Written on the Wall at West Forest Temple
苏轼
横看成岭侧成峰
远近高低各不同
不识庐山真面目
只缘身在此山中
héng kàn chéng lǐng cè chéng fēng
yuǎn jìn gāo dī gè bù tóng
bù shí lú shān zhēn miàn mù
zhǐ yuán shēn zài cǐ shān zhōng
Sideways a ridge, straight on a peak; far, near, high, low—each view differs. I cannot know Mount Lu’s true face—only because I am inside this mountain.
Perspective limits knowledge—classic epistemic humility.
横看成岭侧成峰——庐山不因你转身而立刻改貌。苏轼把风景写成认识论：不识真面目，只缘身在此山中。阴阳路径第四步，接「和」之后：对立与和谐都需要视角的谦逊。争论时先说出自己站在哪一面。今日：把分歧画成视角差，不只有道德失败。
Sideways a ridge, head-on a peak—Mount Lu does not change as fast as your angle. Su Shi turns landscape into epistemology: you miss the “true face” because you stand inside what you judge. Yin-Yang path step four, after He: polarity and harmony still need humility about viewpoint. In debate, name your face of the mountain before declaring victory. Today: map the disagreement as perspective, not only moral failure.
争论不休时，先承认彼此站在山的不同侧面。
In deadlock, admit you may be on different faces of the same mountain.
Read first, then practice — fill in lines and write a character.
Fill in the blanks
Practice calligraphy
This poem belongs to a place on the map—open the landscape to read both together.