"I don't know the true face of Lushan Mountain, but I am in this mountain" comes from Su Shi's poem "Topic Xilin Wall" in the Song Dynasty. This poem means that if we want to know the truth and the whole picture of things, we must go beyond the narrow scope and start from the macro perspective, so as to get rid of subjective prejudice.

Original

Title Xilin Wall

Su Shi? [song dynasty]

when viewed horizontally, the ridge 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.

Translation

Seen from the front and side, the mountains of Lushan Mountain are undulating and the peaks stand tall, and they all look different from far, near, high and low.

I can't tell the true face of Lushan Mountain because I am in it.

Note

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

horizontal view: from the front. Lushan always runs from north to south. When viewed horizontally, it is viewed from the east to the west.

Side: Side.

different: different.

don't know: can't know, distinguish.

true face: refers to the true scenery and shape of Lushan Mountain.

fate: because; Due to.

this mountain: this mountain refers to Lushan mountain.

Xilin: sairinji, on Lushan Mountain in Jiangxi Province. This poem is inscribed on the wall of the temple.

Appreciation

This is a landscape poem with pictures in it, and it is also a philosophical poem, and the philosophy is contained in the description of the scenery of Lushan Mountain.

"When viewed from the side of the mountain, the heights are different." One sentence says that visitors can get different impressions by observing the face of Lushan Mountain from different angles, such as far away, near, high and low. Sometimes you see rolling mountains, and sometimes you see peaks towering into the clouds. 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 am only in this mountain", are the experiences of reasoning on the spot and talking about traveling to the mountain. The reason why we can't recognize the true face of Lushan Mountain is because we are in the middle of Lushan Mountain, and our vision is limited by the peaks and valleys of Lushan Mountain. What we see is only one peak, one ridge, one hill and one valley, which is only partial, which is bound to be one-sided. These two sentences are fantastic, and the whole artistic conception is completely revealed, which provides readers with a space to recall their experiences and gallop their imagination. It's not just traveling in the mountains and rivers that leads to this rational understanding. 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 people 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.

A little poem arouses people's infinite 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.

Su Shi's poetry is not only a feeling of life, but also a political experience. Su Shi has been involved in the dispute between the old and new laws since he entered the official career. He is closer to conservatives in political inclination and opposes the new law led by Wang Anshi. However, he was not extreme, and advocated absorbing the reasonable elements of the new law and paying attention to the implementation strategy, which was not tolerated by the old party. Therefore, Lushan Mountain written by Su Shi can also be regarded as a confusing political situation. The old and new parties have different positions and different conclusions. In fact, people are in the middle of the game and in the long river of history, and they are inevitably caught in the dilemma of the authorities. They should think more objectively and draw appropriate conclusions.

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.

Creative background

Su Shi was transferred from Huangzhou Demotion Institute to Ruzhou Youth League Training Assistant in May 1184 (the seventh year of Shenzong Yuanfeng). When he went to Ruzhou, he passed Jiujiang and toured Lushan Mountain with friends. The magnificent landscape triggered the idea of exuberance and grandeur, so I wrote several poems about Lushan Mountain.

Author's brief introduction

Su Shi, (October 8, 1137-August 24, 1111) was born in Meishan, Meizhou, a native of Luancheng, Hebei Province, a famous writer, calligrapher and painter in the Northern Song Dynasty. Su Shi was a literary leader in the mid-Northern Song Dynasty and made great achievements in poetry, ci, prose, calligraphy and painting. The text is vertical and horizontal; Poetry has a broad theme, fresh and healthy, uses exaggerated metaphors and has a unique style. It is also called "Su Huang" with Huang Tingjian. Ci is an uninhibited school, and Xin Qiji is the representative of the uninhibited school, and he is also called "Su Xin"; Prose writing is rich and unrestrained, and it is also called "Ousu" with Ouyang Xiu, and it is one of the "Eight Masters in Tang and Song Dynasties". Su Shi's good books, one of the "Song Sijia"; He is good at literati painting, especially at ink bamboo, strange stones and dead wood. Together with Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan and Ouyang Xiu, they are called "four great writers of the ages".