Zhong Nanshan's Poems

Zhong Nanshan

Dynasty: Tang Dynasty Author: Wang Wei

The majestic Tian Yishan is close to Chang 'an, and the mountains continue to extend to the sea.

The white clouds merged behind, and the blue mist melted into the mountains and disappeared.

The central mountain peaks separate the southwest, and the valleys are also different.

Want to find a house to live in the mountains, is it convenient for the water guide to ask the woodcutter?

Wang Wei's poems have been said to be picturesque since ancient times. Appreciating his poems is like appreciating Chinese paintings. Fresh and elegant; Reading his poems is like visiting the mountains and rivers in Wan Li, China. Every word in the poem, bit by bit, is full of the poet's lofty sentiments. Zhong Nanshan is the highlight of such a landscape poem by Wang Wei.

"Its huge height is close to the city of heaven, from mountains to Haishu." The first couplet means the majestic Mount Zhongnan towering into the sky, close to the capital of heaven and earth. The endless mountains extend to the distant coast.

The first couplet is about the vision of Zhong Nanshan, and outlines the general outline of Zhong Nanshan in an exaggerated way. This rough outline can only be seen from a distance, not from strong light. So this link is obviously about writing a vision.

"Taiyi" is another name for Zhong Nanshan. Although Zhongnan is high, it is far away. To call it "near the sky" is of course an artistic exaggeration. But this is to write a long-term vision. Looking south from the flat ground, its peak is indeed connected with the sky. So to say that it is "near the sky" is to exaggerate the truth. Zhong Nanshan starts from Tianshui, Gansu Province in the west and reaches Shan County, Henan Province in the east, far away from the cape. It is not true to say that it "meets the corner of the sea", nor is it true to say that it is constantly connected with other mountains until it reaches the corner of the sea. However, this is a long-term vision. Looking from Chang 'an to the south, there is no end in the west and no end in the east. Writing the final vision of South China with "connecting Qian Shan to the corner of the sea" is exaggerated but more and more true.

"When I looked back, the clouds were behind me, and when I walked in, the fog disappeared." The second couplet means that I walked in the deep mountains and the clouds spread to both sides. Looking back, the white clouds combined behind me. I walked towards the green mist, but I didn't see it when I got there.

In the second couplet, I wrote a close-up view. "Looking back" and the next sentence "Looking back" are dual, meaning "looking back". Wang Wei entered Nanshan, looked at the road he had just walked, and wrote Looking Back. The poet is in the middle of Zhongnanshan Mountain, looking forward, white clouds are everywhere, and there is no road or other scenery, as if he could float in the ocean of white clouds after a few more steps; However, moving forward, the white clouds continue to be divided into two sides, which is beyond our reach; Looking back, the white clouds on both sides closed again and merged into a vast sea of clouds. This wonderful realm will be familiar to anyone who has traveled in the mountains.