自三国时代起,作为南京地区地理标志的钟山就被赋予了风水学的内涵。随着明太祖朱元璋(1328-1398年)将孝陵营建于此,钟山在明代风水堪舆理论中便有了更为丰富的意义。有明一代,孝陵与钟山的意义绝非止于帝王陵寝和自然景观,它们不断为文学传统、仪式制度、风水堪舆、地理象征、政治语汇所利用,并且在这个过程中被赋予政治影响力。 Since the Three Kingdoms era, Zhongshan as a geographical indication of Nanjing has been given the connotation of Feng Shui. As Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang (1328-1989) built Xiaoling Camp here, Zhongshan Mountain in the Ming Dynasty geomancy theory has a richer meaning. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, the significance of Xiaoling and Zhongshan is by no means limited to the imperial mausoleums and natural landscapes. They are constantly being used by literary traditions, ritual systems, feng shui geomancy, geographical symbols, and political terms, and are politically influential in this process .