Origin: Cen Can's Floating Picture of Going to Ji 'an Mansion with Gao Shi and Xue Zhi in the Tang Dynasty.
Full text: Pagoda, rising from the earth, reaches the Heavenly Palace. Climbing, we seem to have left the world behind us, and our overlooking steps are hanging in space. It is above a holy land and can only be built by spiritual hard work. Its four sides darken the bright sun, and its seven floors cut through the gray clouds. Birds fly where we can't see, and high winds blow where we can't hear. The mountains, facing the east, run together as if facing the east.
In the distance, the green locust trees are arranged on the wide roads, leading to dense palaces and buildings. The colors of autumn come out from the west and go through the city. There are five cemeteries in the north that are always green. Those who know the ultimate meaning of life, this is what all mankind must learn. From now on, I will put my official hat aside and find the eternal way is the only happiness.
Pagoda gushed out like a flat ground, towering into the sky, straight into the heavenly palace. Climbing up is like walking out of the world, pedaling a ladder and hovering in the air. Jun Gao's outstanding efforts to calm China are more outstanding than uncanny workmanship. The four corners stretch out to cover the sky, and the seven floors are closely connected with the sky. Looking down, there are only a handful of birds, listening to the rapid roar of the mountain wind.
The mountains are rolling and surging, rushing eastward. How exquisite the balcony palace is with a straight road. The beauty of autumn comes from the west, and the vast gray fills the Guanzhong. To the north of Chang 'an, there are five tombs of Han Dynasty, which are lush throughout the ages. Pure Buddhism is completely understood. Good factors make people believe. I vowed to retire and resign. It's fun to believe in Buddhism.
Creation background of the expanded materials: In the autumn of Tianbao 11th year of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty (752), Cen Can returned to Beijing from Anxi to report on his work, and invited Gao Shi, Xue Zhi, Du Fu, Chu Guangxi and other colleagues and poets to go out for an outing and come to Ji 'an. Seeing the towering pagoda, he climbed the stairs and was touched by the scenery, so he sang poems to amuse himself. Gao Shi sang "Climbing the Temple Guanyin Tower with the Gentleman" first, and the rest were harmonious. Cen Can's poems are one of the harmony poems at that time.
This poem mainly describes the loneliness of the stupa and the helplessness of the country, the expectation of growth, the sudden realization of Buddhism, and the determination to resign and learn Buddhism to help the world when we climb the stupa and look back at the scenery. Cui Wei, who wrote the poetic and magnificent scenery of stupa, was very successful.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Climbing Jionji Pagoda with Gao Shi and Xue Ju