Stork tower
Wang Zhihuan
The white sun shines on the mountains,
The Yellow River flows into the sea.
But you expanded your horizons by 300 miles,
Walk up a flight of stairs.
[Notes]
1. Stork Tower: The former site is in Yongji County, Shanxi Province. The building is three stories high, with Zhongtiao Mountain in front and the Yellow River at the bottom. Legend has it that storks often inhabit here, hence the name.
2. Day: the sun.
3. rely on: rely on. The sun sets near the mountains.
4. Poverty: exhaustion.
Rhyme translation:
The sunset slowly sank to the west hill,
The surging Yellow River flows to the East China Sea.
If you want to see the scenery thousands of miles away,
Then you have to climb a higher tower.
[Brief analysis]
The extraordinary ambition of the poet in this poem reflects the enterprising spirit of the people in the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
Write what you see in the first two sentences. The Mountain Covers the Day is about vision and mountains. The author stood on the stork tower and looked west, only to see the vast sea of clouds and empty mountains. As the clouds covered the fog, the sun turned white and set beside the peak. "And the loss of the ocean in Huang Jinhe" was written about close range and water. Downstairs, the Yellow River flows into the sea. These two sentences are magnificent, magnificent, and exciting to read.
Write the last two sentences. "But you have broadened your horizons by three hundred miles", a poet's endless desire to explore, wants to see further and see where his eyesight can reach. The only way is to stand higher and "walk up a flight of stairs". "A thousand miles" and "the first floor" are imaginary numbers, which are both vertical and horizontal spaces in the poet's imagination. The words "to be poor" and "to be better" contain many hopes and longings. These two poems, which have been told through the ages, vividly imply a philosophy: only by climbing high can you see far; If you look far, you must climb high.
This poem consists of two very concise antitheses. In the first two sentences, the nouns "daytime" and "Yellow River" are relative, the colors "white" and "yellow" are relative, and the verbs "one" and "ru" are relative. The last two sentences are the same, which constitutes a formal perfection.