Listen to this article李德裕（787—849），字文饶，唐代赵郡赞皇（今河北赞皇县）人，与其父李吉甫均为晚唐名相。唐文宗时，受李宗闵、牛僧儒等牛党势力倾轧，由翰林学士出为浙西观察使。太和七年，入相，复遭奸臣郑注、李训等人排斥，左迁。唐武宗即位后，李德裕再度入相，执政期间外平回鹘、内定昭义、裁汰冗官、协助武宗灭佛，功绩显赫。会昌四年八月，进封太尉、赵国公。唐武宗与李德裕之间的君臣相知成为晚唐之绝唱。后唐宣宗即位，李德裕由于位高权重，五贬为崖州司户。李德裕两度为相，太和年间为相1年8个月，会昌年间为相5年7个月，两次为相7年3个月。
李德裕·《寄茅山孙炼师三首·其一》
何地最翛然，华阳第八天。
松风清有露，萝月净无烟。
乍警瑶坛鹤，时嘶玉树蝉。
欲驰千里恋，惟有凤门泉。
To Patriarch Sun at Hua-yang1 Grotto
Li Te-yü
I
In what place is one most free of bonds?
At Hua-yang, eighth of the Heavens.
The wind in the pines carries dew in all its clarity;
The moon, through the bearded lichen, is cleansed of mist.
Suddenly startled—a crane at the gemmy altar;
Humming in season—cicadas on the jeweled tree.
I long to post my thoughts from a thousand tricents:
“My only love is the spring at Phoenix Gate.”
1. “Golden-altared” Hua-yang is a grotto-heaven hidden at the roots of Mao Shan, a
mountain sacred to Taoists.
（Edward H. Schafer 译）
