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During the Jin Dynasty, Le Guang was known for his philosophical discussions but was not skilled at writing. As he was about to depart from his official post, he requested Pan Yue to compose a memorial for him. Pan Yue responded, If I were to capture your essence, I would certainly be able to.
Le Guang then verbally expressed his aspirations and thoughts in over two hundred sentences. Pan Yue organized and refined these ideas, creating a famous literary work.
Contemporaries at the time commented, If Le Guang had not lent his ideas to Pan Yues pen, and Pan Yue had not incorporated Le Guangs intent, such a masterpiece could not have been created.

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Open the tool →潘文乐旨 (pān wén lè zhǐ) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “refers to the elegant rhetoric and profound meaning of a beautiful piece of writing, where the writing skill and deep ideas perfectly combine”.
潘文乐旨 is pronounced pān wén lè zhǐ in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 潘文乐旨 means “Pan's rhetoric, Le's intent”. It is used to mean “refers to the elegant rhetoric and profound meaning of a beautiful piece of writing, where the writing skill and deep ideas perfectly combine”.
潘文乐旨 comes from a classical Chinese story dating back to ancient China. The full story is on this page.
指美好文章的文辞与意旨。