Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty compared himself with Dapeng from his youth. Li Bai, who was in his twenties, once wrote On Li Yong, which showed the heroic spirit of an aspiring young man. Poetry is written like this:
Dapeng rises with the wind one day and soars into Wan Li.
If the wind weakens, it can still lift away the turbulent current.
When the world saw my unchanging tone, it sneered at all my big words.
Fu Xuan can still be afraid of the afterlife, but her husband can't be young.
Shortly after writing this poem, 24-year-old Li Bai "fought his sword and went to the countryside to bid farewell to his relatives and travel far away." He descended from Mount Emei to Jingmen and Dongting Lake along Pingqiang River. He also visited Sima Cheng Town (3) in Jiangling, Hubei Province, and Sima Cheng Town boasted that he "has a sage like style and can walk with God." Li Bai wrote a poem "Dapeng meets rare birds" to describe this encounter. After middle age, Li Bai changed this poem to Fu Dapeng, describing the image of Dapeng as "inspiring 3,000 people and seeking 90,000 people". He compared Sima Daochang to Dapeng and compared himself to a rare bird connected with Dapeng. Described the time when he met Sima Chengzhen in the form of fable.
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Dapeng is a divine bird in Zhuangzi Xiaoyao. It is said that this divine bird is "I don't know its thousands of miles", "If its wings hang clouds in the sky", its wings shoot water for three thousand miles and soar to nine Wan Li. Dapeng bird is a symbol of freedom and an ideal totem in Zhuangzi's philosophy. Li Bai was ambitious and conceited when he was young, and was deeply influenced by Taoist philosophy. His heart is full of romantic fantasies and grand ambitions. In this poem, he compares himself to the Dapeng who "soars nine Wan Li". Even with the help of the wind and its wings, this Dapeng can dry the surging water. Here, the power of this big bird is greatly exaggerated. In the first four poems, the poet drew an image of Dapeng with only a few strokes-the image of the young poet himself. )
Li Bai died in Dangtu, Anhui Province at the age of 62. At the last moment of his life, he also wrote the poem "Big Pengfei and Xi Zhenba". This carefree, broad-minded and uninhibited Dapeng character runs through Li Bai's life, and later generations respectfully call him "Dapeng in a Poetic Country".
In ancient Indian mythology, there is also a kind of Dapeng golden-winged bird, which is a fierce and vulture-like giant bird. It is called "Goruda" in Sanskrit, also known as "Subrani" and is one of the "Eight Dragons". When Dapeng Golden Winged Bird was born, it was naked, and the gods mistakenly thought it was a fire and worshipped it. Adult Dapeng golden-winged bird has all kinds of solemn colors, with a wishful pearl on its head, which is 8 thousand long and its left and right wings are 4 thousand long. Dapeng goldfinch feeds on dragons. It flies in the air, patrolling the dragons that should die in the sea. When it found dragons, it flapped the sea with its wings and divided them in half. When the dragons saw the battle, they trembled with fear and lost consciousness, waiting to be swallowed up. Dapeng goldfinch can eat a dragon king and 500 dragons a day. Some schools of Buddhism also believe that Dapeng Golden Winged Bird is the embodiment of Brahma, Piniutian and Dazi Tian Zi, and also the embodiment of Manjushri, the teacher of Sakyamuni, representing wisdom and courage.
After the Han Dynasty, Buddhism spread widely all over China, and the story of Dapeng Golden Winged Bird in Indian mythology also spread among all ethnic groups in China. Its magical wisdom and infinite power have become the idol of national worship. In Han areas, people believe that Yue Fei, a national hero, is the reincarnation of Dapeng Golden Winged Bird. In the legendary novel Yue Chuan, it is described as follows: On the first day of New Year's Day, the sacrificial table was dedicated to the Jade Emperor. But when he copied the sacrificial table, he mistakenly wrote the word "jade" on the word "big" and became the "king dog emperor" The jade emperor was furious and said,' The king can forgive, but the dog emperor can't forgive! "Red bearded dragon was sent to the lower bound, was born in Xu Jinguo, and became the fourth prince of Lord Lao Lang in Xu Jinguo. The Jade Emperor wanted Red Beard to disturb the Central Plains to avenge the "Dog Emperor". I was afraid that no one could subdue the Red Beard Dragon after the lower bound, so I sent a Dapeng bird to the lower bound and reincarnated into Yue Fei, saving the Song Dynasty. Yue Fei's word "Ju Peng" means the reincarnation of Dapeng.
In the Bai nationality area of Yunnan, there are also legends about Dapeng. The famous three pagodas of Chongsheng Temple are symbols of Dali's civilization history, and a Dapeng golden winged bird is cast at the top of each of the three pagodas of Chongsheng Temple. According to "Wanli Yunnan Tongzhi", the three pagodas of Chongsheng Temple "have gold on the top, and there is gold on the top. It is said that Longbai Pagoda is afraid of Peng, and Dali was once a town". Dali is a inhabited area of Bai and other ethnic minorities. In ancient times, floods occurred frequently. People think this is caused by the dragon. Therefore, to control water, we must first control dragons, but dragons only respect towers and fear Dapeng, so they ask Dapeng birds to help them control water. As long as there are Dapeng goldfinches in the tower and the tower, dragons will not dare to do evil, and floods will be reduced. Up to now, the National Festival of March Street in Dali is still symbolized by Dapeng Golden Winged Bird.
Tibetans believe in Buddhism, and Dapeng golden-winged bird occupies a high position among Tibetans. In the south of the Jebangla Pass in Tibet, near the blue Yangsang River, there is a big stone, whose shape is very similar to the legendary Dapeng Golden Winged Bird. Tibetans and Menba people who believe in Buddhism regard it as a god bird and a holy spirit to protect fairyland. The name of this stone is "Jin Jia Qin Le", which means "Dapeng Golden Winged Bird Holy Land". In the Buddhist statues in Tibet, there are Dapeng golden-winged birds flying angrily on top of all the Buddha statues. Many Tibetans will wear the badge of Dapeng Golden Winged Bird with them, which they believe will bring good luck. In the eyes of Tibetans, Dapeng bird is the master of wisdom and anger and a weapon to undertake the cause; They believe that Dapeng goldfinch can help them remove all obstacles and increase their happiness, wealth, longevity, wealth and wisdom.