妙盡三才象,精皆九貢金。
克商遷洛邑,興漢出汾陰。
郜賂慙非道,秦求愧醜心。
觀銘知考甫,傴僂戒何深。
妙盡三才象,精皆九貢金。
克商遷洛邑,興漢出汾陰。
郜賂慙非道,秦求愧醜心。
觀銘知考甫,傴僂戒何深。
它的形制完美地體現了天、地、人的意象,
它的材質是精選的九貢之金,無比精良。
周克商後,它被遷到了洛邑,
漢朝興起時,它又從汾陰出現。
郜國賄賂的鼎,彰顯了非道之舉的羞慚,
秦國求鼎,暴露了貪婪內心的醜陋。
觀看鼎上的銘文,可以知曉考甫的典故,
那彎腰駝背的警戒,意義是何等深遠。
Its form captures the essence of Heaven, Earth, and Man,
Its substance refined from tribute metals, pure and grand.
It moved to Luoyang when Shang was overthrown,
And emerged from Fenyin when Han's rise was shown.
The gift from Gao reveals a shameful deed,
The Qin's demand exposes a greedy creed.
Reading the inscription, we know Kaofu's lore,
A deep warning against bending, evermore.
鼎作爲禮器,是王權認同與天命周期觀念的核心象徵。
鼎器妙盡天地人三才之象,由精金鑄成。
本詩為五言律詩,押平聲韻。
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