On The Literary Grace Of Official Documents

Why is this so? Some articles have made an in-depth analysis of this.

Here are some personal views.

First, the official document should have literary grace. Generally speaking, there is no need to argue.

In the modern official documents, we can find some well written chapters. It is precisely this literary grace that makes them widely circulated.

Then, is there any literary merit in all documents? Obviously, it is not.

Official document is a kind of professional document, many of which are routine official documents, such as the decision of appointment and removal of cadres, the notice of holding meetings, and the requesting instructions and approval with relatively simple contents.

Therefore, the author believes that the collection of official documents should be a kind of advocacy and should not be used as a general rule.

Look at the ancient and modern documents, such as the sea, which are really elegant, but only a drop in the bucket. In the "nine oxen", a large part of the official documents need not be demanded.

In ancient times, there was "debate on writing style", that is, to call literary works "Wen", and generally practical works were called "pens".

Xiaotong, Nan Liang, said: "the best way to play a piano is like Bo song.

Chant the rhyme, and wander in mourning.

("Jinlou Zi Liyan") the defense of writing style is mainly reflected in two points: first, "Wen" needs literary grace, namely formal beauty, such as "elegance", "Rhyme", "sending words to be precious and Yan", "sound and sound iteration", "comprehensive collection of words", "error compared to Wenhua" and so on, that is, practical works only aim at putting ideas and things into words, without paying attention to the beauty of linguistic forms, that is to say, "to examine their ingenious benefits, to end their writing only", "to build up their own ideas for the purpose of learning, and not to take the ability as the basis".

The theory of "writing style" is to distinguish the characteristics of the two styles.

But it can not be said that practical works can never have literary grace, and ancient official documents are not rare.

Nowadays, the types and forms of official documents are much richer than before. There are also some "quasi official documents" or "pactional documents", such as briefings, summaries, information and investigation reports, which belong to the category of official documents. However, after all, they are different from official documents, that is, "red headed documents", which have a fixed format requirement, and can be written more lively and well written.

Even the writing of statutory documents is not entirely without literary grace, but it is not appropriate to generalize.

This is probably due to the fact that in the provisions of official offices and state offices on official documents, there is no requirement for "literary grace".

Second, what is the literary grace of official documents?

Because in the past, we did not attach importance to the writing of official documents, nor even advocated literary talent. Our practice in this field was so few that even Fan Benji, who was quite literary in contemporary documents, was rare. It is very difficult to make a comprehensive and accurate exposition of "literary grace".

The author believes that the literary style of official documents is not only reflected in the beauty of language, but also in ideological content, text structure and language personality.

For example, the human spirit is not only reflected in appearance, but also in the inner quality of speech and manner.

The ancients believed that the beauty of the article includes the beauty of form and implication, while the formal beauty lies in the beauty of implication.

Liu Xie, a literary theorist of Liang Dynasty, said: "Fu lead Dai, so he adorned his face, and hoped that he was born in Shu Zi.

For those who are in love, the Scriptures are scriptures; those who speak are the weft of the theory; the Scriptures are written by the right and then the weft, and then the words are written by Moto Harashiya.

("Wen Xin Diao Long") Liu Xie's "emotion" means implication.

He also said, "setting a place in a reasonable sense is a good practice."

That is to say, literary grace is attached to profound ideological content, and flowery rhetoric can not save the superficial thinking.

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Wen Cai, according to the "Fu" of Lu Ji in the Jin Dynasty, is the three aspects of the article's conception, diction and sound.

But if the style is different, such as poetry and prose and official documents, their characteristics should be different.

There are many discussions about poetry and prose. What is the characteristics of official documents? If Mao Zedong's accuracy, vividness and vividness, can it be characterized by its right? Writing here, it is inevitable that there is a close correlation between literary style and style.

The style of writing includes two aspects: the style and the ethos of official document writing. There are good and bad in style, elegant in style, and lacking in literary grace.

whether

(1) the idea is new and brilliant.

(2) do not ask for perfection; speak frankly.

(3) not vague and full of words;

(4) the material is authentic and fresh.

(5) words are few and refined.

(6) the language is fresh and delicious.

These articles, which have both literary style and literary grace, are immature and are for discussion only.

Thirdly, literary grace is an inevitable requirement for the development of official documents, and it is also a very difficult requirement to achieve.

First, the pformation of ideas is very difficult. Now many people (especially leading comrades) are used to the plain and tasteless faces of official documents. When you want to dip your pen into your feelings and write your literary grace, you will never be accepted.

Two, it is not easy to write down flowers. If there is no certain ability of writing, how can we ask for literary talent even when ordinary documents are not written well? Three, we need to take risks of reform.

As for official documents, it is still in the exploratory stage. In exploration, it is possible to produce something that is neither too big nor too bad. It must withstand the test of failure.

Above all, the most important thing is the change of concept, first of all, the pformation of the thinking pattern of the secretarial workers.

Let's imagine that ancient people wrote official documents, and there was no "Regulations" or "rules".

I remember when I first read the Communist Manifesto, the programmatic document of the Communist Party of the world, the first sentence was: "a specter is wandering around Europe - the spectre of communism."

I glared at the time, thinking it was wrong.

Now, if you write a manifesto or communique, who has the courage to write like this? Even if it is written, it will not be passed.

The regulation of official documents is correct, that is, the external format of documents should be unified.

However, it is too much to prescribe how to start, how to start, how to stop, or how to write the first sentence in the light of certain books.

When anything develops, it will go to decline.

The development of ancient prose is like this. From the time of Qi to Liang Dynasty, parallel prose reached the point of "searching for the smallest and the smallest."

After the revival movement of Han Yu in the middle Tang Dynasty, the ancient prose was redeveloped.

Later, the imperial examination was carried out, and a eight part essay was created in the Ming Dynasty. It reached the peak of reading classics for a while, but at the same time the article began to fall into the form of formulae.

The Eight Legged essay looks neat and pleasing, and it reads and sounds pleasing, but it is incoherent and ineffective.

There is a famous "Erlang Temple".

The husband of Erlang, the elder brother of Lang, the brother of three Lang, and the son of Lao Lang.

There is a tree in the temple. People say that the trees are in front of the temple.

It's for kee.

Eight strands and one line, the style of writing was decadent, and when the 54 Movement came to an end, the ancient prose finally died.

Taking history as a mirror, at present, if official documents are too strict in pursuit of norms, they will be stable and unflawed.

The phenomenon of "writing weary, frowning", "not reading, not entering the brain" is a sign of "recession". What is more, it is a good thing to look at the problem seriously. It is good for changing the status quo and getting the document to be read and loved.

Comrades who aspire to the reform of official documents should thoroughly analyze the malpractice in official document writing, boldly bring forward the plan of document renovation, practice bravely, and be good at summing up, so that the official document will become more and more elegant.

To achieve this goal, let's do it now.