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六州歌头

Liuzhou Getou: Inscribed on the Temple of Prince E of Yue

刘过

Liu Guo

玉带猩袍，遥望翠华，马去似龙。
拥貂蝉争出，千宫鳞集，貔貅不断，万骑云从。
细柳营开，团花袍窄，人指汾阳郭令公。
山西将，算韬钤有种，五世元戎。
旌旗蔽满寒空。
鱼阵整、从容虎帐中。
想刀明似雪，纵横脱鞘，箭飞如雨，霹雳鸣弓。
威憾边城，气吞胡虏，惨淡尘沙吹北风。
中兴事，看君王神武，驾驭英雄。

Jade belt and scarlet robe, gazing afar at the feathered imperial banner, his horse departs like a dragon.
Ministers in marten-and-cicada caps crowd forth; a thousand officials mass like fish scales; his pixiu hosts stream on without end; ten thousand riders follow like clouds.
The Xiliu camp gates swing open; his floral-patterned gown is trim and narrow; the crowd points to him: Guo Linggong of Fenyang.
A general of Shanxi, with the art of war in his blood, commander for five generations.
Banners and flags blot out the cold sky.
The fish-scale formation stands perfect, calm within the tiger tent.
Think of blades bright as snow flashing from their sheaths, arrows flying thick as rain, bows thundering like thunderclaps.
His might shakes the border towns; his spirit swallows the barbarians; bleak dust and sand driven by the north wind.
The work of revival: behold the sage valor of our king, who knows how to rein in his heroes.

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Meaning

Written on the temple of Prince E of Yue, Yue Fei, this long lyric recreates the general's splendor, his robes and banner, his horse like a dragon, his ranks like clouds, and then the imagined thunder of his battles, before closing on a prayer that a sage king may arise to command his heroes. Beneath the heroic music runs the grief of a wasted talent.

身佩玉带、猩红战袍，遥望着翠华仪仗，骏马去势如龙。拥戴的貂蝉高官争相而出，千官如鳞次栉比，貔貅之师络绎不绝，万骑如云相从。细柳营门大开，团花战袍窄袖，人皆指着那汾阳郭令公。山西的将门，算来韬略兵机有传人，五世都是元戎。旌旗遮蔽了寒冷的天空。鱼阵严整，从容坐镇虎帐之中。想那刀光明亮如雪，纵横脱鞘，箭飞如雨，霹雳般的弓鸣。威震边城，气吞胡虏，惨淡的尘沙吹着北风。中兴的大事，看君王神武英明，驾驭着天下英雄。

Appreciation

[Plain Paraphrase] Jade belt and scarlet robe, gazing afar at the feathered imperial banner, his horse departs like a dragon. Ministers in marten-and-cicada caps crowd forth; a thousand officials mass like fish scales; his pixiu hosts stream on without end; ten thousand riders follow like clouds. The Xiliu camp gates open wide; his floral gown is trim; the crowd points: Guo Linggong of Fenyang! A general of Shanxi, with the art of war in his blood, commander for five generations. Banners blot out the cold sky; the fish formation stands perfect, calm within the tiger tent. Think of blades bright as snow flashing from their sheaths, arrows flying thick as rain, bows thundering like thunderclaps. His might shakes the border towns; his spirit swallows the barbarians; bleak dust and sand driven by the north wind. The work of revival: behold our king's sage valor, reining in his heroes. [Structure] The upper stanza moves from robes to retinue to camp to lineage, piling splendor; the lower stanza moves from banners to formation to imagined battle to a closing prayer, rising in waves. [Effect] Every flourish is praise of Yue Fei, and every praise is a reproach to the age that wasted him.

【白话串讲】刘过写《六州歌头》：“玉带猩袍，遥望翠华，马去似龙”——“拥貂蝉争出，千宫鳞集”——“细柳营开，团花袍窄，人指汾阳郭令公”——“旌旗蔽满寒空”——他写军威——旌旗蔽满寒空。【意象与手法】上阕以“玉带猩袍，遥望翠华，马去似龙”写岳飞仪容，以“拥貂蝉争出，千宫鳞集，貔貅不断，万骑云从”写军容之盛；下阕以“旌旗蔽满寒空”“刀明似雪，纵横脱鞘，箭飞如雨”写军阵与战斗之烈；终以“中兴事，看君王神武，驾驭英雄”写中兴期许。词风雄壮、气象阔大。【情感与主旨】刘过题咏岳飞庙之作，写对岳飞的景仰、对金戈铁马的追怀与对中兴的期许，是宋词题咏岳飞庙的著名篇章。【名句点睛】常考“旌旗蔽满寒空”以旌旗蔽空写军威；“想刀明似雪，纵横脱鞘，箭飞如雨，霹雳鸣弓”以刀明箭飞写战斗之烈。

Background

Liu Guo (1154 to 1206), courtesy name Gaizhi and literary name Longzhou Daoren, was a native of Taihe in Jiangxi and one of the leading Xin-school poets of the Southern Song. He never passed the examinations and wandered the rivers and lakes, a close friend of Xin Qiji. This lyric is inscribed on the temple of Prince E of Yue: Yue Fei, posthumously titled Wu Mu and then Prince E, whose temples stood along the resistance front. To praise the general at his temple was, in effect, to lament the court that had killed him and to plead for another chance at revival.

此词为南宋词人刘过的《六州歌头·题岳鄂王庙》之作，是题咏岳飞庙的名篇。刘过（1154—1206），字改之，号龙洲道人，吉州太和（今江西泰和）人，南宋词人，辛派词人的代表人物之一。他一生怀才不遇，屡试不第，漫游江湖，与辛弃疾交厚。此词题于岳鄂王庙——岳飞被宋孝宗追谥武穆，后追封鄂王，故称岳鄂王，其庙多建于抗金前线。词写岳飞庙的景仰与对中兴的期许：上阕写岳飞的仪容与军容，「玉带猩袍，遥望翠华，马去似龙」，写岳飞身佩玉带、猩红战袍，遥望翠华仪仗，骏马去势如龙——「翠华」为皇帝的仪仗，写岳飞以将帅而近皇驾；「拥貂蝉争出，千宫鳞集，貔貅不断，万骑云从」，写军容之盛——「貂蝉」为高官冠饰，写群臣争出，「貔貅」为猛兽之名，喻勇猛的军队，千官鳞集、万骑云从，写军威之盛；「细柳营开，团花袍窄，人指汾阳郭令公」，以周亚夫细柳营写岳飞治军之严，以郭子仪（汾阳王）比岳飞之忠勇；「山西将，算韬钤有种，五世元戎」，写岳飞为山西将门（岳飞生于相州汤阴，属山东西路），韬略兵机有传人，五世都是元戎。下阕写军阵与战斗，「旌旗蔽满寒空。鱼阵整、从容虎帐中」，写旌旗蔽空、鱼阵严整、从容坐镇虎帐；「想刀明似雪，纵横脱鞘，箭飞如雨，霹雳鸣弓」，以想象写战斗之烈——刀光如雪、脱鞘纵横，箭飞如雨、弓鸣如雷；「威憾边城，气吞胡虏，惨淡尘沙吹北风」，写威震边城、气吞胡虏，惨淡尘沙吹着北风；「中兴事，看君王神武，驾驭英雄」，写中兴大事，看君王神武英明，驾驭天下英雄。全词以题庙写追怀，以追怀写中兴之望，是南宋题咏岳飞的著名篇章。

Art

The lyric's method is piling up. Four linked clusters in the opening stanza, caps and officials, pixiu hosts, cloud-like riders, rank splendor layer on layer. The pivot comes with the single word 'think' (xiang), which turns from the temple statue to the imagined battle; from there the verse runs on sensory overload, snow-bright blades, rain of arrows, thunder of bows, before the closing prayer. The form itself helps: Liuzhou Getou is built of short three-character phrases and drumming parallel clusters, so the meter sounds like marching. The grandeur carries its own undertow: the more heroic the picture, the heavier the unspoken question of why the hero died.

此词艺术上以「雄壮」与「铺排」为特色，在题庙的追怀中写尽对岳飞的景仰与中兴的期许。上阕以「玉带猩袍，遥望翠华，马去似龙」起笔，写岳飞的仪容——「玉带猩袍」写其服饰之华，「遥望翠华」写其近皇驾之荣，「马去似龙」写其坐骑之神骏，三组意象写尽名将的威仪；「拥貂蝉争出，千宫鳞集，貔貅不断，万骑云从」，以四组对排写军容之盛——「貂蝉」「千宫」「貔貅」「万骑」，群臣、千官、劲旅、铁骑，层层铺排，写尽军威之壮；「细柳营开，团花袍窄，人指汾阳郭令公」，以细柳营写治军之严、以汾阳王写忠勇之比，历史典故与眼前庙像交叠；「山西将，算韬钤有种，五世元戎」，以「韬钤有种」写将门之传，见其渊源。下阕「旌旗蔽满寒空。鱼阵整、从容虎帐中」，以「蔽满寒空」写旌旗之盛，以「从容」写主将之定；「想刀明似雪，纵横脱鞘，箭飞如雨，霹雳鸣弓」，以「想」字领起，由眼前庙像转入对当年战斗的想象——刀光如雪、箭飞如雨、弓鸣如雷，铺排写尽战斗之烈；「威憾边城，气吞胡虏，惨淡尘沙吹北风」，以「威憾」「气吞」写威势之盛，以「惨淡尘沙吹北风」写战场之惨烈；「中兴事，看君王神武，驾驭英雄」，以「中兴事」点出主旨，以「看君王神武」写中兴之望，收束雄壮。全词由仪容入军容、由军容入战斗、由战斗入中兴，层层铺排而气象阔大，是辛派词人雄壮风格的典型。

Allusions

The lyric is dense with military allusion. The feathered banner (cuihua) was the imperial carriage's emblem; marten tails and cicada wings adorned the caps of high officials; the pixiu, a legendary beast, stands for fierce troops; the Xiliu camp was where Zhou Yafu held such strict discipline that even the emperor had to walk his horse; Fenyang's Guo Linggong is Guo Ziyi, restorer of the Tang, matched here with Yue Fei across the ages; 'the art of war in his bloodline' invokes the military classics handed down in a general's family; the fish formation is the scale-ranked battle array; the tiger tent is the commander's headquarters. Each allusion bends toward one theme: military discipline, loyalty, and revival.

此词用典密集，皆围绕军功与忠义展开。「翠华」，为皇帝仪仗中以翠羽为饰的旗，后以「翠华」代指帝王车驾，李白《蜀道难》「翠华摇摇行复止」，此词「遥望翠华」，写岳飞以将帅而近皇驾，暗含其忠君之义。「貂蝉」，为汉代侍中、中常侍冠上的装饰，以貂尾、蝉羽为之，后以「貂蝉」指代达官显贵，此词「拥貂蝉争出」，写群臣争出迎驾。「貔貅」，为古代传说中的猛兽，后以「貔貅」喻勇猛的军队，此词「貔貅不断」，写劲旅络绎不绝。「细柳营」，用周亚夫之典——汉文帝时周亚夫屯军细柳，军纪严明，天子入营亦须按辔徐行，后以「细柳营」写治军严明的军营，此词「细柳营开」，以周亚夫比岳飞的治军之严。「汾阳郭令公」，指唐代名将郭子仪，因功封汾阳郡王，世称郭令公，是中兴唐室的忠臣良将，此词「人指汾阳郭令公」，以郭子仪比岳飞——同是中兴名将、同是忠义之臣，正是「异代相望」的比附。「韬钤」，指《六韬》《玉钤》等兵书，后以「韬钤」指用兵的谋略，此词「算韬钤有种」，写岳飞将门谋略之传。「鱼阵」，为古代兵法中的阵名，以鱼鳞相次为阵，此词「鱼阵整」，写军阵严整。「虎帐」，指主将的营帐，此词「从容虎帐中」，写主将从容坐镇。这些典故，或写治军、或写忠义、或写谋略、或写军阵，皆围绕军功与忠义这一核心，织成一张雄壮的情网，正是刘过词「以典写英雄」的特点。

Commentary

The most telling move is the comparison at 'the crowd points: Guo Linggong of Fenyang'. Guo Ziyi restored a dynasty and died in honor; Yue Fei restored nothing and was killed on a fabricated charge. The praise is thus double-edged, celebration on the surface and injustice underneath. The ending is the Southern Song scholar's common prayer: not an outcry over the wrongful execution but a wish that a sage king may command his heroes, so that no Yue Fei is wasted again. Liu Guo, whose own talent went unused, was lamenting himself as much as the general, for heroes like this could still come to ruin, let alone lesser men. Among Southern Song Yue Fei lyrics this is the most imposing, and it stands beside Xin Qiji's historical pieces as the heroic face of the patriotic tradition.

读此词，最值得注意的是「人指汾阳郭令公」这一比附所写出的「英雄相惜」。词人题岳飞庙，以郭子仪比岳飞——同为中兴名将、同为忠义之臣，郭子仪一生忠诚，为唐室再造中兴，而岳飞精忠报国，却被「莫须有」之罪冤杀。这一比附，表面是称颂，骨子里却含着深沉的惋惜与不平：郭子仪得善终而岳飞遭冤杀，同是「汾阳」之才，却有霄壤之别的命运。而词的下半阕，更是以想象写尽岳飞的英武：刀明似雪、箭飞如雨、弓鸣如雷、气吞胡虏——那想象中的战斗，正是岳飞当年「直捣黄龙」的壮举；「威憾边城，气吞胡虏」八个字，写尽这位抗金名将的威势。然而最令人低回的，是结尾的「中兴事，看君王神武，驾驭英雄」——词人不写岳飞被冤的悲愤，而写中兴的期许：愿君王神武，驾驭英雄。这一结，是题庙的应有之义，也是南宋士人共同的期盼——倘使君王能「驾驭英雄」，则岳飞之才不埋没，中兴之业可成。刘过一生怀才不遇，漫游江湖，此词题岳飞庙，既是追怀岳飞，也是自伤身世——英雄如此，犹遭不测，何况我辈。词以雄壮之笔，写英雄之怀，而于雄壮之中，自有一股深沉的悲凉，正是刘过词「豪放之中见悲慨」的特点。

Prosody

Form Ci to the tune Liuzhou Getou: a long lyric (changdiao) in double sections, built on three-character phrases.词（六州歌头·双调长调）

Rhyme The rhymes are predominantly oblique, with level-tone rhymes (long, cong, gong, rong, zhong, gong, feng, xiong) mixed in; the alternation of level and oblique gives a clanging, martial beat.此词为《六州歌头》双调长调，全词以三字短句为主，押仄韵，「龙」「从」「公」「戎」「中」「弓」「风」「雄」等字属平声韵，「集」「整」等字属仄声，平仄相协而音节铿锵，正合词情「雄壮」的声调。词中「玉带猩袍，遥望翠华，马去似龙」「拥貂蝉争出，千宫鳞集，貔貅不断，万骑云从」等句，以三字句、四字句连排，如战鼓齐鸣；「想刀明似雪，纵横脱鞘，箭飞如雨，霹雳鸣弓」，以四组对排写战斗。整体声调由起句的威仪，到「想刀明似雪」的激烈，再到「驾驭英雄」的昂扬，一路攀升，正合题庙追怀的词情。

Tone pattern Three-character lines run in linked series like drumrolls, and four-line clusters pile up momentum; the short, driving phrases suit the lyric's heroic swell.句式上，此词善用三字短句与铺排：「玉带猩袍，遥望翠华，马去似龙」「拥貂蝉争出，千宫鳞集，貔貅不断，万骑云从」，以三字句、四字句连排，音节短促铿锵，如战鼓齐鸣，正是《六州歌头》「句短调促」的特点；「想刀明似雪，纵横脱鞘，箭飞如雨，霹雳鸣弓」，以「想」字领起、以四组对排写战斗，铺排而见气势；「威憾边城，气吞胡虏」，以「威憾」「气吞」对举，气魄雄大。全词由仪容入军容、由军容入战斗、由战斗入中兴，句式随之由短促转铺排、由铺排转昂扬，正是辛派词人「以气驭句」的节奏美学。

Reading note Liuzhou Getou is the form of choice for grand public themes; its short phrases and rapid rhymes drive the verse forward like a marching column. The opening clusters of three- and four-character lines set the splendor of the retinue, the imagined battle arrives in four parallel bursts, and the closing prayer lifts the sound to its highest pitch, the whole lyric rising from pageantry to battle to hope.作为辛派词人的长调，《六州歌头》的声律之美，在于以三字短句的铿锵与铺排的句式，写出题庙追怀的雄壮情思。全词上阕由「玉带猩袍」的威仪起笔，经「貔貅不断，万骑云从」的军容，到「人指汾阳郭令公」的比附，声调由威仪转雄壮；下阕以「旌旗蔽满寒空」的军阵起笔，经「想刀明似雪」的战斗想象，到「驾驭英雄」的中兴期许，声调由雄壮转昂扬。词中「拥貂蝉争出，千宫鳞集，貔貅不断，万骑云从」「想刀明似雪，纵横脱鞘，箭飞如雨，霹雳鸣弓」等句，句短调促而声情相谐，正是辛派词人「以气驭句」的体现。就全词而言，此词以雄壮的笔调题咏岳飞庙，写尽对英雄的景仰与对中兴的期许，气象阔大、气魄雄健，是南宋题咏岳飞的著名篇章，与辛弃疾《永遇乐·京口北固亭怀古》同为怀古咏英雄的名作，而一写孙权一写岳飞，可见南宋词人对「英雄」这一母题的共同追怀。

Line by line

玉带猩袍，遥望翠华，马去似龙。

Jade belt and scarlet robe, gazing afar at the feathered imperial banner, his horse departs like a dragon.

身佩玉带、猩红战袍，遥望着翠华仪仗，骏马去势如龙。

In jade belt and scarlet battle robe, gazing far at the green-tufted imperial guard, the warhorse goes like a dragon.

这一句是全词的起笔，写岳飞的仪容，是此词对英雄的第一印象。「玉带猩袍」，写岳飞身佩玉带、猩红战袍——玉带是朝服之饰，猩袍是战袍之色，一写其贵，一写其武，写尽名将的威仪；「遥望翠华」，写遥望皇帝仪仗——「翠华」为帝王车驾，写岳飞以将帅而近皇驾，暗含其忠君之义；「马去似龙」，写骏马去势如龙——「似龙」写坐骑之神骏，也暗含「马如龙」的武将气概。这一起笔，以三个三字句写岳飞的服饰、近驾、坐骑，层层铺排，写尽这位名将的威仪与忠诚，正是「先声夺人」的写法，为全词定下雄壮的基调，也是此词对英雄的第一印象。

This line is the ci's opening, writing Yue Fei's bearing, the first impression of the hero. Jade belt and scarlet battle robe write Yue Fei in the jade belt and the scarlet war robe — the jade belt the court dress's ornament, the scarlet robe the battle dress's color, one his rank, one his arms, exhausting the great general's majesty; gazing far at the green-tufted guard writes the distant imperial escort — the green tuft the emperor's carriage, writing Yue Fei as a general near the imperial presence, secretly his loyalty; the warhorse goes like a dragon writes the steed's dragon-like stride — like a dragon the mount's spirit, secretly the warrior's bearing. This opening writes in three three-character lines Yue Fei's dress, his nearness to the emperor, his mount, layer on layer, exhausting the famous general's majesty and loyalty, precisely the seizing-the-voice-first writing, setting the whole ci's martial tone, and the first impression of the hero.

想刀明似雪，纵横脱鞘，箭飞如雨，霹雳鸣弓。

Think of blades bright as snow flashing from their sheaths, arrows flying thick as rain, bows thundering like thunderclaps.

想那刀光明亮如雪，纵横脱鞘，箭飞如雨，霹雳般的弓鸣。

I think: the blades bright as snow, drawn and slashing from the sheaths; the arrows flying like rain, the bowstring roaring like thunder.

这一句以想象写战斗之烈，是此词由庙像转入追怀的枢纽。「想」字领起，写词人由眼前岳飞庙，转入对当年战斗的想象——那刀光明亮如雪，「纵横脱鞘」写刀出鞘之纵横；那箭飞如雨，「霹雳鸣弓」写弓弦鸣响如霹雳。以「刀明似雪」「箭飞如雨」「霹雳鸣弓」三组意象写战斗，刀光、箭雨、弓雷，铺排写尽战场之激烈，正是「一将功成万骨枯」的战场写照；「纵横」「霹雳」，写尽战斗的迅猛与声势。这一句，以「想」字由眼前转入想象，把岳飞当年「直捣黄龙」的壮举写得如在眼前，正是此词追怀英雄的高潮，也是刘过词「以想象写英雄」的典型笔法。

This line writes the battle's fierceness through imagination, the ci's hinge from the temple statue to the recollection. The word think leads, writing the poet from the present Yue Fei temple into the imagination of the old battle — the blades bright as snow, the drawn and slashing from the sheaths; the arrows flying like rain, the bowstring roaring like thunder. The three image groups of the snow-bright blade, the rain of arrows, the thunder of the bow write the battle, the blade light, the arrow rain, the bow's thunder, laid out to exhaust the battlefield's fury, precisely the one general's fame and ten thousand bones' battlefield portrait; the slashing and the thunder write the battle's swiftness and its roar. This line, through the word think, moves from the present to the imagined, writing Yue Fei's old drive straight to the Yellow Dragon as before the eyes, precisely the ci's climax of the hero's recollection, and Liu Guo's typical brush of writing the hero through imagination.

威憾边城，气吞胡虏，惨淡尘沙吹北风。

His might shakes the border towns; his spirit swallows the barbarians; bleak dust and sand driven by the north wind.

威震边城，气吞胡虏，惨淡的尘沙吹着北风。

His might shakes the border towns, his spirit swallows the tribes; the bleak dust and sand blow in the north wind.

这一句写岳飞的威势与战场的惨烈，是此词追怀英雄的深化。「威憾边城」，写威震边城——「憾」为动、震动之意，岳飞之威，撼动边城，写其威势之盛；「气吞胡虏」，写气吞胡虏——「吞」字写气概之雄，如鲸吞胡虏，正是「气吞万里如虎」的气概；「惨淡尘沙吹北风」，写惨淡的尘沙吹着北风——那是战场的惨烈景象，尘沙蔽日、北风萧瑟，写尽抗金前线的苍凉。以「威憾」「气吞」写威势之盛，以「惨淡尘沙吹北风」写战场之惨，一盛一惨，对照之间，正是英雄与战场的双面。这一句，把岳飞的威势写得如山如岳，又把战场写得如泣如诉，正是此词追怀英雄最动人的一笔，也是「英雄气概」与「战争残酷」的并置。

This line writes Yue Fei's might and the battlefield's cruelty, the deepening of the ci's hero recollection. His might shakes the border towns writes the border towns shaken — the word shakes meaning the stirring, the shock, Yue Fei's might moving the border towns, writing the awe of the force; his spirit swallows the tribes writes the swallowing of the foe — the word swallows the spirit's grandeur, like the whale swallowing the horde, precisely the spirit swallowing ten thousand li like a tiger; the bleak dust and sand blow in the north wind writes the battlefield's cruel scene, the dust hiding the sun, the north wind bleak, exhausting the desolation of the Jin-resistant front. The shaking might and swallowing spirit write the awe of the force; the bleak dust and north wind write the battlefield's cruelty, one grand one bleak, and in the contrast the double face of hero and war. This line writes Yue Fei's might like the mountain, and the battlefield as if weeping and pleading, precisely the most moving stroke of the ci's hero recollection, and the juxtaposition of the hero's spirit and the war's cruelty.

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貔貅 Pixiu: the legendary fierce beast, used for a valiant army. 'Pixiu hosts without end' ranks the troops as an unstoppable torrent. 「貔貅不断，万骑云从」之「貔貅」，以猛兽喻勇武之师，是此词写军容之盛的关键语。「貔貅」为古代传说中的猛兽，或云豹属，勇猛无比，后以「貔貅」喻勇猛的军队——「貔貅不断」，写劲旅络绎不绝，正是「百万貔貅」的军威；与「万骑云从」相对，一写兵之猛，一写骑之多，铺排写尽军容之壮。以「貔貅」写军队，比「劲旅」「雄师」更见勇猛之气与想象之奇，正是古代咏军旅诗文的常用意象。此词以「貔貅不断，万骑云从」写岳飞军容之盛，猛兽喻兵、云从喻骑，形象鲜明而气魄雄大，正是刘过词「以猛物写军容」的典型笔法，也是此词雄壮基调的重要一笔。

虎帐 Tiger tent: the commander's headquarters, named for his fierceness. 'Calm within the tiger tent' writes the general's composure amid perfect order. 「鱼阵整、从容虎帐中」之「虎帐」，写主将的营帐，是此词写岳飞治军之方的关键语。「虎帐」为主将的营帐，以「虎」名帐，写主将之威；「从容虎帐中」，写岳飞从容坐镇虎帐——「从容」二字，是这一词的关键：旌旗蔽空、鱼阵严整，而主将从容坐镇，正是「运筹帷幄之中，决胜千里之外」的名将风范。以「虎帐」写主帅之帐，以「从容」写主帅之态，一威一闲，正是「静若处子，动若脱兔」的将略。这一词，把岳飞「治军严整而临事从容」的名将风范写得如在目前，正是刘过词「以细节写名将」的体现，也是此词由军容之盛转入将略之方的枢纽。

驾驭 To rein: to hold the reins, hence to command heroes. The word ends the lyric on the hope that a sage king will employ his men well. 「看君王神武，驾驭英雄」之「驾驭」，写君王御使英雄，是此词中兴期许的核心语。「驾驭」本为驾驭车马之意，引申为御使、统御——「驾驭英雄」，写君王统御天下的英雄，正是「英雄入彀」的御人之道；「看君王神武」，写看君王神武英明，与「驾驭英雄」相连，正是「明君御将」的理想。以「驾驭」写君王用将，比「任用」「重用」更见主动权与统御力，暗含「英雄须得明主」的君臣之道。这一词，是此词结尾的点题之笔——题岳飞庙而不写冤狱，而写「君王神武，驾驭英雄」，正是南宋士人对中兴的共同期盼：愿明主驾驭英雄，则岳飞之才不埋没，中兴之业可成。以「驾驭」写中兴之望，含蓄而深沉，是刘过词「豪放之中见悲慨」的体现。