edit; revise; delete and insert
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to edit or revise a text by deleting errors and marking insertions
literaryA technical term from classical Chinese textual criticism. 涂 refers to blotting out or deleting characters, while 乙 refers to inserting marks (shaped like the character 乙) to indicate where text should be added.
Gǔ古
rén人
jiào校
shū书
shí时
cháng常
yòng用
tú涂
yǐ乙
zhī之
fǎ法
。
Ancient scholars often used the method of deleting and inserting when collating texts.
Zhè这
piān篇
wén文
zhāng章
jīng经
guò过
duō多
cì次
tú涂
yǐ乙
，
zhōng终
yú于
dìng定
gǎo稿
。
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Shǒu手
gǎo稿
shàng上
mǎn满
shì是
tú涂
yǐ乙
de的
hén痕
jì迹
。
The manuscript was full of marks from editing and revising.