From the front and side of the mountain peaks and valleys, from the distance, near, high, low to see the Lushan, Lushan presents a variety of different looks.

I can not recognize the true face of Lushan, because I am in Lushan.

1 translation

Lushan Mountain is a magnificent mountain in horizontal view and a steep peak in lateral view. With the shift of sight, the scene is different from different angles from high, low, far and near. It's confusing that you can't know the true face of Lushan Mountain just because you are in it.

2. Appreciation

In this poem, the phrase "I don't know the true face of Lushan Mountain, but I am only in this mountain" is an impromptu reasoning. It seems to be an experience of traveling in the mountains. In fact, it contains this rich connotation and tells us that people's understanding of objective things is inevitably one-sided because of their different positions and different starting points. To know the truth and the whole picture of things, we must go beyond the narrow scope and get rid of subjective prejudice.

In this philosophical poem, the poet does not talk abstractly, but talks about his unique feelings by tightly clasping the mountain. With the help of the image of Lushan Mountain, he expresses philosophy in simple terms in popular language, so it is kind and natural, which is intriguing.

3. Introduction to the author

Su Shi (1037-1101) was a writer, painter and gourmet in the Northern Song Dynasty. Zi Zi Zhan,no. Dongpo lay man. Han nationality, Sichuanese, was buried in Yingchang (now jia county, Pingdingshan City, Henan Province). I have a bumpy career, profound knowledge, high talent, and excellent poetry, calligraphy and painting. His writing, Wang Yang, is unrestrained and fluent, and he is called Ousu with Ouyang Xiu, one of the "Eight Great Masters in Tang and Song Dynasties"; Poems are fresh and vigorous, making good use of exaggeration and metaphor, and their artistic expression is unique. They are also called Su Huang with Huang Tingjian. The school of bold and unconstrained ci has a great influence on later generations, and it is called Su Xin with Xin Qiji; Calligraphy is good at running script and regular script, and can create new ideas. It is full of ups and downs with a pen, and it is childlike. It is also called Song Sijia with Huang Tingjian, Mi Fei and Cai Xiang. Painting is the same as literature. On painting, it advocates spirit likeness and "scholar painting". He is the author of The Complete Works of Su Dongpo and Dongpo Yuefu.