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I don't have talent, force a solution, for reference.

People walk at the bottom of the pond and look up at the lotus flowers, but they are in the sky" The reason why people understand and are confused is because it is contrary to common sense. However, it is precisely the perverse that makes it strange.

This sentence should be interpreted in the context of the whole text. Therefore, let's briefly explain the overall gist of the article. "Yu Garden" side lies in the wonder of the garden, and the wonder of the garden is in the stone (the original word is so, that is, "Lei", in fact, it should be "base").

That is to say, the wonder of the garden is not in the stone itself, but in the stone that is piled up, that is, the "stone slope", the stone "peak" and "gully" mentioned in the text. There are three strange stones, one is "real", one is "empty", and the other is "deep and dark". All three are different and have their own characteristics.

Therefore, the sentence in which the stone is written must be written around these three characteristics, and the meaning of the sentence is determined.

Secondly, solve the "three odds". Those who are "real" are not allowed to plant fruit pines, peonies and peonies on slopes. This "reality" can be said to be without gaps, especially referring to the fact that people cannot go up (because it is a high slope), implying that there are still stones that can go up (or walk, walk or go down).

"Deep and deep", refers to the deep whirling ravine. The former speaks of the high slope without gaps, the latter speaks of the deep ravine of the whirlwind and darkness, and the middle or the characteristics of the stone or high or low, this characteristic must not be full of unattainable, nor is it deep and gloomy. This is "emptiness".

Opposite to "real", "emptiness" has the meaning of "emptiness" and "emptiness", implying that it is feasible for people; Opposite to "deep", "empty", "illusory" and other meanings, implicitly implicitly empty and bright, looking up. Whether or not there are any of these meanings is still just a guess, and it has to be understood in specific sentences.

Finally, to explain the sentence of "emptiness": "The back hall is near the big pool, and the strange peaks in the pool are overwhelming, steep up and down, and empty and strange." ”

"Strange peaks and ravines" intertextual, referring to wonderful peaks and ravines. The peak, the high mountain, the ravine, and the deep valley also refer to the depression between the two peaks. The former continues the high slope of "solid", and the latter leads to the whirlwind of "deep".

Steep up and down "to the text, refers to the peak straight up, the gully straight down. It is also connected with the semantic logic of the two odd before and after.

People walk at the bottom of the pool, looking up at the lotus flower in the sky", the difficulty of understanding is that the bottom of the pool can be walked? Can the lotus flower look up?

The previous text has explained that "empty" is "empty" and "empty", and some people can also mean that it must refer to the depression (gully) between the two peaks that can be walked, and it is also necessary to pay attention to the word "walk" here, rather than "line". Walking to the bottom of the pool is not the same as walking to the bottom of the pool, which means that there is a slight difference, and people are not always at the bottom of the pool. One can walk along the middle depression to the bottom of the pool, so it is called "empty" (empty), which coincides with the previous explanation.

At this time, the pool is high and low, people stand in the gully, such as at the bottom of the pool, the lotus flower in the pool stands tall and jade, and the side Yi obliquely rises above the top of the person should be reasonable, so look up, or there is a lotus flower just in the sky as the background, there is a feeling of being in the sky, and the meaning of "emptiness" is also coupled with the above understanding. Or some people understand that the lotus flower grows in the water of the stone peak ravine, which is too far-fetched, and what does it have to do with the "empty strangeness" of the stone?

In this way, it not only fits the strange characteristics of the garden stone pile, but also breaks the thread with the context, the meaning is through, and it is integrated, and there is a strange coat in the paradox.

I don't know if it's okay to interpret it this way? Criticism is welcome!

Because in ancient times, there was no water at the bottom of the pool, and it was all paved with stones. On the rockery piled with stones, there is a lotus pond, so people walk to the bottom of the pond and look up at the lotus pond on the top of the rockery, and can only see that the lotus seems to be in the sky.

To put it simply, the lotus pond is on the top of the rockery, and people look up to see the lotus flower naturally in the sky).

That's what our teacher said.

Against: On the contrary. The back hall is close to the big pool file early, Lu Zhi Pond is full of strange peaks, steep up and down, people walk at the bottom of the pool, look up at the lotus flower in the sky, with empty strangeness.

The hall at the back is close to the large pond, in which there are peculiar peaks and extremely steep ravines, straight up and down, people walk at the bottom of the pond, look up at the lotus flowers in the pond as if they are in the sky, here is strange because of the emptiness. Stupid as soon as possible.