The word "not afraid" in the third sentence is stern and powerful. "Clouds cover your eyes" has an allusion. According to Professor Wu Xiaoru's research, people in the Western Han Dynasty often compared floating clouds to evil villains, such as the Shen Xinyu Wei film: "Therefore, evil ministers cover sages as floating clouds cover the sun." That's what the king's judgment means.
He also has a seven-metrical poem "Reading History", in which a couplet says: "At that time, darkness was still a mistake, and the customs at the end were even more chaotic." If you want to achieve great things, the most terrible thing is to "cover your eyes with clouds" and "confuse the truth with vulgarity", and the new law that Wang Anshi subsequently implemented was precisely defeated by this.
The poet's good intentions are shown in this poem. The fourth sentence uses "at the highest level" to enhance the realm of poetry, which has the spirit of foresight. The author's finishing touch is the conclusion.
As far as the situation is concerned, the word order should be "because I am at the highest level, I am not afraid of clouds and fog", but the author is the other way around, saying the result first and then the reason; The inversion of one cause and one effect shows the transformation of poetic vision. Although this is a common method of writing poetry, it also shows the author's profound conception.
Extended data:
Original poem:
Dengfeilai peak
Author Wang Anshi?
A Comparison of Translation in Song Dynasty
There is a towering tower at the top of Feilai Peak. It is said that crows come and the morning sun rises.
As written in a China poem, we are not afraid of dark clouds covering our sight, because we are already on the top of the mountain.
Translation:
It is said that the rising sun can be seen at dawn on the tower with extremely high Feilai Peak. I'm not afraid of clouds covering my eyes, just because I'm the highest level now.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Deng Fei Laifeng