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Episode 59
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Three Kingdoms
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Hey, you! I'm thirsty!
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Go fetch me some wine!
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All right!
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Xuande
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Let me do it.
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Imperial Uncle!
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What are you doing here?
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through the night to get here before dawn.
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After hearing about what you did, he rode
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But you just kept sleeping,
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and he had to wait...
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Third Brother.
and he had to wait...
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Sir, what kind of wine do you like?
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Xinghua Village!
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I'll get you some.
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Report!
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My lord, my lady ordered me to report that
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Ah-Dou is now in a coma.
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She requests your immediate return.
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Tell the lady that I still have business here.
Ask her to take good care of him.
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Yes, sir!
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Elder Brother.
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He's your only child. You have to go back.
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I have offended Master Long.
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Now he would like some wine. If I get it for him,
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I will at least feel more at ease.
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Sir, here is your wine.
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Imperial Uncle.
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Do you really think that a flask of wine
can win back the favor that you've already lost?
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I am firmly determined to-leave.
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Even if you forced me to stay.
I would never work for you.
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It is my fault I did not recognize your talents.
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If you insist on going.
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how could I ask you to stay?
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Come, allow me to see you off.
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Sir.
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I am an impoverished provincial protector
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and a destitute imperial uncle.
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Although I admire your talents,
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I have nothing valuable to give to you.
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Perhaps...
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This horse, Hex Mark, is my beloved mount,
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and is rather a fine steed.
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Let it carry you on your journeys.
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Listen! This horse is called Hex Mark.
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It saved my elder brother's life once.'
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It really is a fine horse!
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Then...
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I humbly accept your gift.
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Sir, please mount.
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This horse is too tall.
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Can you give me a hand?
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Third Brother, give him a hand.
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All right.
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Please go ahead.
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Elder Brother.
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Long Guang is a very talented man.
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We can't let a man like him serve another lord.
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If he won't serve us,
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let me kill him and prevent future troubles!
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Hold your tongue.
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Sheath your sword.
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Even if I can't keep him,
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I still hope he finds someone stronger, than me,
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so he can reveal his potential and rid the Han of traitors.
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That way, I will be able to remember the fault I committed today.
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Sir, hesitate no more!
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Go on!
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Sir, why do you return?
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The horse wouldn't follow my orders.
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I guess it's attached to its master.
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It suddenly turned and galloped back.
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I think I should give it back.
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Then how will you travel?
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I'll take that one. Is it all right?
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Of course.
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My lord, why are you standing there?
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Let's return to Jingzhou.
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What did you call me? You called me your lord?
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My lord, throughout my life,
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I have sought a wise master who can discern the worthy.
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Today, I have found him.
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I wish to go back to Jingzhou with you, my lord,
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to follow you on your campaigns,
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and to help you accomplish great deeds.
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Come on, Kongming, hurry. Come with me.
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My lord, why the haste?
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I shall introduce a great mind to you.
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Master Long! Master Long!
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Kongming has returned from his inspections. Let me introduce you.
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Pang Shiyuan!
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Kongming.
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You are Pang Tong, Pang Shiyuan?
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So you are the Fledgling Phoenix.
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Shiyuan, why didn't you tell me you were coming here?
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I've been looking for you.
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I understand now. He was testing me.
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My lord, please forgive me for deceiving you.
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What is there to forgive?
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Master Water Mirror had said that
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with either the Sleeping Dragon or the Fledgling
Phoenix, I could restore order to the world.
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Now that I have both of you.
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the Han will surely be saved!
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Master, they say you really like wine.
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I love wine, too!
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Let's have 300 cups together!
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Oh, indeed!
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Let me look at this map first. Then we'll drink.
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What's on the map?
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The Riverlands.
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Third Brother, thank you.
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I was so worried while you were campaigning
the past few months against the Wuhuan.
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Luckily, brother Zhang sees victory wherever he goes!
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Triumphant news kept pouring in.
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Father and I were so happy for you.
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Second Brother, Father called me back suddenly.
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Do you know the reason?
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The Bronze Bird Pavilion was completed.
Third Brother, it's quite the occasion!
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So Father summoned all of us brothers back
to enjoy a grand feast together!
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So that's why.
But is that worth summoning me back?
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Actually, that's just an excuse.
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Now that the Wuhuan revolt has been quelled,
can Father not miss you?
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Of course he wants you back at his side as soon as possible.
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The wine is set in the lofty hall...
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Fourth Brother... Fourth Brother.
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Young Master Pi. Young Master Zhang.
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Yang Xiu, what happened?
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Today, Young Master Zhi had a wine and
poetry gathering with some writers.
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He enjoyed himself and had a bit much.
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You're so drunk!
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Help him back to his quarters! Hurry!
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While together... with friends I roam...
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Yes, yes, we roam, we roam.
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Young Master, be careful. Walk slowly.
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The cooks busy, preparing a feast...
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Yes, yes.
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Get some water.
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Young Master, we're here, we're here. Be careful.
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While together with friends I roam...
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Hurry, lie down.
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Right over here.
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The cooks busy, preparing a feast...
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Boil... boiling mutton... and beef at home!
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Stupid slave! You cant even wash a face!
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Fourth Brother! Mind your manners!
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Third Brother.
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Second Brother!
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Fourth Brother.
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Second Brother...
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Just now, I...
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I thought you...
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Fourth Brother!
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I thought you were...
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you were a servant!
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It's fine...
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It's fine.
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Master Zhongda.
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How... how may I help you?
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His Excellency ordered me to inform my young masters
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that the Bronze Bird Pavilion banquet
begins at the 5th hour tomorrow.
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All right.
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Master Zhongda.
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Just a moment.
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Second Young Master, what is your command?
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If it's a banquet, why have it start at the 5th hour?
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Isn't... isn't that a bit early?
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A good question, Second Young Master.
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From what I know...
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along with the banquet,
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His Excellency has other plans.
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Military officers will compete in archery, civil officers in poetry.
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Third Young Master, please bring a quality bow and arrows.
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I appreciate your advice.
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As for the topic for the poetry contest...
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Second Young Master.
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Fourth Young Master.
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Do you want to know?
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Sima Yi, are you planning to leak the topic to us?
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A living man, you served as the retainer of the dead.
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You must be oh so lonely, so lonely that
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Fourth Brother!
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you'd defy your lord to earn our favor, yes?
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Since it is a test.
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we should be allowed to demonstrate our true abilities!
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Leave this instant! I would never accept your help!
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Fourth Young Master, you scold me justly.
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Master Zhongda, he...
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Second Brother.
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Master Zhongda...
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Second Brother. Second Brother!
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Master Zhongda.
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Master Zhongda.
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What is it, Young Master?
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Master Zhongda, don't take it personally.
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That's just how he is. Proud and contemptuous.
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He just had a few drinks too many, so...
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Second Young Master, you wish to know the topic, yes?
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Master Zhongda, I have no talent for such matters.
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In terms of combat, I cannot match my third brother.
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In terms of writing ability, I cannot match my fourth.
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So yes, it's better for me to be prepared,
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so that I do not embarrass my father
in front of all of the court officials.
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Very well.
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Bronze Bird Pavilion" is the topic.
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Bronze Bird Pavilion?
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Indeed.
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I have another matter to report to you. Do you wish to hear it?
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Please tell me.
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I have not leaked the topic.
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His Excellency said to me that, should
any of you wish to know the topic.
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I am allowed reveal it.
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Yet Young Master Zhi was overly noble.
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Bronze Bird Pavilion?
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That's no ordinary topic.
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Why do.you say that?
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According to the ancient rites, only an emperor
may build a high pavilion to display his power.
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The Bronze Bird Pavilion is probably
the highest pavilion ever to be built.
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By inviting all the court officials to a banquet there.
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His Excellency must be revealing his imperial ambitions.
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Yes.
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He must be.
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And so, tomorrow will be a decisive day for you and your brothers.
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Lord Cao will be testing his sons as well as the court officials.
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So you'll need to think carefully about
how you will compose your poem.
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As it's so important, I will need your help, Master...
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The poem must illustrate His Excellency's imperial aspirations.
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It must be full of majestic spirit that transcends time.
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and written in the most elegant and imposing style.
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It's over.
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It's over!
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Master,
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even if I recruit all the writers of Ye to help me...
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I will never be able to produce a composition that can rival Zijian's.
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Young Master, fret not.
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This is not just a competition of style.
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The meaning behind the poem is also key.
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What do you mean?
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Do you remember the story of Emperor
Wen of Han and the summer pavilion?
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Building a pavilion isn't something that anyone can do.
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And yet His Excellency did it.
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Now that he is having his officers compete
in archery and poetry games, he is...
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I get it! i
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I get it!
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Master.
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What Father is actually doing...
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is assessing the officers. He is testing the attitude of the officers...
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and also testing to see if his sons appreciate his thoughts.
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All right.
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I'll prepare two poems for tomorrow.
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If the high-ranking officers all praise Father's imperial aspirations,
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I'll use one of the poems.
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If they decline the invitation, or, come but refuse to praise Father,
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Ill use the other poem.
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Young Master, you truly have a keen mind.
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Master.
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You possess many good strategies, and are a rare talent.
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All right.
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so I can have you as my retainer.
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I'll petition my father in a couple of days
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No. Young Master, you must not even consider that.
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If I become your retainer,
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how can Sima Yi join you?
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Next to him,
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I am a mere blade of grass underneath a tall tree.
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Master.
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If you keep declining, you will only make me feel bad.
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But if I do keep declining, you will actually not feel bad.
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And I will also feel more at ease, too.
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I don't necessarily have to be your retainer to serve you.
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Wouldn't it be better if I am not?
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Thank you. Master.
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Thank you for your instruction.
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What a spectacular sight to behold. What towering majesty.
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Empty seats? Who didn't come?
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Your Excellency, I'll send someone to see.
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Just let it be.
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They must have a reason not to be here.
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Why don't I see Xun Yu and his nephew?
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I heard they're sick.
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Both sick at the same time?
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A sick heart, perhaps.
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Enough waiting. Let's start. Let everyone be seated.
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Gentlemen, His Excellency invites you to be seated!
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Thank you, Your Excellency!
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Gentlemen!
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Over the last three years,
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by the grace of Heaven...
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the weather has been propitious.
The people enjoyed peace and prosperity.
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Thus, I built this pavilion as an offering to Heaven.
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Today, I have invited you here to join me in celebration!
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Thank you, Your Excellency!
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Here today,
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seats filled with honored friends.
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the tables are laden with delicacies, the
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Young and old are gathered here.
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This is truly a most glorious occasion!
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hold competitions in archery and poetry.
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In a moment, the military and civil officers will
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Let us enjoy a grand time together!
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What do you think?
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As you wish!
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Now! Let us all share a,drink together to that!
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Xu Chu.
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Your command. Your Excellency?
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Take this robe of crimson Riverland silk
and put it on that island in the lake.
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Set targets one hundred paces apart.
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Whoever hits a bullseye shall receive the robe as a reward.
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Those who miss will drink a cup of wine as a penalty.
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Aye.
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His Excellency orders
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the mounted archery competition to begin!
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Sir, it's Young Master Zhang.
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He severed the willow branch with one shot!
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He fired two arrows and both hit a bullseye.
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Looks like the robe will go to him!
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That silly boy does have some skill.
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He does.
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Father!
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Grant him the robe.
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Grant him the robe.
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Thank you. Father.
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Your Excellency,
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Young Master Zhang's skill in mounted archery is truly unmatched.
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You ride and shoot, yet do not study.
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That's only the bravery of a common man. What's the value in that?
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In my opinion, one born in an era of chaos
should strive to be like Wei Qing and Huo Qubing,
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gaining fame in the desert, leading armies,
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bringing peace to the world and saving the people from unrest.
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Everything else... what's the use of anything else?
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By the sounds of it, you aspire to be a great general.
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Yes!
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Then tell me. Do you know how to accomplish that?
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Give rewards and punishments impartially.
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Be ready always.
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Be at the front in every battle, undaunted by danger.
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He does sound like he'll make a great general.
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Yes.
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You may go
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Military officers show their prowess through riding and archery.
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And now,
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it's time for you learned men to demonstrate your eloquence.
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Please give us a topic.
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It shall be "Bronze Bird Pavilion".
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Young Master Cao Zhi has finished writing!
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Bring it to me.
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Young Master.
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See that?
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His Excellency has been admiring your work all this time.
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Young Master Pi, are you done?
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Almost, almost.
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Your Excellency, this is Young Master
Pi's poem, ready for your perusal.
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Sima Yi.
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Here!
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Read these two poems out loud for everyone.
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Read Cao Zhi's first.
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Behold! There lies the splendor of the royal city,
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the rolling mists fluttering beneath.
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In the delightful company of the wise are we,
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as King Wen's sweet dream once foretold.
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Lift your heads to the spring breeze's tender touch,
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and the soothing symphony of birdsong...
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May he be boundless as the universe,
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radiant as the sun and moon.
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Forever noble, forever honored,
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ageless, as the Emperor of the East.
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Now read Cao Pi's.
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Climb a tower, and behold
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the river below, clear and cold.
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Tawny swans fly to and fro.
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A subject's heart must be true,
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and wish his sovereign a long reign, too...
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Hey, hey.
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Don't just shake your heads, now.
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Do say. What do you think of these two poems?
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Young Master Zhi's poem is mellifluous arid full of majestic beauty.
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But Young,Master Pi's
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is rather insipid and lacks inspiration.
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Cao Zhi.
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Here.
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Zhi, son.
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I can tell that you've studied diligently.
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Earlier, Zhang won first place in the archery contest,
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and I gave him a silk robe.
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And now you've written this gem.
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I must reward you, too.
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00:29:26,770 --> 00:29:28,070
But with what?
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I will petition the Emperor
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and have him grant you the rank of Marquis of Pingyuan.
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Thank you, Father!
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Congratulations, Young Master Zhi!
Congratulations, Marquis of Pingyuan!
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Your Excellency.
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Yuanchang, what is it?
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Young Master Zhi was correct when he wrote
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May he be boundless as the universe, radiant as the sun and moon.
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00:30:04,610 --> 00:30:08,940
In my opinion, those lines are most appropriately
used to describe Your Excellency's deeds.
398
00:30:10,310 --> 00:30:11,240
However,
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all of the ministers hope that you
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assume responsibility for the realm and take the next step.
401
00:30:20,150 --> 00:30:24,360
Sir Zhong is right. Your Excellency's
achievements tower to the heavens.
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00:30:24,490 --> 00:30:28,630
It would be a blessing to the country
if you assume Heaven's mandate.
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00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:32,200
Sirs!
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00:30:33,730 --> 00:30:35,130
You exaggerate.
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I am just an ignorant person who started off
as a mere Filial and Incorrupt candidate.
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At the time, the world was in chaos,
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and the court appointed me as a colonel.
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00:30:45,580 --> 00:30:50,120
I had no choice but to pick up my sword
and serve the nation with my meager skills.
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00:30:50,250 --> 00:30:54,450
Back then, I only had one hope. That,
when I die, my headstone be marked
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The Crave of Lord Cao, Late General of the West.
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00:30:57,320 --> 00:30:59,090
Then I could die content.
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I would not have guessed that
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00:31:01,590 --> 00:31:04,260
it would be impossible to get back off my saddle.
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00:31:04,760 --> 00:31:07,770
For years, I did battle throughout the
realm, and accomplished a little,
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00:31:07,900 --> 00:31:12,900
for the simple sake of ridding the nation of wicked
men and saving the people from calamity.
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00:31:13,010 --> 00:31:16,440
Little did I expect that, by the grace of the emperor,
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00:31:16,740 --> 00:31:19,310
I would reach the most honored rank for a minister.
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00:31:19,450 --> 00:31:21,950
This already makes me anxious and fearful.
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00:31:22,280 --> 00:31:24,750
What else can I desire in such actuation?.
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00:31:25,950 --> 00:31:28,850
Honestly, I've long wanted to relinquish my command
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00:31:28,950 --> 00:31:30,690
to prove my loyalty.
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00:31:31,590 --> 00:31:33,260
But for the sake of the Han,
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00:31:33,390 --> 00:31:36,130
and the sake of the people, I cannot do that!
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00:31:37,030 --> 00:31:38,030
Consider.
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00:31:39,430 --> 00:31:42,970
If it were not for the efforts of me, Cao Cao...
426
00:31:44,070 --> 00:31:48,070
how many people would have declared
themselves an emperor or a prince?
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00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:53,980
What a noble heart. Your Excellency.
428
00:31:54,280 --> 00:31:58,980
Even Yi Yin and the Duke of Zhou
do not have a fraction of your broad-mindedness.
429
00:31:59,520 --> 00:32:03,250
But not everyone sees things the same way as you, Yuanchang!
430
00:32:07,360 --> 00:32:11,360
Some people feel that I wield far too much power.
431
00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:14,800
They speculate.
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00:32:17,470 --> 00:32:19,200
They suspect me of disloyalty.
433
00:32:20,670 --> 00:32:24,040
They go so far as to form factions to plot against me.
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00:32:25,880 --> 00:32:27,710
But I shall state today!
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00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:29,780
They are wrong!
436
00:32:32,780 --> 00:32:38,120
Sirs, please go back and give this message
to those who are not here today!
437
00:32:39,220 --> 00:32:40,290
I, Cao Cao...
438
00:32:41,090 --> 00:32:42,220
am certainly not...
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00:32:42,760 --> 00:32:45,160
the kind of person they suspect me to be!
440
00:32:53,300 --> 00:32:57,110
Young Master, your ode yesterday was
as radiant as the stars and the dawn.
441
00:32:57,240 --> 00:33:00,210
Its spirit encompasses the realm and cannot be rivaled.
442
00:33:00,310 --> 00:33:04,810
Compared to your ode, Qu Yuan's "The
Lament" and "Nine Songs" are scribbles.
443
00:33:06,550 --> 00:33:08,350
But more worthy of celebration
444
00:33:08,850 --> 00:33:11,020
is your newly bestowed rank.
445
00:33:11,120 --> 00:33:15,460
This shows that you will be the one to succeed His Excellency.
446
00:33:15,860 --> 00:33:17,860
It is not because of the ode.
447
00:33:23,330 --> 00:33:28,400
What else could... what else could Father have meant?
448
00:33:28,970 --> 00:33:32,510
His Excellency rewarded you for your
suggestion to ascend the throne,
449
00:33:33,010 --> 00:33:35,910
and used this to demonstrate his power to the officials.
450
00:33:37,610 --> 00:33:38,610
That's right.
451
00:33:41,980 --> 00:33:43,750
Second Brother's ode...
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00:33:45,450 --> 00:33:47,950
in a subtle way...
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was showing support for the Han House.
454
00:33:53,990 --> 00:33:58,160
And that brought displeasure to Father.
455
00:33:58,900 --> 00:34:01,230
Young Master Pi is too honest and direct.
456
00:34:01,600 --> 00:34:02,970
He doesn't understand.
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00:34:03,340 --> 00:34:06,170
All that's left of the Han court is its appearance.
458
00:34:06,640 --> 00:34:10,510
If not for the Prime Minister, it would collapse at the slightest push.
459
00:34:11,110 --> 00:34:13,580
Why does Young-Master Pi still praise the Han?
460
00:34:13,680 --> 00:34:16,880
Everyone*wisheSffor His Excellency to rule over the realm.
461
00:34:17,680 --> 00:34:20,690
But Father made those remarks at the end.
462
00:34:22,490 --> 00:34:23,790
What did they mean?
463
00:34:25,220 --> 00:34:28,930
It sounded like he did not want to assume the imperial throne.
464
00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:37,270
That's His Excellency being modest,
being modest for the world to see.
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00:34:37,900 --> 00:34:41,470
Even if one day, His Majesty abdicates the throne,
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00:34:43,340 --> 00:34:46,580
the Prime Minister will have to decline thrice.
467
00:34:53,250 --> 00:34:54,750
Decline thrice...
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Come!
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Yes, come.
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00:35:01,330 --> 00:35:03,060
Let us drink together!
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00:35:03,600 --> 00:35:04,730
Cheers, cheers.
472
00:35:04,830 --> 00:35:06,960
Come!
473
00:35:05,600 --> 00:35:06,960
Cheers, cheers.
474
00:35:11,800 --> 00:35:13,300
Yang Xiu...
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Master Zhongda.
476
00:35:28,050 --> 00:35:30,520
All the officials went to congratulate my brother.
477
00:35:30,650 --> 00:35:32,290
Why did you come to my place?
478
00:35:32,860 --> 00:35:34,790
Whats there to congratulate for him?
479
00:35:35,890 --> 00:35:37,830
It's you who deserves it.
480
00:35:39,860 --> 00:35:40,530
Me?
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00:35:43,230 --> 00:35:44,530
I don't understand.
482
00:35:45,070 --> 00:35:48,000
With one ode, he won the/admiration of the realm
483
00:35:48,540 --> 00:35:50,140
and the rank of marquis.
484
00:35:51,940 --> 00:35:57,650
While I... I just made a complete and utter fool out of myself.
485
00:35:59,050 --> 00:36:02,520
With one ode, he was granted the rank of marquis.
486
00:36:02,650 --> 00:36:05,990
but with one ode, he will lose everything as well.
487
00:36:10,130 --> 00:36:13,660
Then... then... now I am even more confused.
488
00:36:15,130 --> 00:36:16,860
Young Master, as you saw...
489
00:36:18,730 --> 00:36:21,540
many officials were absent at the gathering.
490
00:36:21,840 --> 00:36:22,970
Ignore the rest.
491
00:36:23,110 --> 00:36:26,540
Xun Yu served the Prime Minister for years and achieved so much.
492
00:36:26,680 --> 00:36:29,110
His Excellency sees him as his right-hand man.
493
00:36:29,210 --> 00:36:31,450
But he excused himself on account of illness.
494
00:36:31,550 --> 00:36:34,110
Young Master, have you considered the reason?
495
00:36:35,480 --> 00:36:36,780
Please tell me.
496
00:36:37,120 --> 00:36:40,650
Those who attended the gathering can
be roughly divided into two groups.
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00:36:41,520 --> 00:36:46,290
Brutish warriors who know only of military
affairs, not the intricacies of politics
498
00:36:46,630 --> 00:36:49,400
and civil officers with little actual power.
499
00:36:49,500 --> 00:36:51,030
As they have no power,
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00:36:51,770 --> 00:36:55,140
they need to fawn over the Prime Minister in hopes of a reward.
501
00:36:57,270 --> 00:37:00,970
In Young Master Zhi's ode, they detected
an endorsement for ascension,
502
00:37:01,080 --> 00:37:03,610
and so they brandished their flattery skills.
503
00:37:04,010 --> 00:37:07,710
By praising his ode, they approved of the
Prime Minister becoming emperor.
504
00:37:07,850 --> 00:37:09,020
Conversely,
505
00:37:09,120 --> 00:37:12,650
your ode hinted at maintaining the rule of the Han.
506
00:37:13,250 --> 00:37:15,450
Of course they had to shake their heads and sigh,
507
00:37:15,590 --> 00:37:18,060
so as to make their position clear.
508
00:37:20,530 --> 00:37:21,690
However...
509
00:37:23,960 --> 00:37:26,700
the fact that so many key officials were absent
510
00:37:26,830 --> 00:37:31,800
revealed that many people in the court
still support the Han in their hearts.
511
00:37:33,870 --> 00:37:37,480
The gathering attracted the attention of the entire country.
512
00:37:39,150 --> 00:37:42,680
The odes composed at the pavilion are spreading like wildfire,
513
00:37:43,580 --> 00:37:46,020
and will eventually be known across the realm. ,
514
00:37:46,150 --> 00:37:49,450
While Young Master Zhi's ode was praised by the Prime Minister...
515
00:37:50,660 --> 00:37:53,220
it will be rejected by all of the Han loyalists.
516
00:37:53,990 --> 00:37:57,730
Yours, while displeasing to the Prime Minister himself...
517
00:37:58,760 --> 00:38:03,270
will cause all the scholars still loyal to the Han to respect you more.
518
00:38:04,740 --> 00:38:07,540
He who wins the people's hearts will win the world.
519
00:38:07,640 --> 00:38:12,140
And the dedication of one learned man can
earn you the dedication of an entire nation.
520
00:38:16,280 --> 00:38:17,550
You flatter me.
521
00:38:19,720 --> 00:38:21,220
Everyone knows that...
522
00:38:22,490 --> 00:38:26,760
Cao Pi is the most obtuse among... among the Prime Minister's sons.
523
00:38:27,630 --> 00:38:33,400
So even if what you say is true, I was
just... I was just lucky with my poem.
524
00:38:33,500 --> 00:38:34,800
Lucky? Impossible.
525
00:38:38,670 --> 00:38:41,440
Young Master, the lamp in your study was lit all night.
526
00:38:41,910 --> 00:38:45,610
You couldn't have written just one short ode in that time, could you?
527
00:38:48,980 --> 00:38:50,450
Master, you mean...
528
00:38:54,990 --> 00:38:56,390
Allow me to speculate.
529
00:38:58,020 --> 00:38:59,990
Perhaps you wrote another ode as well.
530
00:39:00,120 --> 00:39:02,360
one that petitioned for ascension.
531
00:39:02,730 --> 00:39:04,030
If, on that day,
532
00:39:04,330 --> 00:39:06,100
all the ministers were present,
533
00:39:06,400 --> 00:39:08,530
you would have used the other one.
534
00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:10,630
Is my guess correct?
535
00:39:22,080 --> 00:39:24,580
What's the point of literary compositions?
536
00:39:24,710 --> 00:39:27,450
Knowing how to read situations and act accordingly
537
00:39:27,550 --> 00:39:29,480
is an even better ability.
538
00:39:29,620 --> 00:39:34,260
Furthermore, the young lord who has this ability
pretends that he is oblivious to it all,
539
00:39:34,390 --> 00:39:36,060
concealing his true nature.
540
00:39:36,190 --> 00:39:39,130
Of such a young lord, I have only one appraisal.
541
00:39:42,700 --> 00:39:43,760
What is it?
542
00:39:54,240 --> 00:39:55,410
Hidden dragon.
543
00:40:11,790 --> 00:40:13,790
After the Youngest Master passed away.
544
00:40:13,900 --> 00:40:16,860
I've burnt a book at his grave each month as an offering.
545
00:40:16,960 --> 00:40:21,100
It has been three years to the day, and I have burned 36 books.
546
00:40:23,770 --> 00:40:26,840
I think I can now fulfill my agreement with Your Excellency,
547
00:40:26,970 --> 00:40:30,080
and choose one of your sons to serve as his retainer.
548
00:40:32,080 --> 00:40:34,250
And who would you choose?
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