Source: On Nanjing Climbing the Phoenix Terrace —— Tang Dynasty: Li Bai
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.
Once upon a time, there was a phoenix swimming on the Phoenix Terrace, but when the phoenix went to Taiwan Province, only the river was still running. Flowers and plants in the palace of Wu covered desolate paths, and many royal families in the Jin Dynasty became barren graves and ancient hills.
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1, the creative background of "On the Phoenix Tower in Nanjing"
There are always different opinions about the creative background of "Nanjing on the Phoenix Platform". This poem was written in Tianbao period (742 ~ 756), and the author was expelled from Chang 'an and went to Jinling in the south. One said that it was written by the author after he returned from exile. It is said that Li Bai visited the Yellow Crane Tower to compete with the Yellow Crane Tower in Cui Hao.
2. Appreciation of "Nanjing on the Phoenix Platform"
The artistic feature of Li Bai's poems lies in the perfect expression of the concept of time and space. This is not only reflected in his understanding of history and nature, but also in his expression method of constructing the artistic realm of time and space.
Li Bai emphasized the immortality of nature, on the one hand, he publicized his world outlook of "the unity of things and me" centered on nature, on the other hand, he exposed the ruling myth in history. Because since ancient times, almost all rulers have preached that their generations are immortal and their spirit is immortal, and they have also instilled such a model into people's ideology, which is convincing.