和顾伯玉陈朝桧
长城大雄古刹里，一庭老蘖质已死。
依约仅见左纽纹，垂柯布叶乃如此。
相传云是陈朝桧，欲论往事皆死鬼。
冰悬雪跨黄尘尽，何烦皂荚相料理。
只应孤根铁石坚，不怕如壶之赤蚁。
四旁那复有生意，生意却从中心起。
陈氏机浅根枝弱，虽有子孙何足倚。
峥嵘霸业随手坏，五传不堪重屈指。
君语居然多硬语，千载兴亡杂悲喜。
隋唐而来尤可感，区区未数钱与李。
In the ancient tower of the Great Wall, an old tree stands dead in the courtyard. Its bark shows only a few traces of the left twist, and its branches hang down with leaves like this. Legend has it that this is a cypress from the Chen Dynasty, but discussing its past is like talking to ghosts. With ice and snow covering the yellow dust, why bother to care for it with soapberry? It should only be a strong and unyielding root, unafraid of red ants like in a teapot. There is no sign of life around it, but life springs from its center. The Chen family has shallow roots and weak branches. Even if they have descendants, they are not reliable. Their mighty霸业 is easily destroyed, and their descendants after five generations are hard to count on. Your words are full of tough language, and the rise and fall of thousands of years are mixed with joy and sorrow. Since the Sui and Tang dynasties, it has been particularly touching, not to be compared with the likes of Qian and Li.
《和顾伯玉陈朝桧》一诗，以长城大雄古刹中的一株老桧为引子，缓缓展开了一幅跨越时空的历史画卷，寓情于景，意深而辞婉，展现了诗人对过往兴亡的深刻感慨。
开篇“长城大雄古刹里，一庭老蘖质已死”，直接将读者引入一个古朴幽静的场景，古刹的庄严与老树的枯朽形成鲜明对比，营造出一种历史沉淀的厚重感。随后，“依约仅见左纽纹，垂柯布叶乃如此”，通过对老桧残存特征的细腻描绘，暗示其昔日风采，即便生命已逝，那份坚韧与姿态依旧令人动容。
“相传云是陈朝桧”，一句传说，将老桧与南朝陈的历史紧密相连，为全诗铺设了历史背景。“欲论往事皆死鬼”，以幽默而略带讽刺的口吻，指出那些试图讨论陈朝往事的人，如今也已成过眼云烟，言下之意，历史的长河中，个体生命何其渺小。
“冰悬雪跨黄尘尽，何烦皂荚相料理”，此句借自然景象比喻世事更迭，尘埃落定，无需外界多言，历史的清洗自有其力量。紧接着，“只应孤根铁石坚，不怕如壶之赤蚁”，以老桧的孤根比喻坚韧不拔的精神，即便面对如赤蚁般侵蚀根基的困难，亦能屹立不倒。
“四旁那复有生意，生意却从中心起”，此句寓意深远，既是对老桧生命力的赞颂，也是对逆境中重生希望的隐喻。随后，诗人笔锋一转，将话题引向陈朝的兴衰：“陈氏机浅根枝弱，虽有子孙何足倚。峥嵘霸业随手坏，五传不堪重屈指。”通过对陈朝根基不稳、霸业难继的评述，表达了对历史上诸多王朝兴衰更替的深刻反思。
最后，“君语居然多硬语，千载兴亡杂悲喜。隋唐而来尤可感，区区未数钱与李。”诗人称赞对方言辞犀利，直指人心，同时感慨自隋唐以来的历史变迁，虽未直接提及具体的历史人物（如钱镠、李世民等），但那份对历史沧桑、世事无常的感怀，已溢于言表。全诗在一种深沉而复杂的情感中缓缓收尾，留给读者无限遐想的空间。
整首诗通过对一株陈朝老桧的描绘，巧妙地将自然景观与历史情感相融合，既展现了诗人对历史的深刻洞察，又流露出对生命、兴衰、时间的哲思，读来回味无穷。