On the characteristics of Zhu Ziqing's prose by combining Moonlight on the Lotus Pond and Back.

The greatest feature of Zhu Ziqing's prose is that it gives people an unforgettable sense of intimacy.

This intimacy first comes from the author's "sincerity" consciousness. Prose, like poetry, can express one's ambition and express one's feelings, but because it gets rid of the constraints of rhyme and meter, it is closer to the real state of mind in expressing one's mind directly.

Zhu Ziqing's The Back is only over 1,5 words. It has neither profound philosophy nor rich words, but it is so moving, but it can make people forget it for a long time. The reason is that the author writes an ordinary scene in life with the most sincere attitude! "in my opinion, this is all because it is a literary topic of writing true feelings, the deepest feelings between father and son.

It is a typical technique of Zhu Ziqing's prose art to reveal the theme through clean writing. The author's conversations with his father are very short, only four times, but they are short and affectionate. The four sentences are all concentrated on the farewell. These words can be used as simple and simple predicates, but they are full of emotions.

the second major feature of ziqing prose is the depiction of artistic conception of scene blending.

Zhu Ziqing used to be a poet, and his prose naturally does not lose its true qualities as a poet. "It can still be full of that kind of poetry" (Yu Dafu: Introduction to China's New Literature Series Prose Collection). There are paintings in the text, and poems in the paintings: the intoxicating green of plum rain pool, the sparkling lights of Qinhuai River, the painting of string songs, the exotic atmosphere of Venice, the romantic and quaint of Yangzhou City ... Moonlight over the Lotus Pond is one of the most famous works in his lyric prose, which was written in July 1927 when he was teaching in Tsinghua University. An ordinary lotus pond in tsinghua campus, "However, after the author's rendering and coloring, it has become very beautiful and poetic ... Generally speaking, the lotus pond is easy to describe, while the moonlight is more difficult to describe; When a painter paints, he is not afraid of painting a broken mountain and the moon, but he is afraid of painting the moonlight, because the shadow of the moon scene is changing all the time and it is not easy to show it on the screen. " (Zhang Baishan: "Zhu Ziqing's Appreciation") Tao Yifen, a Chinese painting theorist in the Qing Dynasty, once said: "When painting a scene under the moon, the big one is also gloomy, and it must be empty and clear in the gloom." Indeed, in order to see the light in the dark, it is very necessary to have a unique expression. So some people put forward the method of drawing the moon: "The shadow of the moon scene is dyed black, and the sun is left bright." Painting is still so difficult, and it is naturally more difficult for us to express what the brush can't express in words. However, Zhu Ziqing was able to write a story about a dead lotus pond on a moonlit night with such great business that he was worthy of being a master of modern languages. We can't see any magnificent structure and elegant words in this short Moonlight on the Lotus Pond. The author wrote it euphemistically and meticulously only on the basis of temporary feelings, but it is very charming.

The scenery in the works naturally focuses on "moonlight on the lotus pond". With meticulous brushwork, the author makes "Lotus Pond" and "Moonlight" superb. The author's feelings are completely integrated into the scenery, with clever techniques and diverse ways, sometimes even without a trace. This kind of lyric way, which is different from expressing one's mind directly, needs our careful observation and experience. For example, write about the lotus pond:

On the winding lotus pond, you can see the leaves of Tian Tian, which are high out of the water, like the skirts of graceful dancers.

This not only objectively describes the stretch of the lotus pond, but also reveals the author's comfort when he came to "this piece of heaven and earth". The description of lotus leaves reminds people of the round and pretty skirts of the cygnets in Swan Lake, doesn't it also touch the author's aesthetic taste? Look at the lotus described by the author:

There are some white flowers scattered among the layers of leaves, some blooming gracefully and some blooming shyly; Just like a pearl, like a star in a blue sky, like a beauty who just came out of the bath.

The whiteness, crystal and beauty of the lotus are not only the realism of the lotus in the moonlight, but the author's unique deep affection for the lotus is very obvious here. Even when writing lotus fragrance, the author will never make a mediocre description. Instead, with the help of synaesthesia, he uses "the faint singing on the distant high building" to compare the lingering fragrance that comes with the breeze, so as to arouse people's beautiful feelings. The wind passing through the lotus pond is an instant phenomenon, but it has not escaped the author's keen observation. He described it as "like a wave mark of condensation", and even the running water with some colors could not be seen, the author felt its "pulse" was full of affection! Don't these descriptions reflect that the author feels nature with his whole body and mind and expresses beauty according to his own ideals?

for the description of moonlight, the author describes the beautiful landscape of "thin blue mist floating in the lotus pond" formed by the dense water vapor shining on the pond surface at night, and the soft color of "washed in milk" painted on the flowers and leaves. On the basis of these two metaphors, the author uses "like a dream with a veil" to express the dreamlike feeling caused by being in this realm. Even the author appreciates the reason for this hazy image-"Although it is a full moon, there is a faint cloud in the sky, so it can't shine brightly", which is called a distinctive nap. Finally, I wrote Lotus Picking Song, which was associated with Liang Yuandi's Lotus Picking Song, and Xizhou Song, a Yuefu in the Southern Dynasties, and drew out my nostalgia for the water town in the south of the Yangtze River. This is still the writer's longing and extension for beauty and freedom, and more importantly, it adds a layer of nostalgia and homesickness to the "rather restless" state of mind. In this way, the original is just a corner of tsinghua campus's secluded people. In Zhu Ziqing's pen, it is full of poetry and painting, which seems to be better than Cao Shi's father and son's Ye Shui Zhu Hua. In this regard, he himself said in his "On Realism as Picturesque": "The written media of literature, words express meaning, meaning constitutes imagination, and there are figures, flowers, birds, insects and others in imagination, as well as landscapes-there are physical objects and realms, but this kind of physical object is only imaginary. As for the realm, it only exists in imagination, so there is only one in poetry.

The third characteristic of Zhu Ziqing's prose is its rich quality and rich emotion.

it is not easy to write a good essay. Lu Ji, a famous writer in Jin Dynasty, once mentioned in Wen Fu that an essayist should "listen to what he sees, listen to what he hears, think about what he slanders, concentrate on eight extremes, and travel to Wan Ren with his heart" and "look at the past and the present in an instant, and caress the whole world in an instant."

Since ancient times, there have been many experts in prose, and masterpieces of vernacular prose that have spread far and wide have emerged one after another. Vernacular prose was advocated in the May 4th literary revolution, but whether vernacular prose can be as beautiful and meticulous as ancient prose masterpieces is related to the success or failure of new literature. Mr. Lu Xun once pointed out very clearly: "After the May Fourth Movement, the success of essays was almost above novels, operas and poems ... The writing was also beautiful and meticulous. This was for the demonstration of old literature, and it was not impossible for vernacular literature to express its self-esteem." So, which modern essayist's works can be called "beautiful and meticulous" models? So far, many critics almost invariably regard Zhu Ziqing's prose as a representative of winning by beauty and meticulous demonstration to the old literature.

most of Zhu ziqing's essays are long in length and more ingenious in conception, such as the surprise of the back. Moonlight on the Lotus Pond means "quite restless" in my mind, but I see "quiet" everywhere along the way. "Spring" describes the vitality of spring from many aspects, but puts the literary eye ("a year's plan lies in spring") in the description, without any trace of axe and chisel. The Travel Notes of Songtang is both virtual and real, and it is full of emotion. About the travel notes of London and Europe, the writing tries to avoid the appearance of "I", but the feelings of "I" and the oriental view of "I" on the western world have not disappeared completely.

Zhu Ziqing's prose is well-known for its quiet and meticulous language art.. Seeing elegance in simplicity, people are like this, and so is their writing.