As the day passes over the mountains, the Yellow River flows into the sea. Desire to See a Thousand Miles Away
Poetic painting "Climbing the Stork Tower" by Wang Zhihuan
Edit this paragraph Wang Zhihuan's poem "Climbing the Stork Tower"
Work information
Name: Climbing the Stork Tower[1], author Wang Zhihuan in the prosperous Tang Dynasty[2], genre: five-character quatrains
Original text of the work
Climbing the Stork Tower is surrounded by mountains in the white sun, The Yellow River flows into the sea.
Wang Zhihuan’s cursive calligraphy on the Stork Tower
[3] If you want to see a thousand miles away, go to the next level.
Annotation Translation
Annotation 1. Stork Tower: The former site is in Yongji County, Shanxi Province. The three-story building faces Zhongtiao Mountain in front and the Yellow River below. Legend has it that storks often stop here, hence the name. 2. Day: sun. 3． Yi: rely on. 4. Exhaust: disappear. This sentence means that the sun sets against the mountains. 5. Exhaustion: to exhaust, to reach the extreme. 6. Clairvoyance: broad vision. 7. Update: replace, change. (Not the commonly understood meaning of "Zai") Translation: The setting sun slowly sinks against the Western Mountains, and the mighty Yellow River rushes toward the East China Sea. If you want to see enough of the thousands of miles of scenery, you have to climb to a higher tower.
Poetry Rhythm
The rhythm of this poem belongs to the first sentence that does not fit into the rhyme. Mode. The sun sets over the mountains, and the Yellow River flows into the sea. Ping, Ping, Ping, Ping, Ping, Ping, Ping, Ping, Ping, Ping, Ping, Ping, Ping, Ping, Ping. If you want to see a thousand miles away, go to the next level. 廄平平廄廄, (平/仄)廄廄平平 (rhyme).
Poetry Appreciation
"Climbing the Stork Tower" by Wang Zhihuan
This poem describes the poet's extraordinary ambition and ambition shown in climbing high and looking into the distance, reflecting It reflects the positive and enterprising spirit of people in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Among them, the first two sentences describe what you see. "The sun lingers over the mountains" describes distant views, mountains, and the scenery seen from climbing the tower. "The Yellow River flows into the sea" describes close-up views, and describes water to create a spectacular and majestic scene. Here, the poet uses extremely simple and superficial language, which is both highly vivid and highly summarized, and includes the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains that have entered the broad field of vision into just ten words; and when future generations read these ten words in a thousand years, they will It's like being there, seeing the scenery, and it feels like your mind is opened. The first sentence is about looking at the setting sun in the distance, sinking towards the endless rolling mountains in front of the building, and slowly disappearing at the end of the field of vision. This is a sky view, a distant view, and a westward view. The second sentence is about watching the Yellow River flowing under the front of the building roaring and rolling south, then turning eastward in the distance and flowing back to the sea. This is looking from the ground to the horizon, from near to far, from west to east. When these two lines of poetry are combined, all the scenery above and below, far and near, and east and west are included in the poem, making the picture appear particularly broad and far-reaching. As far as the second line of the poem is concerned, the poet is on the stork tower and cannot see the Yellow River entering the sea. What is written in the line is the poet's intended scene as he watches the Yellow River go away to the horizon. It is a fusion of the current scene and the intended scene. Written as one. Writing this way adds to the breadth and depth of the picture. Calling the sun "white sun" is a realistic style. The setting sun covered the mountain, and the clouds covered the fog. The already weakened sun's brilliance seemed even dimmer at this time, so the poet directly observed the wonder of "white sun". As for the "Yellow River". Of course it is also realistic. It is like a golden streamer, flying among the mountains. What appears in front of the poet's eyes is a magnificent picture of brilliance and splendor. The picture is still in a state of flux. The sun disappears over the mountains, which is just a very short-term process; the Yellow River flows towards the sea, but it is an eternal movement. If. This kind of scenery is beautiful, so it is a dynamic beauty, a lively beauty full of infinite vitality. This is not the so-called "fixed frame", nor is it a treasured fossil or specimen. The readers are deeply impressed by the poet's generosity. Write what you think in the last two sentences. "Wish to see a thousand miles away" describes the poet's endless desire to explore. He also wants to see further and see the places that his eyes can reach. The only way is to stand higher and "go to a higher level." building". "Thousands of miles" and "one level" are both imaginary numbers, representing the vertical and horizontal spaces in the poet's imagination. The words "desire to be poor" and "better" contain so much hope and longing. These two lines of poetry are famous lines that have been passed down through the ages. They are unique and unexpected, and they are very natural and closely connected with the first two lines of poetry. At the same time, the use of the word "lou" at the end also raises some questions. The effect shows that this is a poem about climbing a building. From the second half of the poem, it can be inferred that the first half of the poem may have been about what he saw on the second floor. The poet also wanted to see all the distant scenery as far as he could, so he even climbed to the top of the building. The poem seems to describe the process of climbing the stairs in a straightforward manner, but it has far-reaching implications and is inviting to explore. Here is the poet's enterprising spirit and far-sighted mind, and also expresses the philosophy that one must stand tall to see far. As far as the writing characteristics of the whole poem are concerned, this poem is what the Japanese monk Kukai said in "Bunjing Mifu Lun", "the scenery enters the realm of reason". Some people say that reasoning is taboo in poetry. This should only mean that poetry should not reason rigidly, boringly, or abstractly, rather than that philosophy cannot be revealed and promoted in poetry. Like this poem, the truth is blended with the scenery and emotions so seamlessly that the reader does not feel that it is reasoning, but that the truth is within it. This is an example of using image thinking to show the philosophy of life based on the characteristics of poetry. This poem also has another characteristic in its writing style: it is a quatrain that uses antithesis throughout.
In the first two sentences, the two nouns "white sun" and "yellow river" are opposite, the two colors "white" and "yellow" are opposite, and the two verbs "yi" and "enter" are opposite. The same goes for the last two sentences, which constitute formal perfection. When Shen De selected this poem in "Tang Poetry Farewell", he pointed out: "The four words are all correct, and it is not distasteful to read, so the bones are high." There are only two couplets in total, and both couplets use antitheses. , if it is not vigorous and coherent, it can easily become dull or fragmented. In this poem, the former couplet uses the correct name pair, the so-called "right and opposite", the sentences are extremely neat, thick and powerful, which further shows the majesty of the scene written; the latter couplet uses, although the two sentences are opposite, But there was no trace of a confrontation. Therefore, the poet's technique of using antithesis is also very mature and has reached a higher level.