{"id":2342,"date":"2019-04-09T20:14:45","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T01:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/mtoc\/?p=2342"},"modified":"2019-04-09T20:31:40","modified_gmt":"2019-04-10T01:31:40","slug":"4-11-mountains-and-the-ocean-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/mtoc\/2019\/04\/09\/4-11-mountains-and-the-ocean-2\/","title":{"rendered":"4\/11 Mountains and the Ocean-2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243;][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_accordion _builder_version=&#8221;3.21.4&#8243; z_index_tablet=&#8221;500&#8243;][et_pb_accordion_item _builder_version=&#8221;3.21.4&#8243; title=&#8221;YANG Mu, \u201cThe Flames of War\u201d and \u201cAn Inkling of Poetry\u201d&#8221; link_option_url_new_window=&#8221;off&#8221; use_background_color_gradient=&#8221;off&#8221; background_color_gradient_start=&#8221;#2b87da&#8221; background_color_gradient_end=&#8221;#29c4a9&#8243; background_color_gradient_type=&#8221;linear&#8221; background_color_gradient_direction=&#8221;180deg&#8221; background_color_gradient_direction_radial=&#8221;center&#8221; background_color_gradient_start_position=&#8221;0%&#8221; background_color_gradient_end_position=&#8221;100%&#8221; background_color_gradient_overlays_image=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;on&#8221; background_size=&#8221;cover&#8221; background_position=&#8221;center&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221; background_blend=&#8221;normal&#8221; allow_player_pause=&#8221;off&#8221; background_video_pause_outside_viewport=&#8221;on&#8221; text_shadow_style=&#8221;none&#8221; box_shadow_style=&#8221;none&#8221; hover_transition_duration=&#8221;300ms&#8221; hover_transition_delay=&#8221;0ms&#8221; hover_transition_speed_curve=&#8221;ease&#8221; text_shadow_horizontal_length=&#8221;0em&#8221; text_shadow_vertical_length=&#8221;0em&#8221; text_shadow_blur_strength=&#8221;0em&#8221;]<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>When the sun rose from the sea, shining through the windowpanes onto the clean floor, the room was filled with a fresh and delicate fragrance.<\/li>\n<li>At the far end of the streets running west to east you could see the deep blue sea, which was smooth and gentle like a silk curtain hanging below a sky of the same deep blue color. At the opposite end of the streets was the highest mountain range, rising abruptly several thousand meters, from Mount Sanbalakan in the north winding south to Mount Qijiaochuan, beyond which, and even higher, stood Mount Botuolu, Mount Liwuzhu, and Great Tailuge Mountain. At the far periphery, and in your imagination, you could cearly see Mount Dumou, Mount Wuling, Mount Nenggao, and Mount Qilai.<\/li>\n<li>typhoon<\/li>\n<li>earthquake<\/li>\n<li>(the poem on pages 87-89)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>[\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item _builder_version=&#8221;3.21.4&#8243; title=&#8221;YANG Mu, \u201cGazing Up\u201d&#8221; link_option_url_new_window=&#8221;off&#8221; use_background_color_gradient=&#8221;off&#8221; background_color_gradient_start=&#8221;#2b87da&#8221; background_color_gradient_end=&#8221;#29c4a9&#8243; background_color_gradient_type=&#8221;linear&#8221; background_color_gradient_direction=&#8221;180deg&#8221; background_color_gradient_direction_radial=&#8221;center&#8221; background_color_gradient_start_position=&#8221;0%&#8221; background_color_gradient_end_position=&#8221;100%&#8221; background_color_gradient_overlays_image=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;on&#8221; background_size=&#8221;cover&#8221; background_position=&#8221;center&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221; background_blend=&#8221;normal&#8221; allow_player_pause=&#8221;off&#8221; background_video_pause_outside_viewport=&#8221;on&#8221; text_shadow_style=&#8221;none&#8221; box_shadow_style=&#8221;none&#8221; hover_transition_duration=&#8221;300ms&#8221; hover_transition_delay=&#8221;0ms&#8221; hover_transition_speed_curve=&#8221;ease&#8221; text_shadow_horizontal_length=&#8221;0em&#8221; text_shadow_vertical_length=&#8221;0em&#8221; text_shadow_blur_strength=&#8221;0em&#8221;]<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;I hear an echo like the<\/p>\n<p>waves, as I count on memory, sitting for a long time<\/p>\n<p>Infinite serenity and an equal amount of remorse, I lift my head<\/p>\n<p>to gaze upon eternity, the bluish clouds of great stillness, extending<\/p>\n<p>to fill the space between our heaven and earth\u2013\u2013<\/p>\n<p>its prevailing spirit, which I have emulated for years, never<\/p>\n<p>changes, as it looks back at me with a clear, beautiful glance<\/p>\n<p>at how I stand with respect, silent and alone<\/p>\n<p>aging and weak, like a catkin willow<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Yang Mu reads this part in this <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/9GzKCJlm8oM\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">documentary clip<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_accordion_item][\/et_pb_accordion][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row_empty\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> When the sun rose from the sea, shining through the windowpanes onto the clean floor, the room was filled with a fresh and delicate fragrance.At the far end of the streets running west to east you could see the deep blue sea, which was smooth and gentle like a silk curtain hanging below a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-keywords"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/mtoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/mtoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/mtoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/mtoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/mtoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2342"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/mtoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2349,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/mtoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2342\/revisions\/2349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/mtoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/mtoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/mtoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}