Author: Li Bai
This four-line poem was written in Zhide Yuanzai (AD 756), and Li Bai replied to Huzhou Sima's work when he was in Huzhou.
Ye Jia: the abbreviation of Mahakayabo. Maha means big, and Gayabo is his surname. He is a middle-aged Buddhist disciple, Gao Dezhong, also known as Mahayana, and one of the top ten disciples of Sakyamuni. Adding "Ye Jia" before Sima's official name here shows that Sima is a Buddhist with deep faith.
Bai's Preface to Praise the Pure Land of the West in disguise with gold and silver mud paintings contains the phrase "Praise the Pure Land of the West in disguise with gold and silver mud paintings, change the title of the wife as the founder, and Huzhou secretariat", but the so-called "Huzhou Sima" is probably this "Wei, Huzhou secretariat".
Song Jiatai's "Wu Xingzhi" (Jiayetang Engraving Edition) records: "Wei Jingguang, the self-defense general of Tianbao in the twelfth year, was dismissed as an official and made up for the vacancy." Dong, a native of Nanxun in the Ming Dynasty, was recorded as "Andy, Wei Jingxian, Jingzhao, and published the history of Huzhou in Xiaoyao Palace." (Volume 4) But there is a note at the bottom of this text: "I will talk about my ambitions in these years since I took office." On ambition is Wu Xingzhi of Song Jiatai, but Wei Jingxian's years as an official left a mystery.
Is this Wei, Wei Jingxian or Wei Jingxian? Referring to Notes on Stone Pillars written by Yuan Gui in Song Dynasty, Zheng Yuanqing from Huzhou in Qing Dynasty and Huzhou Records written by Kunlun Publishing House 1999, it can be concluded that three different names are actually the same person, namely Wei Jingxian. As for the different descriptions, it may be an ancient clerical error.
In Yuan Gui, one of Four Great Classical Novels's books in the Northern Song Dynasty, there is a description about Wei Jingxian: "In August of the 21st year of Kaiyuan, Japanese imperial envoy Guang Lai and his wife drifted to Suzhou in 590. When the ship was sailing in the wind, Qian, secretary of the Secretariat, learned that Wei Jingxian had come to Suzhou to comfort him. That was the month when King Gudu sent the great leader Rudagan to court. "
The 21st year of Kaiyuan was 733 AD. Li Bai wrote this poem in 756 AD. Judging from the time and acceptance of Japanese monks, the Huzhou Sima mentioned in the poem should be Wei Jingxian.