I. Original text

There used to be a phoenix on the phoenix platform, and the phoenix went to Taiwan, only Jiangdong returned.

Martial arts flowers were laid on deserted paths, and the number of relatives and friends in the Jin Dynasty has become a famine.

The mountains are shrouded in clouds, such as blue sky, and the river is divided into two.

There is always a traitor in power, like covering the sky, and Chang' an is depressed when he can't see it.

Second, translation.

Once there was a phoenix swimming on the Phoenix Terrace, but the river was still flowing when Phoenix went to Taiwan Province. Flowers and plants in the palace of Wu covered desolate paths, and many royal families in the Jin Dynasty became barren graves and ancient hills. The fog of the three mountains is looming, like falling into the sky, and the river is divided into two by Bailuzhou. Those long clouds always hide the brilliance of the sun, and they climb high and can't see Chang 'an. How can it not make people sad?

Third, the source

On Li Bai's The Phoenix Terrace in Nanjing in Tang Dynasty

Appreciation of "Nanjing Climbing the Phoenix Platform"

From the scene before us, the further birth was linked with the prosperity of the Six Dynasties. Wu in the Three Kingdoms period and later the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and Song, Qi, Liang and Chen in the Southern Dynasties successively established their capitals in Jinling, so Jinling is known as the "ancient capital of the Six Dynasties". During the Six Dynasties, Jinling reached unprecedented prosperity and became the largest city in the world with a population of over one million. The long Qinhuai River passes through the city, and the economic and cultural centers and residential centers of the Six Dynasties converge on both sides. Its prosperity can be seen.

However, although the Six Dynasties flourished, it was a flash in the pan. The average life span of each dynasty is about 55 years, and the speed of rotation is dizzying. Nowadays, it seems that the once prosperous court of Wu has been deserted, and the romantic figures in the Eastern Jin Dynasty have long since passed away. The prosperity of the Six Dynasties also disappeared in the waves of history like the Phoenix Tower.