[原文]
11.2 至于始皇勒岳，政暴而文泽，亦有疏通之美焉。若班固燕然之勒，张昶华阴之碣，序亦盛矣。蔡邕铭思，独冠古今;桥公之钺，吐纳典谟;朱穆之鼎，全成碑文，溺所长也。至如敬通杂器，准矱[戒]武铭，而事非其物，繁略违中。崔骃品物，赞多戒少;李尤积篇，义俭辞碎，蓍龟神物，而居博弈之中，衡斛嘉量，而在白杵之末，曾名品之未暇，何事理之能闲哉!魏文九宝，器利辞钝。惟张载剑阁，其才清采，迅足骎骎，后发前至，勒铭岷汉，得其宜矣。
[今译]
到秦始皇在山上刻石，他的政治虽然暴虐，但刻石文却写得有光泽，也有通达事理的好处。像班固的《封燕然山铭》，张昶的《西岳华山堂阙碑铭》，序文内容也很丰富了。蔡邕的铭文，独自成为古今第一;像赞美桥玄的《黄钺铭》，吐辞采纳《尚书》;赞美朱穆的《鼎铭》，完全写成碑文，是他擅长写碑文而陷进去了。至于像冯衍写各种器物的铭文，模仿武王的铭文，可是讲的内容同各种器物不相应，详略不恰当。崔骃的铭评量各物，多赞美关，少警诫;李尤的铭文积了不少，意义浅薄，文辞烦碎，像蓍草和龟甲是占卜吉凶的宝物，却列在赌具和围棋的中间，拜和斛是美好的衡量器，却放在杵臼的末了，对器物名称品第都没有考虑好，怎么能熱悉事物的道理呢?曹丕写了九种宝物的《剑铭》，剑是锋利的，文辞平钝。只有张载的《剑阁铭》，他的文才清丽，像快马奔腾，写作在后，超越前人，把他的铭名刻在蜀汉的岷山，是得当的。
11.2 The First Emperor of Qin had his virtues carved on Mount Tai. Although his reign was tyrannical, these inscriptions were beautifully written and exercised some good influence. Ban Gu's inscription on Mount Yanran and Zhang Chang's on Mount Hua have substantial prefaces. Cai Yong's inscriptions are unsurpassable: The one on General Qiao is a model of classical elegance; if the one on Zhu Mu too much resembles an epitaph, it is because epitaphs were Cai's forte. Feng Yan's inscriptions on miscellaneous objects, though modeled on those by King Wu of Zhou, did not match words with objects and were inappropriate in length. Cui Yin's inscriptions give more praises than exhortations. Li You's are rich in number but poor in both ideas and language. When he mixed divine objects like yarrow-stalks with chess games, and mentioned instruments of weight and measure together with the trivial mortar and pestle, it was a failure in judgement. Without distinguishing these, how could he really understand their meanings? Emperor Wen of Wei wrote inscriptions about nine precious swords. His language is blunt, however sharp the swords might be. Only Zhang Zai's inscription about Mount Jian'ge is pure and keen. A latecomer, he outstrips his predecessors. His inscription was carved by imperial decree on Mount Jian'ge, an appropriate site indeed.
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