介绍:
Presented to Commander Geshu: Twenty Couplets
In the Unicorn Gallery of this age
what person is first in merit?
Our ruler is divinely warlike himself,
and always has heroes to hitch to his team.
The Commander stands out in our present reign,
his study of warfare outstrips[1] ancient modes.
Our vanguard general has survived a hundred battles,
conquering territory, these two corners are stripped bare.
No arrows are passed on by Kokonor,
in the Heaven Mountains bows were early put away.
Lian Po can still send the enemy running,
Wei Jiang has already made peace with the foreign tribes.
Everyone regretted that the He and Huang region had been abandoned,
recently you received the added office of Commissioner, connecting it.
Sagacious[2] in planning, you have received imperial regard,
entering and leaving court, you crown all other lords.
Sun and moon linger on Qin’s trees,
Heaven and Earth surround the palace of Han.
The Hu grieve at having been pursued in defeat,
Ferghana horses once again come east.
You get your mandate far on frontier sands,
coming back, you share the imperial mat.
On the palace stairs he has favored his crane,
but on the hunt it was formerly “not a bear” that was caught.
To the reed-bound soil he added a count of names,
by Yellow River and Mount Tai the vow was made forever.
Your policies enacted, you will leave aside warfare,
perfect accord stirs his lasting radiance[3].
The legacy of your achievements is above the dark heavens,
forming close friends is in your temperament.
I am not your client with pearl slippers,
you see me already a white-haired old man.
My bold principles at first inscribed a pillar,
in life’s course, a solitary dandelion puff tossed in air.
How many years have spring plants withered?—
and now my twilight road is at an end.
For military matters you keep Sun Chu,
among the ranks you recognize Lü Meng.
To protect myself I have a long sword,
I would want to rest it against Kongtong Mountain.
单词释义
[1] outstrip [ˌaʊtˈstrɪp] v. 比…大(或重要等); 超过; 超越(竞争对手);
[2] sagacious [səˈɡeɪʃəs] adj. 精明练达的; 洞察事理的;
[3] radiance [ˈreɪdiəns] n. 容光焕发; 红光满面; (散发出来的) 光辉;
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