In the Heron Tower is a poem by Wang Zhihuan, a poet in the Tang Dynasty. The first two sentences of this poem are about natural scenery, but when you start writing, you will shrink Wan Li at your fingertips, so that you can have Wan Li at your fingertips. The last two sentences are freehand brushwork, written unexpectedly, and integrate philosophy with scenery and situation seamlessly.
Full text: The mountains cover the daytime, and the ocean drains the golden river. By going up one flight of stairs, look further.
Near the mountain, the sun sets, and the Yellow River flows eastward into the sea. If you want to see a thousand miles of scenery, please climb the building again.
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"But you have broadened your horizons by three hundred miles", a poet's endless desire to explore, wants to see further and see where his eyesight can reach. The only way is to stand higher and "walk up a flight of stairs". It can be inferred from the second half of the poem that the first half was written on the second floor (not the highest floor), and the poet wanted to see the distant scenery as far as possible, and even climbed to the top floor of the building.
The word "Lou" at the end also plays the role of a point, indicating that this is a poem about climbing stairs. This poem seems to describe the process of climbing stairs straightforwardly, but its significance is far-reaching and people can explore it. "A thousand miles" and "the first floor" are imaginary numbers, which are both vertical and horizontal spaces in the poet's imagination. The words "to be poor" and "to be better" contain many hopes and longings.
These two poems are not only novel and unexpected, but also very natural and close to the first two poems, thus pushing this poem to a higher level and showing readers a broader vision. It is precisely because of this that these two sentences with simple philosophy have become famous sentences that have been passed down through the ages, and this poem has also become a swan song.