From: Tang "Teng Xu"
Excerpts from the original text:
The sky is vast and the universe is infinite; Joy begets sorrow and knowledge is empty. Looking at Chang 'an in the sun, the martial arts will meet in the clouds. The terrain is deep in the South Pole, high in Tianzhu and far from Beichen.
Explanation:
The sky is vast, which makes people feel that the universe is boundless. Joy has passed, sadness has come, and I understand that there is a destiny for the rise and fall of things. Looking at Chang 'an in the west and Wu Hui in the east, the land in the south is exhausted, the sea is unfathomable, the Beidou in the north is out of reach, and Tianzhu is out of reach.
Tim: Big profit and big loss: growth and decline, refers to change. Numbers: fate. South Australia: the sea in the south. Beichen: Polaris, the metaphor of monarch.
Extended data
Creative background:
There have always been two opinions about the creation time of preface to Wang Teng-ting. One of them is Don Yi Yan written by kings in the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties: "At the age of fourteen, I wrote Preface to Wang Tengting." At that time, Wang Bo's father may be appointed as the order of Liuhe County (now Jiangsu Province), and Wang Bo will go to Liuhe through Hongzhou. In this preface, there is a saying that "teenagers know everything and say everything", which can also be proved.
Secondly, the new Biography of Tang Caizi in Yuan Dynasty believed that the Pavilion Preface was written when he visited his father in Jiaotoe (northwest of Hanoi, Vietnam) (at that time, his father was a county magistrate in Jiaotoe), and passed by Nanchang in the second year of last year (675).
The author's achievements:
Wang Bo's literary thought is embodied in his creative thinking and the educational function of "the country of classics". Wang Bo's works, on the other hand, show the magnificent beauty of the combination of "high emotion and strong thinking" and "natural literary talent", the style orientation of "touching the wind and frost with words" and the expression technique of "being moved by feelings and enjoying the reward when leaving the government".
The reason for this conflict is that although Wang Bo's literary thoughts directly inherited the views of his grandfather Wang Tong, his literary creation followed the objective law of literary development.
From the perspective of personality spirit, Wang Bo is a Confucian madman at first. He is ambitious and enterprising. Brilliant, brilliant literary talent; But at the same time, it is lax and lacks strategy. Secondly, he is a proud man, with a proud figure, and he looks down on the world and the secular world. Wang Bochong believes in Buddhism and believes that Buddhism contains profound philosophy and plays a huge role in society.