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Excuse me, aren't you, General LiuBei anxious to see my elder brother?

This way, please

Please

Sit down, please

Please Please

You are

I'm Zhuge Jun his youger brother

My elder brother, Zhuge Jin

Now with Sunquan in Jiangdong as a secretary

Zhuge Liang is the second of our family

Is Master Wolong at home today?

Sorry, you haven't come at the right time today, Only yesterday

He went out for a tour with Cui Zhouping

Where has the Master gone?

They may go boating on the lakes

Or call on some monks in some remote mountain temple

Or wander off to visit friends in some far away village

Or stay in a cave playing a lute of chess

No one knows their going and coming and nobody can guess at them

Oh dear! What a very poor luck I have

I've come here twice and failed to meet the great sage, How disappointed

Please take a seat for a few moments

Lad, serve tea

Big brother the snow and the wind are heavy and we ought to go back earlier

Since my brother is absent I won't keep you here longer

Master, I'll come again in a few days

But if I could borrow paper and brush

I'd leave a note to show your worthy brother my sincerity

Lad, bring in the brush and the inkstone and paper

There you are

I've long admired your fame

I've visited you twice but I'm disappointed going back emptyhanded

I'm a distant relative of the emperor

I saw the proper government wrested aside and will be crumbled down

Hordes of hooligans creating confusion in the country

And evil gang of collaborators behaving unseemly toward the emperor

Then my heart breaks

Though I have a real desire to help yet I lack the kind of statesmanship

Trusting in your kindness graciousness, loyalty, righteousness

Should you Master use your talent equal to that of Luwang

And perform great deeds like Zhang Zifang

Then the empire would be happy and the throne world be secure

This is written to tell you that first

Then purifying of mind with fasting and of body with fragrant baths

I'll come to prostrate myself in your presence receive instruction

Please present this letter to your brother, I must take leave now

Goodbye, general

The old master is coming

After the raging of north wind overnight, it turns cold

And the thick clouds extend in the boudles sky

In the air snowflakes are dancing and whirling wild

The outlook of mountains and rivers have been changed neigh

Raising my face, I behold the high and distant firmament

I doubt wheteher or not it is the jade dragon there dancing

Like scales and shells The snowflakes are running riot

And the whole world is covered with snow in a twinkling

Riding a donkey, I cross the small bridge, O!

Is this master the...

Alas! I sigh for plum blossoms defying frost and snow

This is not my brother. He's his fatherinlaw Huang Chengyan

I've heard by chance your song you were singing, it's very beautiful

It's a little poem I read in my soninlaw's house

I recalled it as I crossed a bridge And saw the plum trees in the hedge

And so it happened to catch your ear

Have you seen your soninlaw lately

No, I have also come to see him

My lord, the fifth day will be propitious day from today

It predicts good omen to go on a journey

Fine

I'll fast for three days starting from today

Then I'll go again to Wolong Gang to visit the sage Zhuge Liang

Please don't bother to see me out

Please don't bother to see me out

Goodbye

Big brother, I've lost my patience now

But I've to give you the advice today

You've been to Wolong Gang twice in person to see him

I think this is too much deference

I don't believe in this fame of his in learning

That's way he's avoiding you and dare not submit to the test

You've read Spring and Autumn and of course you know that...

King Huan of Qi had paid five visits to the

Hermit of the Eastern Suburb before he got to see his face

Anyway my desire to see the sage is even greater than his

You should not go again in person this time, I'll bring him here

Bring me my horse and rope and I will go to Wolong Gang

Brother Zhang

What are you doing, brother Zhang

I'll go to Wolong Gang to bring the sage here for you

How will you do it

If he refuses to come, I'll bring him here with a rope

Brother Zhang

Are you going to spoil my plan?

Cao Cao could defeat Yangshao, for he had many of advisors around him

Sun Quan has taken the 6 prefectures 81 counties in Jangdong

And yet he's still recruiting able men

And they're quite successful in establishing his great cause

But I've to be dependant on Liu Biao to safeguard this tiny place Xinye

Because of the lack of talented sage who could give me good advice

My dear brother Zhang, we've come through weal and woe, I never think...

You've been misunderstood me

Big brother

Have you forgot King Weng of Zhou's visit to Jiang Ziya

If he could show such deference to a wise man

Where am I too deferential?

If you're not going your brother and I will go without you

Big brother

If you two go, how can I stay behind

Big brother

If you go with us you must be polite

Yes, Big brother

Master Zhuge Jun is your brother at home?

He returned yesterday evening

You can see him today, General

Splendid! Thanks

That' a rude fellow, It would not hurt him to conduct us to the house

Why did he go off like that?

Each man has his own affairs What power have we over him?

I'd told you be polite before we started off

I know

You've come again, General Liu

May I bother you to inform master Liu Bei wishes to pay respects to him

My master is taking a nap He's at home though

In that case please don't disturb him

You two will wait at the door quietly

The master is still asleep don't disturb him

This way please, general

Why don't come into the hall and wait there?

Wait until he wakes up

What an arrogant fellow this Master is!

There's our brother waiting, while he sleeps on perfectly carelessly

I want to see if that'll wake him up by setting fire at rear of the house

Brother Zhang

Brother Zhang you're bastard

You, brother Zhang

I'll go to wake him up

Please don't disturb him

Can anyone know what fate is his?

Yet have I felt throughout my life

The day would come at last to quit

The calm retreat for toil and strife

Has any of the usual people come?

Imperial uncle Liu is here, he's been waiting some time in the courtyard

Why didn't you tell me earlier, I must dress

I'm one of the descendants of Han Family a simple person form Zhuojun

I've long known your fame, which has indeed been tingeing in my ear

Twice I've come to visit you without success

Once I left a note on your writing table I think you might have read it

I'm just the ordinary hermit and used to a life of leisure

I've to thank you for the visits you have made in vain, and I'm ashamed

General, this way please

Master, after you please

Brother, you two wait here

I learn from your letter that

You're very much concerned about the people and government

I feel regretful at being too young a person without any talent

I may disappoint you I'm afraid

Mima Hui and Xu Shu have spoken of you can it be that their words were vain

I trust that you won't look down on me but be kind as to instruct me

The two men you spoke of are very profound scholars

But I am but a peasant who dare not to talk of empire politics

Why do you, general, reject the pretty jewel for a worthless pebble

You're too modest,master

You're a man with great abilities and worldly ingenuity

How can you be content to allow time to pass with you idle away life

I beg you,Master, to think of the poor creatures on earth

And may I ask you to enlighten me by bestowing instruction upon me

But what's your ambition, general

The Hans are sinking, designing minister steal away their authority

I'm weak, But I vow to restore the state to its right mind

But my ignorance is so vast my means are too few, I don't know to do

Only you,Master can broaden my mind and save me from falling

How happy should I be if you would do so

Many heroes arised in the country since the days of the rebel Dong Zhuo

Cao Cao was not so powerful as Yuanshao

But he overcame him

But seizing the favorable moment and using the men properly

Now he is powerful he commands an great army various feudal lords

As well through his control of the emperor

You can't think of opposing him

The Sun family held the territory in Jiangdong for 3 generations

Their position appears not secure but they have popularity to appeal

You can gain support but win no success there

Jingzhou on the north rests on the two rivers Han and Mian

Their interests lie in all to the south of them

On the east they touch Wu and on the west extend to the states of Shu

This is the area in which decisive battles have to be won

And one must hold it to be secure Heaven has virtually made it yours

Don't you have any intention to seize it?

Yizhou is an important place

Fertile and extensive a country favored of Heaven

And through this place, the founder of Han obtained the empire

Its ruler Liu Zhang is ignorant and weak

The people are noble and the country prosperous

But he doesn't know how to hold it all

And all the able men of the district are yearning for an enlightened lord

As you're a descendant of Han

Wellknown throughout the land as trusty and rightous

And greatly desires to win the support of the wise

If you get hold of Yuzhou Jingzhou

And if on the west you are in harmony with the Rong tribes

On the south win over Yi and Yue

If you make in alliance with Sunquan and maintain good goverment

You can await patiently the day when Heaven shall offer ou a opportunity

Then you may send a worthy general to go to the north west

While you take command of an expedition to the north west

Won't you find the warmest welcome prepared for you by the people

This done, the completion of the task will be easy, The Hans'll be restored

Should you wish to be the overlord

You will yield to Cao Cao in the north till the time of Heaven comes

And to Sunquan the south till the position may become favorable

You'll be the man and complete the trinity

There you see the fifty four divisions to Sichuan

Jingzhou is to be taken first as a home

Then Yizhou is next for the foundation of domination

When you are firmly established

You can lay your plans for the attainment of the whole empire

I'll be your advisor in all these operations if you'll undertake them

Master, your words explain everything so clear

That the dark clouds are swept away and I see the clear sky

But..

Jingzhou to Liu Biao, and Yizhou to Liu Zhang, are both clansmen

I could hardly take the land from them

I've studied the stars and I know Liu Biao is not long for this world

Liu Zhang is not the sort of man to endure, shu will surely fall to you

Master, you're in complete retirement all your life

And yet you know forces and the empire is to break into 3 fragments

No one of all ages equal your wisdom and mastery of the situation

Though I may be of small repute and scanty virtue

I hope you won't look down upon me but will leave retreat to help me

I'll listen to your words with single hearted devotion

I've long been happy on my farm and am fond of my leisure

I fear I can't obey your command

You will not leave this retreat tohelpme?

I really can't

If you don't leave this retreat what will become of the people

General, to fulfil your ambition I'll render you the tiny service I can

Braiding hair into a tress you read books to cultivate

Your virtue and mind

Looking up or down,military strategies have been cherished

In your heart

Engaging in agricultural activities You never forget the state affairs

Your flesh and bolld would be spent on mountain forest, who knows?

O, phoenix, alas, phoenix!

Lofty and high you sing a song

In this world of chaos and peril You've been meditatng for long

O, phoenix, alas, phoenix!

Lofty and high you sing a song

In this world of chaos and peril You've been meditatng for long

To your thatched cottage thrice Liu Bei has paid a visit

Discussing affairs current

Meeting a bosom friend at midlife The secluded asge is deeply moved

Tomorrow, sword in hand, You'll go with hime to the battlefield

A plume fan in hand and a silk hood on head

O, phoenix, alas, phoenix!

You ride on wind and cloud above high

To give vent to your ambition you make a long sigh

To come, or to go

It is your long cherished wish with pain

Sooner or later youd be a dweller at Longmu again

Light breeze and bright moon You've enjoyed on and on

The ape and crane would listen to your harping ever and anon

Heaven's way is bound to change and God's design hard to tell

Success lies with man and the promise is authentic without fail

As a man lives, he should in the world make a noise

To create for people a society full of harmony and peace

To come, or to go

It is your long cherished wish with pain

Sooner or later youd be a dweller at Longmu again

To come, or to go

It is your long cherished wish with pain

Sooner or later youd be a dweller at Longmu again

Light breeze and bright moon You've enjoyed on and on

The ape and crane would listen to your harping ever and anon

Change formation

Yes

With the Master with us our military counselor it is like fish with water

My lord

My counselor, you must be having a very hard time

This way please

The newly recruited soldiers need more training before they can fight

An army without training suggests even one hundred can't match one

While for a welltrained army one could match one hundred

Well said, my counselor has spent a lot of time in drawing

Since you left your retirement

I've made a little hat for as a token of my regard

Is it that you've no more strong ambition?

And you idled the time away by making this little hat for me

You talk nonsense by misunderstanding my big brother's kindness

He couldn't bear to see your overworking days and nights

He's made this little hat just to express his affection for you

You're too impolite

I fully understand your thought

But I left my thatched cottage just to assist you in your lofty cause

I haven't for a single moment forgot your noble ambition

Especially at the time when the situation is extremely precarious

It's not difficult for you to read my mind

I fully understand what you're worried about

I'm also deeply worried about the attack by Cao Caos army

Don't worry, let's have a inspection tour to Bowangpo

Bowangpo

Cao Cao's men will come directly to Xinye, Anything to do with Bowangpo

Merely for sightseeing

My lord

That's Bowangpo in front

Bowangpo is filled with woods and grass

If Cao's men come, lure them into the bushes

And attack them with fire

Let's go a bit further for a closer look

After Sunquan had succeeded to the heritage of his father and brother

He sent man far and wide to invite men of ability to aid him

For the sake of placing Jiangdong under his control Caocao ordered

Sunquan to send his son the court to serve the emperor but as a hostage

But Sunquan refused

Then Caocao wanted to attack Sunquan in the south of the Yangzi River

In the spring of the 13th year of Jian'an period

Sunquan, at the testament of his mother, Dowager Lady Wu

To revenge for his father, Sunjian

Sent an expedition against Huangzhu Liubiao's subordinate

He stationed his men at Chaishang laying a covetous eye on Jingxing

Now that Sunquan of East Wu killed Huangzhu and captured Xiakou

And stationed his troop at Chaishang with an intention to annex Jingxiang

Liubiao of Jingzhou is seriously ill

And his son Liuqi is weak and ignorant He can't succeed Liubiao

Liubei had turned to Liubiao after his defeat at Runan

In an attempt to take Jingzhou

Will he let it slip by when the chance comes?

Liu Bei temporarily occupies the tiny place Xinye as his base

Recruiting soldiers and storing provisions

Anyone could see clearly his ambition to attain his hegemony

I must take this opportunity to attack Liubei before he's fulfilled

I hear Liu Bei has engaged another military counselor named Zhuge Liang

Who is this Zhuge Liang

Zhuge Liang

Is 26 or 27 years old

To engaged a young child as military Counselor, Liubei has no able men

Xushu

Prime Minister

I presume you and Zhuge Liang know each other

Right

Zhuge Liang is also called Kongming known as Master Wolong

How does he compare with yourself

There's no comparison

I'm merely glowworm spark, while he is the glory of the full moon

He's a perfect genius

Can control the world just in his thatched cottage

God and devil all combined

Liubei has great ambition

The greatest marvel of the age That's just like fish in water

And he has Zhuge Liang to help him And like tiger who has grown wings

Nobody can match him

Xushu, don't talk nonsense!

I take him as a mean rat

What is there to be afraid of?

Don't get angry, Xushu has a point in it

Liubei is a hero and he has taken Zhuge Liang as military counselor

Don't take him lightly

Liubei is a mean rat, I'll certainly take him personally

Excellent! No joke is allowed in the army of no account

I promise Zhuge Liang is mine

If I don't take him prisoners Then here is my head

Very well

I now appoint Xiahou Dun the commander

And Yujin, Lidian and Hanhao as deputies

You'll lead 100, 000 troops to capture Xinye

Yes