Thanks to Zhongshu Shuheji’s introduction to the author of Chengtian Temple Night Tour

Thanks to Zhongshu Shu

Author: Tao Hongjing

The beauty of mountains and rivers has been talked about since ancient times. The peak reaches the clouds and the clear stream reaches the bottom. The stone walls on both sides of the bank are in five colors. Green forests and green bamboos are available for all seasons. The fog is about to subside at dawn, and the apes and birds are chirping wildly; the sunset is about to fade, and the sunken scales are leaping and dancing. It is really the fairyland of the world of desire. Since the beginning of Kangle, there has never been anything more amazing than it.

"Night Tour of Chengtian Temple" is a prose written by Su Shi, a famous writer in the Northern Song Dynasty. It is selected from Volume 1 of "Dongpo Zhilin" and was written in the sixth year of Yuanfeng (1083), the sixth year of Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty. , at that time, the author was demoted to Huangzhou because of the "Wutai Poetry Case".

Tao Hongjing (AD 456-536), whose courtesy name was Tongming, was born in Moling, Danyang (now Nanjing, Jiangsu Province) during the Liang Dynasty in the Southern Dynasty. He was named Huayang Seclusion (since named Huayang Seclusion). A famous medical expert, alchemist, and writer, he is known as the "Prime Minister of the Mountains." His works include "Compendium of Materia Medica", "Collection of Golden Dan, Huang and White Prescriptions", "Pictures of Two Niu", "Collection of Huayang Tao's Residence", etc.

Real name

Tao Hongjing

Also known as

Huayang lived in seclusion, prime minister in the mountains

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Zi Tongming

Era

Southern and Northern Dynasties (Southern Qi and Liang Dynasties)

Birthplace

Danyang Moling (now Nanjing, Jiangsu) )

Date of birth

456 AD

Date of death

536 AD

Main achievements

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Compiled into "Compendium of Materia Medica" and "Benji Jing (Tao Xingpin)"

Su Shi (January 8, 1037 - August 24, 1101), courtesy name Zizhan, Also given the courtesy name Hezhong, his name was Dongpo Jushi, and he was also known as Su Dongpo and Su Xian[1-3]. Han nationality, a native of Meishan, Meizhou (now part of Meishan City, Sichuan Province) in the Northern Song Dynasty. His ancestral home is Luancheng, Hebei Province. He is a famous writer, calligrapher and painter in the Northern Song Dynasty.

In the second year of Jiayou's reign (1057), Su Shi became a Jinshi. During the reign of Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty, he served in Fengxiang, Hangzhou, Mizhou, Xuzhou, Huzhou and other places. In the third year of Yuanfeng (1080), he was framed for the "Wutai Poetry Case" and was demoted to Huangzhou as deputy envoy of Tuanlian. After Zhezong of the Song Dynasty came to the throne, he served as a bachelor of Hanlin, a bachelor of imperial examination, and a minister of the Ministry of Rites. He also went to Hangzhou, Yingzhou, Yangzhou, Dingzhou and other places. In his later years, he was demoted to Huizhou and Danzhou because of the new party's rule. Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty was pardoned and returned to the north, but died of illness in Changzhou on the way. During the reign of Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty, he was posthumously given the title of Grand Master, with the posthumous title "Wenzhong". [4]

Su Shi is the representative of the highest achievements in literature in the Song Dynasty, and has achieved high achievements in poetry, lyrics, prose, calligraphy, and painting. His poems have broad themes, are fresh and bold, are good at using exaggerated metaphors, and have a unique style. Together with Huang Tingjian, they are called "Su Huang"; His writings are grand and bold, and he is known as "Ou Su" together with Ouyang Xiu, and is one of the "Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties". Su Shi was also good at calligraphy and was one of the "Four Masters of the Song Dynasty"; he was good at painting, especially good at ink bamboo, strange rocks, dead wood, etc. There are "Dongpo Seven Collections", "Dongpo Yi Zhuan", "Dongpo Yuefu" and so on.