The Supreme Leader’s Requirements for the Quality of the Manuscripts Drafted by the Secretary

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At the end of the year, everyone is writing a summary and making a speech. What does the supreme leader want from the style of writing? The group deliberately found out an article that was pushed on April 9 this year: "The Supreme Leader’s Requirements for the Quality of the Secretary’s Drafting Manuscripts" for the reference of the group members.

A team member who works in the media at ministerial level once told the group that the leader of his unit emphasized that the style of our newspaper should learn from the comrades of the supreme leader and be in line with the general secretary. The team member commented: The Supreme Leader’s "Zhijiang Xinyu", in a word, is "teaching you how to write comments on party newspapers", which can be described as a model of party newspaper comments, fully embodying-short, realistic and new.

Ten years ago, the supreme leader said in a talk at the organizational life meeting of a comprehensive party branch in the general office of Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee: "I would like to ask you three requirements for further improving the style of writing and improving the quality of manuscript drafting, which can be summed up in six words: short, realistic and innovative." He believes that "the style of writing can also reflect the ability and level of a leading cadre."

Style is style. What does the supreme leader want from the secretary to draft the manuscript? What does he think of the importance of writing style? What style of writing does the supreme leader advocate? Please look at the following three short articles. You will find that he is so partial to Zheng Banqiao.

[Excerpt from a talk at the organizational life meeting of a Party branch in the General Office of the Provincial Party Committee on December 9, 2004]

I will further improve the style of writing and improve the quality of manuscript drafting. I would like to ask you three requirements, which can be summed up in six words:Be short, realistic and innovative.

To be short is to make the problem clear, deep and thorough in the shortest possible space.I remember I told you two years ago. When drafting a manuscript, it is necessary to "simplify the Sanqiu tree and bring forth new flowers in February", that is to say, one should be short and concise, and the other should be innovative. Personally, I don’t think all speeches require completeness. If you are too complete, you will lose focus and it will be difficult to leave a deep impression on everyone. At present, some speeches are comprehensive, but the length is too long. This problem should be paid attention to and improved. In the future, some of my speeches should be limited to a shorter time, and the amount of words should be kept down as much as possible, so as to highlight the key points, give people a concise and neat feeling, and improve the efficiency of the meeting.

Being realistic is to pursue a simple style of writing.The language used is not necessarily gorgeous but accurate.Be practical, get to the point, be concise,Tell the truth. We should use more examples and data to prove it and enhance the persuasiveness and logic of the manuscript.

Seeking novelty is to write distinctive and innovative manuscripts according to specific speech occasions.Although there are certain patterns and laws in writing articles, we should not be stereotyped and always stick to syllogism. Sometimes a change in form often makes people feel refreshed and refreshed, bringing unexpected results. Seeking novelty can be reflected not only in the layout of the article, but also in the choice of words and sentences. Appropriate quotations, proper metaphors, parallelism, antithesis and other rhetorical methods can increase the image and appeal of the article.

Style can also reflect style.

[Excerpted from the column "Zhijiang Xinyu" in Zhejiang Daily on August 19, 2005]

in a certain senseThe style of writing also reflects the style.To improve the style of writing, we must improve the style of writing.. At present, there is a very bad style of writing, which likes to write long articles and talk long stories, but it lacks ideological connotation, just as Chairman Mao criticized it, like "foot-binding of a lazy wife." The trick to throw those long, smelly, lazy women’s foot-binding into the trash can is actually very simple, which can be summarized in Zheng Banqiao’s couplets as "Simplify the Sanqiu tree by deleting the complexity, and lead a new February flower with different standards". It is to come straight to the point, come straight to the point, stop when you finish, use as little space as possible to make the problem clear, deep and thorough, and express rich and profound ideological content. The most important thing to oppose is the empty eight-part essay, such as "wearing boots and hats", vague discussion, piling up materials, empty talk, "big and complete" and "small and complete", and so on, all of which should be prevented and overcome.

of course，We advocate short articles and short stories, not to say that all long articles are necessarily bad. Some important contents and some profound truths should be emphasized.The general principle is, when long is long, when short is short, advocate short wind and brake long wind. "Although the shin is short, it is worrying to continue; Although the crane shank is long, it is sad when it is broken. " The same is true for writing.

The style of writing reflects the ability and level of cadres.

[Excerpt from a speech on April 27, 2005 when attending a life meeting organized by the advanced education activities of a comprehensive party branch]

The style of writing can also reflect the ability and level of a leading cadre.Some people talk in vain, which makes people feel simple, clear and thorough, while others talk in clouds and fog, which makes people unpredictable.Leading cadres should be responsible for the cause of the party and the people, and have the courage to stick to the right and oppose the wrong in their speeches, with clear views and clear attitudes. For work, for problems, for the masses, we must never be vague and vague., "with its faint, make people shine." Clouds cover the fog, and the mysterious is mysterious. In fact, the ability is not enough and the level is not high. I can’t understand the right and wrong of the problem, and I am afraid of taking responsibility, so I can only pretend to be profound.

Mention "short, solid and new" again and advocate excellent writing style.

[Excerpt from the speech at the opening ceremony of the second batch of students enrolled in the spring semester of 2010 at the Central Party School on May 12, 2010]

What to advocate and what to oppose is the primary problem to improve the style of writing. In view of the three words of bad writing style mentioned above (According to the study group, the supreme leader pointed out in the first part of this article, "Why should we vigorously improve the style of writing?"At present, in some party and government documents, some leading cadres’ speeches and some theoretical articles, the problems in the style of writing are still very prominent, mainly manifested as long, empty and false. "), I want to put forward three other words, namelyShort, solid and new.

One is short.It is to strive for brevity, conciseness, directness, no annoyance, no end to words, clear views and prominent points.Things that can be clearly stated in a few words will never be sloppy, and the truth that can be clarified in a short space will never be roundabout. The ancients said, "Simplify the Sanqiu Tree by deleting complexity", which is what they meant. The inscription drafted by Comrade Mao Zedong for the Monument to the People’s Heroes is only 114 words, but it reflects a modern history of China. In 1975, Comrade Deng Xiaoping was responsible for drafting Premier Zhou Enlai’s report at the First Session of the Fourth National People’s Congress, which took only 5,000 words. Later, when talking about this matter, Comrade Deng Xiaoping said: "Chairman Mao appointed me to be responsible for drafting, and the requirement should not exceed 5,000 words. I have completed the task. Five thousand words, isn’t it also very useful? " Comrade Jiang Zemin and Comrade Hu Jintao also have many short, concise and profound articles and speeches. Mr. Lu Xun said that it is no pity to read the article at least twice and try to delete unnecessary words, sentences and paragraphs. At present, many localities and departments, in accordance with the requirements of the central authorities to improve the style of writing,It is proposed to hold short meetings, talk short stories and send short articles as much as possible on the principle of "less energy, shorter energy, shorter energy, and simpler energy". These "three shortcomings" are the ethos that we should vigorously advocate.

Of course, it’s not that long articles are all bad. People also like to read long articles with content and insight. The length of the article depends on the specific situation, and it should be short and long.We must adhere to the form of content determination.Some things that must be long, short in space and incomprehensible can be longer. There are some words in Zhuangzi: "The elderly are not enough, and the short ones are not enough. Therefore, although the shin is short, the continuation is worrying; Although the crane shank is long, it is sad to break it. " This means that although the leg of the wild duck is very short, it will be worried to connect it with a piece; Although the crane’s legs are very long, it will be sad to cut them off. The same applies to writing articles. As far as today is concerned, there are too many articles about "lengthening the legs of wild ducks", and advocating short articles, short speeches and short documents is the main task of improving the style of writing at present.

The second is reality.It is to speak words that are in line with reality, not divorced from reality, words that are useful, words that are sentimental, words that reflect one’s own judgment, words that are scripted, words that are plain and popular, and words that are not pretentious and profound.This requires our documents, speeches and articles to reflect the true nature of things, to analyze problems objectively and comprehensively, to point out phenomena and to understand the essence; The countermeasures should be concrete, practical, targeted and operable. To seek truth from facts, we should say one thing, two things, yes and no, not exaggerating achievements and not covering up problems. It is necessary to explain the profound theory in simple terms and use simple language. Feel it and be sincere. The foolish old man, Bethune and Zhang Side written by Comrade Mao Zedong are still fresh in our memory today, because these people had a fierce shock in the depths of his mind, so what they said was full of affection and philosophy, which can be deeply implanted in people’s hearts and resonate.

It needs to be explained here that some general requirements about the work of the party and the state are related to the overall situation, the direction of the party and the state and the continuity of policies, the unity of the party and social stability, and need to be repeatedly emphasized in important documents and important speeches.This is different from formalism and wearing boots and hats.

The third is new.Is to strive for profound and innovative thinking,As the saying goes, "lead a new February flower with different standards." If a document and a speech are nothing new, what’s the point of making such a document and making such a speech? It can be said that whether you can speak new ideas can reflect the ideological level, theoretical level, experience level and language expression ability of a leading cadre. The new ideas mentioned here include not only new discoveries in exploring the law and understanding the truth, but also words that have not been said by predecessors, and that have new ideas, new ideas and new measures in solving problems by combining the spirit of the central authorities and the requirements of superiors with the reality of their own departments and units in the region; It includes not only words with new angles, new materials and new language expressions, but also words with distinctive characteristics and liveliness. It should be pointed out that speaking out new ideas andI don’t mean to be innovative or even engage in word games. We must not deviate from the Marxist standpoint, viewpoint and method, and deviate from the party’s line, principles and policies to be unconventional.

(Source: WeChat "Learning Group")