《黄鹤楼》、《凤凰台》和《龙池篇》——中国诗坛上的一段历史公案

崔颢的《黄鹤楼》是唐七律诗中最杰出的作品,被誉为“唐人七律诗第一”。李白先仿其格作《鹦鹉洲》,而远不及崔诗,尔后又作《登金陵凤凰台》方可与《黄鹤楼》匹敌。对于《黄鹤楼》与《凤凰台》各家评说褒贬不一,但众口之辞占主流的是,李白仿摹崔诗,而未远胜,这使得李白诗名大负。然而,《黄鹤楼》又是仿沈亻全期的《龙池篇》而成的事实却鲜为人知。

THE YELLOW CRANE TOWER、THE TERRACE OF PHOENIXES AND A SONG OF DRAGON POOL--AN OPEN HISTORICAL CASE IN CHINA POETS CIRCLE

The poem The Yellow Crane Tower by Cuihao is the best work reputed as the No 1 among the poems in Tang Dynasty . Imitating the style of the poem Libai first wrote The Parrot Island which was inferior to Cui's . And later Li wrote Climbing the Terrace of Phoenixes in Nanjing which could compare with The Yellow. It is generally said that Li imitated Cui but was far from Cui. And few people know the fact that The yellow Crane Tower was written by imitating the poem A Song of Dragon Pool by Shen quanqi.