安居平五路英文.doc

The First Ruler Confides His Son To The Guardians Care;????Zhuge Liang Calmly Settles The Five Attacks. ????In summer, the sixth month of the second year of Manifest Might (AD 221) Lu Xun destroyed the army of Shu at Yiling. The First Ruler sought refuge in Baidicheng, of which Zhao Yun then undertook the defense. When Ma Liang returned only to find his lord defeated, he was more distressed than he could say. He announced what Zhuge Liang had said concerning the plans. ????The First Ruler sighed, saying, If I had listened to the Prime Ministers advice, the defeat would not have happened. Now how can I face the officials if I return to my capital? ????So he promulgated a command to change the guest-house into the Palace of Eternal Peace. He was deeply grieved when they told him Feng Xi, Cheng Jin, Fu Tong, Zhang Nan, King Shamo Ke, and many of his generals had died loyally in his cause. ????Next he heard people say: Huang Quan, who had been given command of the army on the north bank, had given in to Wei. Your Majesty should deliver his whole family to the authority and hold them responsible for the renegade. ?But the First Ruler only said, The army was quite cut off by Wu from the south bank, and he had no alternative but to surrender. Really, I betrayed him, not he me. Why should I take vengeance on his family? ????So he continued the issue of the renegades pay to his family. ????When Huang Quan surrendered, he was led into the presence of the Ruler of Wei. ????[e] Chen Ping and Han Xin had served under Xiang Yu first, before they defected to Liu Bangs camp.????Cao Pi said, You have surrendered to me because you desired to imitate the admirable conduct of Chen Ping and Han Xin of old*. ????But Huang Quan replied, weeping, The Ruler of Shu has been very kind to me, and he gave me the leadership of the army on the North of the Great River. Lu Xun cut me off so that I could not return to Shu, and I would not surrender to Wu, wherefore I have yielded to Your