Three Dimensional Poetry

瀟湘圖 董源(五代南唐畫家)

【沉醉東風 秋景】 盧摯

掛絕壁松梢倒倚，
落殘霞孤鶩齊飛。
四圍不盡山，
一望無窮水。
散西風滿天秋意。
夜靜雲帆影低，
載我在瀟湘畫裡。

This 散曲 by poet 盧摯 of the Yuan dynasty is an example of
“three-dimensional poem”, which has three dimensional views.

First, he applied motion (落殘霞孤鶩齊飛) to a still images (掛絕壁
松梢倒倚 and 四圍不盡山, 一望無窮水)。 He then continued to set
the scene in motion and switched the time from sunset (落殘霞) to
nightfall (夜靜雲帆影低) with another motion image (載我在瀟湘畫裡).

He immersed himself into this picturesque scenery by being floating
in the beautiful 瀟湘 waterways.

As a matter of fact, he did get some help and inspiration from
the ancient poets, 李白 and 王勃, for his poem beginning:
"掛絕壁松梢倒倚，落殘霞孤鶩齊飛。"

李白 【蜀道難】

蜀道之難難於上青天，使人聽此凋朱顏。
連峰去天不盈尺，”枯松倒掛倚絕壁”。

王勃 【滕王閣序】

“落霞與孤鶩齊飛”，秋水共長天一色。


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