Fang Zhongyong can recite poems at the age of five. He is really smarter than others, but he can't do anything without hard work the day after tomorrow. On the contrary, if a person has many shortcomings and a low starting point, his efforts and enterprising spirit will still go down in history and be praised by many people.
In the selection of materials, knowledge and experience are intertwined. Write Zhong Yong's talent and cleverness when he was young in the form of "smell"; In the form of "seeing", it is written that Zhong Yong didn't start thinking until 12 years old. "can't call the taste of the past"; In the form of "smell", Fang Zhongyong is finally mediocre. The combination of "seeing" and "smelling" makes the narrative authentic.
Slice, meticulous and orderly. The text describes the three stages of Fang Zhongyong's talent development and change in turn, and describes in detail the first episode, which lays out the situation that Fang Zhongyong was able to emerge, highlights Fang Zhongyong's early cleverness, is a plastic talent with development potential, implies that he has a bright future, paves the way for writing his fall later, and highlights the premise of "injury"; And write that his father's greedy behavior led to the decline of his talent, and then point out the reason of "injury". Write the last two fragments briefly, pointing out Fang Zhongyong's depraved and mediocre situation, which is thought-provoking and clarifies the content of "injury". This treatment clearly embodies the meaning of "injury", with concentrated content and clear theme.
In terms of expression, narrative and discussion are combined. To express the author's feelings or clarify a certain point of view with one thing, narration is the foundation and clarification is the core. This article is written in the form of prose. 1 and 2 paragraphs describe Fang Zhongyong's performance from beginning to end, that is, "why is he injured", in the form of narration; The third paragraph expounds the author's views and opinions, that is, "what's the harm", and adopts the way of discussion. The author thinks that a person's talent depends on his acquired education and training. Even talented people will become mediocre and incompetent if they don't strengthen their studies.
In terms of technique, first promote and then suppress. From the whole article, it is obvious that the author is sad about what happened to Zhong Yong. The word "injury" (sadness, pity) in the title has revealed this point. Therefore, the narrative part is very interested in writing about Fang Zhongyong's childhood, and talks about how outstanding his talent is, but only outlines the situation afterwards, in contrast, expressing the author's regret; Later, I reasoned about things and put forward my own opinions, which also made the finishing point and effectively highlighted the center.
In writing, be concise. First, vivid words. For example, in paragraph 1, the word "crow" vividly describes Fang Zhongyong's request for stationery; The three adverbs of "suddenly" and "stand up" make the image of a gifted and quick-thinking child prodigy come to life. When Huan Yi came out, it vividly portrayed Zhong Yong's father's greed, complacency, sadness and ignorance. Second, the whole writing is extremely economical, not only descriptive, but also rich in literary talent, delicate in description and in harmony with stylistic features.
As far as perception is concerned, talent is artificial. When Wang Anshi wrote this article, he mainly used the negative example of Fang Zhongyong to illustrate the importance of "the recipient", that is, the acquired education. Because Zhong Yong is a genius, he is "not subject to others". A prodigy with such a high talent will eventually become an ordinary person without learning or skills. Ordinary people like us have no reason not to redouble our efforts to improve their own quality, otherwise, I'm afraid we can't be ordinary people.