吊古战场文-李（简体版）.PDF

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 diao` gu^ zhan` chang wen li hua (jian ti ban^) Eulogy to the Ancient Battlefield - by Li Hua (Simplified Chinese Script Version) English Translation by Feng Xin-ming Dec. 2008 /Literary/Ancient_Battlefield_Simp.pdf (To complicated Chinese script version /Literary/Ancient_Battlefield_Comp.pdf ) [Note: Li Hua wrote this anti-war piece shortly
after
the
Imperial
Army’s
defeat
in
Nanshao
(
in
 present
day
southwestern
China
in
752
A.D.,
the
tenth
year
of
the
reign
period
tian
bao
 ,
to
 advocate
guarding
the
borders
only
and
not
conducting
campaigns
into
foreign
lands.

Of
course,
as
 was
common
at
the
time
with
public
writings
critical
of
government
policy,
the
war
in
this
essay
was
 set
as
being
against
the
northern
nomads
instead
of
the
real
one,
the
one
against
the
southern
 Nanshao.] TEXT hao` hao` hu ping sha- wu yin xiong` bu’ jian` ren So vast, this flat and endless sand! No soul can be seen even very far away. he shui ying dai` qun shan- jiu- fen` A river winds around like a belt, and a group of mountains grapple with each other. an` xi can cui` feng- bei- ri` xun- Oh, its dark, downcast and depressing; the wind is sad and the sun is low. peng duan` cao ku- lin^ ruo` shuang- chen The stalks are broken and the grass shriveled; its very cold - a frosty morning. 2