1. Author's brief introduction and writing background
Chen Ziang (66 1-702) was born in Shehong, Zizhou (now Sichuan). Twenty-four-year-old scholar was appreciated by Wu Zetian as the orthographic character of Lin Tai (the secretary is a provincial official) because of the article "Spirit Book Drives People from Beijing", and was later picked up by you. Retired at the age of 38 and returned to his hometown, he was soon killed in prison by the county magistrate Duan Jian.
This poem was written in 696, the first year of Long Live Wu Zetian. At that time, the Khitans Li Jingye and Sun Wanrong captured Yingzhou. Wu Zetian appointed Wu Yousi to lead an army conquest, and Chen Ziang served as a staff officer in the army, accompanying him to the war. Wu is a "light and helpless" person. In less than a year, he was defeated and the situation was critical. Tell Wujin that he asked to send 10,000 men as ex-soldiers to attack the enemy, but Wu refused. Zi Ang "has served as an official in the near future, but also participated in the military plan, so he can't cherish himself when he is in danger." Another day, I protested, and my words were very incisive ... I was appointed by the sergeant. Zi Ang knows the difference because he silences the following, but he is also a secretary. Because I was happy to be on the Jibei Building and Zhao Yan, I wrote some poems, but I cried and sang, "Where are those past times in front of me?" ...' when people know. "
(Lu Zangyong's Biography of Chen Ziang)
Youzhoutai, also known as Jibei Building, Qiu Ji and Yantai, is said to be the Huang Jintai built by Yan Zhaowang for recruiting talents. Yan Zhaowang was the monarch of Yan State during the Warring States Period. He is eager to be moral, polite and corporal, and appeals to other strange people in Le Yi, so his national strength is great. However, in the Warring States Policy and Historical Records, there is nothing about building a platform. Kong Rong said in "On Xiaozhang Sheng" at the end of the Han Dynasty: "Wang Zhao built a platform to honor Guo Kun." This is where the theory of building a platform began. After Wei and Jin Dynasties, there was a saying that Zhao Yan was a master of Huang Jintai, but there were different opinions. Qiu Ji, so the address is outside Deshengmen in Beijing today.