at heron lodge
Tang Wang Zhihuan
mountains cover the white sun, and oceans drain the golden river.
but you widen your view three hundred miles, by going up one flight of stairs.
2. Notes
① Stork House: The stork house was named after storks lived on it from time to time, and its old address is on the bank of the Yellow River in the southwest outside Gupu Prefecture in yongji city. Pu
Wang Zhihuan's Poetic Painting of at heron lodge
Records of the State Government: "(The stork tower) used to be in the middle and high part of the Yellow River in the southwest of the county, and sometimes storks lived on it, hence its name."
② daytime: the sun.
③ rely on: rely on.
④ finish: disappear. This sentence means that the sun sets near the mountains.
⑤ desire: the desire to get something or achieve a certain purpose, but it also means hope and want.
⑥ poverty: make it to the extreme.
⑦ a thousand miles: a broad vision.
⑧ Geng: again.
3. Translation
One of the modern Chinese translations
The sunset slowly sinks next to the western hills, and the surging Yellow River rushes toward the East China Sea.
If you want to see the scenery of thousands of miles, you must climb a higher tower.
4. "at heron lodge" is a five-character quatrain written by Wang Zhihuan, a poet in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. The first two sentences are about natural scenery, but when you start writing, you will shrink Wan Li close at hand, making it look like Wan Li close at hand. The last two sentences are freehand brushwork, written unexpectedly, and melt philosophy, scenery and situation seamlessly, becoming an immortal swan song on the stork tower.