Tzengyuxio Skills Skills

ROC Bureaucratese (Classic Era) — 中華民國 1960s-80s 公文體

Transform text into classical-era Republic of China bureaucratese (中華民國公文體) — the distinctive semi-classical administrative writing style that dominated ROC government documents, court filings, corporate correspondence, and military communiqués from roughly the 1960s through the 1980s, before the gradual 白話化 reform accelerated in the 1990s-2000s.

The result should read like a typical令/呈/咨/函 from a Taiwan government office circa 1975: dense with 文言 single-characters (之/於/以/係), honorific hierarchy (鈞/貴/本/職/台端), fixed procedural formulas (查照/鑒核/核備), and the Republican-era ceremonial cadence inherited from late Qing official correspondence.

Arguments

• $0 — (Optional) Path to a markdown or text file. If omitted, ask for inline text or find the most recent text in conversation context.

Step 1: Load the Text

• If $0 is provided, read the file.
• If no argument, find the most recent text in the conversation, or ask the user.
• The input can be any Chinese text (rewrite in classical ROC bureaucratese), any language (translate to Mandarin then transform), or English (translate then transform).

Step 2: Apply ROC Classic Bureaucratese Patterns

Apply the rules below systematically. Classical ROC bureaucratese is characterized by:

• 文言濃度: Single-character replacements (的→之, 是→係, 在→於, 用→以, 給→俾)
• 電報體式簡省: Compressed constructions, dropped function words where context permits
• 敬語分層: Hierarchical honorifics encoded at every reference (鈞/貴/本/職/台端)
• 套語系統: Fixed procedural phrases have preferred forms — use them verbatim
• 段落結構: Major documents follow 主旨—說明—辦法 format (post-1972) or similar traditional patterning

This skill targets the period of peak 文言化 — 1960s through 1980s — when ROC bureaucratese was still thick with classical vocabulary before the白話化 push. Post-1993 簡化公文 reforms are not the target; a separate skill (未製作) would handle modern ROC style.

Vocabulary Patterns（詞彙模式）

V1. 文言單字替換 [Hard, Light+]

Substitute classical single-characters for their modern-Chinese equivalents. This is the most fundamental transformation and should apply at every intensity.

V2. 文言連接詞與語氣詞 [Hard, Light+]

Classical connectives that structure bureaucratic arguments. These are functionally load-bearing; use them freely.

V3. 稱謂系統 [Hard, Light+]

Hierarchical honorifics — the signature marker of ROC classic bureaucratese. Use consistently throughout a document.

有隸屬關係（upper-lower in same hierarchy）:

無隸屬關係（parallel or unrelated agencies）:

對人民: 台端 / 先生 / 女士 / 君 / 您 / 貴（團體）

間接提及: 該局 / 該員 / 該部 / 該管業務

敬稱擴充: 鈞鑒 / 大鑒 / 均鑒 / 台鑒（用於結尾「此致」之後）

V4. 引述語 [Hard, Medium+]

Citation formulas depending on the cited source's hierarchical position.

復文語:

• 奉悉（回復上級來文時用）
• 敬悉（回復平行機關來文時用）
• 已悉（回復下級機關來文時用）
• 復（稱謂）……函（引復文件）

V5. 經辦語 — 案件處理狀態 [Hard, Medium+]

Fixed phrases for describing case handling. Use before V1 verbs.

V6. 准駁語 [Hard, Medium+]

Approval/denial formulas, graded by hierarchy and stance.

對下級准許: 應予照准、准予照辦、准予備查、准予所請、如擬辦理

對下級駁回: 未便照准、礙難照准、應毋庸議、應予緩議、應予不准、應予駁回、所請不准

對平行同意: 敬表同意、同意照辦

對平行拒絕: 歉難同意、礙難同意、無法照辦、未便照辦

對人民同意/拒絕: 敬表同意 / 礙難同意 / 歉難同意

長官批核: 如擬、依議、可、照准、准如所請、應從緩議

V7. 期望語 [Hard, Medium+]

Request formulas — the verb-object core of many ROC documents.

對上: 請鑒核 / 請核示 / 請釋示 / 請核備 / 請鑒察 / 請核轉

對平行: 請查照 / 請察照 / 請卓參 / 請查照見復 / 請查明見復 / 請查照辦理見復 / 請查照備案 / 請查照轉知

對下: 請查照 / 希查照 / 請查照見復 / 請轉行照辦 / 請剋日見復

內部/簽文: 請核示 / 請鈞閱 / 請核閱 / 請鑒察 / 請鑒核 / 請鈞參

V8. 文言形容詞與副詞 [Soft, Medium+]

Classical modifiers that carry bureaucratic gravity.

V9. 特有成語與套詞 [Soft, Medium+]

Structure Patterns（結構模式）

S1. 主旨—說明—辦法 三段格式 [Hard, Medium+]

Post-1972 standard function document (函) format. Use at Medium+ when producing a document-length output.

主旨：（用「請」、「希」等期望語開頭，一段一句概括目的）

說明：（分點說明背景、事實、依據）
一、……
二、……

辦法：（提出具體辦理方式）
一、……
二、……

Example 主旨 片段:

• 主旨：為辦理 XX 事宜，請查照。
• 主旨：檢送 XX，請鑒核。
• 主旨：函轉 XX，請查照辦理。

S2. 電報體式省字 [Soft, Heavy]

Compressed forms dropping function words and pronouns where context permits. Heavy mode 特徵 — pre-1972 特別明顯，reflecting the telegraph tradition of bureaucratic correspondence.

白話： 我已經收到你的信件，並且已經審閱過了。

公文： 大函敬悉，已逕予審閱。

白話： 為了辦理這件事情，希望請貴單位協助。

公文： 為辦理本案，請貴單位鼎力惠助。

S3. 文言疑問/反詰句 [Soft, Heavy]

Classical rhetorical questions for emphasis.

• 安能置法令於不顧？（豈可）
• 豈可任其擾攘？（怎可）
• 何以為繼？（如何）
• 寧有他哉？（難道還有嗎）

S4. 四字格公文習語 [Hard, Medium+]

Stock four-character phrases that populate ROC bureaucratese.

Template Patterns（套話模板）

T1. 開頭套話 [Hard, Medium+]

T2. 結尾套話 [Hard, Medium+]

Classic closing formulas. Different document types have preferred endings.

完整結尾範例:

• ……請查照為荷。
• ……希查照辦理為要。
• 此致 XX 部 鈞鑒（下對上）
• 此致 XX 府 大鑒（無隸屬）
• 此致 XX 局 台鑒（平行）

T3. 特定文類套語 [Soft, Heavy]

Document-type-specific conventions.

• 令文: 開頭「查」，具體敘明事由；結尾「此令」或「為要」
• 呈文: 開頭「謹呈」或「竊查」；結尾「謹陳鈞鑒」
• 咨文: 平行機關間正式對話，文言濃度較高
• 函: 最常見的現代公文類型，有主旨-說明-辦法格式
• 公告: 開頭「茲」；結尾「此布」
• 通報: 開頭「茲將 XX 通報如次」；結尾「希查照」

T4. 敬語修飾 [Soft, Medium+]

Small deferential additions that raise the overall formality.

• 諒蒙鈞察（上級大概已知悉）
• 諒達 / 計達（平行/下級應已收到）
• 敬希 鑒核（恭敬請求審核）
• 敬請 核示
• 敬祈 惠予
• 敬祈 賜知
• 並祈 卓參

Step 3: Produce ROC Classic Bureaucratese Output

Apply the transformation systematically. Classical ROC bureaucratese is ceremonial — every reference to parties encoded in honorifics, every verb of disposition wrapped in fixed formulas. Leaning into the文言濃度 and honorific density is the skill.

Intensity Levels

Each rule is tagged with its minimum intensity.

If the user doesn't specify, use Medium.

Input-Specific Handling

Chinese input → ROC classic bureaucratese:

1. Replace V1 白話 single-characters with 文言 equivalents systematically.
2. Identify parties and apply V3 honorifics (鈞/貴/本/職/台端) consistently.
3. Replace ordinary verbs with V6-V7 bureaucratic formulas where context fits (decisions, requests, acknowledgements).
4. At Medium+, add V2 連接詞 (惟/爰/茲/嗣), V4-V5 citation and case-handling formulas, V8-V9 classical modifiers.
5. At Medium+, restructure document-length outputs into 主旨-說明-辦法 format (S1) if appropriate.
6. Apply T1 opening and T2 closing templates.
7. At Heavy, compress using S2 telegraph-style abbreviations.

Non-Chinese input → ROC classic bureaucratese:

1. Translate to standard written Mandarin first.
2. Apply transformation pipeline above.

Step 4: Output

1. File output: Save to _roc_classic suffix (e.g., article.md → article_roc_classic.md). If no file was provided, output directly in conversation.
2. Show 3-5 representative sentence pairs comparing Original and the ROC bureaucratese version.
3. List applied patterns: Note which major pattern groups (V/S/T) were most active.
4. Glossary: Briefly explain any dense文言 vocabulary, honorific terms, or template formulas used.

Important Notes

• This is a stylistic transformation tool for creative writing, historical simulation, satire, or teaching rhetorical analysis.
• Classic ROC bureaucratese is a real historical register — the everyday writing of government, courts, and corporations in Taiwan roughly 1960s-80s, before the白話化 push of the 1990s-2000s.
• Distinct from prc-bureaucratese. That skill draws on post-1942 Marxist-Leninist Party language (黨八股, 落實/加強/推進/三個務必/五位一體). This skill draws on pre-白話化 classical semi-literary administrative style inherited from Republican and late Qing traditions. They share the genus of "Chinese bureaucratese" but differ fundamentally:
  • PRC — 白話 + 政治意識形態語彙 + 排比口號 + 數字化套語
  • ROC classic — 文言 + 敬語層級 + 單字省略 + 程序套語
• Honorifics are hierarchically strict. 鈞 is reserved for superior bodies; 貴 for peers or inferiors; 本/職 for self-reference. Mismatching honorifics is an obvious tell of unfamiliarity with the register — be consistent.
• Fixed formulas are canonical. 查照, 鑒核, 核備, 照辦, 奉悉, 敬悉, 已悉 have fixed distributional patterns (which hierarchical direction each applies to). Respect them.
• Comic/absurd outputs are expected when transforming trivial inputs (diary, recipe, children's story). That mismatch is one of the skill's most useful applications — for satire or teaching.
• Target period is 1960s-80s, not modern ROC documents (which have been gradually 白話化 since 1993's《公文格式改革》). If the user wants a modern-style clean Taiwan official document, this skill produces something deliberately outdated.
• When in doubt, think: "Would this appear in a 1975 Taipei 市政府 函, a military high command 令, or a state enterprise 呈文?" That's the register we target.

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