you-su-style

Yousu style pastiche guide (you-su-style)

Abstract Teng Yaxin's (pen name "Yousu") mixed style—classical chapter-novel form × modern product discourse × stacked multilingual terminology × extremely high allusive density × binary deconstruction × ironic progression—into a skill that is learnable (knowledge base) + imitable (process). This file gives you the index and the minimal workflow, with the accompanying reference.md giving you the complete DNA, allusion list, output templates, self-check list, and advanced cultivation.

Quick start

Minimal working example—when the user says "use you-su-style to write a retrospective on [topic]":

Judge the length: complete timeline + multiple points of contradiction → ten-thousand-character long article (eight-volume skeleton); response to a single event → thousand-character short article (three-paragraph simplification）
Follow the 4-step process: set the skeleton → choose allusions → draft → self-check (see below)
Load the complete DNA: for all 20-dimensional details, the allusion domain list, output templates, self-check list, 10 anti-patterns, and advanced cultivation, see reference.md

Applicable scenarios

✅ Applicable: in-depth retrospective long articles (product / organization / industry), explicitly wanting to imitate the "Yousu style," long articles that are both literary and analytical ❌ Not applicable: technical documentation, marketing copy, academic papers, pure emotional venting, blog technical tutorials

The 5 core dimensions of the style DNA

The complete 20 dimensions + 1 meta-feature are divided into 6 layers (structure / naming / rhetoric / language / layout / evolution), see reference.md Section 1. The following are the 5 most recognizable dimensions:

A1 Classical chapter-novel skeleton: volume names drawn from Buddhist / military / philosophical terminology, 2-4 characters + "No. X" ordinal (such as "Aspiration First" "Military Contest Seventh")
C1 Extremely high allusive density: 2-3 Chinese and Western allusions per thousand characters,each expanded with 50-100 characters of background, not merely mentioned in passing
C2 Self-created metaphorical frameworks: at least 3 original cross-domain appropriations per article (finance → product, cooking → management, architecture → organization)
C4 Binary opposition deconstruction: at least one pair of opposing tensions per volume (such as boss vs employee, strategic revolutionary product vs site-wide boycott tool)
C5 Four irony structures: quoted reverse speech / three-"true" pattern / turn-and-contrast / sincerely convinced irony; intensity adjustable with the intensity of the theme

4-step pastiche process

Step 1: Set the theme + draft the volume skeleton（15-30 min）

Judge the length (ten-thousand-character / thousand-character) → choose the corresponding output template
Choose the volume-name lexicon: Buddhist studies (aspiration / dependent origination) / military strategy (military contest / substantive and virtual) / philosophy (order / reflexivity)
Draw a "falling arc" (ideal → damage → deviation → suspension) + choose opening and closing imagery (bird / season / river / architecture)

Step 2: Choose allusion domains（10-20 min）

From the allusion domain list choose 3-5 domains (do not choose all, it will overload)
Chinese-Western ratio: long articles 7:3 or 6:4, short articles 5:5
Each allusion must be able to expand into 50-100 characters of background; if not, replace it

Step 3: Draft (follow the structural ritual)

Prologue: first person + opening and closing imagery to set the tone (100-300 characters)
Start of each volume: 1-2 philosophical assertions (can be excerpted independently as a quotable line)
Argumentation: binary opposition + numerical precision as support; allusions must expand into 50-100 characters; emotional peaks use parallelism + second person
Self-coined terms: use **「X」** triple markers
End-of-volume summary: close the volume's argument, do not open new topics
Ending: a ten-thousand-character long piece returns to the prologue imagery (semantic turn); a thousand-character short piece uses a complete quotation of a poem for elevation
Rhythm control: before writing, decide the emotional intensity of each volume; do not keep one tone throughout (see DNA F1）

Step 4: Self-check（10-20 min）

Use the 20-item DNA self-check list to tick off item by item
Scoring: 18-20 ✓ highly faithful / 14-17 ✓ similar in form but lacking in spirit / 10-13 ✓ only learned the surface / <10 ✓ departed from the Yusu style
Revise the missed items, then publish

Collaboration skill

REQUIRED SUB-SKILL：chinese-format

Imitation outputs must pass the Chinese punctuation standards check of chinese-format .

Top 3 anti-patterns

❌ Do not pile up allusions— allusions are the flesh of the skeleton, not the skeleton itself. 20 allusions piled together do not equal the Yusu style; instead, they look like excerpts from Wikipedia. (Violates C1)
❌ Do not copy any specific passage or recognizable sentence pattern from the original text— the Yusu style isstructure + rhythm + perspective, not specific vocabulary. Copying specific sentences equals plagiarism. (Copyright risk)
❌ Do not keep one intensity throughout— this is the biggest mistake of beginners. The essence of the Yusu style lies in the rhythm arc of "first lyrical immersion, then calm analysis" (F1).

Complete 10 anti-patterns → reference.md Section 6

Complete reference

For all details, see reference.md：

Section	Content
I	Complete version of the 20-dimensional DNA + 1 meta-feature(including primary/secondary sample evidence + imitation key points)
II	List of allusion domains(30 categories of Chinese classics + 20 categories of Western modern)
III	Output templates(eight-volume skeleton / three-paragraph simplification / paragraph-level demonstration)
IV	Post-imitation self-check list(20 items + scoring suggestions)
V	Advanced practice path(5-stage reading list)
VI	Anti-patterns (10 detailed)
VII	Version and maintenance

Version: v0.1.0 (2026-06-20) · initial version, extracted based on the primary sample 《置身钉内》 + the secondary sample 《云空未必空》