西施未必解亡吴,祇为谗臣害霸图。
早使夫差诛宰嚭,不应麋鹿到姑苏。
西施未必解亡吴,祇为谗臣害霸图。
早使夫差诛宰嚭,不应麋鹿到姑苏。
西施未必懂得如何使吴国灭亡,
只因谗臣害了称霸的宏图大业。
假使夫差能早日诛杀太宰伯嚭,
麋鹿就不该出现在姑苏台的废墟上。
Xi Shi, perhaps, was not the cause of Wu's fall;
It was the slanderous minister who ruined the conqueror's call.
Had King Fuchai put the flatterer Bo Pi to death in time,
The deer would not have roamed the ruins of Gusu in their prime.
剖析历史叙事中责任归因的认知偏差。
为西施辩诬,指出吴亡主因在内臣谗害霸业。
本诗为七言绝句,押平声韵。
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