Source: Overseas Network
Source: Wen Wei Po
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When he was the secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee, Xi Jinping published an article in Zhejiang Daily entitled "Style Reflects Style". The article reads: There is now a very bad style of writing, like to write long articles, talk long, but the ideological connotation is very lacking, just like Chairman Mao criticized, like "lazy woman's foot binding."
There is a story in this passage. In February 1942, Mao Zedong said in a speech entitled "Eight Shares of the Opposition Party" at the Yan'an Cadres' Meeting: "Although there is no war in Yan'an, the army fights in the front every day, and the rear is also busy with work. Some comrades in the front also like to write long reports. They wrote it painstakingly and sent it for us to see. But how dare you look at it? Is it good to be long and empty, and it is good to be short and empty? Not bad either. We should forbid all empty words. But the main and first task is to throw the long and smelly lazy ladies' feet into the trash. ”
During the war years, the situation changed rapidly, and the writing could not be dragged in the mud and water. In peacetime, there is no gunfire behind you, and you can't talk about it in a vacuum and talk long. The article is long, everyone does not like to read or say, it is easy to lose the focus, it is difficult to impress the reader, and even the content itself has long been off topic.
Writing short articles is more effective. Because in a limited space, we must explain the problem clearly and thoroughly. During his work in Zhejiang, Xi Jinping once recalled: When Comrade Gao Yang was the first secretary of the Hebei Provincial Party Committee, he once used only one page to speak at a meeting and said four things, which I still remember. He also mentioned a 100-word editorial written by Xiang Nan, an old secretary of Fujian, to the newspaper, saying that he had written it very well and won an award that year.
In Xi Jinping's view, writing short articles should be like the ancients said, so that "if you delete the complex, you will simplify the three autumn trees." What can be said clearly in three words will never drag the mud and water, and the truth that can be explained in a short space will never go around the bend. He published 232 short comments in the "Zhijiang Xinyu" column of Zhejiang Daily, the shortest is less than 200 words, the longest is only more than 500 words, the writing is concise and clear, the reason is in-depth and simple, and it can be called a model of excellent writing style.
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Xi Jinping's style of writing has a distinct personal color, especially the language is condensed and clear, easy to understand, and often talks about big problems in the vernacular. For example, he used "shoes do not fit, only when you wear them will you know" to explain the choice of the country's development path; "the country is good, the nation is good, everyone will be good" to explain the close connection between personal future and the fate of the country and the nation; and "dogs and bears breaking sticks" to criticize short-sighted cadres... These are the languages of life that everyone can understand and are very contagious.
Xi Jinping is also good at using codex. In August 2007, 1,000 days into the countdown to the opening of the Shanghai World Expo, Xi Jinping, then secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee, was interviewed by major central news units. Towards the end, Xi Jinping talked about the goal of "success, wonderful and unforgettable", which naturally led to Mao Zedong's famous sentence: "Pretty do not compete for spring, only report spring." When the mountain flowers were full of flowers, she laughed in the bushes. "Won the applause of the reporters on the spot."
Poetic idioms come from the continuous accumulation of life. Xi Jinping is busy with daily official duties, and still spares a lot of time to read books and newspapers. When he was the secretary of the Shanghai Municipal CPC Committee, he once saw a short article in the "Liberation Daily" that wrote about Zhuge Liang's "Seven Ways" and approved it to the Research Office of the Municipal Party Committee, saying that "this 'Seven Paths' can be used as material for quotation when drafting the manuscript on the honest administration of the party building and organization work." Xi Jinping said that with more things in the stomach, only then can we accumulate thick and thin hair, speak in a simple and simple way, and write articles.
At the end of the day, whether it's using folk sayings or idiomatic allusions, the purpose is to make people understand, know what to do, and what problems to solve. When working in Shanghai, Xi Jinping once talked about a story told to him by the writer Wang Yuanjian: Novelist Liu Qing always has to go through long-term observation and experience to understand the people's thinking thoroughly, and every time he finishes writing, he must read it to the landlord's wife, and the big lady understands it before it can be considered a pass. Xi Jinping said that when we draft documents, we must think of the reaction of the landlord and the old lady, and think of the reaction of the people, so that the documents issued can be implemented and will not hurt the people.
At the end of the day, the article should be "real". It is necessary to get to the point and to be honest, and not to pull things around, wear boots and hats. In this regard, Xi Jinping once mentioned "five stresses and five no talks": speaking words that are in line with reality does not talk about words that are divorced from reality, talking about words that work is not talking about false words, speaking words that are felt and issued do not speak of moaning without illness, speaking words that reflect one's own judgment without following the words of the script, and explaining plain words without saying pretentious and profound words.
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Kumon is plain and accurate, and it is easy to fall into boredom. In September 1958, Mao Zedong wrote in his instructions on the "Key Points of Explanation of the Adjustment of the 1959 Plan": "After ten thousand times of preaching, the wind still does not move, the spiritual platform is like a granite rock, and the pen is like the freezing of Xuan Ice." Which year is a little looser, so that the reader feels a little springy, so as to avoid the morning heaven, slightly extend the life expectancy of one year or two years! ”
"Spring meaning" means that the article should not only pursue accuracy and practicality, but also seek new changes.
What kind of articles are new? Xi Jinping pointed out, "The novelty mentioned here includes words that have made new discoveries in exploring laws and understanding the truth, and words that have not been spoken by previous generations, but also words that combine the spirit of the central government and the requirements of the superior with the actual conditions of the region and the department and the unit, and have new ideas, new ideas, and new measures to solve problems; including words with new angles, new materials, and new language expressions, but also words with rich personality, distinctive characteristics, and vivid and lively words." ”
Indeed, although there are certain patterns and laws for writing articles, they cannot be uniform, and they are always stuck to the syllogism. Sometimes the lute bounces, and as soon as the form changes, it will be refreshing. For example, proper citations, appropriate rhetoric, vivid data and examples can increase the image and appeal of the article. However, the pursuit of novelty does not mean that it is necessary to be new for the sake of new, or even engage in word games.
The group revisited Xi Jinping's article "Striving to Overcome Bad Literary Style and Actively Advocating Good Writing Style", which deeply analyzed the problems of long, empty and false literary style, and emphasized vigorously advocating short, practical and new excellent literary styles. This important article on the issue of style can be found and read again and again, and tasted repeatedly.
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