From Wang Zhihuan's In the Heron Tower in the Tang Dynasty.
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.
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The sunset slowly sinks beside the mountains, and the surging Yellow River rushes to the sea.
If you want to see the scenery thousands of miles away, you must climb a higher tower.
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Guanque Building: The former site is in Yongji County, Shanxi Province. It 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.
Day: the sun.
Yi: Depend.
Do: disappear. The sun sets near the mountains.
Desire: the desire to obtain something or achieve a certain purpose, but it also refers to hope and want.
Poverty: fishing with exhausted resources, and doing it to the extreme.
Qianli: Broad vision.
More: Come again.
Creation background
This poem is one of the last six quatrains of Wang Zhihuan, a poet in the Tang Dynasty. In his early years, the author served as the chief bookkeeper in Hengshui County, Jizhou, and was soon dismissed because of being framed. Wang Zhihuan, who is less than 30 years old, lives a life of visiting relatives and friends and wandering around the world. This poem was written by the author at the age of thirty-five.