Listen to this article《蜀先主庙》是唐代诗人刘禹锡创作的一首五言律诗，被选人《全唐诗》中。蜀先主庙原建在夔州（治所在今重庆市奉节县东）白帝山上。刘禹锡曾于唐穆宗长庆元年（821年）到四年（824年）间任夔州刺史，此诗当作于此时。此诗意在赞誉英雄，鄙薄庸碌，赞扬了刘备的功业，慨叹蜀汉事业后继非人，总结蜀汉亡国的历史教训。首联写先主庙堂威势逼人，颔联赞刘备的英雄业绩，颈联为刘备功业未成、嗣子不肖而叹息，尾联感叹后主亡国。全诗措词精警凝炼，对仗警辟工整，风格沉着超迈，前半写功德，后半写衰败，以形象垂戒当世。
刘禹锡·《蜀先主庙》
天地英雄气，千秋尚凛然。
势分三足鼎，业复五铢钱。
得相能开国，生儿不象贤。
凄凉蜀故妓，来舞魏宫前。
At the Temple of Liu Bei
Liu Yuxi
A hero he was! In Cathay, he had no peers.
His lasting name will survive all the passing years.
Among the Three Kingdoms, his had the mightiest reign;
Our land’s ancient glory, he strove hard to regain.
Prestige earned him a wise premier, prop of the state;
Time left his throne to a frail son, the will of fate.
Sadly the captive girls came to dance for the foe,
While his son drank by, sensing not the sign of woe.
