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杨炯，唐代诗人。弘农华阴（今陕西华阴县）人。位列“初唐四杰”（王、杨、卢、骆）之一，却以其独特的边塞诗风和刚健骨力，在唐诗发展史上刻下了不可磨灭的印记。他的诗，一扫齐梁以来绮靡柔弱的宫体遗风，代之以慷慨激昂的壮士情怀与开阔宏大的边塞气象。那一句“宁为百夫长，胜作一书生”，至今读来仍令人热血沸腾，这是盛唐精神的先声，是中国文人“投笔从戎”豪情的最强音。
杨炯的诗歌价值，不仅在于其艺术成就——意象雄浑、对仗精工、声律铿锵，更在于他开启了中国诗歌从宫廷走向边塞、从个人感怀走向家国天下的重要转向。他是盛唐边塞诗的奠基人之一，是唐诗由初唐向盛唐过渡的关键桥梁。
文化是民族之魂，诗歌则是中华文化里最璀璨的瑰宝。当我们把“烽火照西京，心中自不平”译成英文，文化出海，我们传递的不只是文字，更是中华民族的家国情怀、忠勇精神和对和平的向往。让世界读懂中国诗歌，就是让世界读懂中国。
本辑甄选杨炯名篇14首，遵循信达雅、功能对等、以诗译诗等原则，既忠实于原作的意境与情感，又兼顾了英语诗歌的韵律之美，这套英译让千年古韵跨越语言壁垒，在异域文明土壤生根绽放。
现在，就让我们一同走进杨炯的诗歌世界，感受那份穿越千年的豪情与诗意。
1.《从军行》
烽火照西京，心中自不平。
牙璋辞凤阙，铁骑绕龙城。
雪暗凋旗画，风多杂鼓声。
宁为百夫长，胜作一书生。
March to War
By Yang Jiong (Early Tang Dynasty)
Translated by Wang Yongli
Beacon fires flare and gild the western capital bright;
A soldier’s heart knows no repose, by day or night.
From Phoenix Gate we march with jade tally in hand,
Our steel-clad squadrons wall the Dragon Town and land.
Snow dims the crimson banners’once resplendent glow;
Wind wars with war-drums, their mingled thunders flow.
I’d rather charge with hundred braves to dare the foe,
Than pore o’er musty books and rust in study slow.
2.《战城南》
塞北途辽远，城南战苦辛。
幡旗如鸟翼，甲胄似鱼鳞。
冻水寒伤马，悲风愁杀人。
寸心明白日，千里暗黄尘。
勘校：
幡，古俗写「旛」，文档用规范「幡」；
Battle South of the City
By Yang Jiong (Early Tang Dynasty)
Translated by Wang Yongli
The northern route extends for leagues without an end,
By southern ramparts we endure war’s bitter trend.
Banners unfold like wide-spread wild fowl wings,
Armour scales glow in neat, overlapping rings.
Frozen brooks bite deep the warhorses’weary bone,
Mournful winds gnaw warriors’hearts and make them groan.
Our loyal hearts shine bright as noonday's ray,
Yellow dust veils a thousand miles of battle clay.
3.《出塞》
塞外欲纷纭，雌雄犹未分。
明堂占气色，华盖辨星文。
二月河魁将，三千太乙军。
丈夫皆有志，会见立功勋。
Beyond the Frontier Pass
By Yang Jiong (Early Tang Dynasty)
Translated by Wang Yongli
Beyond the pass, a storm of strife draws nigh,
No victor yet can claim the battle's undecided tie.
In Bright Hall we read the vapours' rise and fall,
By Canopy stars we trace the fate of all.
In second moon, He-Kui leads forth his war array,
Three thousand men under Tai-Yi's starry sway.
Each valiant man nurtures an unyielding aim,
We soon shall carve enduring feats of glorious fame.
注释：1.河魁（HéKuí）
河魁为古代兵占方位（西北戌位，行军用兵吉地），同时也是星占术中的月度凶煞，诗中取军营主将驻地之意。
Note: Hekui—the xū(northwest) position for a commander’s war-tent in military astrology, also a monthly malefic star; in verse it signals the general’s station or martial fate.
2.太乙（Tài Yǐ/ Tài Yī）
道家“道”之本体、天帝尊神或紫微垣中太一星；诗文里常作天道、天帝、星枢或“太乙兵”之代称。
Note: Taiyi (Taiyi)—the primordial One of Daoism, the supreme celestial deity, or the Taiyi star by the Pole; in poetry it stands for Heaven’s Way, the Lord-on-High, or stellar command.
4.《紫骝马》
侠客重周游，金鞭控紫骝。
蛇弓白羽箭，鹤辔赤茸鞦。
发迹来南海，长鸣向北州。
匈奴今未灭，画地取封侯。
勘校：
鞦，异体「秋/鳅」，古马具专用字，文档用字合规
The Crimson Roan Steed
By Yang Jiong (Early Tang Dynasty)
Translated by Wang Yongli
The roving knight delights in travel far and free,
His golden whip guides his fine crimson steed.
His snake-bow twangs with arrows feathered white,
Crane-ornamented reins with tassels burning bright.
His fame first rose along the southern shore,
His neighs surge northward where the plains outpour.
The Hunnic tribes still ravage far from sight—
I’ll seize a fief and win a noble rank’s delight.
5.《夜送赵纵》
赵氏连城璧，由来天下传。
送君还旧府，明月满前川。
Sending Zhao Zong Off at Nightfall
By Yang Jiong (Early Tang Dynasty)
Translated by Wang Yongli
Zhao's gem, worth cities ten, is famed through every time,
Its peerless worth resounds in every age and clime.
I see you homeward bound to your ancestral shrine—
The moon floods all the river's breadth with light divine.
6.《广溪峡》（三峡组诗其一）
广溪三峡首，旷望兼川陆。
山路绕羊肠，江城镇鱼腹。
乔林百丈偃，飞水千寻瀑。
惊浪回高天，盘涡转深谷。
汉氏昔云季，中原争逐鹿。
天下有英雄，襄阳有龙伏。
常山集军旅，永安兴板筑。
池台忽已倾，邦家遽沦覆。
庸才若刘禅，忠佐为心腹。
设险犹可存，当无贾生哭。
勘校：
1）云季，一作「末季」；
2）遽，俗写「讵」，文档用规范字；
Broad Stream Gorge (First of Three Gorges Cantos)
By Yang Jiong (Early Tang Dynasty)
Translated by Wang Yongli
Guangxi Gorge leads the Three Gorges' chain,
My gaze sweeps wide o’er river, bank and plain.
Winding mountain trails twist like sheep’s tangled gut,
The riverside town guards Yufu’s hidden cut.
Tall ancient woods bow low a hundred rods high,
Waterfalls plunge a thousand fathoms to the sky.
Turbulent surges roll against heaven’s blue dome,
Whirlpools churn deep within the valley’s shadowed home.
When Han's great house drew near its final throne,
The central plain lords fought for power alone.
Heroes arose amid the realm’s contending fray,
Dragon talents hid within Xiangyang’s quiet bay.
Changshan massed legions at the warlord’s command,
Yong’an raised ramparts built of timber and sand.
Palaces and moats collapsed in sudden decay,
The whole realm fell to swift, unforeseen dismay.
Foolish sovereigns like Liu Shan once held the throne,
Loyal ministers stood as their heart and backbone.
If steep natural barriers had been well maintained,
No need for Jia Yi’s grief, his mournful tears unchained.
注释：
1)鱼腹（Yú Fù）
鱼腹县，位于奉节。鱼腹，字面指鱼肚子；典出“葬身鱼腹”（《楚辞·渔父》），喻溺水而死、埋骨波涛，或兵书“鱼腹阵”之变形。
Note: Yufu refers to the ancient Yufu County (modern Fengjie, Chongqing), a key garrison of the Three Kingdoms Shu-Han regime. The phrase also appears in ancient literature as a metaphor for drowning; in military texts it may allude to the fish-battle formation.
2)“常山”是地名，今河北正定，名将常山赵子龙即赵云的故乡
Note: Changshan—located in Zhengding, Hebei Province,the ancestral home of Zhao Yun, a commandery in ancient China famous as the birthplace of the Shu Han general Zhao Yun (Zilong).
3)刘禅（LiúShàn，207—271），字公嗣，小名阿斗，是三国时期蜀汉后主，即刘备与甘夫人之子、蜀汉第二代皇帝（223—263年在位）。诗文意象：常作“亡国之君”“庸主”的代称，与“乐不思蜀”绑定；偶尔也带一点“顺势保身”的复杂解读。
Note: Liu Shan (A’dou), posthumously known as the Last Ruler of Shu Han—son of Liu Bei, who surrendered to Wei in 263 AD and later quipped“I am happy here, I do not think of Shu,”becoming the archetypal weakling sovereign in Chinese lore.
4)贾生（Jiǎ Shēng）
即贾谊，汉文帝时天才少年大夫，遭谗贬长沙，郁郁早逝；诗文以“贾生”代指怀才不遇、忧国早凋的贤士。
Note: Jiasheng — Jia Yi, the Han prodigy-official slandered and exiled to Changsha, dead at thirty-three; the name metonymizes a brilliant loyalist thwarted by court envy.
7.《巫峡》（三峡组诗其二）
三峡七百里，惟言巫峡长。
重岩窅不极，叠嶂凌苍苍。
绝壁横天险，莓苔烂锦章。
入夜分明见，无风波浪狂。
忠信吾所蹈，泛舟亦何伤！
可以涉砥柱，可以浮吕梁。
美人今何在？灵芝徒有芳。
山空夜猿啸，征客泪沾裳。
勘校：
1）窅，古俗写「杳」；文档保留古籍本字「窅」；
2）徒有芳，一作「自有芳」；
Wu Gorge (Second of Three Gorges Cantos)
By Yang Jiong (Early Tang Dynasty)
Translated by Wang Yongli
The Three Gorges stretch seven hundred li in length,
Wu Gorge alone outstands them all in endless strength.
Sheer cliffs plunge deep in boundless sky,
Stacked jagged peaks pierce the pale blue vault on high.
Steep sheer bluffs form heaven’s impassable rough gate,
Moss spreads like faded brocade's rich estate.
Even by night their rugged outlines stand clear,
Waves rage and roar though no wind stirs the atmosphere.
Loyalty and faith are paths I tread each day,
What harm can come from sailing these wild torrents each day?
I’d dare to cross the Pillar’s raging foamy tide,
Float over Lüliang’s swift, unbridled rushing divide.
Where now the virtuous ones of olden days?
The magic mushrooms breathe their scent in vain always.
Empty mountain valleys echo night apes’wail,
The wayfarer's tears soak through his sleeves— they prevail.
8.《西陵峡》（三峡组诗其三）
绝壁耸万仞，长波射千里。
盘薄荆之门，滔滔南国纪。
楚都昔全盛，高丘烜望祀。
秦兵一旦侵，夷陵火潜起。
四维不复设，关塞良难恃。
洞庭且忽焉，孟门终已矣。
自古天地辟，流为峡中水。
行旅相赠言，风涛无极已。
及余践斯地，瑰奇信为美。
江山若有灵，千载伸知己。
勘校：
1）烜：异体「晅」；
2）盤薄（古写），文档简化作「盘薄」，合规；
3）天地辟，一作「天地分」；
Xiling Gorge (Third of Three Gorges Cantos)
By Yang Jiong (Early Tang Dynasty)
Translated by Wang Yongli
Sheer cliffs tower ten thousand fathoms high,
Long waves shoot forth a thousand miles of sky.
Vast and broad, this pass guards Jing's great southern gate,
Its endless surge marks southern lands' estate.
Chu’s ancient capital once bloomed in regal pride,
High sacrificial mounds bore rites to heaven wide.
When Qin’s sharp soldiers swept across the southern ground,
Flames consumed Yiling, its glory lost and drowned.
The four moral bonds lay broken, cast aside,
Frontier ramparts could no safety well provide.
Dongting's great lake soon vanished from the scene,
Mengmen’s steep pass bids all old glory lean.
Since heaven and earth first split from primal void,
These gorges bear unceasing floods that never bide.
Travellers warn one another of the tide’s sharp wrath,
Wind and waves know no end in their fierce path.
Now I set foot upon this wondrous wild terrain,
Its rare grand beauty truly fills my heart with gain.
If hills and streams possess an immortal soul,
Through thousand years, we claim each other's whole.
注释：“四维”指礼义廉耻
Note: four moral bonds (the four foundational virtues of statecraft from Guanzi) — ritual propriety, righteousness, integrity, and a sense of shame (li, yi, lian, chi).
9.《梅花落》
窗外一株梅，寒花五出开。
影随朝日远，香逐便风来。
泣对铜钩障，愁看玉镜台。
行人断消息，春恨几裴回。
勘校：
裴回，通‘徘徊’，古籍通用异形连绵词，文本依从底本用字。
Plum Blossoms Fall
By Yang Jiong (Early Tang Dynasty)
Translated by Wang Yongli
A single plum tree stands outside my window pane,
Cold five-petaled blossoms bloom amid bitter winter's bane.
Soft shadows drift afar with the morning sun’s pale glow,
Sweet delicate scents ride gentle favoring winds to flow.
I weep before bronze hooks that hold my curtain screen,
Grief weighs my heart as I gaze on my jade mirror’s sheen.
No tidings come from my far-roving wanderer dear,
Spring sorrow lingers, hovering year after weary year.
10.《骢马》
骢马铁连钱，长安侠少年。
帝畿平若水，官路直如弦。
夜玉妆车轴，秋金铸马鞭。
风霜但自保，穷达任皇天。
The Dapple Grey Steed
By Yang Jiong (Early Tang Dynasty)
Translated by Wang Yongli
My dapple steed with iron-coin spots is clad,
A roving youth from Chang'an, free and glad.
The royal fields are level as a lake,
The highways straight as bowstrings that they make.
Night-jade adorns the axle's polished side,
Autumn-gold casts the whip with which I ride.
Through wind and frost I keep my own true way,
My rise or fall—to Heaven's will I lay.
11.《刘生》
卿家本六郡，年长入三秦。
白璧酬知己，黄金谢主人。
剑锋生赤电，马足起红尘。
日暮歌钟发，喧喧动四邻。
The Knight Liu
By Yang Jiong (Early Tang Dynasty)
Translated by Wang Yongli
His ancestral clan springs from six frontier shires afar,
In prime of youth he seeks Sanqin's grand star.
White jade rings reward his bosom friends sincere,
Fine golden ingots thank his patron’s generous cheer.
His blade's sharp edge flashes crimson light,
Galloping hoofs churn crimson dust in flight.
At sunset, chimes and singing lyres resound loud,
Their cheerful din shakes every neighbour all around.
12.《有所思》
贱妾留南楚，征夫向北燕。
三秋方一日，少别比千年。
不掩嚬红缕，无论数绿钱。
相思明月夜，迢递白云天。
勘校：
嚬，同「颦」（蹙眉），古籍专用本字
Longing for My Distant Spouse
By Yang Jiong (Early Tang Dynasty)
Translated by Wang Yongli
As a humble maid I abide in southern land,
My warrior husband marches toward Yan's cold strand.
Three autumns drag when one day keeps us twain,
A brief farewell feels like a thousand years of pain.
I do not hide my knitted brow in silken screen,
Still count the mossy coins that sprout between.
Boundless longing fills each moonlit silent night,
Far, far away beneath the cloudy height.
13.《折杨柳》
边地遥无极，征人去不还。
秋容凋翠羽，别泪损红颜。
望断流星驿，心驰明月关。
藁砧何处在，杨柳自堪攀。
勘校：
藁，俗写作‘稿’；藁砧为古典诗歌代指丈夫的固定隐语。
Plucking Willow Branches for Farewell
By Yang Jiong (Early Tang Dynasty)
Translated by Wang Yongli
The frontier stretches far without a bound,
The warrior went and never will be found.
Autumn withers the emerald plumes’green,
Parting tears impair the rosy sheen.
I gaze till the swift courier’s out of sight,
My heart speeds to the pass in moonlit night.
Where is my spouse? I ask, but all in vain—
The willow twigs are there for me to gain.
14.《送丰城王少府》
愁结乱如麻，长天照落霞。
离亭隐乔树，沟水浸平沙。
左尉才何屈，东关望渐赊。
行看转牛斗，持此报张华。
勘校：
乔树，一作「高树」
Sending Magistrate Wang of Fengcheng Away
By Yang Jiong (Early Tang Dynasty)
Translated by Wang Yongli
My grief is tangled like a hempen skein;
The long sky mirrors sunset's crimson stain.
The farewell arbor in tall trees is lost;
The ditch-water floods the level sand's coast.
How wronged your talent as a sub-prefect here!
The eastern gate recedes, and grows less clear.
But soon your radiance shall glow between Ox and Dipper stars—
Take this to Zhang Hua, your worth to mars.
注释：
张华（Zhāng Huá）
西晋博学家，因望牛斗间紫气掘得丰城龙泉、太阿双剑（《晋书》）；诗文以之喻博物通天、识宝辨微之才。
Note: Zhang Hua — the Jin polymath who read purple qi between Ox and Dipper stars and dug out the twin swords Longquan and Tai’e; he epitomizes encyclopedic insight that recovers hidden treasure from heaven’s signs.
从《从军行》的金戈铁马，到《巫峡》的山水浩渺；从《梅花落》的闺中幽思，到《送丰城王少府》的离别深情——我们仿佛跟随杨炯的笔触，完成了一次跨越时空的精神之旅。这些诞生于一千三百多年前的诗句，经过英译的再创造，依然能叩击现代人的心灵，这正是伟大文学的不朽力量。
文化出海，从来不是简单的文字转换，而是文明之间的对话与共鸣。杨炯诗中那种“丈夫皆有志，会见立功勋”的进取精神，“寸心明白日，千里暗黄尘”的忠诚品格，以及“相思明月夜，迢递白云天”的深情缱绻，都是人类共通的情感密码。当这些诗句被译成英文，它们便不再仅仅属于中国，而是成为了世界文学版图中熠熠生辉的一部分。正如杨炯所言：“江山若有灵，千载伸知己。”诗歌不死，文化长青，而我们每一个人，都可以成为这千年文脉的传承者与传播者。
