Literary world is like a martial arts world

Author: Fu Guangming
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Publish Date: 2008-01-01
Features: The literary world is like a martial arts world; writing is like practicing martial arts. Profound and exquisite superior internal skills cannot be achieved overnight. Flimsy martial arts tricks cannot deceive people. The true master should be the solitary wise man who retreats to the mountains and forests, quietly observing the martial arts world's fluctuations. Mr. Qian Zhongshu is such a wise man. He gives me the impression of a hermit with extraordinary skills, without arrogance or complacency, yet still meditating in seclusion, humble and open-minded, recognizing that the sea of knowledge is boundless. He treats the ceaseless struggles of the literary world with a smile, indifferent to them.
The literary world is like a martial arts world; writing is like practicing martial arts. Profound and exquisite superior internal skills cannot be achieved overnight. Flimsy martial arts tricks cannot deceive people. The true master should be the solitary wise man who retreats to the mountains and forests, quietly observing the martial arts world's fluctuations.