Ye shengtao \"teaching\" and \"not to teach\"

Ye shengtao\'s eldest son Ye Zhishan describes how as a child, his father was Professor of his essays, \"taught\" such words. It turns out that old Professor gave the children things like getting started with writing, writing methods. He only asked the children every day to do some reading, read, whichever you choose. But read what books, know what to tell him. In addition, leaves old also requires children to write something every day. Write anything without any restrictions, like what you write: flowers, insects, fish, path mountains, kites, cricket or heard Opera, written by people called, and so can be closed at.
　　
Leaves old in guiding the children in the process of writing, education of children to grow up, not taught in the teaching, the genius of is to let nature take its course, guide, inspire children\'s interest and awareness, child growth of consciousness, self growth, rather than force, demanding.
Not teaching has taught, concentrated on the old carefully modifying the article for the children. Ye Zhishan collection in brother and sister of the calyx for publication in the preface of narrative scene at the time: \"eat dinner, and chopsticks have packed, plant oil lamps moved to the center of the table, his father put on reading glasses, sat down and modified the article. Our side of the table, eyes in the hands of father tip, your sentence, I sentence, mutual accusations, argument. Sometimes, let father pointed out that the fallacy of the ridiculous, we have fun laughing. Each finished modifying a father read it again, tone of voice is smooth, we follow him will say them. Our original production back in seems to be from the country wildflowers, thick and disorderly loose of a handful, after his father\'s inspection with pruning, inserted in the bottle is also like a yanger. \"Ye sincere description of father and son were also modified with scenes of the article:\" father I will not say what should change, let us work together. You would like to, I would like to, father, raised a number of different modified method in a moment. After weighing, choose one of the best, and then modify the finalized sth \"three children, together with my father to learn writing as if in a race, everyone secretly holding back a bit more than other people. This is a much better learning environment, including guidance, instruction, there is heated discussion, there is fierce competition. After three children grow up to become really benefited from the leaves of the old \"not.\"

Old to precept a more severe example, effect its example and model for children, more comprehensive, more profound, more durable, more attractive. In the history of modern Chinese literature, ye shengtao\'s is a writer with a unique style. Close observation and objective realism, combining serious and facetious at the same time, Zhuang Xie brushwork and modest, because essence condensed the literary language, which constitute the artistic character of ye shengtao\'s realistic writing. Ye shengtao \"followed closely the language,\" his language had a naive beauty does not shape, not affected. He seldom uses rich and gaudy rich, flashy words, his work difficult to find in a lengthy mouthful, Europeanization of tortuous sentences. He stressing the hammer characters try to find the exact sentence in particular, pay attention to defeat the many with the few words, and vivid, claiming to have \"nodules of where appropriate the words of learning\". Artistic pursuits of leaf old model and personality, impact on children is more subtle, and silent.