Source: In the Heron Tower, a five-character quatrain written by Wang Zhihuan, a poet in the Tang Dynasty.
Original text:
The sun sets slowly near the western hills, and the Yellow River flows into the East China Sea.
By going up one flight of stairs, look further.
Vernacular translation:
The sunset slowly sets beside the western hills, and the Yellow River rushes to the East China Sea.
If you want to see the scenery of Wan Li, you must climb a higher tower.
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Creative background:
Wang Zhihuan, a famous poet in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, was born in Ji Ling, Han nationality, Jimen and Jinyang (now Taiyuan, Shanxi). Bold and uninhibited, he often mourned swordsmanship, and his poems were sung by musicians at that time. At that time, he often sang with Gao Shi and Wang Changling, and was famous for describing the frontier fortress scenery.
Wang Zhihuan was born in Taiyuan royal family, a famous family at that time. His fifth ancestor, Wang Long, was the secretariat of Jiangzhou in the post-Wei period, and probably moved to Jiangzhou for this reason. Great-great-grandfather Wang xin, a doctor and writer in the Sui Dynasty, became an Anyi county magistrate in the Tang Dynasty. In the 14th year of Xuanzong Kaiyuan (726), Wang Zhihuan was appointed as the main book of Hengshui in Jizhou. In the 10th year of Kaiyuan (722), Wang Zhihuan married Bohai Li, the third daughter of Li Di, the magistrate of Hengshan County in Jizhou.
In the 14th year of Kaiyuan (726), Wang Zhihuan resigned because of being framed and slandered. Wang Zhihuan, who was less than 30 years old, lived a life of visiting friends and wandering. When he climbed the stork tower, he felt it and wrote in the Heron Hostel. At that time, Wang Zhihuan was only 35 years old. In the Heron Tower is one of the last six quatrains written by Wang Zhihuan, a poet in the Tang Dynasty.