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开元十四年，因久旱无雨，时任太常少卿的张九龄奉唐玄宗之命前往南海神庙祭祀南海神。路遥途艰，行程严谨，张九龄借诗明志，寓意于景，坦露出一代贤才忠贞为国的情操，亦可见其政治失意进退维谷的内心矛盾。综观张九龄奉使南海神庙，既为大唐礼神制度增添了一道绚丽的色彩，开创了皇帝派重臣南来御祭南海神之历史先河，也为后世留下了悠长的寻思。
개원십사년，인구한무우，시임태상소경적장구령봉당현종지명전왕남해신묘제사남해신。로요도간，행정엄근，장구령차시명지，우의우경，탄로출일대현재충정위국적정조，역가견기정치실의진퇴유곡적내심모순。종관장구령봉사남해신묘，기위대당례신제도증첨료일도현려적색채，개창료황제파중신남래어제남해신지역사선하，야위후세류하료유장적심사。
In the year of Kai-yuan 14 of Tang Dynasty (726 A.D.), in which the whole country suffering from a severe drought , the emperor Tang Xuanzong sent Zhang Jiu-ling who was deputy officer of Taichang Temple to offer sacrifices to the God of South-China Sea .During that distant and rigorous journey , Zhang clarified his ambition through poems , in which his intention was expressed by scene description , reflecting his loyalty to the country as well as his inner conflicts because of his political frustration .All in all , Zhang's journey to Nanhai Temple added a gorgeous color to the ritual system of the God of Tang Dynasty , and created the historical precedent of the emperor sending ministers to worship to the God of South-China Sea and left for the future generations with an everlasting pondering .