Tixilinbi
Song Dynasty - Su Shi
Viewed horizontally, it is a ridge and a peak on the side,
The height is different from near to far.
I don’t know the true face of Mount Lu,
It’s just because I am in this mountain.
About the author:
Su Shi (1037-1101), courtesy name Zizhan, also known as Dongpo Jushi, was a native of Meishan in the Northern Song Dynasty. He is a famous writer and one of the eight great writers of prose in Tang and Song Dynasties. He is knowledgeable and versatile, and has high attainments in calligraphy, painting, poetry, and prose. His calligraphy, together with Cai Xiang, Huang Tingjian and Mi Fu, is known as the "Four Calligraphy Masters of the Song Dynasty"; he is good at painting bamboo, wood and strange rocks, and he is also outstanding in painting theory and calligraphy theory. He is the literary leader after Ouyang Xiu in the Northern Song Dynasty. His prose is as famous as Ouyang Xiu; his poetry is as famous as Huang Tingjian; his poetry is majestic and bold in style. Instead of the elegance of his poetry, he is called "Su Xin" together with Xin Qiji in the Southern Song Dynasty, and he is the most bold and bold. Send a lyricist. His poetry is free, bright and bold. He is good at using fresh metaphors to describe landscapes and scenery, and is good at revealing profound philosophies from common things.
1. The title Xilinbi - written on the wall of Xilin Temple. Xilin Temple is located at the northern foot of Lu.
2. Looking horizontally - looking from the front, looking from the front and back of the mountains, the mountains are in front of you, so we say "looking horizontally". Lushan Mountain generally runs north-south, and when viewed horizontally, it means looking from the east to the west.
3. Side - looking sideways, looking from the side, looking from one end of the mountain - the south end or the north end.
4. Lushan Mountain - located in the south of Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province, has been a tourist attraction since ancient times.
5. Fate - because.
Among the many works praising Mount Lu, Su Shi's poem on the wall of Xilin Temple is as famous as Li Bai's "Looking at the Waterfall of Mount Lu". However, the artistic conception of the two poems is quite different: Li Bai used the description of the scenery of Xianglufeng Waterfall to highlight the majestic momentum of Mount Lu and inspire people's love for the mountains and rivers of the motherland; Su Shi did not describe specific scenery, but summarized it Browse the general impression of Lushan Mountain and reveal a philosophy of life to inspire readers' thinking and understanding. The strength of this quatrain lies not in its image or emotion, but in its sense and interest. Facing the majestic Mount Lu, the poet sighed and said: Looking at Mount Lu from the front, it is a long and horizontal ridge; looking at Mount Lu from the side, it is a towering peak. If you look at it from different distances and heights, the Lushan Mountain before your eyes will be full of different images. Why can't we grasp the true appearance of Lushan Mountain accurately and completely? It's just because people's vision is limited in this mountain.
“If you don’t know the true face of Mount Lu, you just feel comfortable in this mountain.” Could it be that what the poet said was just looking at the mountain, and was he referring to just one mountain in Mount Lu? There are mountains and mountains all over the world. Which one of them doesn’t have different angles and different mountain topography? Everything in the universe has different starting points and different observation results! For everything, if you hide it in its circle, you will lose sight of the overall situation and the truth; only by objectively studying all aspects of it can you obtain a correct understanding. This is what the adage goes: Those in authority are confused, but onlookers know clearly.
The poem is cleverly and uniquely written, explaining the profound things in simple terms, and is full of wisdom. After we read it, we seem to be a little smarter ourselves.