The term "Phoenix Nirvana_" comes from Mr. Guo Moruo's work of the same name "Phoenix Nirvana_".
This sentence means that after the phoenix has been tortured and tested by the fire, a new life is born in the raging fire, and thus obtains eternal life. It is a metaphor for an indomitable fighting spirit and a strong will.
Nirvana is a Buddhist term, which means the state of enlightenment. In this state, greed, anger, ignorance and the self based on experience have also been eliminated, reaching silence, stability and eternity, and death. by fundamental differences.
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Legend 1
In the legendary Tianfang Kingdom, there is a pair of divine birds, the male is a phoenix and the female is a phoenix. After reaching the age of five hundred, he burned himself with fragrant trees and was reborn from the ashes of death. From then on, he became extremely delicious and never died again.
Legend 2
The Phoenix is ??the messenger of happiness in the world. Every five hundred years, it has to bear all the unhappiness and hatred accumulated in the world and throw itself into the raging fire. Self-immolation is the end of life and beauty in exchange for peace and happiness in the world. Similarly, only after the physical body has undergone tremendous pain and hardship can they be reborn in a better body.
"Guang Ya": "Phoenix, the male calls "Ji Ji", and the female calls "Pu Zu". After flying for five hundred years, the fragrant tree flew into the temple of the sun and burned himself on the altar. The next day, it was born as a chick, with feathers already on it. On the third day, its wings were full, and it took leave of the temple master and flew away. "Huainanzi" astronomy says: "The essence of fire is the sun." The Phoenix is ??the essence of fire. Therefore, the bird Phoenix was the symbol of the sun in ancient times. It was originally the so-called "golden bird".
The phoenix in Mr. Guo Moruo’s poems actually refers to the legendary Phoenix in the West. Reborn from the ashes, extremely delicious, no longer dead). The "phoenix" in Western mythology is somewhat different from the phoenix in Chinese legend. The phoenix in the West is similar to an eagle, while the phoenix in Chinese legend is more like a chicken, pheasant, and peacock.
By drawing on the legend of the Western phoenix as material, and using the story of the phoenix's nirvana and rebirth from the ashes, he expressed the idea of ??completely burying the old society and striving for the freedom and liberation of the motherland and the poet's views on freedom, equality, and harmony. The infinite yearning for a new society.