“Looking horizontally, it looks like a ridge, and it has peaks on its sides, with different heights near and far.”
Source: Su Shi’s "Inscription on the Western Forest Wall":
Looking horizontally, it looks like a ridge, and it looks like a peak on its side. The peaks have different heights near and far.
I don’t know the true face of Mount Lu, just because I am in this mountain.
The original meaning of the poem is to see the rolling hills of Mount Lu from the front, the towering peaks of Mount Lu from the other side, and the different appearances of Mount Lu from far, near, high and low.
Extension: People will come to different conclusions based on different viewpoints and standpoints when observing things. Only when people get rid of the limitations of subjectivity and objectivity, stay outside Lushan Mountain and take a long-term view, can they truly see the true face of Lushan Mountain. To recognize the essence of things, we must observe them from all angles, both objectively and comprehensively.