The following four quadrants are the main framework structure of this lesson:

Flaubert once said that the secret of language: "The shortness and length of words are the same as the quality of sound."

1 Seeking common concepts: good sense of language, harmonious sounds, and neat and regular writing. General knowledge of junior high school physics, why is music pleasant? Why is the noise unpleasant?

2 Rhetoric of similarity: duality amp; rhyme

① Duality: It is different from ancient antithesis. Duality only restricts the number of words and the rhythm. Its importance is similar to that of metaphor. Living things attach great importance to symmetry.

② Rhyming: The syllables and finals are the same, and the main focus is on the sound, so it is in the second quadrant. Its function: it reads very smoothly and helps memory.

3? The concept of seeking differences: amidst regularity, orderliness, and sameness, seek innovation and change. Right place, right time. The sentences I usually write are scattered, but they are not deliberately arranged, and they cannot be regarded as truly scattered.

4. Methods of seeking differences: Manipulate the rhythm of language, mix long and short sentence patterns, and seek dispersion while seeking common ground.

①? Using punctuation marks to adjust the rhythm is a very cool skill.

② Use the word "的" to adjust the rhythm. If you use more "的", more double syllables, and more short sentences, the speed will be slower, and vice versa. Sometimes flexibility is needed.

5? Pingyi: Ping tone: the first, second tone, Oblique tone: the third tone, the fourth tone, and the short entrance tone in southern dialects.

All first-class writers will not use a single principle to govern their writing. They all need to be flexible.

Jian Yu is a Taiwanese female writer with a particularly good sense of language. In the inheritance chapter of the book "Masters' Writing Lessons", the article "The Fisherman" was selected. Let's take a look at the last paragraph of the excerpt below:

Analysis:

1) Seeking common ground is expressed in

① A bunch of four-character phrases, some are idioms, some are not, for example: the second quadrant

Chinese is particularly suitable for four-character phrases, and has been used for thousands of years A verified rule, an objectively existing phenomenon. It was said in "Wen Xin Diao Long" that "the four characters are dense but not clustered" and are compact but not crowded, which is the right state.

② Comfort, whisper, dream recall, and peace. The overall rhythm is deliberately uniform. Quadrant 1.

2) Seeking difference is reflected in

The short sentence with a relatively long number of words "see you for the last time and enjoy a meal of food and wine" is a deliberate seeking for dispersion. different. Placed in the fourth quadrant

However, the above two variants have the same structure, both are verb-object structures and quantifiers. Therefore, looking at the entire paragraph, there is an intricate relationship between neatness and scattering, seeking common ground and seeking differences, presenting a complex and multi-faceted aesthetic effect. Therefore, the charm of language and music will never tire of you no matter how many times you read it.

Analysis:

1) Seek common ground: "Stand straight suit, neat hat, intact leather shoes, and strong body."

2) Seeking differences: two words with a sudden and rapid rhythm "like sleeping".

Imitation of ancient Chinese prose to improve writing skills: imitation of some articles by Taiwanese Zhu Tianwen.

Analysis: The number of words in each sentence: 4, 20, 3, 3, 13, 3. The lengths are staggered, like springs.

Analysis: The words appear at the beginning and end. Some words slow down, and some words speed up. In the short paragraph in the middle, not only does the word "的" disappear, but the two-syllable words have been changed to mono-syllable words. Many words that do not affect the meaning have been omitted. Just like driving, slow-accelerate-slow-brake.

The ancients paid a lot of attention to rhythmic poetry. They had a smooth and fluctuating style and a jagged polymorphism, and they paid great attention to the smoothness and obliqueness. When it matures, it dances with shackles and summarizes a set of paradigms, and then just fills in the words and content. Even naming the scenery is very particular.

Except for Shuangfeng Qiyun (it was originally Liangfeng Qiyun, but it was changed because it was considered vulgar to go to the south of the Yangtze River during the Kangxi and Qianlong years) and Nanping Evening Bell, the others all have the second character and The fourth character is relatively flat.

Q1: Some students asked, for example, many of Lu Xun's articles, such as "From Baicao Garden to Sanwei Bookstore", etc., also have many words and many repeated prepositions. Why don't they appear complicated and messy?

A: Lu Xun made precise arrangements for all the elements in the article. The places that seemed to break the rules were actually subtly controlled and measured, so in the end it was Can present complex multi-faceted aesthetic effects.

Without a certain level of aesthetics and text appreciation, it is impossible to appreciate the subtleties.

Q2: What is our attitude towards people who don’t pay attention to music at all and who are very demanding of music like the ancients?

A: Both extreme states are undesirable. A compromise state, based on the fluency of the language, with overall ups and downs, cadences and ups and downs, is fine.

Q: Any suggestions for improving the sense of language?

① Read "Enlightenment of Rhythm" and memorize it. Not only will I have a sense of equality, but I will also have a keen sense of duality, rhyme and antithesis, and a keen sense of the three types of rhetoric.

② Read some medieval and modern poetry. For example, poems and music from the Wei, Jin, Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, etc.; pre-Qin poems are not used as a reference because their pronunciation changes greatly.

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