But what do you mean by expanding your horizons by 300 miles?

It means "to see a thousand miles of scenery". In the Heron Tower, a poem by Wang Zhihuan, a poet in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. The original text is: the mountain covers the day, and the ocean drains the golden river. By going up one flight of stairs sees the vernacular translation thousands of miles away: the sunset slowly sinks beside the western hills, and the Yellow River rushes to the East China Sea. If you want to see the scenery of Wan Li, you must climb a higher tower.

It means that if you want to see endless beauty, you should go to by going up one flight of stairs. Metaphor means that if you want to achieve greater success, you must make more efforts; If you want to make a breakthrough on a certain issue, you can look at it from a higher angle; It also expresses that only by being positive can we be far-sighted.

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Creation background

This poem is one of the last six quatrains of Wang Zhihuan, a poet in the Tang Dynasty. The author served as editor-in-chief in Hengshui County, Jizhou (now Hengshui County, Hebei Province) in his early years, and was dismissed soon after being framed. Wang Zhihuan, who was less than 30 years old, lived a life of visiting relatives and friends. When writing this poem, Wang Zhihuan was only thirty-five years old.

Review of past dynasties

Ancient and Modern Poetry: There are many poets in Jiangzhong Guanque Building in Tang Dynasty, but the best ones are Wang Zhihuan, Li Yi and Chang Dang.

"A Brief Introduction to the Changes of Poetic Method": It's too dull to write about climbing stairs first and then writing about winning in form. Although there are famous sentences, they are always humble. The first two sentences of this poem first define the realm of a mirage, and the last two sentences are about climbing the building and making great achievements. The last two sentences don't say how high the building is, but the height of the building has been described extremely, and there are unwritten scenes besides the scenery. This kind of Gree is the best.

"Tang Poetry": Wang said: the first two sentences have always had poor eyesight, and the next sentence is translation, saying that if you want to win the poor eyesight, it is better to go upstairs to the next level. The poet digressed further and dreamed this imaginary dream.

"A Brief Introduction to Poetic Realm": The previous sentence says that mountains and rivers are superior, majestic and far-reaching, and both of them are like topics; The last two sentences are full of energy. During the two crossings, there are thousands of miles. ?

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-In Heron Mountain Villa