文如其人 [
wén rú qí rén]
The style is the man
Like author, like book
- 现代语境下,文如其人或文不如其人成为长期争论不休的话题,因为二者都现实存在。
Under modem context, the style being the man or the style being not the man has been the long-time disputing topic. - 林肯的答复也是文如其人:“您做简短的演讲,人们不会原谅,正如我作长篇演讲人们不会原谅一样。
You could not have been excused to make a short address, nor I a long one. - 文如其人,司空图在儒家思想为主导的意识领域里,还杂有道释思想,这在他的创作及理论中均有反映。
Literature style is the writer himself, Among the Confucianism idea as main trend of Si Kongtu's thinking, there was still Taoism and Buddhism, which was embodied in his writing and theory.