Appreciation of Gu Cheng's Poems

It shows people's habitual fear and people's closeness to nature. Although there are only six short sentences in Far and Near, it contains rich connotations of historical reflection. "Far" and "near" are the concepts of physical distance, which exist objectively and have scientific measurement. However, the psychological distance of emotions is different, and "far" can become "near" and "near" can become "far". The transformation of psychological distance between "you", "me" and "cloud" in the poem reflects the estrangement and vigilance between people, and the poet's yearning and pursuit of harmonious and ideal interpersonal relationship. The three images of "you", "me" and "cloud" in the poem all have certain symbolic significance. "You" and "I" both live in objective reality and belong to social members, while "Cloud" symbolizes beautiful and simple nature. "If you look at me, you will be far away" means that the ground is near and the heart is far, "if you look at the clouds, you will be near", and "you are close to the sky". The poet's dialectical emotional way of "man is far away from the world" has become the development way of human aesthetic ideal, that is, "from the truth of the object to the truth of the subject, from passive reflection to subjective creation." This poem seems handy, but in fact it is ingenious, giving people the feeling that it is natural but unnatural, clever but not artificial.