尝谓诗有工拙,而无今古。自葛天氏之歌至今日,皆有工有拙,未必古人皆工,今人皆拙。即《三百篇》中,颇有未工不必学者,不徒汉、晋、唐、宋也;今人诗有极工宜学者,亦不徒汉、晋、唐、宋也。然格律莫备于古,学者宗师,自有渊源。至于性情遭际,人人有我在焉,不可貌古人而袭之,畏古人而拘之也。 Taste poetry work clumsy, but not ancient. Since Ge day’s song to today, all have clumsy, may not all ancient workers, today are all humble. In the “Three Hundred Articles,” there are quite a few scholars who do not have to work without being Han, Jin, Tang and Song. However, the law is not prepared in ancient times, scholars guru, its own origin. As for the nature of the occasion, everyone has me Yan, not the appearance of the ancients attacked, fear of the ancients and the detention also.