when viewed horizontally, the mountain side becomes a peak, and the distance is different.

I don't know the true face of Lushan Mountain, but I am in this mountain.

1 The original editor of the work

Title Xilin Wall (1)

Su Shi in the Northern Song Dynasty

Looking horizontally (2) Chengling side (3) Chengfeng, with different heights (4).

I don't know [5] the true face of Lushan Mountain [6], just because I am in this mountain [8]. [1]

According to the Complete Works of Su Wenzhong Gong (Volume 68), it is also written as follows:

Seen from the side of the ridge, the mountains are different everywhere. I can not recognize the true face of Lushan, because I am in Lushan.

2 annotation translation editor

works annotation

(1) Title Xilin wall: written on the wall of sairinji. Sairinji is at the west foot of Lushan Mountain. Title: writing, inscribing. Xilin: sairinji, in Lushan, Jiangxi.

(2) looking horizontally: looking from the front. Lushan always runs from north to south, and when viewed horizontally, it is viewed from the east to the west.

(3) Side: side.

(4) different: different.

(5) Ignorance: unable to recognize and distinguish.

[6] True face: refers to the true scenery and shape of Lushan Mountain.

⑺ fate: because; Due to.

⑻ this mountain: this mountain refers to Lushan mountain. [1-2]

Translation of works

From the front and side, the mountains of Lushan Mountain are undulating and the peaks stand tall. From the distance, near, high and low, Lushan Mountain presents various appearances. The reason why I can't recognize the true face of Lushan Mountain is because I am in Lushan Mountain. [1]

3 creative background editor

Su Shi's works when he was demoted from Huangzhou to Ruzhou as an assistant of Yong Lian passed through Jiujiang and traveled with friends to sairinji in Lushan Mountain. The magnificent landscape triggered the idea of rejoicing and exuberance, so I wrote a number of travel notes on Lushan Mountain. [3]

4 Works Appreciation Editor

When Su Shi was demoted from Huangzhou to Ruzhou as an assistant of Yong Lian, he passed through Jiujiang and visited Lushan Mountain. The magnificent landscape triggered the idea of exuberance and grandeur, so I wrote several poems about Lushan Mountain. Topic Xilin Wall is a summary after visiting Lushan Mountain. It describes the varied features of Lushan Mountain, and points out that observation should be objective and comprehensive, and if it is subjective and one-sided, it will not lead to a correct conclusion.

The first two sentences, "When viewed from the side of the mountain, it becomes a peak, and the distance is different", which is what I saw when I visited the mountain. Lushan Mountain is a mountain with vertical and horizontal hills and valleys and ups and downs of peaks and hills. Visitors are located in different places and see different scenery. These two sentences sum up and vividly write the varied scenery of Lushan Mountain.

the last two sentences, "I don't know the true face of Lushan Mountain, but I'm only in this mountain", are the experience of reasoning on the spot and talking about traveling to the mountain. Why can't you identify the true face of Lushan Mountain? Because I am in the middle of Lushan Mountain, my vision is limited by the peaks of Lushan Mountain, and I only see one peak, one ridge, one hill and one valley of Lushan Mountain, which is only partial, which is bound to be one-sided. This is what you see when you visit mountains, and it is often the case when you observe things in the world. These two poems have rich connotations, which enlighten us to understand a philosophy of dealing with people-because people are in different positions and have different starting points to see problems, their understanding of objective things is inevitably one-sided; To know the truth and the whole picture of things, we must go beyond the narrow scope and get rid of subjective prejudice.

This is a philosophical poem, but the poet does not talk abstractly. Instead, he talks about his unique feelings by tightly holding on to the mountain. With the help of the image of Lushan Mountain, he expresses philosophy in simple terms in popular language, so it is natural and intriguing.

Among many works that sing about Lushan Mountain, Su Shi's poems on sairinji's theme wall are as famous as Li Bai's Looking at Lushan Waterfall. However, the artistic conception of the two poems is quite different: Li Bai sets off the majestic momentum of Lushan Mountain by describing a scenery of Xianglufeng Waterfall and inspires people's love for the mountains and rivers of the motherland; Su Shi, on the other hand, did not describe the specific scenery, but summarized the general impression of visiting Lushan Mountain, from which he exposed a philosophy of life to inspire readers' thinking and understanding. The strength of this quatrain lies not in its image or feelings, but in its rich sense and interest. Facing the magnificent Lushan Mountain, the poet said with great sigh: From the front, Lushan Mountain is a horizontal mountain; Seen from the side, Lushan Mountain is a towering mountain peak. Let's look at it from different distances and heights. Lushan Mountain in front of you is a variety of different images. Why can't we grasp the true face of Lushan Mountain exactly and completely? Just because people are in this mountain, their horizons are limited.

"I don't know the true face of Lushan Mountain, but I am only in this mountain". Does the poet mean only seeing the mountain, but only a mountain on Lushan Mountain? All the mountains and mountains go down the mountain, which one is not different from each other in terms of mountain angles and mountain slopes? Things in the universe are different, so the observation results are different! For everything, if it is hidden in its circle, it will lose sight of the overall situation and the truth; Only by studying all aspects of it objectively can we get a correct understanding. This is an adage: the authorities are lost, but the bystanders are clear.

The poem is ingenious and unique, simple and full of wisdom. After reading it, we seem to be smarter.

This poem is a landscape poem with pictures in it, and it is also a philosophical poem, and philosophy is contained in the description of Lushan scenery. In the late spring and early summer of the seventh year of Yuanfeng (184), Su Shi visited Lushan Mountain for more than ten days and was attracted by its magnificent and beautiful scenery. Therefore, he wrote more than ten poems praising Lushan Mountain, and this is one of them. The first two sentences describe the different morphological changes of Lushan Mountain. Lushan mountain stretches across the landscape, and the mountains are lush and endless; On the side, the peaks rise and fall, and the strange peaks rise and rise into the clouds. Looking at Lushan Mountain from different directions in the distance and nearby, the mountain scenery and momentum you see are different. The last two sentences write the author's deep thought: the reason why we look at Lushan Mountain from different directions will have different impressions. It turns out that "I don't know the true face of Lushan Mountain, but I am only in this mountain". In other words, only by staying away from Lushan Mountain and jumping out of its shadow can we fully grasp the true manners of Lushan Mountain. These two sentences are full of meaningful philosophies and have become widely read aphorisms.

Lushan Mountain, located in the north of Jiangxi Province, stands on the south bank of the Yangtze River and the shore of Poyang Lake. Since ancient times, it has had the reputation of "Kuanglu is the best in the world". Here, there are not only hills and mountains, but also more than 9 peaks, and it is foggy and rainy all the year round. Her ever-changing, magnificent and fascinating mountain scenery has been eulogizing by literati and poets of past dynasties. Qian Qi, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote:

If you are worried about the wind and rain, you can't go to Kuanglu.

I suspect that there are still monks of the Six Dynasties in the clouds.

The wind and rain clouds in Lushan Mountain surprised and appalled the poet. Lushan Mountain is so mysterious, it seems that it lies in the role of clouds and mist. However, Su Shi, a great poet in the Northern Song Dynasty, turned out a new artistic conception with his unique feelings, which is the well-known "Topic Xilin Wall". This poem was written by Su Shi in April, the seventh year of Yuanfeng (184), when he visited sairinji in Lushan Mountain with his friends. In fact, ten days ago, when he first entered Lushan Mountain, he wrote a five-character poem: "If there is no element in the green hills, it will not be a blind date. If you want to know the Lushan Mountain, he was an old friend. " He said humorously that the first time he saw Lushan Mountain, he seemed to meet a proud stranger. If you want to get acquainted with him, you will have to come and go frequently in the future. So he "traveled to the north and south of the mountain for more than ten days" and finally wrote this famous article singing Lushan Mountain.

Here, the poet intends to directly realize the ontology of Lushan Mountain through the misty yarn. You see, when he looked at it from the horizontal, he got the impression that it was all over the mountains; Looking at it from the side, it is a strange peak. Whether looking from a distance, from a close distance, or looking down from a high place and looking up from a low place, the scene you see is completely different. However, like other poets, Su Shi didn't stop at wonder and confusion, but thought further: after all, what people saw was a local scenery, not the true face of Lushan Mountain. The reason is that tourists can't see the whole picture beyond Lushan Mountain, and they stay in the mountains blindly, "seeing the wood but not the forest", so it is naturally difficult to see its true image.

The last two sentences are fantastic, and the whole artistic conception is completely revealed, which provides a space for readers to recall their experiences and gallop their imagination. Is it just traveling through the mountains and rivers to have this rational understanding? In short, when we discuss a certain problem, don't we get into trouble because of getting into a dead end? When we are engaged in a certain job, aren't we sometimes entangled in some trivial matters? Generally speaking, when people understand the objective world, aren't they often limited to the prejudice of a certain part or one aspect, failing to focus on the overall situation and grasping the essence of objective things? ..... All this is not due to the parties "in this mountain", so "not true" results? This kind of life situation is similar to how tourists can't see the mountains!

different people have different opinions. A little poem arouses people's aftertaste and deep thought! Therefore, "Topic Xilin Wall" is not only the poet's singing about the marvelous view of Lushan Mountain, but also Su Shi's understanding of truth from it with the vision of a philosopher. Because this understanding is profound and conforms to the objective law, there is a profound philosophy in the poem that inspires people's minds in addition to the fantastic image of Gu Feng. Therefore, this little poem is especially subtle and profound, which makes people never tire of reading it.

The meaning of this poem is very profound, but the language used is extremely simple. Simple explanation is one of Su Shi's linguistic features. Su Shi has no habit of carving when writing poems. What the poet pursues is to express a fresh and unprecedented artistic conception with a simple and fluent language; And this artistic conception is flashing the light of philosophy from time to time. Judging from this poem, the expression of language is concise, but its connotation is rich. In other words, poetic language itself is a high degree of unity of image and logic. In four poems, the poet generally describes the image characteristics of Lushan Mountain, and at the same time accurately points out the reason that seeing the mountain is irrelevant. Bright sensibility and clear reason are intertwined and mutually causal, so the image of poetry is sublimated into a typical one in the realm of reason, which is why people regard the last two sentences as philosophical epigrams for thousands of times.

If the poetic tradition before the Song Dynasty was characterized by expressing ambition and expressing feelings, then in the Song Dynasty, especially Su Shi, a new poetic style featuring reasoning emerged. This poetic style is a new way created by the Song people after the Tang poetry. In Su Shi's words, it means "creating new ideas in statutes, leaving wonderful ideas outside the bold". The characteristics of this kind of poems are: the language is shallow and the meaning is deep, because the things are reasonable, and the taste is indifferent. Title Xilin Wall is such a good poem. [4]

5 The author introduces the editor

Su Shi (137-111), a writer, painter and gourmet in the Northern Song Dynasty. Zi Zi Zhan,no. Dongpo lay man. Han nationality

portrait of Su Shi

, a 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. [5]