Reading Ancient Poems and Seeing Tianmen Mountain

The whole poem is:

The Yangtze River splits the Tianmen Peak like a giant axe, and the green river flows around the island.

The green hills on both sides are neck and neck, and a boat meets leisurely from the horizon.

Translation:

The Yangtze River splits the male peak of Tianmen like a giant axe, and the Qingjiang River flows eastward here.

The beautiful scenery of the green hills on both sides of the strait is inseparable, and a solitary boat comes from the horizon.

Precautions:

(1) Tianmen Mountain: Located on both sides of the Yangtze River in Anhui County and Wuhu City. It is called Xiliangshan in the north of the Yangtze River and Liangdongshan in the south of the Yangtze River (called Wangboshan in ancient times). The confrontation between the two mountains across the river is like a gateway set by heaven, hence the name Tianmen. "Jiangnan Tongzhi" records a cloud: "Two small mountain-shaped rocks face each other from east to west, across the river, like doors facing each other. As the saying goes, Liangshan is called West Liangshan, and Bowang Mountain is called Liang Dongshan, which has always been called Tianmen Mountain. "

(2) Interrupt: The river cut off two mountains in the middle. Chu River: Yangtze River. Because the middle reaches of the Yangtze River in ancient times belonged to Chu State, it was called Chu River. Open: split, disconnect.

(3) At this point, the river flowing from the east turns to the north here. One is "due north" Return: gyrate, rotate. Due to the steep terrain, this section of the river changed direction and became more turbulent.

(4) Green hills on both sides: Dongling Mountain and Xiliangshan Mountain respectively. Highlight, appear.

5] From the sun: refers to a lonely boat coming from the distant intersection of Tianshui, which seems to come from the sun from a distance.

Creation background

According to Anqi's Notes on the Chronology of Li Bai's Complete Works and Yu Xianhao's Selected Works of Li Bai, Wang Tianmen Mountain was written at the turn of spring and summer in the 13th year of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty (725). At that time, Li Baichu, who was 25 years old, left Bashu and took a boat to Jiangdong via Dangtu (now Anhui) for the first time.

Appreciate:

This poem describes clear water and green mountains, white sails and red sun, which are reflected in a colorful picture. But this picture is not static, but flowing. As the poet sails and sails, the mountains break the river, the east water flows backwards, the green hills meet, and the daytime sails alone, and the scenery unfolds from far and near to far. Six verbs are used in the poem, namely "breaking, opening, flowing, returning and coming", and the landscape presents an urgent dynamic, depicting the grandeur and vastness of Tianmen Mountain. One or two sentences describe the majestic, steep and unstoppable momentum of Tianmen Mountain, which gives people a thrilling feeling; Three or four sentences are enough to write about the vast water potential.

"Tianmen breaks the Chu River, and Higashi Shimizu flows." These two lines overlook the magnificent scene of Tianmen Mountain facing Jiajiang River. The river passes through Tianmen Mountain, and the water is rushing. The first sentence is closely related to the topic, always writing Tianmen Mountain, with the focus on the magnificent momentum of the eastern flow of the Chu River. It gives people rich associations: Tianmen Mountain and Tianmen Mountain were originally a whole, blocking the turbulent river. Due to the impact of the surging waves of the Chu River, Tianmen was knocked open and interrupted, becoming two mountains. This is quite similar to the scene described by the author in "Song of Yuntai in Xiyue to Send Dan Qiu Zi": "Genie (river god) roared and broke two mountains (referring to Huashan in Hexi and shouyangshan in Hedong), and Hongbo sprayed into the East China Sea." But the former is hidden and the latter is obvious. In the author's pen, the Chu River seems to be a thing with strong vitality, showing the magical power to overcome all obstacles, and Tianmen Mountain seems to quietly make way for it. The second sentence is about the river under Tianmen Mountain. In turn, it focuses on the binding force and reaction of Tianmen Mountain facing Jiajiang to the Taochu River. Because two mountains are sandwiched in the middle, the vast Yangtze River flows through the narrow passage between the two mountains, causing a whirlpool and forming a choppy spectacle. If the last sentence is written by the mountain, then this sentence is the adventure of the mountain to the water potential. Some notebooks "return here" as "straight north", and the interpreter thought that the Yangtze River flowing eastward turned north in this area. This may be a fine explanation of the flow direction of the Yangtze River, but it is not a poem, nor can it show the momentum of Tianmen. Can be compared with "Xiyue Yuntai Song to Dan Qiu Zi": "Xiyue is magnificent! The Yellow River is like a silk sky. The Wan Li of the Yellow River touches the mountain, and the vortex hub turns to Qin Mine. " "Vortex Turn", that is, "Higashi Shimizu flows to this back", also depicts the scene when the rivers in Wan Li are cut off by Qifeng, but as a seven-character ancient poem, it is written incisively and vividly. From the comparison, we can see that Wang Tianmen Mountain, as a quatrain, advocates simplicity and has profound implications.

"The green hills on both sides of the strait are opposite, and the sails are alone." These two sentences are an inseparable whole. The third sentence inherits the majestic posture of Tianmen and two mountains seen in the first sentence; The fourth sentence carries forward the second sentence to write the vision of the Yangtze River, awaken the foothold of "hope" and express the poet's dripping joy. The poet is not standing somewhere on the shore overlooking Tianmen Mountain, but his foothold is a "lone sail" coming from Japan. Most people who read this poem appreciate the word "Chu" because it brings dynamic beauty to the motionless mountain, but seldom consider why the poet feels "Chu". If you stand on a fixed foothold on the shore, "looking at Tianmen Mountain in the distance" will probably only produce a static feeling of "the green hills on both sides of the strait are opposite". On the contrary, the ship sailed down the river, looking at Tianmen and two distant mountains, showing an increasingly clear posture, and this feeling of "green mountains on both sides of the strait are opposite" is very prominent. The word "Chu" not only vividly shows the unique gesture of "overlooking Tianmen Mountain" when taking a boat tour, but also contains the fresh and pleasant feeling of the people on board. Tianmen Mountain, facing the Jiajiang River, seems to be coming towards itself, expressing its welcome to the visitors from the river. Since Qingshan is so affectionate to distant guests, they should be more cheerful. The Lonely Sail Comes from the Sun vividly depicts the lonely sail riding the wind and waves, getting closer and closer to Tianmen Mountain, and the poet's joy at seeing the famous mountains and scenic spots. Because the last sentence is full of the poet's passion in the narrative, this poem highlights the poet's heroic, unrestrained, free and unrestrained self-image while depicting the magnificent scenery of Tianmen Mountain.

This poem has broad artistic conception, heroic spirit, harmonious and smooth syllables, vivid language and bright colors. Although there are only four short sentences and twenty-eight words, the artistic conception it constitutes is beautiful and magnificent, which makes people feel immersive after reading the poem. The poet leads the reader's vision along the foggy Yangtze River to the infinite world, which makes people feel open-minded and broad-minded. From this poem, we can see the bold spirit of the poet Li Bai and his broad mind that he doesn't want to confine himself to Xiaotian.

Artistic feature

The word "Wang" is dominant in the whole poem.

This is a four-line poem describing the scenery in the river, entitled "Looking at Tianmen Mountain". It can be seen that the scenery of Tianmen Mountain, as the object of description, is the result of the poet's "looking" on the ship. The whole poem is unfolded under the command of the word "Wang", and the landscape of "Tianmen" is integrated into one, and the magnificent scene is vividly displayed. The poet is on the boat, looking at the green hills on both sides of the river, and has the illusion that the boat is not moving but the mountains are moving. Therefore, he wrote a beautiful sentence of "the green hills on both sides of the strait are opposite", just like a lonely sail facing the distant mountains, which is quite interesting.

Mountains and rivers set each other off.

The mountains and rivers in the poem are closely related and set each other off. The Chu River seemed to open the Tianmen, and the interruption of Tianmen enabled the Chu River to rush out. The two peaks of Tianmen cross the Chu River, and the torrent of the Chu River crosses Tianmen. The mountain stands by the water, the water comes out of the mountain, and the mountains and rivers are connected. The scene is spectacular. "Higashi Shimizu Stream" is contained by the mountain peak, so it turns to Tianmen, and the mountain is open for water, and the water returns to the mountain, which restricts each other and blends into one. The "opposite" "green hills on both sides" and the "solitary sails" in the water combine to form a complete and moving picture. Throughout the poem, mountains and rivers, or combined into one, or written separately, or explicitly mentioned, or implied, closely linked and reflected each other, showing a very grand and spectacular scene.