《山南行》是南宋时期爱国诗人陆游客居陕西南郑时所作的诗作。该诗描写了南郑县的风土人情、自然景物以及地理位置，从而暗示出了南郑县具有极其重要的战略地位，表达了诗人对当时南宋王朝的时政、军事的看法，体现了诗人崇高的爱国情怀。

《山南行》 陆游

我行山南已三日，如绳大路东西出。
平川沃野望不尽，麦陇青青桑郁郁。
地近函秦气俗豪，秋千蹴踘分朋曹。
苜蓿连云马蹄健，杨柳夹道车声高。
古来历历兴亡处，举目山川尚如故。
将军坛上冷云低，丞相祠前春日暮。
国家四纪失中原，师出江淮未易吞。
会看金鼓从天下，却用关中作本根。

A Journey South of the Mountain

Three days have I journeyed south of Zhongnan Mountain
On a highway running straight from east to west;
The plain, flat and fertile, stretches out of sight;
Green the wheat fields, dense and dark the mulberry trees.
Close to Hangu Pass and the old land of Qin
The mettlesome people swing and play ball together;
Thick grows the alfalfa, the horses here are sturdy;
Willows line the roads and carts go rumbling past…
Here kingdoms rose and fell in days gone by,
But the hills and streams are unchanged;
Chill clouds hang low over the Marshal's Altar,
The spring sun sets before the Minister's Altar,
Two-score years and more we have lost the Central Plain,
Hard to win it back from the Yangtze and Huai Valleys;
But let our troops descend with sounding drums
From their base on this high plateau within the Pass.