In "the peach blossom Journey," a poem that describes the relationship between sensory perception, illusion and reality, Wang Wei, the head of a Tang dynasty poet writes further:
A fishing village "Boot
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chased the water in the holy mountain.
But both banks being peach blossoms
the old ford.
He did not know how he sailed as
He stared at the red trees.
And when he reached the end of the Blue Stream
He saw no other people onway.
Then find a crack in the slope
He forced his way through the deepest caves.
And behind the mountains
opened with a Vista Land is flat.
In the distance he saw clouds and trees surrounding.
And near a thousand homes,
Flowers and bamboo have been missing.
A forester was the first, if only for a period of Han, the United States.
And the population has not changed suit
the time of Qin.
People lived together inHigh Country
above the River Wu Ling.
In addition to the outside world
they laid their fields and orchards.
Under the pines and the bright moon
all was quiet in the houses.
And when the sun began to shine through the clouds
the chickens and the dogs began to speak.
Surprised to find a stranger among them,
people crowded around.
They went to invite him to ....
and inquired of his country.
But as the light has come, theFlowers
the roads were all washed away.
At nightfall
Along the water,
fishermen and loggers soon
returned.
On the run from the troubled world
Before all the people had left.
And they lived
and asked God to grant them immortality.
They were satisfied and had no reason to return.
From inside the valley, where they lived
knew nothing of the way
we live outside.
From a distance
We admire emptyClouds and mountains
within our world.
Who would have thought that this magical place
would be so hard to find?
But the fishing village of "heart lay
could not stop thinking of his land.
He left the country
but its hills and rivers never leave his heart.
Finally,
made up and return trip planned.
Through memory, passed on the road
He had met before.
Who could have known the mountains
had and guttersnow completely changed?
Now he is facing
only the great mountain
where memories come back to the method.
But every time he followed the flow of clear
found only clouds and forests.
But when spring comes, ... everything is peach blossom
and water.
But still do not know how to get to the place immortal.
a fisherman's boat followed the water ...
in the Sacred Mountains
Be sure to Wang Wei "Peach Blossom Journey" is one of the Chinesemore poems.
What is most striking, however, is about the work to the extent that addresses the questionable nature of human reality. Wang Wei reality is certainly not the product of an ordinary man.Rather, is a reality that speaks of water, bamboo, blue streams, trees and the red moon.
In a style that originated to describe the great Chinese mystic of the past, is a fisherman who chases a running stream, only to find a crack in thin ... which leads to a secretDreamy, unknown world.
And behind the mountains, with an open view of Flatland All About
It is in this world that our beloved fisherman encounters an ancient people. In traditional costumes and speak an ancient language, the people ask of her house.
Fascinated by his answer, these seniors live as immortals, as he had once left a troubled world. Now you know nothing .... the way in which the fishermen who once lived his life.
But theFisher secular heart could not stop thinking about her home
In terms of Wang Wei utopian dream images that we find our fishing adventure in a series of mind-altering visions that appeared to produce more than a little consternation 'self lost.
Trapped in his thoughts that he is looking for a way out. Sure ... he must try to find their way home.
But still do not know how to find that Immortal Place
One of the best features of this work is WangWei ability to create an aesthetic world that is full of sensual images that might result from the human soul.
But perhaps even more remarkable ... the poet is the ability to explore some of the most remote of the human spirit. In the perception of our fishermen, we are at once the man with the unique ability to provide a reality that is presented to overcome the normal search parameters of human existence.
At the same time the same time, it is arguable that you are presented with the finite realityhuman consciousness ... or perhaps worse, a place where ordinary people can never go in this situation.
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