《金陵图》是唐末诗人韦庄的创作的一首七言绝句,收录于《全唐诗》中。此诗是作者看了六幅描写南朝史事的彩绘后有感而写的吊古伤今之作,诗中指出这组画并没有为南朝统治者粉饰升平,而是画出它的凄凉衰败。全诗语调激昂,寓意深刻,不仅对那些粉饰太平、不尊重历史事实的行为作了有力的驳斥,并点明了发生这种现象的社会原因,而且对敢于反映历史真实的六幅“伤心画”给予了高度的评价,体现了作者朴素的历史唯物主义精神。
韦庄·《金陵图》(其二)
江雨霏霏江草齐,六朝如梦鸟空啼。
无情最是台城柳,依旧烟笼十里堤。
Nanjing: a painting
Wei Zhuang
A drizzle o'er the Yangzi would give one the blues,
But for the grass along the banks, dense and spruce.
The Six Dynasties passed away, as a dream.
O'er their decline, the birds try in vain to scream.
But the willows assume an indifferent air.
The fortune of dynasties isn't their affair,
As of old, tucked up in a mist, cheek by jowl,
Alive and thriving along the lengthy mole.
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