Chapter 29 Adaptation and Inheritance and Development

When discussing the genre format of the article, it is not difficult to find out certain rules and circles in the post-event summary of writing experience. However, when it comes to the format and content of the article, most people are often in a trance when writing, and even after writing, there are endless changes. What should we think of this phenomenon and problem? Tracing the progressive evolution of the style and format of poems, poems, documents, records, etc., it is not difficult to find that they are gradually improved and complemented each other in terms of names, uses, and meanings. This is also the fundamental reason why the so-called genre of the article, or the style format, must be established, although it has relative limitations, but it is fixed. As for the specific words and sentences in the content of the article, the more time passes, the more changes and accumulations will be, which is like the increase or decrease of numbers in mathematics, which will inevitably expand without limit...... This is the so-called "change is common, and general is long-lasting" in "Zhou Yi • Department of Resignation". ".

In article writing, such as the classification name of the work and the corresponding moral content that should be included, there must be its constant and unchanging normality. This is also the decisive issue of the so-called genre of the article and its form and content in the continuation of culture, or the inheritance of art. As for the so-called infinite changes in literary works, this is like the superposition of numbers, and the new number must be a completely new image. It can be inferred from this that human literature and art, in the past, present and future, has always been a broad road to forge ahead, and it will certainly be a turbulent river whose source will not be exhausted. Therefore, in a certain period of time and space, writers or works that cannot drink well water because of a short rope, or who are tired from a journey and fall behind, will not be unable to survive or die at all because of the depletion and monotony of their rhetoric. The fundamental reason why some of these works are short-lived or extinct must be that the issue of "mathematics, physics, and chemistry" in inheritance and development has not yet been truly understood, understood, and accurate. Undoubtedly, the actual situation of literary creation has always been like the rich and colorful flowers and trees in nature, even if it is the same type and species, even rooted in the same fertile soil, it will be different because of the amount of sunlight received, or because of other factors around it, resulting in different branches and leaves and the fragrance of flowers.

Tracing back to the songs and chants handed down from all dynasties in the past, it is clear at a glance that the standardized style of the mutual continuation of sentiment and style, that is, the process and appearance of the so-called "change". For example, the "Song of Dan" sung during the Yellow Emperor period has the most concise and clear meaning and rhyme; Tang Yao's "Song in the Past" (Death Yi), compared with the Yellow Emperor's time, has developed in terms of the number of words in the content; Yu Shun's "Qingyun Song" is richer than Tang Yao's; The Xia Dynasty's "Song of the Five Sons" is already very colorful in content and form; By the Shang and Zhou dynasties, the articles were magnificent, especially in expressing emotional aspirations and recording time events, and the specifications and styles between them were basically the same. The Spring and Autumn period of Chu belongs to the sublimation of Ji Zhou's poetry, the Han Dynasty's praise follows the shadow of Chu State's sao body, Cao Wei's strategy admires the elegant atmosphere of the Han Dynasty, and the Jin Dynasty's rhetoric focuses on Cao Wei's gorgeous style. On the whole, the articles of the Yellow Emperor and Tang Yao are concise and heavy, the Yu Shun and Xia Yu stages are simple and distinct, the Shang and Zhou dynasties are rich and elegant, the Chu and Han dynasties are extravagant and flamboyant, the Wei and Jin dynasties are shallow and beautiful, and the pursuit of grotesqueness and curiosity in the early Liu and Song dynasties. In terms of text content, they have obviously moved from simplicity and conciseness to grotesque hunting. Why? The root cause of this lies in the fact that people are generally accustomed to imitating the works in front of them, and consciously or unconsciously alienate the ancient classics, which leads to the gradual decline of the cultural atmosphere and the lack of strength. Nowadays, some people who have artistic talent and pursue novelty, although they are still studying hard to write articles or literary creations, they are not trying to study the classics of the Han Dynasty, but are obsessed with studying the famous articles of Liu and Song. And among them, even if there are still people who study the classics, they still look at some of the so-called amazing masterpieces that have been recent, and despise or ignore the ancient scriptures. In fact, in social life, the blue color comes from the blue grass, and the red color comes from the madder grass, but once the two colors are formed, it is no longer possible to return to the original natural hue. In the early years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Huan Tan (around 40 B.C. - around 32 A.D., the word Junshan Peiguo Xiangren Calendar of the Western Han Dynasty, Wang Mang, the Eastern Han Dynasty, the three dynasties, the official to the Yilang to the matter, the county Cheng) once said: "To see the new Liwen, beautiful but not brilliant; and see Liu, threaten to speak, often have gains. (Meaning: When I look at my recent works, although some of them are very beautiful but have no merits, I always gain a lot from reading the articles of Liu Xiang and Yang Xiong.) The implication of this passage is to seek nourishment and inspiration from the source material, rather than scavenging for skill and fur in the hot work in front of you. Therefore, in order to extract the pure color of green and red, it must be condensed and refined from blue grass and madder; If we want to eliminate the grotesque and superficial clumsy style, we must advocate and carry forward the essence of the classical scriptures. The study and creation of literary and artistic works, as far as a certain era is concerned, or for each specific author or writer, only after contrasting, deliberating and scrutinizing between simplicity and luxury, elegance and vulgarity, can it be possible to discover and produce authentic innovations in artistic inheritance and cultural development...... Perhaps this is the trick to the so-called "adaptation".

Through the above-mentioned examination of the past cultural history, it can be seen that in the middle of the previous articles, the extremely exaggerated descriptions of the grand thunder in appearance like music had reached their peak in the early Han Dynasty. Since then, it has continued to the present day, although there have been literary figures who have tried to break out of this circle, but to no avail. For example, in the "Seven Hairs" of the Maiyana, there is: "Looking at the East China Sea, the rainbow cave is in the sky." (Looking at the East China Sea from afar, it is like a rainbow connecting the sky.) ); Sima Xiangru's "Shanglin Fu" wrote: "Seeing it for no reason, observing it is endless; The sun rises in the east and the moon grows in the west. (No head in sight, no edge in sight; Just as the sun comes out of the eastern waters, and the moon rises from the western mountains. ); Ma Rong said in "Guangcheng Fu": "Heaven and earth rainbow hole, solid and unprovoked; The Ming Dynasty is out of the east, and the moon is born in the west. (Heaven and earth are like a rainbow, but they are boundless; The sun rises in the east and the moon rises in the west. ); And Yang Xiong has in "Feather Hunting Fu": "In and out of the sun and the moon, the sky and the earth." (The sun and the moon rise and fall, like stepping between heaven and earth.) ); In addition, Zhang Heng's "Xijing Fu" said: "The sun and the moon are in and out, like Fusang in Mengxi." (The sun and the moon rise and fall, rise from Fuso, and fall in the Mengbian.) In fact, even these literary and artistic masters, the meaning of the scene they try to describe or try to describe is almost identical, but it is just a bite to chew on the words. Therefore, in the process of the evolution and development of the article, there are many examples of similarities in words and sentences, regardless of value and meaning.

If we pay attention to the essence of continuous development, all articles and books are innovative. This is the inevitable style of art "change" in the fixed number, truth, and metamorphosis. If there must be a common entry rule for articles, or that any keen writer who wants to fully understand how to write should generally have the following learning and writing standards:

First, it is necessary to read a wide range of books, and it should also be combined with "key intensive reading". The purpose of this intensive reading is to grasp the general classification and main features of the text in general;

2. Be familiar with the general style of the article and the outline of its formatting requirements, and then find the creative genre suitable for self-expression;

3. Have a plan similar to a long-distance journey, especially to calm down and be prepared to overcome the obstacles and joints that you will encounter.

In addition to the above-mentioned preparations, all literary and artistic creators must not only communicate with the ancients and sages in terms of character and temperament, but also need to adapt to the times in terms of backbone and pride. Therefore, an excellent writer can only be called a great masterpiece that excels in inheritance, development and innovation if his voice is as shocking as the back of a dragon, and his color is as brilliant as a phoenix. If it is only limited to extreme achievements in one aspect, or if it is consistent with the scriptures and classics in some aspects, it is all a circle in the courtyard, and it is not a free gallop in the wilderness at all.

To sum up: the law of development of the article, like the rotation of the sun, the moon and the heavens, must change with each passing day, and it must be familiar. Change is inevitable for a long time, and inheritance has a continuous root. Only by adapting to the changes of the times can we have immediate achievements, dare to innovate and progress, and have extraordinary success; Similarly, based on the present, there will be whimsical ideas that change customs, and with reference to the classics, there will be chapters of the times that have been passed down through the ages.