To understand is to perceive patterns.
道理明白了,文辞就能表达清楚;文辞表达清楚了,道理也就明白了。
Style is as much under the words as in the words. It is as much the soul as it is the flesh of a work.
(一味追求智巧)对上而言遮蔽了日月的光辉,对下而言消蚀了山川的精华,对中间而言毁坏了四时的交替,就连地上的爬虫,空中的飞蛾,都会失去它们的本性。