The Title of Xilin Wall is a summary of the poet's visit to Lushan Mountain. In the poem, the poem you see when you travel to the mountains is (horizontally, the mountain side becomes a peak, and the distance is different. 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.

Original text:

Topic Xilin Wall

Song Sushi

When viewed from the side of the ridge, it becomes a peak, with different heights.

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

note

(1) 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 Mountain always runs from north to south, and when viewed horizontally, it is viewed from the east to the west. Side: side.

(3) different: different.

(4) don't know: can't know, distinguish. True face: refers to the true scenery and shape of Lushan Mountain.

(5) fate: because; Due to. This mountain: this mountain refers to Lushan Mountain.

Translation

Seen from the front and side, the mountains of Lushan Mountain are undulating and the peaks stand tall. Seen 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.

About the author:

Su Shi (1137-1111) 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.