The stream flows behind the arch.

These days, the phrase "After the stream enters the bow, the mountain road is like a bowstring" has been repeated in my mind.

Be sure to write today, or I'll keep thinking.

Why?

This analogy to a stream really refreshes me.

This is a sentence from Shen Congwen's Border Town.

After reading it, I mainly thank Feng Tang for his recommendation.

Feng Tang commented on Shen Congwen's "Border Town" in his book "Living is Old":

The bright moon brings us light in the dark.

Running water means running water, right?

The combination of bright moon and flowing water means that Shen Congwen's articles are natural and unconstrained, just like floating clouds and flowing water, which can bring light and warmth to readers in the text itself and content.

Shen Congwen wrote about the ups and downs of mountains, but did not describe them positively with twists and turns.

But to use a metaphor:

Abbreviation: "The city wall climbs like a snake ridge mountain."

"Building a city by mountains and waters" is only six words, and mountains, water and cities are all available, simple and clear.

This sentence alone makes the terrain of the tea cave clear.

A picture scroll with a mountain and a river and a city wall built on the mountain is vividly on the paper.

I like the phrase "the stream is covered by smoke" in the book, which describes the stream in the rain.

When I was a child, I often saw the scene of light rain in my river, but I never flashed such a wonderful sentence in my mind.

Now that I think about it, it really looks like a piece of smoke on the raining river.

But I didn't think of using "a piece of smoke" to describe the river in the drizzle.

He wrote about the residence of the residents of Chadong, but it was not straightforward.

Now let's see what he wrote:

A picture of Xiangxi scenery and rural customs with flowers in the mountains and flowers covering others is presented to readers.

Why did Shen Congwen name the heroine Cui Cui?

"The green color is eye-catching, and the old boatman casually gave this poor orphan chick a similar name, Cui Cui."

A word "Cui" depicts the vegetation in the tea cave.

A word "loneliness" tells the story of Cui Cui's miserable life.

There are many philosophical sentences in the book.

Unlike some people who write a hero, readers can only see his positive side, but the whole book can't see any negative side of him.

In fact, people are all composed of positive and negative.

Even physics should talk about positive and negative poles.

Shen Congwen noticed this problem in his time.

This alone is worth reading.

There are also philosophical sentences in the book, such as:

In a word, my evaluation of Mr. Shen's article is that the writing is concise, lively, flowing, philosophical and powerful.

Feng Tang's highest evaluation of Shen Congwen is:

"Shen Congwen has only studied elementary school, but his contribution to writing is more than all the people who have studied Chinese medicine combined."

I don't know how you feel when you get a doctorate in Chinese.

Welcome everyone to participate in the discussion.