“虚笔与实笔”写法琐谈

Dialectics on “Emptily and Fully Writing”

“行文如行兵,遣笔如遣将”,写作中的虚笔与实笔写法,尤如三十六计中的“围魏救赵”,它妙在本要“救赵”却不直接“救赵”,而出人意料通过“围魏”手段来巧妙地表现“救赵”的目的。写作中“虚笔”与“实笔”虚实相生,相得益彰,同时又各得其宜,各尽其妙。

“Writing articles is just like fighting battles. Wording is the same as deploying forces.” Emptily and fully writing is to some degree like “Rescuing Zhao by surrounding Wei” among the famous ancient Thirty-six Tricks. Its ingenious place is where they rescued Zhao not directly but by surrounding Wei by surprise. Emptily writing for sure has its own ingenuity. Still, there is no emptily writing without fully writing, which is so called that “Emptily writing and fully writing depends on and complement each other.”