Source: In Heron Hostel by Don Wang Zhihuan.
Original poem:
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.
Translation:
The sunset slowly sinks 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.
Extended data:
This poem starts from its high terrain and is divided into two layers. The first half of the two crosses mobilized the images of the sun, mountains, rivers, seas and so on, which can best reflect the natural forces. With the vast sky as the background and the boundless twilight, they form an extremely magnificent and broad picture, full of romantic spirit.
It is impossible for a poet to see the Yellow River enter the sea from the stork building. In fact, "Huang Jinhe lost with the ocean" is the poet's "overlooking the river", watching it go. When the foreground is integrated with the Italian scenery, the breadth and depth of the picture are increased, and it is the artist's imagination that makes it possible for Wan Li to be close at hand. Tie a knot in the second half of the poem.
"But you are three hundred miles away, and you climb one floor", not to mention how high the building is, but the height of the building has been described in great detail, and besides writing the scenery, there are unwritten scenes that can best convey the god of climbing and looking far.
Fortunately, these two poems are in line with the situation of a mirage, very natural, close to the first two poems, which is a kind of lofty sentiments that cannot be aroused by a magnificent sight; Fortunately, it is about the philosophy that you have to stand high to see far when climbing stairs. Fortunately, it naturally expresses the poet's enterprising and far-sighted mind, which is the embodiment of the spirit of the prosperous Tang Dynasty.