羊祜 中国德政文化第一人。
Yang Hu, a pioneer in China's political culture of applying governance by means of virtue.
羊祜
字叔子，西晋名将，镇守襄阳十年，是西晋统一全国的奠基者。
Yang Hu, courtesy name Shuzi, was a famous military general in the Jin dynasty of China.
羊祜镇守襄阳，仁义爱民，信义化敌，深得百姓爱戴。
Stationed at Xiangyang for ten years, Yang Hu loved his people and won the respect from the people and even his enemies with his personal charm.
戎马之余，羊祜爱上了襄阳山水。“每风景，必造岘山，置酒言咏，终日不倦”
Yang Hu loved Xiangyang's beautiful landscape. He often visited Mountain Xian and wrote many poems to express his love to this land.
昭明太子
Crown Prince Zhaoming
中国第一部诗文总集《昭明文选》编撰者。
Complier of the Wen Xuan (also called Selections of Refined Literature) ̶ one of the earliest anthologies of Chinese poetry and literature.
肖统，生于襄阳，梁朝文学家，为梁武帝肖衍长子，史称昭明太子。
Xiao Tong, the Prince Zhaoming, was born in Xiangyang. He was the oldest son of Emperor Wu of Liang.
昭明太子倾其毕生精力，编成《昭明文选》，是中国现存最早的大型诗文总集。
The Prince Zhaoming devoted his life to compiling the Wen Xuan, the earliest literary compendium of early Classical Chinese poetry.
《昭明文选》对后世影响深远，成为千百年来世人学习文章的“圣经”，素有“文选烂，秀才半”之美誉。
The Wen Xuan has a profound influence on later generations. It had been a must-read for all the young men in preparation for literary examinations by the early 8th century.
襄阳人为纪念昭明太子，在襄阳古城正中央建立昭明台，距今已有一千多年历史吧。
The Prince Zhaoming Towner was built in the center of the ancient Xiangyang city more than 1000 years ago in memory of the Prince.
昭明太子, 生于襄阳, 中国第一部诗文总集《昭明文选》编撰者。
Prince Zhaoming, born in Xiangyang, complier of the Wen Xuan
孟浩然
中国山水田园诗派集大成者
Meng Haoran
A famous landscape poet in the Tang dynasty
孟浩然，襄阳人，唐代大诗人，与王维并称“王孟”，联袂缔造中国山水田园诗派之巅峰。
Meng Haoran, born in Xiangyang, is often mentioned with Wang Wei, due to their prominence as landscape poets.
孟浩然，世居涧南园，终身未仕途，徜徉襄山汉水间，歌咏襄阳诗篇近200篇，脍炙人口，天下传唱。
Instead of pursuing an official career, Meng Haoran spent most of his life in Xiangyang and wrote about 200 poems to praise the beauty of his hometown.
从来没有哪一位大诗人，能将襄阳山水描摹得如此深情动人，世人爱之深切，以城之名为止加冕，世称“孟襄阳”。
No poet has ever described Xiangyang landscape so vivid and touching like him. People loved his poems so much that they call him by the name of the city - "Meng Xiangyang".
孟浩然，世居襄阳，歌咏襄阳诗篇近200篇
Meng Haoran, handed down about 200 poems about Xiangyang
我听见了古城传来的声音
I heard the voice from the ancient city
时代的图腾
The totems of the times
那些面孔告诉我们来自哪里
tell us the stories long ago
去向何方
建筑是活着的历史
Architecture is living history
故事是凝固的时间
telling the stories of this ancient city
方圆之间自有浑厚的天地与古今相连
There is something connection between ancient and modern times
襄阳古城的气质始终一脉相承
The spirit of this city derived from the same source
他们正穿越千年的星河向我们诉说
which we can see from the splendid history of a thousand years
襄阳古城的气度给了我们无尽的滋养
The spirit of Xiangyang gives us endless nurture
因为有着同样的血脉
Because of this wonderful land
所以敬仰所以感动
we are moved and inspired by
羊祜之仁
the benevolence of Yang Hu
昭明之文
literal in the Wen Xuan
浩然之诗
The poems of Meng Haoran
共期于今日之你我
All of these are always with us
不到襄阳不识城
Xiangyang, a city worth visiting
来源：襄城区融媒体中心