自古英雄爱美人，无论是邻家窈窕小女，还是倾国倾城的绝代风华，唐诗以美女为歌咏对象的名作，数不胜数。西施浣纱、昭君出塞、玉环风华，绝代佳人镌刻千古风华。但是，那时貂蝉还未出现在文学作品中，所以，尚未有“四大美女”之说。而唐代文人以诗寄情，俯仰世间各色佳人，落笔成无数温婉诗篇。本次甄选十六首咏美唐诗助力文化出海，品读字里行间的中式审美，借诗文留存古典女子神韵，向外传递独有的东方婉约美学。
1、《杂曲歌辞·妾薄命》
（唐）武平
轻罗小扇白兰花，纤腰玉带舞天纱。
疑是仙女下凡来，回眸一笑胜星华。
赏析：轻罗小扇、纤腰玉带，以仙女下凡喻美人，回眸一笑胜过星辰光华，极尽夸饰之能事。
A Lovely Maiden
By Wu Ping (Tang Dynasty)
Translated by Wang Yongli
A silk fan held, white bloom adorns herhand,
A girdle girds her waist in misty band.
We take her for a fairy from above;
Her glance and smile outglow the stars oflove.
Appreciation: Draped in silk, the beauty is likened to a celestial maiden. Herbackward glance outshines starlight, full of exaggerated praise.
2、《赠别二首·其一》
（唐）杜牧
娉娉袅袅十三余，豆蔻梢头二月初。
春风十里扬州路，卷上珠帘总不如。
赏析：以豆蔻梢头二月花喻十三少女，春风十里扬州路皆不及，对比手法写出独一无二的惊艳。
Two Farewell Poems (I)
by Du Mu (Tang Dynasty)
Translated by Wang Yongli
Graceful and fair, just turned thirteenyears old,
Like cardamom buds in early spring unfold.
Through Yangzhou’smiles where vernal breezes play,
No maid behind pearl veils can rival herarray.
Appreciation: The teenage girl is compared to cardamom buds. No beauty inYangzhou can match her, highlighting her matchless charm via contrast.
3、《西宫秋怨》
（唐）王昌龄
芙蓉不及美人妆，水殿风来珠翠香。
谁分含啼掩秋扇，空悬明月待君王。
赏析：芙蓉不及美人妆，却只能掩扇含啼、空待君王，荣宠与孤寂的反差道尽宫怨。
Autumn Grief in the Western Palace
By Wang Cháng líng (Tang Dynasty)
Translated by Wang Yongli
Lotus cannot compete with her fair face,
Breeze through lake hall wafts the scent ofgem and lace.
She hides her tears behind the autumn fan,
Waiting in vain for lord ‘neath moon’s soft span.
Appreciation: Her beauty outshines lotus, yet she weeps alone waiting for theking, revealing palace sorrow through contrast of glory and loneliness.
4、《咏苎萝山》
（唐）李白
西施越溪女，出自苎萝山。
秀色掩今古，荷花羞玉颜。
浣纱弄碧水，自与清波闲。
皓齿信难开，沉吟碧云间。
勾践徵绝艳，扬蛾入吴关。
提携馆娃宫，杳渺讵可攀。
一破夫差国，千秋竟不还。
赏析：西施之美令荷花羞惭，浣纱碧水间清纯天然，最终助越灭吴却不复返，命运起伏令人唏嘘。
Ode to Mount Zhuluo
By Li Bai (Tang Dynasty)
Translated by Wang Yongli
A Yue maid dwelt beside the stream below,
On Zhuluo Hill her early days did know.
Her grace outshines all beauties throughthe ages;
Lotus hangs head before her jade-likefaces.
She rinsed fine silk amid the crystal tide,
At one with waves in tranquil joy andpride.
Her white teeth seldom parted for a word,
She mused alone where floating clouds wereheard.
Lord Goujian called for her of peerlessgrace,
She stepped through Wu’s gate with a gentle face.
Conveyed to Guanwa Palace tall and grand,
Her lofty state no common folk could stand.
She brought King Fuchai’s realm to final fall,
And never came back through the ages all.
Appreciation: Xi Shi’s beauty shames lotus. Pure by the stream, she conquered Wubut never returned, stirring sighs over her tragic fate.
5、西施咏
(唐) 王维
艳色天下重，西施宁久微。
朝仍越溪女，暮作吴宫妃。
贱日岂殊众，贵来方悟稀。
邀人傅香粉，不自著罗衣。
君宠益娇态，君怜无是非。
当时浣纱伴，莫得同车归。
持谢邻家子，效颦安可希。
赏析：同为西施，贫贱时无人识，尊贵后万般稀罕，以地位变迁讽喻世态炎凉与效颦可笑。
Song of Xi Shi
By Wang Wei (Tang Dynasty)
Translated by Wang Yongli
All men hold beauty high throughout theland;
How could Xi Shi live lowly and stand?
At dawn she rinsed silk by Yue’s quiet stream,
At dusk a royal bride in Wu’s supreme.
When poor, she looked no different from therest;
When noble, her rare charm stood manifest.
She lets her maids apply the fragrantpowder,
And dress her up in robes of silk andflower.
The monarch’s lovemakes her more mild and sweet,
His fond indulgence blurs all right andmeet.
Her former mates who shared the stream’s old scene,
Could not ride with her in the royal sheen.
Tell then the maid who copies her sadfrown:
Such grace can never be attained by clown.
Appreciation: Unnoticed in poverty yet cherished as a concubine, Xi Shi’s fatesatirizes fickle worldly views and blind imitation.
6、《西施》
（唐）罗隐
家国兴亡自有时，吴人何苦怨西施。
西施若解倾吴国，越国亡来又是谁？
赏析：家国兴亡自有定数，何必归咎西施，反问句直指迁怒美人的荒谬，见识不凡。
Xi Shi
by Luo Yin (Tang Dynasty)
Translated by Wang Yongli
A realm’s rise andfall follows fate’s own way;
Why lay Wu’s ruinon Xi Shi’s fair sway?
If she alone could make the Wu realm fall,
Who then brought Yue’s own doom, one and all?
Appreciation: Dynastic rise and fall lie in fate, not beauty. Rhetoricalquestions expose the absurdity of blaming women for national ruin.
7、《咏怀古迹·其三》
（唐）杜甫
群山万壑赴荆门，生长明妃尚有村。
一去紫台连朔漠，独留青冢向黄昏。
画图省识春风面，环佩空归夜月魂。
千载琵琶作胡语，分明怨恨曲中论。
赏析：明妃一去紫台连朔漠，独留青冢向黄昏，画图误人、环佩空归，千载琵琶诉不尽怨恨。
On the Ancient Sites (III)
by Du Fu (Tang Dynasty)
Translated by Wang Yongli
Mountains and vales converge on Jingmensteep,
Where stands the village of the Consortdeep.
She left the palace for the northern sand,
Her green tomb faces dusk on desert land.
The king knew but her face from paintedscroll,
Her spirit wanders ‘neath the moon, bell rolls.
Through ages, pipa hums the nomad lay,
Her endless grief resounds in every play.
Appreciation: Zhaojun left the palace for the desert, leaving only her greentomb. The pipa carries endless grief for thousands of years.
8、《王昭君二首·其一》
（唐）李白
汉家秦地月，流影照明妃。
一上玉关道，天涯去不归。
汉月还从东海出，明妃西嫁无来日。
燕支长寒雪作花，蛾眉憔悴没胡沙。
生乏黄金枉图画，死留青冢使人嗟。
赏析：汉月照明妃，一上玉关永不归，胡沙埋没蛾眉，死留青冢令人嗟叹，写尽远嫁之悲。
Two Poems on Wang Zhaojun (I)
by Li Bai (Tang Dynasty)
Translated by Wang Yongli
The Han moon glides o’er Qin’s old land below,
Its rays caress the fair Consort in woe.
Past Jade Gate she fared to distant land,
And never came back to her native strand.
The Han moon rises from the eastern tide,
Yet she, wed west, no homeward path couldbide.
On Yanzhi Hills, cold snow blooms all yearlong,
Her fair brows fade amid the desert throng.
For lack of gold, her true looks weredisguised,
Her green tomb stirs the world to mourn andsighs.
Appreciation: The Han moon witnesses Zhaojun’s permanent exile. Buried in desertsands, her green tomb evokes endless sorrow for her distant marriage.
9、《清平调词三首·其一》
（唐）李白
云想衣裳花想容，春风拂槛露华浓。
若非群玉山头见，会向瑶台月下逢。
赏析：以云喻衣、花喻容，极写贵妃天姿仙韵；暗含“群玉山”“瑶台”之典，赞其非凡尘之貌，尽显盛唐雍容气象。
Ballad of Pure Joy (I)
by Li Bai (Tang Dynasty)
Translated by Wang Yongli
Clouds mimic her gown, blooms her fairface;
Breeze stirs the rail where dewdrops glowapace.
Were she not seen on Jade Peak’s lofty crest,
She’d be the fairyon Moon Terrace blest.
Appreciation: Clouds and flowers mirror her grace. Allusions to fairy peaks frameher as an immortal, embodying the grandeur of the prosperous Tang.
10、《马嵬二首·其一》
（唐）李商隐
冀马燕犀动地来，自埋红粉自成灰。
君王若道能倾国，玉辇何由过马嵬。
赏析：冀马燕犀动地而来，红粉自埋成灰，反问君王若真知倾国之祸，何至马嵬悲剧。
Mawei (I)
By Li Shangyin (Tang Dynasty)
Translated by Wang Yongli
War steeds and armoured troops shake eartharound,
The fair one falls and fades to ash andground.
If beauty could indeed a kingdom break,
Why rode the royal cart through Mawei’swake?
Appreciation:Invading troops brought the beauty’s death. Rhetorical questioning blames theemperor rather than the lady for the disaster.
11、于阗采花
（唐）李白
于阗采花人，自言花相似。
明妃一朝西入胡，胡中美女多羞死。
乃知汉地多名姝，胡中无花可方比。
丹青能令丑者妍，无盐翻在深宫里。
自古妒蛾眉，胡沙埋皓齿。
赏析：明妃西入胡，胡中美女羞死，反衬汉地多姝，末尾点出自古蛾眉遭妒，胡沙埋皓齿。
Gathering Flowers in Khotan
By Li Bai (Tang Dynasty)
Translated by Wang Yongli
The flower gatherers of Khotan say,
Their blooms rival all beauties in theirway.
Yet when the Consort went to northern land,
All local maids felt shame and could notstand.
We know the Han realm breeds the fairestrace,
No bloom in foreign lands can match hergrace.
A painter’s skillcan make plain faces glow,
While ugly Wuyan dwells in courts below.
Fair beauty has long stirred the jealousheart,
Bright smiles lie buried in the desertmart.
Appreciation: Zhaojun outshines all foreign beauties, proving Han women’s grace.The poem laments that lovely women have long suffered jealousy.
12、《寄赠薛涛》
（唐）元稹
锦江滑腻蛾眉秀，幻出文君与薛涛。
言语巧偷鹦鹉舌，文章分得凤凰毛。
纷纷辞客多停笔，个个公卿欲梦刀。
别后相思隔烟水，菖蒲花发五云高。
赏析：锦江秀色孕育文君与薛涛，鹦鹉舌喻言辞伶俐，凤凰毛赞文章出众，才情压倒众人。
To Xue Tao
By Yuan Zhen (Tang Dynasty)
Translated by Wang Yongli
By Jin River live two fair ladies bright,
Wenjun and Xue Tao, born of grace andlight.
Your speech is witty as a parrot’s lay,
Your verse bears phoenix’ noble plume each day.
Great poets pause, their writing laidaside,
Lords yearn for home where peaceful tidesabide.
Mist and broad streams divide us since wepart,
Sweet calamus blooms ‘mid five-hued clouds apart.
Appreciation: Jin River nurtures two talented ladies. Her witty words andbrilliant writings outshine all other scholars and officials.
13、《采莲曲二首・其二》唐・王昌龄
荷叶罗裙一色裁，芙蓉向脸两边开。
乱入池中看不见，闻歌始觉有人来。
赏析：人荷一色，浑然难辨；闻歌始觉，以声衬静。勾勒采莲女天真娇憨之态，画面灵动，余韵悠长。
Song of Lotus Pickers (II)
By Wang Cháng líng (Tang Dynasty)
Translated by Wang Yongli
Her silk skirt blends with lotus leaves inone,
Pink blooms lean close beside her fair facedone.
Amid the pond she fades from human eye,
We know her near but for her song on high.
Appreciation: The girl blends with lotus flowers; her song breaks the silence,painting a lively, innocent maiden with lingering charm.
14、《越女词五首・其三》唐・李白
耶溪采莲女，见客棹歌回。
笑入荷花去，佯羞不出来。
赏析：耶溪采莲女见客棹歌回，笑入荷花佯羞不出来，少女娇憨羞涩之态跃然纸上。
Song of Yue Maidens (III)
By Li Bai (Tang Dynasty)
Translated by Wang Yongli
Lotus maids row on Yexi stream so clear,
They turn and sing when strangers drawnear.
Laughing, they hide amid the lotus bloom,
Feign shy and linger in the flowered room.
Appreciation: The lotus girl hides bashfully amid blooms when strangers pass,vividly depicting youthful shyness and cuteness.
15、 《赠荷花》唐・李商隐
世间花叶不相伦，花入金盆叶作尘。
惟有绿荷红菡萏，卷舒开合任天真。
此花此叶常相映，翠减红衰愁杀人。
赏析：世间花叶不相伦，惟绿荷红菡萏卷舒天真，花叶相映同衰荣，寄托人生相伴之愿。
To the Lotus
By Li Shangyin (Tang Dynasty)
Translated by Wang Yongli
Most flowers and leaves divide their fateapart,
Flowers in gold bowls, leaves turn to dustyart.
Only green leaves and red lotus stand asone,
Unfurl and fold in purest grace alone.
They glow and shine each other side byside;
When bloom fades low, our hearts aregrieved and tried.
Appreciation: Unlike other plants, lotus leaves and flowers thrive and fadetogether, embodying the wish for lifelong companionship.
16、《春词》唐・刘禹锡
新妆宜面下朱楼，深锁春光一院愁。
行到中庭数花朵，蜻蜓飞上玉搔头。
赏析：新妆下楼却深锁春光，数花朵遣愁，蜻蜓飞上玉搔头，以静景写深闺寂寞。
Spring Verse
By Liu Yuxi (Tang Dynasty)
Translated by Wang Yongli
In fair new dress she leaves the crimsontower,
Spring fills the yard with lingering griefand power.
She walks the court and counts eachblooming flower,
A dragonfly alights on her jade hair bower.
Appreciation: Dressed up yet trapped in a lonely yard, she counts flowers to easegrief. A dragonfly’s quiet landing highlights her solitary boudoir life.
十六首咏美唐诗秉持信达雅标准译成外文，携千年佳人风韵奔赴四海。跨越语种阻隔，古典绝色走出华夏，将东方独有的温婉雅致送往全球，为世界各地读者带去隽永绵长的审美享受。（王永利）
附：西汉《李延年歌》
北方有佳人，绝世而独立。
一顾倾人城，再顾倾人国。
宁不知倾城与倾国？佳人难再得。
Song of Li Yannian (Western Han Dynasty)
Li Yannian / Tr. Wang Yongli
In northern lands there dwells a lady fair,
Peerless, aloof, alone she takes her air.
One glance from her would bring a citydown,
A second gaze lays waste a kingdom’s crown.
Know well whole realms and towns may sinkand flee;
Such peerless maid can ne’er be found by thee.
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