The eye is the window of the soul, and thought is the soul of prose.

From ancient times to the present, there are often sentences in articles praising the eyes. For example: classical Chinese sentence: beautiful eyes, vernacular sentence: a pair of beautiful big eyes and so on. Although there is no obvious focus in the content of this sentence pattern, it is a good sentence to read. However, when you think about it, they are not really touching sentences. This is not large quantity and low price, but inferior quality and low quality. To put it bluntly, such a sentence pattern only shows the shape of the eyes, and no matter how beautiful it is, it is at best similar to the beauty of the eyes in the reader's mind.

Little do you know, because the eyes are the windows of the soul, the beauty of the eyes comes from the soul. The eyes are only the form, while the soul is the god, the root, the root, the source, the spring, the quality and the quality. Therefore, if the literati do not write about their gods, their literary language is like a tree without roots and water without a source, which may not be complete in length and lose first in terms of grade.

You might as well look at two sentences that go a little further: classical Chinese sentence: beautiful eyes and vernacular sentences: a pair of big talking eyes is obviously a little better, because it is closer to the perfect function of the eyes. or a step forward to the supreme beauty of the eyes in the reader's mind. In short, the eye will always be the favorite thing of the literati, but if separated from the soul, it will no longer be a beautiful window, or even if the shape of the window still exists, the wise literati will not waste decorative materials for it.

Prose has been beautiful for thousands of years from the perspective of its literary language. In other words, the total amount of prose language has almost covered all the wonderful words and aesthetic sentences. Therefore, it is not difficult for ordinary scholars to create a prose with beautiful words and sentences in form to collect, accumulate and pile up some finished famous sentences gradually. However, the literati must be soberly aware that, not to mention creating a piece of fine prose that can be handed down, even if they want to create several famous travel books that can be circulated, it is far from enough to rely on the artistic characteristics of the words themselves. Imitate a sentence that the eye is the window of the soul, and it can be said that thought is the soul of prose. Just imagine, if the eyes are not supported by pure energy, their shape cannot be orthodox, and their beauty cannot be noble. By the same token, if prose does not have a profound thought as the foundation, its shape can only be like an unsustainable illusion, and its beauty can only be like rootless duckweed drifting with the current.

Therefore, writing prose, especially travel prose, is like starting a business, most afraid of just bowing your head to pull a rickshaw, and not looking up at the road. Writing is also the most avoid looking at the scenery, but not lyrical writing in turn instead of expressing feelings, talking about things on the scene rather than nostalgia for the past and the present, small feelings and narrow scenes rather than long days, watching the earth without thinking about the world.

One of the remarkable features of travel prose should be the beauty of words, which can be called the characteristics of poetry and the beauty of words. Confucius, the most holy teacher, had a mantra for a long time: if you don't study poetry, you have nothing to say. What do you mean by this? What are you talking about? I think that since the spoken and written language is designed to express thoughts and emotions, it should not only play the role of description and narration in prose, but also embody the function of elucidating lyricism. Dialectical materialism tells us that if the quantitative change reaches the extreme, it will inevitably lead to qualitative change. Then, in prose, it is natural to express one's will when lyric reaches the extreme, which is not only a natural but also a necessary result of lyric. In that case, the so-called do not study poetry, without words, can be described as love and ambition! This is also compatible with the so-called poetry expressing aspirations and lyrics.

Since the above mentioned saints' mantra on poetry, you might as well enjoy another great poem by the poet du Fu: Mount Tai, how magnificent you are, you are tall and straight and green and across Qilu. The Creator has concentrated magnificence and magic for you, and your high peaks divide the north and south into morning and evening. Hope that layers of clouds rise to cleanse people's minds, and watching the birds swirling into the mountains makes people's eyes want to break. When reaching the great peak, we hold all mountains in a single glance. In a sense, prose is the expansion and divergence of poetry, and poetry is the summary and concentration of prose. This poem is obviously like a wonderful and classic description of a fine prose handed down through the ages. There is no lack of lyricism and aspirations. The author seems to be in the middle of the mountain, swinging his chest to express his ambition because of his discerning eyes to enjoy the scenery. It also seems that the author is climbing lightly, feeling with heart, and full of pride and lofty ambition. In a word, with the ingenious question and answer of the first joint, the author quietly enters the pen and starts with high sentences, and starts from the nod, like a chic and comfortable mountain traveler, walking and climbing step by step in the fairyland of the world, and then brewing emotion, so that the real state of mind is getting better and better, and finally reach the heroic dry clouds and passion, and one day I will always reach the top of you based on accumulated strength. I will have a panoramic view of the small mountains around me, giving up my ambition. This is not only the domineering character of Mount Tai, but also the ambition of du Fu, the poet. It is entirely conceivable that if the whole poem does not have the finishing touch and the masterstroke of writing poems to express their aspirations, by contrast, that kind of ideological realm and artistic level would be very different.

Travel prose, and then extended to general prose, because it precisely has the characteristics of poetry and beauty, then lyric: why not do it? Express your ambition: why not do it! Moreover, the ideological realm of prose depends almost entirely on lyricism and aspiration to support without it, prose will not see thought and have no soul, just like a pile of useless words, more like a blank piece of paper.

A general survey of today's prose jungle, the kind of beautiful words, beautiful words, poignant meaning, beautiful charm, can be said to be everywhere, of course, because of its prose born small vision gene, and can only be unknown. And that kind of big prose with a wide field of vision is often rare, and once on the stage, it will certainly shine.

All in all, eyes can be beautiful, but not without a heart!

Generally speaking, prose must be wonderful, but it is difficult to achieve without thought!

In a word, a "Records of Yueyang Tower" can be described as magnificent and colorful. However, just imagine, if only those landscapes, heaven and earth scenery, for its clothing, for its description. Instead of worrying before the people worry, they are happy only after they are happy. For her bones and bones, for her soul, then she will never live forever because she has been respected for a thousand years.

Author: Hailin