曹公初见奇,直以子房许。
制胜算无遗,毙袁而诛吕。
意见稍有乖,几欲置鼎俎。
朝端存正论,九锡胡不取。
本初固难依,奸雄恶可辅。
初年歼德祖,继又族文举。
嗜杀其如斯,大夫可以去。
见几奚不早,一死昧所处。
既不为夷齐,又不为伊吕。
徒抱忠贞心,遗憾亘千古。
曹公初见奇,直以子房许。
制胜算无遗,毙袁而诛吕。
意见稍有乖,几欲置鼎俎。
朝端存正论,九锡胡不取。
本初固难依,奸雄恶可辅。
初年歼德祖,继又族文举。
嗜杀其如斯,大夫可以去。
见几奚不早,一死昧所处。
既不为夷齐,又不为伊吕。
徒抱忠贞心,遗憾亘千古。
曹操最初就赏识他的奇才,直接将他比作张良。
他制胜的谋算毫无遗漏,消灭了袁绍,诛杀了吕布。
意见稍有不合,几乎要将他置于鼎镬烹杀。
朝廷中尚存正直的言论,为何不索取九锡之礼?
袁绍本就难以依靠,奸雄又怎能去辅佐?
早年杀害了孔融(德祖),接着又族灭了杨修(文举)。
嗜杀到如此地步,大夫应当可以离去了。
洞察征兆为何不早?这一死,其处境实属糊涂。
既没有做伯夷、叔齐,也没有成为伊尹、吕尚。
空怀着一片忠贞之心,遗憾绵延千古。
Cao Cao first saw his genius rare, / And hailed him as Zhang Liang's peer.
His strategies, beyond compare, / Crushed Yuan Shao and Lü Bu's career.
When their views began to slightly part, / He nearly faced the butcher's knife.
Yet at court, a righteous voice took heart, / Why not the Nine Bestowals, rife?
To Yuan Shao, one could hardly cling; / A crafty hero's aid brings sting.
First, he had Dezu put to death; / Then Wenju's clan drew its last breath.
Such love for slaughter, grim and stark, / A noble man could make his mark.
To see the signs, why not in time? / His death, a choice obscure, a crime.
He was neither Bo Yi nor Qi, / Nor Yi Yin nor Lü Shang, you see.
Holding fast to loyalty's core, / Regret echoes forevermore.
以子房相许,是基于对人才价值的精准认知。
记述曹操初识荀彧即许以张良之才的知遇之奇。
本诗为五言古诗,押平声韵。
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