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三国演义 Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 7

罗贯中《三国演义》

Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Author: Luó GuànZhōng

Translator: Moss Roberts

Chapter 7



漢朝 / 汉朝 Hàn Cháo


董卓 Dǒng Zhuó

仲穎 Zhòng Yǐng


袁绍 Yuán Shào


公孙瓒 GōngSūn Zàn


Defected from 袁绍 Yuán Shào and joined 公孙瓒 GōngSūn Zàn because he believes in 仁义 rényì benevolence and righteousness

赵云 Zhào Yún

子龍 Zi Lóng

五虎將


孙坚 Sūn Jiān

文台 Wén Tái


Oldest son of 孙坚 Sūn Jiān

孙策 Sūn Cè

伯符 Bó Fú




蜀漢 / 蜀汉 Shǔ Hàn


1 刘备 Liú Bèi

玄德 Xuán Dé

双股剑 shuāng gǔ jiàn

股 gǔ thigh; part of a whole; portion of a sum; (stock) share; strand of a thread; low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科; measure word for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc; measure word for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff; measure word for bands of people, gangs etc; measure word for sudden forceful actions


3 張飛 Zhāng Fēi

益德 Yì Dé

丈八蛇矛 zhàng bā shé máo ancient spear-like weapon 18 Chinese feet 尺 in length, with a wavy spearhead like a snake's body

五虎將


2 關羽 Guān Yǔ

雲長 Yún Zhǎng

八十二斤青龙偃月刀 qīnglóng yǎn yuè

五虎將



Themes


Giving versus withholding resources

Alliance versus Use of Force

Lack of Communication

Don't celebrate too quickly, a war is not won until the very end

The honor of advancing (and facing death) in war versus cowardice of retreating/hiding

Military Morale

Ill omen


Thoughts


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How can a warrior drop his sword?


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Ignoring sound strategy, yet not wanting to chastise a family member




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