Topic Xilin wall
Author Su Shi? Song dynasty
Looking at Lushan Mountain from the front and side of peaks and valleys, from far, near, high and low places, Lushan Mountain presents various faces.
I can't recognize the true face of Lushan Mountain because I am there.
Vernacular translation
Seen from the front and side, Lushan Mountain is undulating and peaks stand tall. Seen from afar, near, high and low, Lushan Mountain presents various appearances.
The reason why I can't recognize the true face of Lushan Mountain is because I am in Lushan Mountain.
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works appreciation
This poem describes the changing face of Lushan Mountain, and points out that the observation problem should be objective and comprehensive, and if it is subjective and one-sided, it will not reach a correct conclusion. ?
The first two sentences, "Looking at the mountain from the side is the peak, and the distance is different", are actually what you saw and heard when you visited the mountain. Lushan Mountain is a hilly and gully mountain with undulating peaks and valleys. Tourists are located in different places and see different scenery. These two sentences summarize and vividly write the various forms of Lushan Mountain.
At the end of the sentence, "I don't know the true face of Lushan Mountain, but I am only in this mountain" is the on-site reasoning and talking about the experience of traveling to the mountain. The reason why we can't recognize the true face of Lushan Mountain is because we are in the middle of Lushan Mountain and our vision is limited by the peaks and valleys of Lushan Mountain. What we see is only one peak, one ridge, one hill and one valley, which is only partial and inevitably one-sided. These two sentences are wonderful, and the whole artistic conception is fully displayed, which provides readers with a space to recall experiences and gallop their imagination.
It's not just a tour to have this rational understanding. This is what you see when you visit the mountains, and it is also what often happens when you observe things in the world. These two poems are rich in connotation and enlighten people to understand a philosophy of being human-because people are in different positions and have different starting points, their understanding of objective things is inevitably one-sided; To understand the truth and the whole picture, we must go beyond the narrow scope and get rid of subjective prejudice.
Different people have different opinions. A small poem arouses people's infinite aftertaste and deep thought. Therefore, "Tixilinbi" is not only a poet's eulogy of the wonders of Lushan Mountain, but also a philosopher's insight into the true face of Lushan Mountain. Because this understanding is profound and conforms to the objective laws, there is a profound philosophy that inspires people's hearts in addition to the absurd image of Gu Feng. Therefore, this little poem is particularly subtle and profound, which makes people never tire of reading it.
The meaning of this poem is very profound, but the language used is extremely simple. Simplicity is one of Su Shi's linguistic features. Su Shi has no habit of carving when writing poems. What the poet pursues is to express a fresh and unprecedented artistic conception in simple and fluent language; And this artistic conception, from time to time flashing the light of philosophy.
Judging from this poem, the language expression is concise, but the connotation is rich. In other words, poetic language itself is a high degree of unity of image and logic. In four poems, the poet roughly describes the image characteristics of Lushan Mountain, and accurately points out the reasons why it is irrelevant to see the mountain. Bright sensibility and clear rationality are intertwined and mutually causal, so the image of poetry is sublimated into a model in the field of rationality, which is why people regard the last two sentences as philosophical epigrams for thousands of times.
If the poetic tradition before the Song Dynasty was characterized by expressing ambition and expressing emotion, then in the Song Dynasty, especially Su Shi, a new poetic style characterized by reasoning appeared. This poetic style is a new poetic style created by Song people after Tang poetry. In Su Shi's words, it means "creating new ideas in statutes and leaving wonderful ideas outside the bold". The characteristics of this kind of poems are: shallow language and deep meaning, reasonable things and light taste. The title Xilin wall is such a good poem.
Famous comments
Mao: This poem reflects the philosophy of "the authorities are lost, but the bystanders are clear". (Selected Works of Song People, Bibliographic Literature Publishing House, 1987 edition)
Xu Zhongyu: This poem shows that "people in the bureau often can't see the whole picture and the truth clearly, because they are limited by cognitive conditions." (Introduction of Su Dongpo's Collected Works, Bashu Bookstore, 1987 Edition)
Zheng: This poem comes to a general conclusion, "This is what is commonly called' the authorities are fascinated, the bystanders are clear'." (A Brief History of China's Poetry Development, Heilongjiang People's Publishing House, 1984 Edition)
You Guoen and others: The "reason" of this poem is that "outsiders sometimes see the truth more easily than insiders." (China literature history, People's Literature Publishing House, 1964 edition)?
Brief introduction of the author
Su Shi (1037 ~110/) was a writer in the Song Dynasty. The word Zi Zhan, the word He Zhong, the number Dongpo lay man. Meizhou Meishan (now Sichuan) people. Su Xun's eldest son. 1057 (the second year of Jiayou) Jinshi. In addition to the Chinese book Sheren, Hanlin Bachelor, Duanming Temple Bachelor, and the history of the Ministry of Rites. He was successively sentenced to Hangzhou, Zhimi, Xuzhou, Huzhou and Yingzhou. 1080 (Yuanfeng three years), Huangzhou was demoted by the new libel law. Later, he was exiled to Huizhou and Danzhou. Song Huizong, forgive me. Died in Changzhou. Chasing Wenzhong.
He is knowledgeable, versatile and good at writing, engineering poetry and calligraphy. Yu Ci is "uninhibited and uninhibited, and doesn't like to cut and follow the rhythm", with rich themes and broad artistic conception. He broke through the traditional barrier of "Ci is a colorful subject" since the late Tang Dynasty, the Five Dynasties and the early Song Dynasty, and took poetry as his ci, which created an uninhibited school and had a great influence on later generations. Dongpo and Dongpo's Ci have seven episodes.
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Baidu encyclopedia-title Xilin wall