Writing - (Revised Second Edition)

Author: Xie Yafei
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Publish Date: 2006-07-01
Features: Writing is one of the more complex practical activities of modern humans. Like other social practices of humans, it is both an activity with ideological consciousness and an activity with emotions, feelings, and targeted, directed actions. "Forewarned is forearmed." This has long been the law of human writing practice. Writers, writing scholars, and writing educators from all over the world, both ancient and modern, have discussed the need for writers engaged in writing practice to possess basic and good qualities. Great ancient Chinese writers and modern literary giants such as Lu Xun, Guo Moruo, Mao Dun, and Ba Jin have all elaborated on this. In the 21st century, writers who want to write outstanding articles should pay even greater attention to cultivating basic and good qualities. As the subject of writing, a writer's basic qualities mainly include personality cultivation, life cultivation, knowledge cultivation, and language cultivation. Writers should strengthen their practice and strive for self-improvement in these areas. This book introduces various writing methods and techniques for different genres through examples in detail. It can be used by students majoring in Chinese at higher normal universities across the country.