1. Translation
On this day, Liu Bei saw the recruitment notice posted by Liu Yan on the street and sighed with emotion.
At this time, a person behind him said sternly: "Why are you sighing here if you don't contribute to the country?" Liu Bei looked back and saw that he was eight feet tall, with a leopard's head and eyes, a swallow's chin and a tiger's beard. His voice was like a huge thunder and his power was like a galloping horse. Seeing that his appearance was abnormal, he asked him his name. The man said, "My surname is Zhang Mingfei, and my courtesy name is Yide. I have lived here for generations, killing pigs and selling wine. I like to make friends with heroes from all over the world."
The two chatted happily, and Liu Bei decided to seek peace among thieves in his heart. The idea was told to Zhang Fei. Zhang Fei was very happy after hearing this and said that he had some money at home and was willing to use it as capital to recruit local heroes and work with Liu Bei on major events. Liu Bei was very happy to hear this and came with Zhang Fei. We went to the village hotel to drink together.
While we were drinking, a big man came to the shop and sat down and asked the bartender to bring the wine. After drinking, Liu Bei wanted to go to the city to join the army. He was nine feet tall, with a beard two feet long; his face was as thick as jujube, and his lips were as if they were greased; he had red phoenix eyes and silkworm eyebrows, and his appearance was dignified and majestic.
So he invited him to sit down and asked his name. This person said: "My surname is Guan Mingyu, my courtesy name is Changsheng, and later changed to Yunchang. I am from Jieliang, Hedong. Because he couldn't stand the bullying of the people in the village, he killed people and fled here. It has been five or six years now.
After hearing what Guan Yu said, Liu Bei and Zhang Fei were overjoyed and invited Guan Yu to Zhang Fei's village to discuss important matters.
The next day, the three of them prepared sacrificial gifts such as black oxen and white horses in the peach garden, burned incense and swore an oath to worship each other. "Although I, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei have different surnames, since we have become brothers today, we are of the same mind." If you use your strength, you will help those in need; if you report to the country, you will be safe and well. I don’t want to be born in the same year, the same month, and the same day, but I hope to die in the same year, the same month, and the same day." Emperors, queens, and queens, learn from this fact that they are treacherous and ungrateful, and will be killed by heaven and man!
2. Original text
Xuande was twenty-eight years old when Liu Yan issued a notice to recruit troops. When I saw the announcement that day, I sighed with emotion. Then a man said sternly: "If you don't contribute to the country, why do you sigh?" Xuande looked back at the man, who was eight feet long, with a leopard's head and eyes, a swallow's chin and a tiger's beard, his voice was like a huge thunder, and his power was like a galloping horse. Xuande saw his strange appearance and asked his name.
The man said: "A certain man named Zhang Fei, whose given name is Yide. He has lived in Zhuo County for a long time. He has a lot of farmland. He sells wine and butchers pigs. He specializes in making friends with the world's heroes. Just when he saw the public, he sighed when he looked at the list, so this is the reason. Asked. "Xuande said: "I am a member of the Han clan, whose surname is Liu and whose name is Bei. I heard that the Yellow Turbans are promoting chaos, and I am determined to defeat the thieves and calm the people, but I am unable to do so, so I sigh."
Fei said, "I have quite a lot of money. How about recruiting local warriors to help the public in doing great things." Xuande was very happy, so he went into the village shop with him to drink.
In the drinking room, I saw a big man pushing a cart and rested at the front of the store. After entering the store and sitting down, he called the bartender: "Hurry up and pour some wine. I will rush into the city to join the army." "Xuande looked at the man: he was nine feet long, and his beard was two feet long; his face was as heavy as a jujube, and his lips were as if they were greased; his eyes were red and phoenix, and his eyebrows were lying on silkworms. He had a dignified and majestic appearance. Xuande invited him to sit with him and called him by name.
The man said: "My surname is Guan Mingyu, my courtesy name is Changsheng, later changed to Yunchang, and I am a good man from Hedong. Because I was a strong and powerful person, I was killed by me, and I fled to the rivers and lakes for five or six years. That's it. Now that I heard that we are recruiting troops to defeat thieves, I came here to apply." Xuande informed him of his ambition, and Yun Chang was delighted. We went to Zhang Feizhuang to discuss important matters together.
Fei said: "There is a peach garden behind my village, and the flowers are in full bloom. Tomorrow I will offer sacrifices to heaven and earth in the garden. The three of us will become brothers and work together to achieve great things." Xuande, Yun Chang responded in unison: "That's very good."
The next day, in the peach garden, they prepared a black ox and white horse sacrifice and other items. The three of them burned incense and worshiped again and said an oath: "I will remember Liu Bei. Although Guan Yu and Zhang Fei had different surnames, they became brothers and worked together to rescue those in distress. They reported to the country that they would be safe and sound.
They did not wish to be born in the same year, the same month and the same day, but they only wanted to die in the same year, the same month and the same day. Emperors, emperors, and empresses, have learned from this heart that they will be ungrateful and ungrateful, and will be killed by heaven and man! "After swearing, I worship Xuande as my brother, Guan Yu as my second, and Zhang Fei as my younger brother.
3. Source
p>"Romance of the Three Kingdoms"
Extended information
1. Creative background
At the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, social conflicts were acute, peasant uprisings occurred one after another, and heroes After years of war, Zhu Yuanzhang wiped out the heroes, overthrew the Yuan Dynasty, and established the Ming Dynasty.
During the period, the people were displaced. As a dramatist and scriptwriter, Luo Guanzhong lived at the bottom of society, understood and was familiar with the people's sufferings, hoped for social stability, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. As an intellectual at the bottom, he thought and hoped to end the A tragic situation caused by unrest. From this, the historical novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was created based on the history of the late Eastern Han Dynasty.
2. Appreciation of the work
"The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" uses simple classical Chinese, which is bright and smooth, and is both elegant and popular; the writing style is full of changes, contrasts, redundancies, and waves. Twisting and swaying. It also uses a magnificent structure to completely and tightly organize the complicated events and numerous characters over the past century or so. The narrative is methodical, echoes back and forth, is related to each other, closely linked, and advances layer by layer.
3. Introduction to the author
Luo Guanzhong (about 1330-about 1400) was a novelist in the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties. Name Ben, courtesy name Guanzhong, nickname Huhai Sanren, Han nationality, from Taiyuan Prefecture, Bingzhou, Shanxi. Luo Guanzhong participated in the uprising against the Yuan Dynasty in his early years. After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, he concentrated on literary creation
The novels compiled by Luo Guanzhong include "The Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "The Chronicles of the Sui and Tang Dynasties", "The History of the Remaining Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties", and "The Story of Sansui Pingyao" . Among them, "The Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms" (also known as "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms") is Luo Guanzhong's masterpiece. This novel has a profound influence on later literary creation. Luo Guanzhong has many artistic talents. In addition to novel creation, he also has the drama "The Legend of Zhao Taizu, Dragon and Tiger".
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