The understanding of "Don't be afraid of the floating clouds that obscure your eyes, you are at the highest level.":
The word "not afraid" is used as a solemn sentence in the sentence, which is impressive. "Floating clouds cover your eyes", a Chinese allusion. According to research by Professor Wu Xiaoru, people in the Western Han Dynasty often used floating clouds as a metaphor for evil villains, such as "Xinyu Shenwei Chapter": "Therefore, evil ministers shield the wise, just like floating clouds obstructing the sun." Wang's sentence uses this meaning. He also has seven verses in his poem "Impressions from Reading History", which he says in a couplet: "The darkness at that time was still a mistake, and the confusion of customs made it more confusing." If you want to achieve a great cause, the most terrifying thing is "clouds covering your eyes" and "the end of the world". "Vulgarity confuses truth", and Wang Anshi's later implementation of the new law failed just because of this. The poet's good intentions are evident in this poem.
The concluding sentence uses "being at the highest level" to elevate the poetic realm and have a far-sighted spirit. The two sentences, the transfer and the conclusion, are wonderful love words and are also famous throughout the ages; the author’s finishing touch is the conclusion. If we talk about the situation, the word order should be "Because I am at the highest level, I am not afraid of clouds covering my eyes." However, the author reverses it, talking about the effect first and then the cause; the inversion of one cause and one effect shows the change of poetic vision. Although this is a common method of writing poetry, it also shows the depth of the author's conception.
This poem is different from ordinary climbing poems. This poem does not write too much about the scenery in front of you, but only about the height of the tower. The focus is on writing about your own feelings of climbing to a high place, embodying the philosophy of "standing high can see far". This is similar to Wang Zhihuan's poem "If you want to see a thousand miles away, you will reach a higher level." The former expresses the far-sighted ideological realm and heroic spirit of a political reformer, while the latter expresses mutual encouragement or self-motivation that requires greater efforts to achieve better results.
"I am not afraid of the floating clouds covering my eyes, just because I am at the highest level." and Su Shi "I don't know the true face of Mount Lu, just because I am in this mountain." They are in the same line, and the expression techniques are very similar. Wang Shi affirms On the one hand, the metaphor means "if you master the correct viewpoints and methods, and your understanding reaches a certain level, you will be able to see the essence through phenomena, and you will not be confused by the illusion of things." And Su Shi is talking about negation, Metaphor: "The reason why people are confused by the illusion of things is because they do not observe and understand things comprehensively, objectively and correctly." Both are very philosophical and are often used as mottos.
"Climbing Feilai Peak" by Wang Anshi
At Qianxun Pagoda on Feilai 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.
Wang Anshi (December 18, 1021 - May 21, 1086), named Jiefu and Banshan, Han nationality, was born in Linchuan (now Linchuan District, Fuzhou City, Jiangxi Province). He was a famous thinker in the Northern Song Dynasty. Politician, writer, reformer.