miàn / duì / hòu / bèi / de / cái / huá / lǎo / zuò / jiā / jìng / yǒu / fén / yàn / zhī / niàn

面对后辈的才华，老作家竟有焚砚之念。

Facing the talent of the younger generation, the old writer even thought of giving up writing.