Appreciation of Yonglicheng Mountain Residence

Licheng was a county set up in the Eastern Han Dynasty, which ruled fame and fortune. It was abandoned in the southwest of Ganyu County, Jiangsu Province and during the Three Kingdoms period. After becoming a monk, Zhi initially lived in seclusion in Licheng mountain area. This poem starts with the geographical situation of Licheng mountain area, expounds the reasons why hermits want to live in seclusion, and then describes the author's own seclusion career in detail, expressing his determination to resolutely abandon secular distractions and return to nature. Although Zhi Dun was a first-class monk in the Eastern Jin Dynasty and a famous representative of Prajna, he lived in the Wei and Jin Dynasties when metaphysics prevailed, so he could not get rid of the influence of the times. Therefore, his poems are mysterious and ancient, even obscure, and of course they are divorced from the secular world, without any human fireworks. Merit of construction, merit of creation, merit of creation.