Writing background of Dengfeilaifeng

The writing background of "Climbing Feilai Peak": It was written by Wang Anshi when he was 30 years old. In the summer of the second year of Huangyou (1050), when he returned to his hometown in Linchuan, Jiangxi Province after completing his term as magistrate of Yin County, Zhejiang Province, he passed through Hangzhou and wrote this poem. This poem is his first entry into officialdom. At this time, he was young and full of energy and had extraordinary ambitions. It was a good time to express his feelings and express his ambitions by climbing Feilai Peak.

"Climbing Feilai Peak" is a seven-character quatrain written by Wang Anshi, a writer and politician in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Original text: Flying to the Qianxun Pagoda on the mountain, I heard the rooster crow and saw the sun rising. Don't be afraid of the floating clouds covering your eyes, because you are at the highest level.

Translation: There is a tower towering into the clouds at the top of Feilai Peak. I heard that you can see the rising sun when the rooster crows. I am not afraid of layers of clouds blocking my distant view, just because I stand on the top of Feilai Peak, climb high and look far, and have a broad mind.

The first sentence of the poem describes the height of the ancient tower on the peak, and the second sentence shows the glorious scene of the rising sun seen from the tower, showing that the poet is full of vigor and full of confidence in the future. The last two sentences of the poem This sentence follows the first two sentences to describe scenery, discussion and lyricism, making the poem both vivid and profound in philosophy.

This poem expresses the poet's thoughts and feelings of being far-sighted in politics and not afraid of evil and courage and determination.