Places held in image, memory, and landscape
Zhongshan (Purple Mountain) in Nanjing
Rising east of Nanjing to about 448 m and also known as Jiangshan, the mountain shelters the Ming Xiaoling and Sun Yat-sen mausoleums and is the North Mountain of Kong Zhigui's mock proclamation.
Mural guide
Ming Palace Site
A tall old brick wall opens in several arches beside a flagstone path, with whitewashed tree trunks and green planted beds along it and evergreen branches reaching in at right.
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Related Literature
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- Proclamation of Mount BeishanProseKong Zhigui
The spirit of Mount Zhong and the genius of the Thatched Hall speed mist along the post-road to carve their proclamation in the mountain court: the orchid canopy is empty and the night crane cries in resentment; the mountain man is gone and the dawn gibbons are startled.