I can't see Wushan, but I will see the next dynasty.
Don't rap about the difference between an ape tree and a fairy cloud.
Surging waves and chaotic veins, showers and dark peaks.
Touch the petticoat here, love is far away.
Distinguish and appreciate
The poem "Wushan Gao" stored in Volume 17 of Guo Maoqian's Yuefu Poetry in the Northern Song Dynasty was first written by Yu Yu in the Southern Dynasty. The content is nothing more than a description of mountains and rivers and Chu Huaiwang's dream meeting with the goddess. There are many poems about Wushan in later generations, and Lu's Wushan Gao is one of the works describing Wushan.
The first four sentences of the poem describe the foggy and unfathomable Wushan scene, and the "crying ape" and "goddess" create a mysterious atmosphere and add a mythical color. Later, Meng Jiao's poem "Out of sight, an ape crows three times, and tears touch my skirt" was born from this. "Stormy waves and chaotic water veins, showers and dark peaks" are in neat opposition, and "stormy waves" and "showers" describe the magnificent momentum and impermanence of Wushan in the Yangtze River. The last two paragraphs show the meaningful theme of this poem.
Lu is good at seven-character poems, but he is also good at five-character ancient poems. This poem "Wushan Gao" is the best of his five-character poems.