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三国演义 - Romance of the Three Kingdoms

[Ming] 1350-1400

宴桃园豪杰三结义,斩黄巾英雄首立功 - Three Heroes Swear Brotherhood In The Peach Garden; One Victory Shatters The Rebels In Battlegrounds

3 宴桃园豪... :
建宁二年四月望日,帝御温德殿。方升座,殿角狂风骤起,只见一条大青蛇,从梁上飞将下来,蟠于椅上。帝惊倒,左右急救入宫,百官俱奔避。须臾,蛇不见了。忽然大雷大雨,加以冰雹,落到半夜方止,坏却房屋无数。建宁四年二月,洛阳地震;又海水泛溢,沿海居民,尽被大浪卷入海中。光和元年,雌鸡化雄。六月朔,黑气馀丈,飞入温德殿中。秋七月,有虹见于玉堂;五原山岸,尽皆崩裂。种种不祥,非止一端。
Three Heroes Swear Brotherhood...:
It fell upon the day of full moon of the fourth month, the second year, in the era of Established Calm (AD 168), that Emperor Ling went in state to the Hall of Virtue. As he drew near the throne, a rushing whirlwind arose in the corner of the hall and, lo! from the roof beams floated down a monstrous black serpent that coiled itself up on the very seat of majesty. The Emperor fell in a swoon. Those nearest him hastily raised and bore him to his palace, while the courtiers scattered and fled. The serpent disappeared.
But there followed a terrific tempest, thunder, hail, and torrents of rain, lasting till midnight and working havoc on all sides. Two years later the earth quaked in Capital Luoyang, while along the coast a huge tidal wave rushed in which, in its recoil, swept away all the dwellers by the sea. Another evil omen was recorded ten years later, when the reign title was changed to Radiant Harmony (AD 178): Certain hens suddenly crowed. At the new moon of the sixth month, a long wreath of murky cloud wound its way into the Hall of Virtue, while in the following month a rainbow was seen in the Dragon Chamber. Away from the capital, a part of the Yuan Mountains collapsed, leaving a mighty rift in the flank. Such were some of various omens.

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帝下诏问群臣以灾异之由,议郎蔡邕上疏,以为霓堕鸡化,乃妇寺干政之所致,言颇切直。帝览奏叹息,因起更衣。曹节在后窃视,悉宣告左右·遂以他事陷邕于罪,放归田里。后张让,赵忠,封諝,段圭,曹节,候览,蹇硕,程旷,夏恽,郭胜人朋比为奸,号为“常侍”。帝尊信张让,呼为“阿父”,朝政日非,以致天下人心思乱,盗贼蜂起。
Three Heroes Swear Brotherhood...:
Emperor Ling, greatly moved by these signs of the displeasure of Heaven, issued an edict asking his ministers for an explanation of the calamities and marvels.
Court Counselor Cai Yong replied bluntly: "Falling rainbows and changes of fowls' sexes are brought about by the interference of empresses and eunuchs in state affairs."
The Emperor read this memorial with deep sighs, and Chief Eunuch Cao Jie, from his place behind the throne, anxiously noted these signs of grief. An opportunity offering, Cao Jie informed his fellows, and a charge was trumped up against Cai Yong, who was driven from the court and forced to retire to his country house.
With this victory the eunuchs grew bolder. Ten of them, rivals in wickedness and associates in evil deeds, formed a powerful party known as the Ten Regular Attendants—-Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong, Cheng Kuang, Duan Gui, Feng Xu, Guo Sheng, Hou Lan, Jian Shuo, Cao Jie, and Xia Yun.
One of them, Zhang Rang, won such influence that he became the Emperor's most honored and trusted adviser. The Emperor even called him "Foster Father". So the corrupt state administration went quickly from bad to worse, till the country was ripe for rebellion and buzzed with brigandage.

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角得此书,晓夜攻习,能呼风唤雨,号为太平道人。中平元年正月内,疫气流行,张角散施符水,为人治病,自称大贤良师。角有徒弟五百馀人,云游四方,皆能书符念咒。次后徒众日多,角乃立三六方,─大方万馀人,小方六七千─,各立渠帅,称为将军。讹言“苍天已死,黄天当立。”又云“岁在甲子,天下大吉。”令人各以白土,书“甲子”二字于家中大门上。青、幽、徐、冀、荆、扬、兖、豫八州之人,家家侍奉大贤良师张角名字。角遣其党马元义,暗赍金帛,结交中涓封諝,以为内应。角与二弟商议曰:“至难得者,民心也。今民心已顺,若不乘势取天下,诚为可惜。”遂一面私造黄旗,约期举事;一面使弟子唐州,驰书报封諝。唐州乃迳赴省中告变。帝召大将军何进调兵擒马元义,斩之;次收封諝等一干人下狱。
Three Heroes Swear Brotherhood...:
Zhang Jue studied the wonderful book eagerly and strove day and night to reduce its precepts to practice. Before long, he could summon the winds and command the rain, and he became known as the Mystic of the Way of Peace.
In the first month of the first year of Central Stability (AD 184), there was a terrible pestilence that ran throughout the land, whereupon Zhang Jue distributed charmed remedies to the afflicted. The godly medicines brought big successes, and soon he gained the tittle of the Wise and Worthy Master. He began to have a following of disciples whom he initiated into the mysteries and sent abroad throughout all the land. They, like their master, could write charms and recite formulas, and their fame increased his following.
Zhang Jue began to organize his disciples. He established thirty-six circuits, the larger with ten thousand or more members, the smaller with about half that number. Each circuit had its chief who took the military title of General. They talked wildly of the death of the blue heaven and the setting up of the golden one; they said a new cycle was beginning and would bring universal good fortune to all members; and they persuaded people to chalk the symbols for the first year of the new cycle on the main door of their dwellings.
With the growth of the number of his supporters grew also the ambition of Zhang Jue. The Wise and Worthy Master dreamed of empire. One of his partisans, Ma Yuanyi, was sent bearing gifts to gain the support of the eunuchs within the Palace.
To his brothers Zhang Jue said, "For schemes like ours always the most difficult part is to gain the popular favor. But that is already ours. Such an opportunity must not pass."
And they began to prepare. Many yellow flags and banners were made, and a day was chosen for the uprising. Then Zhang Jue wrote letters to Feng Xu and sent them by one of his followers, Tang Zhou, who alas! betrayed his trust and reported the plot to the court. The Emperor summoned the trusty Regent Marshal He Jin and bade him look to the issue. Ma Yuanyi was at once taken and beheaded. Feng Xu and many others were cast into prison.

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张角闻知事露,星夜举兵,自称天公将军,─张宝称地公将军,张梁称人公将军─。申言于众曰:“今汉运将终,大圣人出;汝等皆宜顺从天意,以桨太平。”四方百姓,裹黄巾从张角反者,四五万。贼势浩大,官军望风而靡。何进奏帝火速降诏,令各处备御,讨贼立功;一面遣中郎将卢植,皇甫嵩,朱隽,各引精兵,分三路讨之。
Three Heroes Swear Brotherhood...:
The plot having thus become known, the Zhang brothers were forced at once to take the field. They took up grandiose titles: Zhang Jue the Lord of Heaven, Zhang Bao the Lord of Earth, and Zhang Liang the Lord of Human. And in these names they put forth this manifesto:
"The good fortune of the Han is exhausted, and the Wise and Worthy Man has appeared. Discern the will of Heaven, O ye people, and walk in the way of righteousness, whereby alone ye may attain to peace."
Support was not lacking. On every side people bound their heads with yellow scarves and joined the army of the rebel Zhang Jue, so that soon his strength was nearly half a million strong, and the official troops melted away at a whisper of his coming.
Regent Marshal and Imperial Guardian, He Jin, memorialized for general preparations against the Yellow Scarves, and an edict called upon everyone to fight against the rebels. In the meantime, three Imperial Commanders—-Lu Zhi, Huangfu Song, and Zhu Jun—-marched against them in three directions with veteran soldiers.

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玄德幼时,与乡中小儿戏于树下,曰:“我为天子,当乘此车盖。”叔父刘元起奇其言,曰:“此儿非常人也!”因见玄德家贫,常资给之。年五岁,母使游学,尝师事郑玄、卢植;与公孙瓒等为友。及刘焉发榜招军时,玄德年己二八岁矣。当日见了榜文,慨然长叹。随后一人厉声言曰:“大丈夫不与国家出力,何故长叹?”
Three Heroes Swear Brotherhood...:
As a child, Liu Bei played with the other village children beneath this tree, and he would climb up into it, saying, "I am the Son of Heaven, and this is my chariot!" His uncle, Liu Yuanqi, recognized that Liu Bei was no ordinary boy and saw to it that the family did not come to actual want.
When Liu Bei was fifteen, his mother sent him traveling for his education. For a time he served Zheng Xuan and Lu Zhi as masters. And he became great friends with Gongsun Zan.
Liu Bei was twenty-eight when the outbreak of the Yellow Scarves called for soldiers. The sight of the notice saddened him, and he sighed as he read it.
Suddenly a rasping voice behind him cried, "Sir, why sigh if you do nothing to help your country?"

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正思虑间,人报“有两个客人,引一夥伴当,赶一群马,投庄上来。”玄德曰:“此天佑我也!”三人出庄迎接。原来二客乃中山大商:一名张世平,一名苏双,每年往北贩马,近因寇发而回。玄德请二人到庄,置酒管待,诉说欲讨贼安民之意。二客大喜,愿将良马五匹相送;又赠金银五百两,镔铁一千斤,以资器用。玄德谢别二客,便命良匠打造双股剑。云长造青龙偃月刀,又名冷艳锯,重八二斤。张飞造丈八点钢矛。各置全身铠甲。共聚乡勇五百馀人,来见邹靖。邹靖引见太守刘焉。三人参见毕,各通姓名。玄德说起宗派,刘焉大喜,遂认玄德为侄。
Three Heroes Swear Brotherhood...:
But soon they were cheered by the arrival of two horse dealers with a drove of horses. "Thus does Heaven help us!" said Liu Bei.
And the three brothers went forth to welcome the merchants. They were Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang from Zhongshan. They went northwards every year to buy horses. They were now on their way home because of the Yellow Scarves. The brothers invited them to the farm, where wine was served before them. Then Liu Bei told them of the plan to strive for tranquillity. Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang were glad and at once gave the brothers fifty good steeds, and beside, five hundred ounces of gold and silver and one thousand five hundred pounds of steel fit for the forging of weapons.
The brothers expressed their gratitude, and the merchants took their leave. Then blacksmiths were summoned to forge weapons. For Liu Bei they made a pair of ancient swords; for Guan Yu they fashioned a long-handled, curve blade called Green-Dragon Saber, which weighed a full one hundred pounds; and for Zhang Fei they created a ten-foot spear called Serpent Halberd. Each too had a helmet and full armor.
When weapons were ready, the troop, now five hundred strong, marched to Commander Zhou Jing, who presented them to Imperial Protector Liu Yan. When the ceremony of introduction was over, Liu Bei declared his ancestry, and Liu Yan at once accorded him the esteem due to a relation.

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众贼见程远志被斩,皆倒戈而走。玄德挥军追赶,投降者不计其数,大胜而回。刘焉亲自迎接,赏劳军士。次日,接得青州太守龚景牒文,言黄巾贼围城将陷,乞赐救援。刘焉与玄德商议。玄德曰:“备愿往救之。”刘焉令邹靖将兵五千,同玄德,关,张,投青州来。贼众见救军至,分兵混战。玄德兵寡不胜,退三里下寨。玄德谓关、张曰、“贼众我寡,必出奇兵,方可取胜。”乃分关公引一千军伏山左,张飞引一千军伏山右,鸣金为号,齐出接应。
Three Heroes Swear Brotherhood...:
Their leader fallen, the rebels threw away their weapons and fled. The official soldiers dashed in among them. Many thousands surrendered and the victory was complete. Thus this part of the rebellion was broken up.
On their return, Liu Yan personally met them and distributed rewards. But the next day, letters came from Imperial Protector Gong Jing of Qingzhou Region saying that the rebels were laying siege to the chief city and it was near falling. Help was needed quickly.
"I will go," said Liu Bei as soon as he heard the news.
And he set out at once with his own soldiers, reinforced by a body of five thousand under Zhou Jing. The rebels, seeing help coming, at once attacked most fiercely. The relieving force being comparatively small could not prevail and retired some ten miles, where they made a camp.
"They are many and we but few," said Liu Bei to his brothers. "We can only beat them by superior strategy."
So they prepared an ambush. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, each with a goodly party, went behind the hills, right and left, and there hid. When the gongs beat they were to move out to support the main army.

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时张角贼众五万,植兵五万,相拒于广宗,未见胜负。植谓玄德曰:“我今围贼在此,贼弟张梁,张宝在颍川,与皇甫嵩、朱隽对垒。汝可引本部人马,我更助汝一千官军,前去颍川打探消息,约期剿捕。”玄德领命,引军星夜投颍川来。时皇甫嵩、朱隽领军拒贼,贼战不利,退入长社,依草结营。嵩与隽计曰:“贼依草结营,当用火攻之。”遂令军士,每人束草一把,暗地埋伏。其夜大风忽起。二更以后,一齐纵火,嵩与隽各引兵攻击贼寨,火焰张天,贼众惊慌,马不及鞍,人不及甲,四散奔走。杀到天明,张梁、张宝引败残军士,夺路而走。
Three Heroes Swear Brotherhood...:
At that time Zhang Jue's one hundred fifty thousand troops and Lu Zhi's fifty thousand troops were facing each other. Neither had had any success.
Lu Zhi said to Liu Bei, "I am able to surround these rebels here. But the other two brothers, Zhang Ba and Zhang Lian, are strongly entrenched opposite Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun at Yingchuan. I will give you a thousand more troops, and with these you can go to find out what is happening, and we can then settle the moment for concerted attack."
So Liu Bei set off and marched as quickly as possible to Yingchuan. At that time the imperial troops were attacking with success, and the rebels had retired upon Changshe. They had encamped among the thick grass.
Seeing this, Huangfu Song said to Zhu Jun, "The rebels are camping in the field. We can attack them by fire."
So the Imperial Commanders bade every man cut a bundle of dry grass and laid an ambush. That night the wind blew a gale, and at the second watch they started a blaze. At the same time Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun's troops attacked the rebels and set their camp on fire. The flames rose to the very heaven. The rebels were thrown into great confusion. There was no time to saddle horses or don armor: They fled in all directions. The battle continued until dawn. Zhang Liang and Zhang Bao, with a group of flying rebels, found a way of escape.

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时人有桥玄者,谓操曰:“天下将乱,非命世之才,不能济。能安之者,其在君乎?”南阳何顒见操,言:“汉室将亡,安天下者,必此人也。”汝南许劭,有知人之名。操往见之,问曰:“我何如人?”劭不答。又问,劭曰:“子治世之能臣,乱世之奸雄也。”操闻言大喜。年二,举孝廉,为郎,除洛阳北都尉。初到任,即设五色棒馀条于县之四门。有犯禁者,不避豪贵,皆责之。中常侍蹇硕之叔,提刀夜行,操巡夜拏住,就棒责之。由是,内外莫敢犯者,威名颇震。后为顿丘令。因黄巾起,拜为骑都尉,引马步军五千,前来颍川助战。正值张梁、张宝败走,曹操拦住,大杀一阵,斩首万馀级,夺得旗旛、金鼓马匹极多。张梁、张宝死战得脱。操见过皇甫嵩,朱隽,随即引兵追袭张梁、张宝去了。
Three Heroes Swear Brotherhood...:
A man of the time named Qiao Xuan said to Cao Cao, "Rebellion is at hand, and only a man of the greatest ability can succeed in restoring tranquillity. That man is yourself."
And He Yong of Nanyang said of him, "The dynasty of Han is about to fall. He who can restore peace is this man and only he."
Cao Cao went to inquire his future of a wise man of Runan named Xu Shao.
"What manner of man am I?" asked Cao Cao.
The seer made no reply, and again and again Cao Cao pressed the question.
Then Xu Shao replied, "In peace you are an able subject; in chaos you are a crafty hero!"
Cao Cao greatly rejoiced to hear this.
Cao Cao graduated at twenty and earned a reputation of piety and integrity. He began his career as Commanding Officer in a county within the Capital District. In the four gates of the city he guarded, he hung up clubs of various sorts, and he would punish any breach of the law whatever the rank of the offender. Now an uncle of Eunuch Jian Shuo was found one night in the streets with a sword and was arrested. In due course he was beaten. Thereafter no one dared to offend again, and Cao Cao's name became heard. Soon he became a magistrate of Dunqiu.
At the outbreak of the Yellow Scarves, Cao Cao held the rank of General and was given command of five thousand horse and foot to help fight at Yingchuan. He just happened to fall in with the newly defeated rebels whom he cut to pieces. Thousands were slain and endless banners and drums and horses were captured, together with huge sums of money. However, Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang got away; and after an interview with Huangfu Song, Cao Cao went in pursuit of them.

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三人飞马引军而出。张角正杀败董卓,乘势赶来,忽遇三人冲杀,角军大乱,败走五馀里。三人救了董卓回寨。卓问三人现居何职。玄德曰:“白身。”卓甚轻之,不为礼。玄德出,张飞大怒曰:“我等亲赴血战,救了这厮,他却如此无礼;若不杀之,难消我气!”便要提刀入帐来杀董卓。正是:人情势利古犹今,谁识英雄是白身?安得快人如翼德,尽诛世上负心人!毕竟董卓性命如何,且看下文分解。
Three Heroes Swear Brotherhood...:
Zhang Jue had worsted Dong Zhuo and was following up his advantage. He was in hot pursuit when the three brothers dashed into his army, threw his ranks into confusion, and drove him back fifteen miles. Then the brothers returned with the rescued general to his camp.
"What offices have you?" asked Dong Zhuo, when he had leisure to speak to the brothers.
"None," replied they.
And Dong Zhuo treated them with disrespect. Liu Bei retired calmly, but Zhang Fei was furious.
"We have just rescued this menial in a bloody fight," cried Zhang Fei, "and now he is rude to us! Nothing but his death can slake my anger."
Zhang Fei stamped toward Dong Zhuo's tent, holding firmly a sharp sword.
As it was in olden time so it is today, The simple wight may merit well,
Officialdom holds sway; Zhang Fei, the blunt and hasty,
Where can you find his peer? But slaying the ungrateful would
Mean many deaths a year. Dong Zhuo's fate will be unrolled in later chapters.

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