中国的文字之巧令人惊叹,同一个意思,换一种措词而境界大异。例如,说失败难听。就叫失利;讲失业不如讲待业委婉;说错误也不如说失误易于接受;与先进相对的是落后,而改称后进就客气多了,……这类措词技巧既表现了文字功夫,更透露出一种心态。有位当过多年秘书的老机关向我介绍了他所接触的领导们重视文字把关 The cleverness of Chinese characters, the same meaning, a different wording and realm. For example, say a bad one. It is called defeat; talk about unemployment as telling tactful euphemism; error is not as easy to accept mistakes; as opposed to the advanced backwardness, and renamed later politely, ... ... This type of wording skills both performance of the writing effort, but also revealed Give a mentality. A longtime official who had been a secretary for many years introduced me to the emphasis placed by the leaders