How letters are written

Ancient letters include the following aspects: (1) Titles must be used in letters. First of all, it is necessary to distinguish whether it is parents, elders, teachers, or friends.

After the title, it is generally necessary to add corresponding words to express respect, such as the aforementioned Tai Duan, Tai Fu, etc. These words are called mentioning words.

There is a corresponding relationship between mentioning words and titles. Some of them can be used universally, but most of them have specific uses.

When writing letters to parents, the word "under the knees" is most commonly used. It comes from the "Book of Filial Piety": "Therefore, one's own children are under their knees to support their parents." This means that when a person is young, he always relies on his parents' knees. Later,

Turned into an honorific title for parents.

"Han Zhang" originates from "Book of Rites - Qu Li". When asking for advice from an elder, one should "Letter to Zhang during the dinner", which means that there should be about a foot of space between each other's seats so that the elder can have something to say.

Finger painting; therefore used as an honorific for teachers.

Several words of title can be superimposed. For example, Mao Zedong addressed his teacher Fu Dingyi (Chengyu) as: "Mr. Chengyu, Master's Taoist banquet" to show respect.

(2) Farewell or longing words. A farewell is the opening statement of a letter, or it may be a polite greeting, or a reminder of the reason for writing the letter, etc.

The opening words should be part of the body of the letter. Since this part formed a series of formulas in old-time official documents, here are two categories of examples for reference: (1) Indicates that the writer is sincere and asks the recipient to read the letter.

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For example: The letter writer claims to be the person who reports the matter respectfully, indicating that the following are the words to be reported. It is used in letters to parents and elders, such as "I am at the knees of my mother, I respectfully report this".

(2) Depending on the specific situation, you may make polite remarks or remind you of the reason for writing the letter, etc.

For example: reciting Hua Jian in a moment, knowing everything.

Suddenly, after being taught by hand, I learned the first truth.

Reciting Jun's edict brings deep yearning.

In a moment, he received a great message and received a gift from the well.

Reading the book from Hui is like meeting an old friend.

One of the functions of missive letters is to communicate each other's emotions.

Therefore, after the mention of the person, you do not enter the main text directly, but use concise sentences to describe your longing or admiration for the other person. This type of sentences is called longing language.

(3) The body of the letter is what the writer says to the recipient. This is the main body of the letter.

The main text begins on the second line of the letterhead, with two spaces in front.

If the opening words are on a separate line, the main text can be written starting with two empty spaces on the next line of the opening words.

The content of letters varies, and the writing style does not need to be uniform.

The principle is to express expressions accurately.

Generally speaking, you should first talk about the other party's things, express concern, attention or gratitude and respect, and then talk about your own things.

After the main text is written, if you find that there is any omission, you can add it after the end, or in the blank space at the bottom right of the letter, and add the words "another", "again" before the postscript, or after the postscript.

Write the words "again" or "restart".

(4) Conclusion The conclusion is the conclusion of the letter.

It should be part of the main text.

However, similar to the "opening words", old-style letters have also formed a series of commonly used concluding phrases, which are still frequently used in the letter slips of cultural figures from all walks of life.

Specific examples include: "The book is short but has a long meaning, so I won't go into details one by one. I won't explain it one by one. I won't know it. I won't have it. I won't prepare it. I won't add too much. The book won't cover the meaning. It won't say it all. It won't say it all."

etc.

(5) Congratulatory speech is a phrase at the end of a letter that expresses blessings, admiration or comfort to the recipient.

Such as "I wish you peace", "I salute you", "I wish you progress" and so on.

Among them, words such as "this is a tribute", "sincerely", "wish you", etc. are written immediately at the end of the text.

Words such as "Jin'an", "Salute" and "Progress" should be written on a new line in the top frame.

If there are many words in the blessing, it can also be placed on its own line and written with two blank words, and there is no need to split it into two parts.

If there is sufficient space at the bottom of the letterhead, or in order to highlight the congratulations, you can also put "blessings", "awards", "sincerely" and other words on their own line, leaving four spaces blank, and write "an", "good", "salute", etc.

Write in separate top format.

There is generally no punctuation mark after the congratulations written in the top box.

Congratulations should be appropriately selected according to the specific situation.

(6) Signature means signing the name of the writer at the bottom right of the end of the text.

If you are writing to a familiar relative or friend, you can only write your first name, not your last name; or you can add your title in front of the name, such as: younger brother, nephew, late, etc.

Between the title and the name, there can be a space of half a character; or the title can be written in small characters on the upper left side of the name.

After the signature, an acknowledgment may or may not be added.

After the signature or petition, write the year, month and day when the letter was written. You can also write the date on the lower right side of the signature on the next line.

In addition, you can also write the place, atmosphere, mood, etc. when you wrote the letter after the date, such as "in the boat", "under the lamp", "everything is silent" and so on.

(7) Appliances or greetings. If the letter writer's family members and close friends are also familiar with the recipient, add the acknowledgment of these people in the line after the signature.

Such as "someone writes greetings".

If you should send greetings to the recipient's family members, neighbors, relatives and friends, you can add "Please send greetings to so-and-so". If it is an elder, you can say "Please send greetings to the first four of so-and-so" and so on.