上官婉兒:又稱上官昭容(公元664-公元710年),唐代女官、女詩人、唐中宗昭容。陜州陜縣(今屬河南)人。上官儀孫女。儀被殺,隨母鄭氏配入內(nèi)庭。年十四,即為武則天掌文誥。唐中宗時,封為昭容。曾建議擴(kuò)大書館,增設(shè)學(xué)士。代朝廷品評天下詩文,(一)時詞臣多集其門。臨淄王(即唐玄宗)起兵,與韋后同時被殺。
《駕幸新豐溫泉宮獻(xiàn)詩三首·其二》 上官婉兒
鸞旂掣曳拂空回,羽騎驂驔躡景來。
隱隱驪山云外聳,迢迢御帳日邊開。
Three Poems Presented to His Majesty on Visiting Xinfeng and Warmsprings Palace
II
Shangguan Wan'er
Wind-rattled phoenix pennons
turn brushing through the sky,
Shaggy-hoofed steeds of the horse guard
come stamping beams of light(1).
Mount Li lies sunk in shadow,
jutting beyond the clouds,
While far in the distance the royal tent
opens beside the sun.(2)
1. This image plays on the name of one of the First Emperor Qin Shihuang's famous horses, “Light-Stamper.”
2. This describes the imperial guard surrounding the emperor, the embodiment of the sun.