Ancient Poetry: Phoenix Terrace in Jinling

Climb the Phoenix Terrace from Nanjing.

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There used to be a phoenix on the phoenix platform, and the phoenix went to Taiwan, only Jiangdong returned.

Martial arts flowers were laid on deserted paths, and the number of relatives and friends in the Jin Dynasty has become a famine.

Three mountains and a half fall outside the blue sky, and Egret Island is wet.

There is always a traitor in power, like covering the sky, and Chang' an is depressed when he can't see it.

In the first two sentences, Li Bai begins with the legend of Phoenix Terrace, expressing his feelings about the changes of time and space. "Phoenix, which used to play here, so that this place is named after them, has now abandoned it and come to this desolate river" is natural, lively and fluent; Although the fourteen words use three "phoenix" characters, they don't make people feel repetitive at all, and there is no such rigid problem as common poems. Phoenix Terrace is located in the southwest of Jinling Old Town. According to Jiangnan Tongzhi, "Phoenix Terrace is in the southwest corner of Jiangning Fucheng, and there is Toby, so you can still visit it. In the sixteenth year of Song Yuanjia, there were three birds in the mountain, which looked like peacocks, and there were countless birds attached to them, called phoenix. Starting from the mountain, it is called Phoenix Mountain and Phoenix Lane. " Li Bai's use of "Phoenix Terrace" is not an ordinary emotional expression, but an organic one. Since ancient times, the phoenix has always been regarded as auspicious, which is related to the development of society: in a beautiful era, the phoenix bird descended from the sky and made a sound of nature. Therefore, the appearance of phoenix birds mostly shows the meaning of praise. However, the Phoenix that Li Bai first pointed out here is just the opposite: he expresses the infinite feelings caused by prosperity and perishable, and sacred time is hard to exist, only eternal scenery. Gone are the Yuanjia era, which attracted the phoenix, and the prosperous Six Dynasties, leaving only the vastness of the Yangtze River and the towering Phoenix Mountain.

Starting from the changing time and space of "Phoenix goes to Taiwan", the three or four sentences of "the path of Wugong is crooked and the golden clothes are ancient dust" continue to explore its enlightenment significance. Wu Dadi, who gave birth to a child like Sun Zhongmou, a romantic figure in the Six Dynasties and many rulers have all been buried in graves and become traces of history; Even the magnificent palace is now deserted and dilapidated, a piece of broken walls. What memorable things did Xuanhe and Shengshi leave to history? It contains Li Bai's unique historical feelings. Those noble philosophers who "laugh at the ancients, get heaven near the city" and "stay home for a long time without reward" have won special respect from Li Bai. At the same time, Li Bai dared to despise feudal order and break the spiritual bondage of traditional idols, so that he despised Yao and Shun, laughed at him and made friends with princes on an equal footing, and made great efforts to this end. Therefore, Li Bai has no regrets about the disappearance of these emperors except some regrets. Then, when he focused his historical eyes on those emperors, his contempt was obvious. Flowers and plants flourish, the world remains the same, and everything changes and develops according to the law. This is history, this is the rise and fall of the times!