Climbing the stork Bird Tower
Wang Zhihuan (Tang Dynasty)
The sun is over the mountains, and Yellow River enters the sea current.
Want to see one thousand miles away, and go to a higher level.
Author introduction
Wang Zhihuan (688-742), whose courtesy name is Ji Ling, is from Jinyang (now Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province). The famous frontier poet during the prosperous Tang Dynasty. He was bold and unruly, often fencing and sang tragic songs. His poems were mostly sung by musicians at that time, and were famous for a while. He often sings with Gaoshi , Wang Changling , etc., and is known for his good at describing the scenery of the frontier. His representative works include "Climbing the Stork Tower" and " Liangzhou Ci ".
Key word explanation
Stork Tower : A famous scenic spot in the Tang Dynasty, the former site is in the southwest of Yongji City, Shanxi Province today. It was named after it often has storks, and it no longer exists now.
Day: The sunset that is about to set is shrouded in color, and the color is a bit light.
: beside, lean, next to each other.
end: sinking, losing.
号: exhausted, it means to see very far.
update: Again.
Article Translation
The sun gradually sinks against the mountains, and the Yellow River flows towards the sea day and night. To think of a further view, you have to climb another high-rise building.
Appreciation
This poem describes the scene of climbing a high and looking far away, showing the poet's extraordinary mind and ambition, and reflects the people's high and upward enterprising spirit of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. The first two sentences describe what you see: "The sun is on the mountain and the end of the mountain" describes the distance and the mountains; "The Yellow River flows into the sea" describes the close-up scene and the water. Combining these two sentences, the scenery of the upper and lower, far and near, and east and west is included in the poet's pen, making the picture look particularly wide and distant. When we read these ten words, we feel like we are in the place, as if we see the scene, and we feel that our minds are open. The last two sentences describe what they think: "I want to see thousands of miles away", which describes the poet's desire to seek endlessly, want to see further and see where his eyes can reach. The only way to stand higher. These two lines of poetry are both innovative and unexpected, and are also very natural and closely related to the first two lines of poetry. At the same time, using the word "湖" at the end also plays a key role, indicating that this is a poem to climb the tower. On the surface, the whole poem just writes the process of climbing the tower in a straightforward manner, but in fact it has profound meaning and intriguing. This is full of the poet's positive and enterprising spirit and far-sighted mind, and it also expresses the philosophy that one must stand high to see far.
expansion
Song Dynasty Shen Kuo recorded in " Dream of the Story of the Bible ": "The third floor of the Stork Tower in the Hezhongfu, looking forward to the middle line, and looking down at the river. There are many people who left poems by the Tang Dynasty." Wang Zhihuan's five poems are immortal works in "Tang Dynasty Poems". This poem describes the poet climbing the tower and looking into the distance, showing a vast picture in front of him: the setting sun sets in the west and the Yellow River rushes. The poet can't help but write a famous line with profound philosophy: If you want to see through thousands of miles, you can go to a higher level. "Dream of the Moon Creek" also points out that in the poems left by the Tang people in the Stork Tower, "only Li Yi, Wang Zhihuan and Changdang can describe the scenery." Li Yi's poem is a seven-character poem. Changdang's poem is also a five-character poem, and it is also titled "Climbing the Stork Tower". The whole poem is as follows: "Fall over the birds, and it is higher than the world. The sky surrounds the plains, and the river flows into the broken mountains." The poetic landscape is also very magnificent, and it is a famous work. However, Wang Zhihuan's poem is ahead of him. By comparison, he finally loses, and he has to let Wang's poem go unique to the ages.
