屈平以楚死，死浊不死清。
伍员以吴死，死暗不死明。
死者人所难，一死鸿毛轻。
壮哉二子为，留得不死名。
曹娥以父死，年龄童未成。
抱尸出洪澜，非可二子并。
二子谏不从，齐秦韩魏征。
娥若不之死，父葬鳣与鲸。
二子死以介，娥死以孝诚。
于今会稽人，事之如事生。
娥若生尧时，舜不妻女英。
娥若逢孔子，娥名书《孝经》。
娥父若罗辜，岂止为缇萦。
蔡邕不知娥，但爱碑上铭。
我来拜祠下，古木寒云横。
往往大江水，犹作哀哀鸣。
安得娥有知，为我神用灵。
鼓此大江波，注入四渎平。
洗濯天下心，皆行娥所行。
（见《会稽掇英总集》卷八。
）。
屈原为楚国而死，
身死而志节清白永存。
伍员为吴国而死，
身死而忠义光明不灭。
死亡对人人来说都是难事，
但一死也可以轻于鸿毛。
这两位男子的作为何等壮烈！
留下了不朽的声名。
曹娥为父亲而死，
年龄尚幼，还未成年。
怀抱父亲的尸体从洪波中浮出，
其事迹不能与那两位男子简单并列。
那两位是进谏不被听从，
面临齐秦韩魏的征伐。
曹娥如果当时不那样死去，
她的父亲将葬身鱼腹。
那两位死于耿介忠直，
曹娥死于孝心赤诚。
至今会稽的百姓，
祭祀她如同她还在世。
曹娥若生在尧的时代，
舜就不会娶女英为妻了。
曹娥若遇到孔子，
她的名字会被写入《孝经》。
曹娥的父亲若是蒙冤受屈，
她的作为岂止是缇萦可比。
蔡邕并不真正了解曹娥，
只是喜爱碑上的铭文。
我来到祠庙下拜祭，
古树参天，寒云横空。
滔滔不绝的大江之水，
仿佛还在发出哀哀的悲鸣。
怎样才能让曹娥有知，
为我施展神灵之力：
鼓动这大江的波涛，
注入四渎使之平静；
洗涤天下人的内心，
让大家都奉行曹娥的孝行。
Qu Yuan died for Chu,
Died in turbidity, not in clarity.
Wu Yun died for Wu,
Died in darkness, not in light.
Death is hard for all men,
Yet a single death can be light as a goose feather.
How heroic were these two men!
They left behind an undying name.
Cao E died for her father,
A child, her age not yet mature.
Holding the corpse, she emerged from the raging waves,
Her deed cannot be ranked with those two.
Those two remonstrated but were not heeded,
As Qi, Qin, Han, and Wei launched campaigns.
Had E not died thus,
Her father would be buried by sturgeon and whale.
Those two died with integrity,
E died with filial sincerity.
To this day, the people of Kuaiji
Serve her as if she were alive.
Had E been born in Yao's time,
Shun would not have married the Nüying sisters.
Had E met Confucius,
Her name would be in the 'Classic of Filial Piety'.
Had E's father been wrongly accused,
She would have surpassed Tiying.
Cai Yong did not know E,
He only loved the inscription on the stele.
I come to bow beneath her shrine,
Ancient trees, cold clouds stretch wide.
Ever-flowing, the great river's water
Still seems to make a mournful sound.
If only E had awareness,
And used her divine power for me:
Stir up the waves of this great river,
Pour them into the Four Rivers to calm them;
Wash clean the hearts of all under heaven,
So all may act as E did.
曹娥，东汉孝女，投江觅父尸。
诗人借古颂孝，旨在构建一种超越时代的道德认同。
通过对比屈原、伍子胥与曹娥之死，颂扬曹娥孝行感天动地，寄托教化世人之愿。
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