Chi bi xia: Jue zhan tian xia

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Red Cliff: Part II

Начало: Chi bi или

* — Pitch pot is a game for aristocrats not for soldiers in wartime.
   — Your Honor, how'd you throw that bull's eye?
   — Concentration.


* — When the enemy is over-confident, we must double our concentration. With concentration, you can kill a giant with a pebble


* — Even war must be fair.


* — I lift my drink and sing a song
       For who knows if life be short or long.
       Man's life is but the morning dew.
       Past days many, future ones few.
       The melancholy my heart begets
       comes from cares I cannot forget.
       Who can unravel these woes of mine?
       I know but one man... the God of Wine!


* — Just one cup? Appreciate the tea's color and bouquet.
   — Oh. What makes brewing tea so difficult?
   — Leaves, heat, water, and utensils. All demand study. Yet the hardest is boiling water.
   — Boiling water?
   — Look! At first boil, bubbles hiss and resemble tiny fish eyes. At second boil, the edge simmers like a fountain. This is when tea is finest. At third boil, the water seethes and spurts. Any further and the water is past its prime.

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* — Swift as the wind,
       Gentle as a forest,
       Fierce as fire,
       Firm as a mountain.
   — If you hate war, why can you quote "The Art of War"
   — To understand you, I must sneak glances at your books.
   — A thousand books cannot equal a cup of your tea.
   — I'm happy so long as you enjoy it.


* — By night, the Milky Way. By day, snaking clouds. Wind and water converge here. The feng shui is excellent.
   — Glad you're relaxed. There's only one day left where are the arrows? You haven't made even one. You should be in a nervous sweat.
   — My sweat is of no concern. But see if the tortoise is sweating.
   — It is.
   — As I predicted, fog is coming.
   — What fog? The only fog here is around my head. What is this plan of yours?
   — Nature's secrets cannot be revealed.
       Old cow plows the paddy's rows.
       Young calf munches on what grows.


* — How did you know the fog was coming?
   — A clear Milky Way and snaking clouds signal fog is near. If you know how earth, sky, yin and yang change, then the sun, moon and stars, the wind, forest, mountains and fire become soldiers at your command.


* — Sometimes the simplest trick is the best way to lead someone to their death.


* — Where there is faith, there is hope.
       The clear waters of the Yangtze,
       the emerald leaves of the mountains,
       the birds returning to nest,
       the fisherman singing his evening song.
       This is our home,
       our beautiful native land.
       Our people gladly give
       their lives for her sake.
       I cannot stand idly by.


* — If a man of learning does not understand brotherhood, isn't his learning worthless?


* — There is no victory here.


* — From division comes unity, and from unity, division.


* — The world is full of heroes.


--- Словарик:
pebble — голыш, галька, булыжник
beget — порождать
unravel — распутывать; разгадывать
woes — беды, неприятности, передряги
Fierce — свирепый, лютый, жестокий; неистовый, сильный
plow — пахать, вспахивать
calf — телёнок
munch — жевать
utensil — посуда, утварь; принадлежность; инструмент


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