Song Dynasty: Su Shi
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.
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From the front and side, Lushan Mountain is undulating and peaks stand tall, and it is different from a distance, a close look, a high look and a low look.
The reason why I can't tell the true face of Lushan Mountain is because I am in Lushan Mountain.
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The title Xilin wall: written on the wall of sairinji. Sairinji is at the west foot of Lushan Mountain. Title: Writing, Inscription. Xilin: sairinji, in Lushan, Jiangxi.
Horizontal view: viewed from the front. Lushan always runs from north to south, horizontally, but from east to west.
Side: side.
Different: different.
Ignorance: inability to recognize or distinguish.
True face: refers to the true scenery and shape of Lushan Mountain.
Fate: because; Due to.
This mountain: This mountain refers to Lushan Mountain.
Xilin: Sai Linzhi, on Lushan Mountain in Jiangxi Province. This poem is engraved on the wall of the temple.
Creation background
On 1084 (the seventh year of Zongshen Yuanfeng), Su Shi was transferred from Huangzhou to Ruzhou as an assistant of Yong ying. When he arrived in Ruzhou, he passed through Jiujiang and toured Lushan Mountain with friends and ginseng. The magnificent landscape triggered a vigorous and magnificent idea, so I wrote several poems about Lushan Mountain.