The Method of Writing
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Who it's for
A good fit for
- Upper middle school and high school students who want a systematic grasp of how to write narrative, expository, and argumentative texts
- Chinese language teachers and writing tutors who need a teaching reference that does not rely on templates
- Self-learners who want to improve reading and writing through classic literature
- Parents who want to read and revise essays together with their children
- General readers interested in Chinese language education of the Republican era
Not a good fit for
- Readers looking for quick exam templates and all-purpose sentence patterns
- Younger primary school students, for whom the examples and wording exceed their level
- Readers expecting a large number of contemporary model essays and the latest exam question types
Reading tips
- Read the general introduction to genres first, then choose chapters on your weakest genre for close reading; there is no need to plow straight through.
- After each section, take an old essay of your own and revise it accordingly, turning the book's principles into concrete changes.
- When reading the examples from classics, first think about how you would write it, then read the author's analysis and compare the gap.
- Copy the book's key points into a self-check list and go through it item by item after each essay.
About the publisher
Tianjin People's Publishing House publishes across such fields as classic works, foreign literature, architecture, social culture and social sciences, with 749 relevant titles in the collection. In the areas of classics and scholarship, works such as Wang Guowei's Renjian Cihua and Fei Xiaotong's From the Soil and Fertility and Reproduction reflect a sustained attention to social culture and classic texts of thought. Architectural books are represented by Liang Sicheng's Annotated Yingzao Fashi and A History of Chinese Architecture, showing an emphasis on architectural heritage and building traditions. In foreign literature, translations of Sholokhov's And Quiet Flows the Don and Tolstoy's War and Peace and The Death of Ivan Ilyich, through the work of translators such as Li Gang and Yu Dawei, form a substantial series of translated works. Overall, the press combines classic texts, scholarly works and fine translations, with a publishing character oriented toward humanistic depth and the dissemination of knowledge.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 序
- 绪 言
- 第一章 作者应有的态度
- 第二章 记事文
- 第一节 记事文的意义
- 第二节 作记事文的第一步
- 第三节 材料的取舍和整理
- 第四节 记事文的顺序
- 第五节 文学的记事文
- 第三章 叙事文
- 第一节 叙事文的意义
- 第二节 记事文和叙事文的混合
- 第三节 叙事文的要素
- 第四节 叙事文的主想
- 第五节 叙事文的观察点
- 第六节 观察点的变动
- 第七节 叙事文的流动
- 第八节 叙事文流动的中止
- 第九节 叙事文流动的顺逆
- 第四章 说明文
- 第一节 说明文的意义
- 第二节 说明文的用途和题式
- 第三节 说明文的条件
- 第四节 条件的省略
- 第五章 议论文
- 第一节 议论文的意义
- 第二节 命题
- 第三节 证明
- 第四节 演绎法、归纳法和类推法
- 第五节 证据的性质分类
- 第六节 各种议论的联络
- 第七节 议论文的顺序
- 第八节 作驳论的注意
- 第六章 小品文
- 第一节 小品文的意义
- 第二节 小品文在文章练习上的价值
- 第三节 小品文练习的机会
- 第四节 小品文作法上的注意——着眼细处
- 第五节 小品文作法上的注意——印象的
- 第六节 小品文作法上的注意——暗示的
- 第七节 小品文作法上的注意——中心
- 第八节 小品文作法上的注意——机智
- 第九节 实际做例和添削
- 第十节 分段与选题
- 附 录
- 论记叙文中作者的地位并评现今小说界的文字
- 我在国文科教授上最近的一信念——传染语感于学生
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About the author
Xia Mianzun (1886–1946), originally named Zhu and later known by the courtesy name Mianzun, was a native of Shangyu, Zhejiang. He was a modern Chinese man of letters, philologist, educator, and translator. He served as editor-in-chief of Kaiming Bookstore and founded the magazine Zhongxuesheng (Middle School Students), devoting himself over the years to Chinese language education and the compilation of reading materials for young people. His best-known work, Wenxin (The Heart of Literature), co-authored with Ye Shengtao, explains the knowledge of Chinese reading and writing in the form of a novel; his translation of Cuore (The Heart of a Boy) was widely influential. His other works include Pingwu Essays and How to Write Articles. His writing spans literary appreciation, language and philology, and educational practice. His plain, approachable style weaves knowledge into the everyday contexts of reading and writing, and he made a notable contribution to modern Chinese language education and the spread of Kaiming publications.
Liu Xunyu is a Chinese author known for writing about mathematics for a general readership. Public information about him is limited: his dates of birth and death, nationality, and English name are unknown. Twenty of his works are held in the collection, mostly on popular mathematics and education, with some touching on social culture. Representative titles include lecture-style readers such as Kaiming Geometry Lectures and Kaiming Arithmetic Lectures, as well as boxed sets for young readers, including Liu Xunyu's Three Books on Mathematics: Mathematics Should Be Learned This Way and Three Books on Mathematics for Children: Mathematics Can Be Learned This Way. The Fun Mathematics for Children series and Mathematics Can Be Learned This Way: The Fun of Mathematics continue this lively, everyday approach. His writing often starts from daily experience and intuitive examples, making abstract ideas in geometry and arithmetic accessible. The language is friendly, and the emphasis is on encouraging thought rather than mechanical calculation, giving his work a notable place in mathematics introduction books.
