Romance of three kingdoms

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Agenda

• The Overture

• The Opening Sentence

開場詞 :臨江仙 (楊慎 )

詞曰：滾滾長江東逝水，浪花淘盡英雄。

是非成敗轉頭空，青山依舊在，幾度夕陽紅。

白髮漁樵江渚上，慣看秋月春風。

一壺濁酒喜相逢，古今多少事，都付笑談中。

By Moss Roberts

On and on the Great River rolls, racing east.Of proud and gallant heroes its white-tops leave no trace,As right and wrong, pride and fall turn all at once unreal.Yet ever the green hills stayTo blaze in the west-waning day.

Fishers and woodsmen combs the river isles.White-crowned, they've seen enough of spring and autumn tideTo make good company over the wine jar,Where many a famed eventProvides their merriment.

By C.H. Brewitt-TaylorSo sung:

O so vast, O so mighty,The Great River rolls to sea,Flowers do waves thrash,Heroes do sands smash,When all the dreams drain,Same are loss and gain.

Green mountains remain,Under pink sunsets,Hoary fishers and woodcutters,Along the banks, find calm water,In autumn moon or in spring wind,By the wine jars, fill porcelain.

Discuss talk and tale,Only laugh and gale...

By WikipediaThe waters of the mighty Yangzi flow eastward, its spray drowning countless heroes.

Right and wrong, success and failure, become empty in the blink of an eye; green mountains are always present; how many times has the setting sun been red?

The white haired fishermen and woodcutters are standing on the sand bars near the banks, accustomed as they are to gazing at the autumn moon and the spring breezes.

By chance, they happily meet with a jar of strong liquor in hand; how many things from past and present have they laughed and talked about with each other?

詞曰：滾滾長江東逝水，浪花淘盡英雄。

So sung:

O so vast, O so mighty,The Great River rolls to sea,Flowers do waves thrash,Heroes do sands smash,

( By C.H. Brewitt-Taylor)

The waters of the mighty Yangzi flow eastward, its spray drowning countless heroes.

( By Wikipedia)

On and on the Great River rolls, racing east.Of proud and gallant heroes its white-tops leave no trace,

( By Moss Roberts )

是非成敗轉頭空，青山依舊在，幾度夕陽紅。

As right and wrong, pride and fall turn all at once unreal.Yet ever the green hills stayTo blaze in the west-waning day.

( By Moss Roberts )When all the dreams drain,Same are loss and gain.

Green mountains remain,Under pink sunsets,

( By C.H. Brewitt-Taylor)

Right and wrong, success and failure, become empty in the blink of an eye; green mountains are always present; how many times has the setting sun been red?

( By Wikipedia)

白髮漁樵江渚上，慣看秋月春風。

Fishers and woodsmen combs the river isles.White-crowned, they've seen enough of spring and autumn tide

( By Moss Roberts )

Hoary fishers and woodcutters,Along the banks, find calm water,In autumn moon or in spring wind,

( By C.H. Brewitt-Taylor)

The white haired fishermen and woodcutters are standing on the sand bars near the banks, accustomed as they are to gazing at the autumn moon and the spring breezes.

( By Wikipedia)

Fishers and woodsmen combs the river isles.White-crowned, they've seen enough of spring and autumn tide

一壺濁酒喜相逢，古今多少事，都付笑談中。

To make good company over the wine jar,Where many a famed eventProvides their merriment.

( By Moss Roberts )Hoary fishers and woodcutters,Along the banks, find calm water,In autumn moon or in spring wind,

By the wine jars, fill porcelain.

Discuss talk and tale,Only laugh and gale...

( By C.H. Brewitt-Taylor)

By chance, they happily meet with a jar of strong liquor in hand; how many things from past and present have they laughed and talked about with each other?

( By Wikipedia)

話說天下大勢，分久必合，合久必分。

Here begins our tale. The empire, long divided, must unite; long united, must divide. Thus it has ever been.

( By Moss Roberts)

The world under heaven, after a long period of division, tends to unite; after a long period of union, tends to divide. This has been so since antiquity.

( By C.H. Brewitt-Taylor)

It is a general truism of this world that anything long divided will surely unite, and anything long united will surely divide.

( By Wikisource)

References

• http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Romance_of_the_Three_Kingdoms

• http://books.google.com/books?id=Sc-shy_ZOMkC&printsec=frontcover&hl=zh-TW#v=onepage&q&f=false

• http://threekingdoms.com/