寻章摘句 meaning in English
select passages and choose phrases; load one's writing with hackneyed phrases without originality; look for quotes (in order to embellish one's writing); seek remarkable passages and cull model sentences
Examples
- Understand tongjun from paper and phrase
寻章摘句识童 - Read not to contradict and confute , nor to believe and take for granted , nor to find talk and discourse , but to weigh and consider
读书时不可存心诘难作者，不可尽信书上所言，亦不可只为寻章摘句，而应推敲细想。 - Read not to contradict , and confute ; nor to believe and take for granted ; nor to find talk and discourse ; but to weight and consider
读书不可存心诘难读者，也不可尽信书上所言，亦不可只为寻章摘句，而应推敲细思。 - So this paper intends to discuss if there is a possibility in which we can not only unscramble a poem in a way of analyzing its language and at the same time avoid being trapped in by its language , but also respect the readers ' feeling and meanwhile avoid sticking to the shallow exterior level of the poem
有没有一种可能，既从语言本身出发去理解诗歌，又不至于落入寻章摘句的樊笼；既尊重读者感受的权利，又防止这种感受因简单化而停留于诗的表面？