Chapter 21 Tang Gaozong - Li Zhi
Li Zhi (628-683), the character is good, and the small character is pheasant slave.The ninth son of Emperor Taizong.The prince Li Chengqian was abolished, and Li Zhi was replaced as the prince. Succession in 649.Historical Records: Li Zhi was a young man, but he was judged at a high level, lenient, benevolent and filial to his friends.At the beginning of his accession to the throne, Sun Wuji and Chu Suiliang, the veteran ministers of Zhenguan, assisted in the administration, and continued to implement Tang Taizong's policies.He recalled Wu Zetian, Taizong's young concubine, from the nunnery and favored him greatly.Soon, she became queen.Wu Zetian intervened in the government and gradually assumed power, and was called the Second Sage inside and outside.He died in the thirty-fourth year of his reign and was buried in Qianling (now Qianxian County, Shaanxi).The temple name is Gaozong.
The sun palace is open to thousands of people, and the moon palace is towering to Qianxun.
① Da Ci'en Temple: The former site is in Chang'an (now Xi'an, Shaanxi).In the 22nd year of Zhenguan (648) of Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty, when Li Zhi was the crown prince, it was built for Empress Wende.In the third year of Emperor Gaozong Yonghui (652), Master Xuanzang returned from the Western Regions and finished translating Buddhist scriptures. He asked to build a 200-foot-high pagoda in the temple to house the Sanskrit scriptures and Buddhist relics he obtained from India.
②Sun Palace and Moon Palace: Describe the magnificence and magnificence of the building.
③Flower cover: That is, the canopy, the canopy on the emperor's ride (car).Cui Bao's "Ancient and Modern Notes": "The canopy is also made by the Yellow Emperor."
④ "Congzhu" sentence: Yang Xuanzhi of the Northern Wei Dynasty cited "Daorong Biography" in "Luoyang Jialan Ji·Wenyili", and there is a Queli Buddha (pagoda) seven miles southeast of Qianduoluo City in the Western Regions. on it.This uses its code.Lin: Jungle, another name for the temple.
The Tang Dynasty worshiped both Buddhism and Taoism, and Taoism regarded Li Er (Lao Tzu) as the ancestor, and the Tang royal family attached to them as their ancestors, and they respectfully called Xuanyuan God.The story of Xuanzang's trip to the West, which was perfunctory by later generations, also happened during the Zhenguan period of Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty.Li Zhi's poem has a certain connection with Xuanzang's study of Buddhist scriptures.Xuanzang traveled to the west in the third year of Zhenguan (629) to seek the Dharma. He returned to Chang'an in the thirteenth year of Zhenguan, and obtained 657 Buddhist scriptures. He was ordered to "search for translations in Hongfu Taoist Temple".Later, Xuanzang lived in Da Ci'en Temple, and Crown Prince Li Zhi took him as the upper seat of Ci'en Temple (the owner of the temple). See Xuanzang's "Revelation for Xie Crown Prince Lingchong Ci'en Temple" in volume 907 of "All Tang Wen", which fully reflects the Tang Dynasty. relationship with Buddhism.
After Emperor Gaozong came to the throne, Xuanzang asked to build a pagoda in Daci'en Temple to house the original Sanskrit scripts of Buddhist scriptures brought back from the Western Regions and the Buddhist relics obtained.
The first two sentences describe the hugeness, height and splendor of the building of Da Ci'en Temple, which are compared to the Sun Palace and the Moon Palace.Wan Ren and Qian Xun are extremely tall.
The four sentences in the middle describe the grand occasion of traveling by car and offering sacrifices to Zhang.According to "New Tang Book·Che Fu Zhi": "(Emperor Chengyu's exit) set up a three-layer barrier dust green cover, Boshan square mirror on the embroidery, bottom round mirror, tree feather wheel golden root, Zhu Ban Chongya The Zuojian Banner has 10 flags with 20 flags, a rising dragon is drawn, and its length drags the ground.” Also, the book “Yi Wei Zhi” stated: “(Cheng Yu) has 20 crimson banners at the head and tail, leading the first ten and covering the rear ten.” It is consistent with the canopy and rainbow banner in the poem.The hood of the car, which means Mercedes-Benz, seems to be a group of flying cloud shadows, and the long streamers trailing the ground are like rainbows hanging from the sky.The sunset glow in the sky reflects the embroidered brocade tent, and the jeweled jungle (another name for the temple) is also extraordinarily gorgeous.The scene in front of me can be said to be full of flowers and flowers, and the beauty is solemn.However, the prosperity described by the author with heavy brush and color is not his ultimate goal, but just a foreshadowing pen, aiming to set off the leisurely and distant rhyme of the following.Fu pen literary heart, quite Gao Zhuo.
In the last two sentences, the poet's eyes turned to the boundless sky, and a ray of colorful and detached thoughts that fell from the world suddenly rose from his heart.Due to the background of the previous four sentences, a huge background contrast is formed, which further shows the lofty mind of the protagonist.Is this the poet's own understanding?Or is it the call of religion?Please read it carefully.