falsification in writing
勤奋刻苦 diligent; assiduous 曲笔 deliberate digression; falsification in writing; misrepresentation in written history 冗笔 superfluous words (in writing); superfluous strokes (in calligraphy) ..
deliberate digression
... deliberate digression 曲笔; 曲笔 deliberate procrastination 拖延战术; 拖延战术 deliberately mystifying 故弄玄虚; 故弄玄虚 ...
distortion of facts
...曲笔 史馆 [gap=948]f the Tang Dynasty; pursuance; authentic history; recording the history frankly; distortion of facts; historiographers' institute ..
曲笔,历史编纂术语。为当权者隐瞒、曲折历史的真相。故为曲笔,与“直笔”意思相反。