Jinling Imperial State, the beautiful land in the south of the Yangtze River. This poem comes from "The Song of Entering the Dynasty" by Xie Tiao of the Southern and Northern Dynasties.
The Beautiful Land in the South of the Yangtze River, the Imperial State of Jinling is a poem describing Nanjing. This poem comes from "Entering the Dynasty Song" by Xie Tiao of the Southern and Northern Dynasties. This poem depicts the splendor and prosperity of the imperial capital Jinling (today's Nanjing) and the enterprising spirit of pursuing fame. It is both an ode and a magnificent picture.
The music for entering the imperial court belongs to the Yuefu poems "Gu Chug Qi Ci", and "Gu Chug Qi Ci" are mostly military songs and palace banquets, singing praises of virtues, and there are few excellent ones. Xie Tiao's poem describes the atmosphere of the imperial capital. Although it does not fall into the trap of "praising the virtues of the vassal", its style is extraordinary.
It has high momentum, bright language and neat couplets. It reflects the positive and enterprising spirit of the young poet. In the "Yuefu" volume 28 of "Selected Works", this is the only one selected among the ten "Drumming Songs", which can be said to be very discerning.
The poet is full of passion and warmly praises the capital of the current dynasty, which was located in the beautiful land of Jiangnan and had a glorious and long history as an imperial capital. These two sentences describe the geographical situation of the construction of the capital from the perspective of space; the other is from the perspective of time and space, giving an overview of the historical development of the Jinling imperial capital.
Creative background:
Xie Tao joined the army from Jie Brown Yuzhang Wang Taiwei, transferred to Wang Jian's guard army Donghe to offer wine, and moved to Wang Jian in 490 AD (the eighth year of Yongming) Before Zhenxi Gong Cao, he had been staying in the capital, the residence of Yongrong Fan, during this period of time. With a group of literary and poetic friends, he often exchanged poems and wines, chanted flowers and the moon, lived a comfortable life, and his official career was relatively smooth.
In 490 AD, Xie Zhen was 27 years old. The young poet was full of confidence in his fame, career and future. In August of this year, he followed Wang Xiao Zilong as the governor of Jingzhou, and Xie Tao moved to Zhenxi Gong Cao and transferred to literature. On the way to Jingzhou, he followed Wang's instructions and wrote ten pieces of "Drumming Music". This song "Entering the Dynasty Song" is one of them.