Chapter 52 about prose

Prose is my favorite form of literature.But if you ask me what my prose is, I can't tell.It's like someone asking me about a friend I know very well, what are his characteristics?what is the benefit?I was at a loss for words. I think I can say what it is not: for example, it is not poetry, it is not a novel, it is not a song, it is not a play, it is not a report full of numbers with tens of thousands of words... I can also say that the scope of prose covers a wide range , such as newsletters, close-ups, travel notes, essays, short essays, etc. China is a country with the most brilliant prose achievements and the most authors.We are familiar with and love "Fu of Autumn Sound", "Fu of Front and Back Chibi", "Inscription on the Humble Room", "Biography of Mr. Wuliu", "The Story of Yueyang Tower", "Chen Qing Biao", "Li Ling's Reply to Su Wushu", " "Ancient Battlefield Essays", "Orange Seller's Words"...whether it is "Fu", "Ming", "Biography", "Record", "Biao", "Book" or "Wen" , It is "words"... In fact, they can all be classified into prose.Our predecessors writers used prose to express emotions, reason, praise, and satirize. In short lengths, they sometimes "made a big deal out of a small matter", and sometimes "made a big deal out of a molehill", from a grain of sand. Looking at a world, I really follow my heart's desire, rich and colorful!

Prose is short and free, the most convenient and sharpest literary form that can be afforded and put down, and it is most suitable for our glorious era of leap forward.The overwhelming construction projects and the lively characters are like a thunder and a flash of lightning flashing past in front of your ears. If you are not in the midst of overflowing emotions, quickly catch it back and press it On paper, it disappears forever and is nowhere to be found. Therefore, to catch "inspiration", writing prose is much easier than writing poetry. After all, poetry is "made", and it is necessary to pay attention to rhythm and rhyme, and the smooth poetry will suddenly become astringent in rhyme and rhythm! "The water spring is cold and stringy, and the string is condensed, and the condensate will never stop." This break may take a few days-dozens of days, and maybe only a few broken sentences are left.

However, prose can be written as sonorous as poetry, as majestic as military songs, as vivid and twisted as novels, and as lively and sharp as dialogues in dramas.What's more, when the author is "spiritual", not only the images he writes will be radiant, but also the author's own style will appear vividly on the paper. When an article has a style, it must be that the author himself has strong and sincere emotions for the people, objects, situations, and scenes he describes. A unique language that represents his own emotions.This language is a clear, vivid, powerful, and even musical language that he acquired from reading a lot and being good at melting.

I think our modern prose is not without achievements, especially after liberation, new people and new things all over the country have influenced and inspired many authors.Not only novelists, playwrights, and poets are also writing prose, but there are also many close-up and newsletter articles in newspapers and magazines, which appear in front of readers with a new look and breath.Moreover, there are not too few prose writers with style. My favorites (in order of length of writing) are Liu Baiyu, Wei Wei and Guo Feng. July 14, 1959, Beijing. (This article was originally published in the 14th issue of "Literary News" on July 26, 1959, and later included in the collection of essays "We Woke Up Spring".)