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This is an ancient Chinese writing guideline: 起承转合。

• kruhft 9y ago
  What does it mean?
  • kruhft 9y ago
    Google says "Starting from the transfer".
  • Pete_D 9y ago
    My dictionary (Pleco) says: "introduction, elucidation of the theme, transition to another viewpoint, and summing-up-- the four steps in composing an essay". I would guess that kishōtenketsu is a loanword from this, qĭchéngzhuănhé.