screening writing materials), designing the structure (thinking and layout of the article, establishing the main idea), mounting (straightening out the writing order and establishing the logical connection between viewpoints), and finally debugging (polishing and modifying the article). It is also the feeling of how to write an article. The following is the main core idea of the book. 1. What is the principle of the Golden Pyramid? When people look at the starry sky, they see chaotic stars scattered in the sky, but in the eyes of ancient Greeks, they see various patterns of stars, not scattered stars. This proves that the human brain has the potential to naturally classify and organize things. However, people's ability is limited after all, not as vast as the universe. Therefore, human beings should pay attention to avoid their own shortcomings in the process of dealing with nature. For example, human beings are inherently deficient in analysis and memory. George A. Miller proposed in his paper Magic Number 7 2 that the short-term memory of the brain can't hold more than seven memory items at a time, so it is necessary to classify and group all kinds of information to facilitate memory. And the number of groups shall not exceed 7 at most. At the same time, it requires a certain logical relationship between them. Information can only show the essential characteristics of things through classification and summary, and the information after classification and summary is clearer. When information rises to the concept of grouping, the abstraction of thinking is improved. But abstract thinking is not the innate ability of human beings. It is precisely because of the lack of abstract thinking ability that people will naturally "lack oxygen" once they enter a field that challenges their ability to a new height. Fortunately, this "hypoxia" symptom is mainly manifested in the lack of a methodology and tools, not something else. The main purpose of this book is to provide such methods and tools. For example, writing is the most troublesome thing. How to find a good way to solve this problem can solve the worries. Of course, the essence of writing is the expression of ideas, so you should engage in writing. First of all, we must clear our minds. The book puts forward a basic framework to solve the problem of unclear writing ideas. This basic structure is the pyramid structure. The book holds that "all articles with clear ideas are pyramid structures". Moreover, in the pyramid structure, there is only a little logical relationship between various viewpoints. In other words, a basic feature of a good article is clear thinking. Will not make readers feel tired when reading. Starting from the central idea contained in the theme of the article, paving the way and expanding the point of view from top to bottom, thus forming a clear article, which is the basic meaning of the "golden pyramid principle" It is required to always pay attention to the application of the "golden pyramid principle" in the writing process, so that all articles have a pyramid structure. The logical connection between various viewpoints in the pyramid structure is either upward or downward. Either there is a horizontal connection, but there is no other form of connection. Therefore, before writing an article, we should form a pyramid structure of the author's ideas and check and modify them according to the relevant rules of logical relationship. This is the process of material preparation before writing. The golden pyramid principle is applicable to the whole process of determining and analyzing problems. Macroscopically, it can guide the organization and management of the whole writing process, check the validity, consistency and completeness of the writer's viewpoints, help the writer find the missing viewpoints, further creatively develop his thinking, increase the organization of the article, reduce the invalid length of the article, and help the writer write a concise and clear article in the shortest time.