Wen Tianxiang

"Two Poems of Jinling Posthouse" is a group of poems by Wen Tianxiang, a poet in the late Southern Song Dynasty. The first poem starts with the scenery, using symbols and contrasts to express the poet's pain of losing his country and his ambition to die for his country; the second poem further expresses his sorrow of leaving his hometown, and warns himself to be a real man at the critical moment of life and death. The whole poem cleverly uses idioms and old sentences of predecessors, with euphemistic descriptions, tragic style, appropriate allusions, concise language, and strong artistic appeal.Vernacular translation: Where is my home in the palace covered with weeds at sunset? The great rivers and mountains of the motherland are no different from before, but the people have become subjects of foreign rule. The reed flowers on the ground are as old as me, the people are displaced, and the country is lost. Now I have to leave this familiar old place. From now on, there is no hope of returning to the south. Let my soul return after I die! 《金陵驿二首》是南宋末期诗人文天祥的组诗作品。第一首从景物写起，运用象征和对比的手法，抒写诗人的亡国之痛和殉国之志；第二首进一步抒发了自己的黍离之悲，并告诫自己，在生死关头要以大丈夫自勉。全诗巧妙化用前人成语旧句，描写婉曲，风格悲壮，用典贴切，语言精练，具有很强的艺术感染力。白话译文：夕阳下那被野草覆盖的行宫，自己的归宿在哪里啊？祖国的大好河山和原来没有什么不同，而人民已成了异族统治的臣民。满地的芦苇花和我一样老去，人民流离失所，国亡无归。现在要离开这个熟悉的老地方了，从此以后南归无望，等我死后让魂魄归来吧！ 文天祥·《金陵驿》 草合离宫转夕晖，孤云飘泊复何依？山河风景原无异，城郭人民半已非。满地芦花和我老，旧家燕子傍谁飞？从今别却江南日，化作啼鹃带血归。 Written at the Jinling Hostel1 Wen Tianxiang O'ergrown with grass is the Imperial Villa2Against…

The libation is a lyric by the patriotic writer Wen Tianxiang in the late Song Dynasty.

沁园春题潮阳张许二公庙 文天祥 为子死孝，为臣死忠，死又何妨。自光岳气分，士无全节；君臣义缺，谁负刚肠。骂贼张巡，爱君许远，留取声名万古香。后来者，无二公之操，百炼之钢。人生翕歘[1]云亡。好烈烈轰轰做一场。使当时卖国，甘心降虏，受人唾骂，安得流芳。古庙幽沉，仪容俨雅，枯木寒鸦几夕阳。邮亭下，有奸雄过此，仔细思量。 注释：[1]翕歘：短促。 Spring in a Pleasure GardenWritten in the Temple of Zhang Xun and Xu Yuan Wen Tianxiang If sons should die for filial pietyAnd ministers for loyalty,What matters for us to be dead?Our sacred land is torn in shreds,No patriot could feel at ease,Have loyal subjects done what they ought to?How could my righteous wrath appease?Zhang Xun, whom the rebels could not subdue,And Xu Yuan were loyal to the crown;They've left an undying renown,Those who come after them should feelThe lack of their loyal zeal,And they should be hardened into steel.Life will soon pass away like a flickering flame;A man should work, shine or rain,With all his might and main.If Zhang and Xu had fallen to the foe,They would have borne the blame,And down in history their names could never go.Their temple gloomy at the forest's side,Their statues, awe-inspiring, dignified,How many times have they been worshipped when crows flyOver old trees and the setting sun kindles the sky!Should a traitor pass by,Let him open his eye! Notes：The poet writes this lyric to glorify Zhang Xun and Xu Yuan who did not submit the city to the besieging rebels under An Lushan and sacrificed their lives.