A short essay, whether narrative or lyrical, as long as the content is rich, undulating, and meaningful, it will give people a sense of scale. Many ancient masters are not only masters of long stories, but also holy hands of short chapters. They have the ability to rise and fall in the water, and in the short chapters, they also pay attention to opening and closing waves, suppressing the escapement, which is more euphemistic and subtle.
For example, Liu Yuxi's "Buried Room Ming", with only 81 words, expresses the temperament of the owner of the room, Gao Jie and proud shore, and the interest of peace and poverty. Another example is Wang Anshi's "Reading the Biography of Meng Yujun", which is only 90 words, showing the author's unstoppable and indisputable logical power. The following shares the famous articles of guiguang, concise and condensed, but deeply moving.
"Hanhua Funeral Chronicle"
Ming Dynasty: Return to the light
, Wei Wei ren ren also. Jiajing Ding died on May 4. Burial Mound. I am not a pawn, but I am also a husband!
When she was first married, she was ten years old, with her beard hanging down and dragging a dark green cloth. One day it was cold, boiled over a boiling fire, and the maid cut the Ying'ou, gave it to the outside, took it, and the maid did not go with it. Wei Ruren laughed. Every time the widow ordered the maid to lean on the side of the meal, that is, the meal, the eyes were moving, and the widow pointed out that it was a laugh.
When I think about it, it has been ten years since I was dying. Oh, sadly!
Gui Youguang, zi Xifu, alias Zhenchuan, also known as Xiang Jisheng, was a mid-Ming Dynasty essayist. Gui Youguang was 34 years old when he was a middle-aged man, and then took the exam, but he fell in the first place eight times, so he moved to Jiading Oning River, studied and taught apprentices, and did not win the jinshi until the age of 60, and later became a zhixian and other positions.
Gui Youguang advocates the ancient texts of the Tang and Song Dynasties, the prose style is simple, the feelings are sincere, and it not only absorbs the strengths of the Tang and Song dynasties, but also develops on its basis. Readers are most familiar with his masterpiece "Xiang Ridge Xuanzhi", and posterity praised his prose as "Mingwen First". At that time, Wang Shizhen was a master of the literary world, and his voice was very strong, but Gui Youguang dared to boldly accuse his shortcomings, which showed his straightforward personality.
Han hua was a maid of the Wei clan, the deceased wife of Youguang, and was only ten years old when she came home. Five years later, Lady Wei died. After another four years, Hanhua died, so Gui Youguang wrote this funeral record for her.
This short article is only about a hundred words, and Caizi fondly recalls the past, but uses Hanhua to express his mourning for his ex-wife. When Hanhua first entered the house, she "hung her beard and dragged a dark green cloth", dressed in a simple way, and also showed a childish and pitiful attitude.
The author describes the maid Hanhua with only two details: one is the hanhua boiled water chestnut, the author said I want to eat a few, "the maid to go, do not with"; the other is "every time the widow makes the maid lean on a few sides of the meal." That is, the meal is eaten, and the eyes are moving. ”
First of all, "holding away and not with each other", and then "eyes are rising", portraying an innocent and childish girl, how expressive, into the wood three points!
The author has a deep affection for his ex-wife Wei Andruren, which can be described as Qinse and Ming, and they are in love with each other. I wanted to grow old and grow old, but I couldn't predict that she would die prematurely. The author's heart is sad, every time he does not think about tea and dinner, he sits restlessly.
Although Gui Youguang missed his ex-wife very much, he did not mention a word in the text, but used condensed language and ingenious ideas to euphemistically convey his deep mourning.
Cai Ziming wrote about the maid Hanhua, but mentioned Wei Youren many times, euphemistically expressing the deep feelings between Gui Youguang and Wei Weiren. By describing the personal maid of the ex-wife, the author shows the gentle and kind wind god of the Wei people, and also shows the boudoir interest of the husband and wife and the boudoir between the main maid.
The memories of the reunion are so unforgettable, and the beautiful past is so torturous to those who are lucky enough to survive. Red face, short life, life is bumpy, the author's heart is intertwined with the double blows of the past and the present, but also let the reader's heart sad.
This masterpiece is cleverly conceived and properly selected, the author only selects the ordinary trifles in life, and vividly portrays the character and demeanor of the protagonist Hanhua, although there is no carving mark, it is extremely infectious.
Detailed description, generally use more pen and ink, return to the light but take the finishing touch, with very few words, write interesting details, worthy of the famous talent of Daming.