Viewing Heaven’s Gate Mountain
李白
天门中断楚江开
碧水东流至此回
两岸青山相对出
孤帆一片日边来
tiān mén zhōng duàn chǔ jiāng kāi
bì shuǐ dōng liú zhì cǐ huí
liǎng àn qīng shān xiāng duì chū
gū fān yī piàn rì biān lái
天门中断楚江开，碧水东流至此回；两岸青山相对出，孤帆一片日边来。
River and gate-mountain meet—suddenly wider view.
李白《望天门山》：两岸青山相对出——江流把山势写成开合；孤帆一片是点睛。山水是动态的门。江把山势写成开合，门在流动里。今日：瓶颈处，想象那扇被江推开的门。
Li Bai’s Tianmen Mountain: green shores face and rise—the river writes open-and-shut; one sail dots the eye. Landscape as a moving gate. Today: in a bottleneck, picture the gate the current forces open.
进入新阶段时，常像船从山峡转出——视野忽然变大。
New chapters can feel like a boat clearing the gorge—view widens.
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