本文主要在探究文章結構，也就是謀篇布局的工夫。文無定法，而不能無法，好的文章在作者思想發展的過程中，仍然可以看見它的條理和脈絡，它們彼此之間，是血氣相連、骨架相依的有機組織。全篇總分為二分法、三分法．四分法、以及五、六、八分法，但重心在探討三分法與四分法的互變關係。所摘取的文章不分古今，而以散文為本。結構分析中，固然以三分．四分法為主，但很重視綱要段落之間的聯絡照應關係，並舉具體文章說明，目的藉此讓學者可以熟習前人為文結構的旨趣，既可了解欣賞文章，並且便於依循模仿而創作文章。 The main purpose of this study is to investigate the organizational structure of an essay; that is, the arrangement of the content in an article. No definite rules are required for writing articles but article writing cannot do without rules. In a well-written article, the writing rules can be found in the development of thinking process. There are ways for dividing an article. For example, an article can be divided into two-part, three-part, four-part, five-part, six-part or eight-part. But the focus is on investigating the interrelationship between the three-part and the four-part. The selected articles mainly focus on prose. In the analysis of rhetorical patterns, the interrelationship among the paragraphs is emphasized. Several prose examples are given for learners to get themselves familiar with the structures and arrangement in the prose. The purpose is twofold: learners can appreciate the prose and create their own writing.
