On the 30th day of the first month of the 15th year of Zhengde in Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1520), Wang Yangming went to Kaixian Temple (now Xiufeng Temple) to carve stones to record his merits. On the memorial tablet, Wu Zong's "Emperor Zhao An of Shen Wei" was praised. "Send six divisions to discuss, and take Chen Hao back." In a short inscription, Wang Yangming also vaguely expressed his complex feelings.
Probably Wang Yangming was impressed by the scenery around Kaixian Temple when he carved stones to record his merits. He likes this place very much. In March this year, he came to Kaixian Temple again. Wandering in the forest, thinking about water, this quiet landscape, this Lin Tao spring stone and many cultural attractions all remind him of his ups and downs and bumpy life. With emotion, he wrote several poems to express his inner worries.
I revisited the wall of Kaixian Temple.
Zhong Cheng didn't understand business, and he looked around for mountains and temples.
I am still paying for my wife and children, but I have not left my post until now.
I have been here twice before the opening of the light in March, but the door of the temple monk is not open.
The mountain gods seem too vulgar to drive, and the stream wind blows people's backs.
Have you noticed,
People in wealth are like wine, and five fights wake up.
The mountains and rivers are harmless, and the floating name is not in my trace!
Longtan night sitting
Where is the fragrance of flowers clear at night? The sound of the stone forest hut across the stream.
Everyone who is lonely is out of the moon, and birds and mountains are singing when it is empty.
The grass is wet and the wind is lighter than the kudzu;
In the stream, if you want to write a blue meaning, the north of the river and the south of the river are infinite.
This poem expresses the author's loneliness, melancholy and heaviness. After hundreds of years, the memorial tablet under Li Jing's reading platform is still clear and eye-catching. After reading this inscription of 100 words, you can read the two poems mentioned above. Facing the stone wall is like facing a deep page of history. Through the inscription praising the emperor's imperial power, we see the true face of history that has been covered up.