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The darkling skies and yellow earth
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Amid great chaos had their birth.
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Then Sun and Moon their courses ran,
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Then stars were set and round they span.
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寒来暑往,秋收冬藏。闰馀成岁,律吕调阳。
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Then cold and heat arrived by turns
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With reaping, keeping, man's concerns.
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The extra days in leap years strewn,
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It's yin and yang that call the tune.
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云腾致雨,露结为霜。金生丽水,玉出昆冈。
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When clouds are formed, the rain is made.
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When dew drops freeze, the frost is laid.
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The Goldsand streams in gold abound.
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From Kunlun mountains jade is found.
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剑号巨阙,珠称夜光。果珍李柰,菜重芥姜。
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The best of swords is Giant's Might.
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The best of pearls is Bright-at-night
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For fruit the plum and apple are great.
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And mustard and ginger are loved on the plate.
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海咸河淡,鳞潜羽翔。龙师火帝,鸟官人皇。
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The seas catch salt where rivers pour.
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The scaled submerge, the feathered soar.
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The dragon master, the fire fan,
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The bird-name giver, the King of Man.
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始制文字,乃服衣裳。推位让国,有虞陶唐。
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Then words appeared the things to note.
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Then clothes were made the body to coat.
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To men of worth the power passed down;
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First Yao, then Shun; each handed the crown.
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吊民伐罪,周发殷汤。坐朝问道,垂拱平章。
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Ji Fa of Zhou and Yin's first king
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Got rid of tyrants peace to bring.
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They sat at court and cupped their hands
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And talked on ways to honor their lands.
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爱育黎首,臣伏戎羌。遐迩一体,率宾归王。
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They loved and taught their men. Therefore
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All tribes to them allegiance swore
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Till far and near ,and one by one,
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They all were under the Heaven's Son.
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The phoenix sang on a bamboo slope,
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The white colts grazed on the pasture of hope.
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All plants were in the king's good graces
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Reaching far to the farthest places.
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盖此身发,四大五常。恭惟鞠养,岂敢毁伤。
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The four root elements make our form;
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The five prime virtues set our norm.
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In reverence think we're bred with care,
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What shame, great shame, this form to impair!
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女慕贞洁,男效才良。知过必改,得能莫忘。
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The fair admire the chaste and pure.
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The gents must follow the wise and sure.
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And when we slip we mend our way,
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And what we learn we keep for aye.
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罔谈彼短,靡恃己长。信使可覆,器欲难量。
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Refrain from talking how they fail,
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Nor feel so sure that you'll prevail.
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Whatever you promise, never break it,
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And be so tolerant that none will make it.
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墨悲丝染,诗赞羔羊。景行维贤,克念作圣。
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While silk being dyed old Mo deplored,
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The fleecy lamb in Poetry's adored.
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Learn from the worthy and the sublime
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And guide your thinking with theirs to chime.
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德建名立,形端表正。空谷传声,虚堂习听。
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Good virtues bring with them good fame;
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And noble forms will look the same.
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Through empty valleys far goes sound;
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‘Cross hollow halls the voices resound.
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祸因恶积,福缘善庆。尺璧非宝,寸阴是竞。
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Disasters follow evil trade,
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And kindness with good luck is paid.
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A foot-size jade's no treasure in life,
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A moment's worth an earnest strife.
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资父事君,曰严与敬。孝当竭力,忠则尽命。
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And wait on your parents, and sovereign too,
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With greatest care and deference due.
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On filial duty best you try,
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While for the nation ready to die.
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You fan the mat, you warm the bed,
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Like who'd on thin ice gingerly tread.
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Be sweet as orchid's endless scent.
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And firm as pine trees hardly bent
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川流不息,渊澄取映。容止若思,言辞安定。
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As constant as the rivers' flow.
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As clear as limpid pools will show.
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Behave with prudence or good thought,
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And speak with words in calmness wrought
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笃初诚美,慎终宜令。荣业所基,籍甚无竟。
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Beginning well is surely good;
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But keeping fine through is what you should
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To build yourself that is to be,
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Do honor and it endless see.
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学优登仕,摄职从政。存以甘棠,去而益咏。
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Achieve in learning a chance to create
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To work on a government post for the state
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Like Duke of Zhao for whom the cheers
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Grew louder with the passing years.
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乐殊贵贱,礼别尊卑。上和下睦,夫唱妇随。
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There's music for high and music for low;
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The rites are built on ranks, you know.
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Through high and low let harmony grin;
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When husband sings let wife join in.
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外受傅训,入奉母仪。诸姑伯叔,犹子比儿。
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Obey your master wherever you roam,
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But follow Mother's words at home.
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Like parents aunts and uncles are near;
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The nephews you hold as your own born dear.
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孔怀兄弟,同气连枝。交友投分,切磨箴规。
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And love your brothers for parents' sake,
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From whom you sprang with all their make.
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On common grounds you choose your friends,
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On bettering morals, nobler ends.
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仁慈隐恻,造次弗离。节义廉退,颠沛匪亏。
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With pity or mercy you proceed,
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And never leave a brother in need.
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Be upright and modest to moral perfection,
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And none the less even in dejection.
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A tranquil nature gives you ease,
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But when obsessed you never have peace.
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Remain unspoiled, with worth life fill;
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Pursuit of lust will weaken will.
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坚持雅操,好爵自縻。都邑华夏,东西二京。
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And have your honor your prime concern
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Till honor comes to dwell in turn.
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Two royal towns in flowering Cathay,
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One east, one west; full grandeur display.
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背邙面洛,浮渭据泾。宫殿盘郁,楼观飞惊。
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One mount-backed where the Luo waters sing,
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One washed by the streams where the Wei takes the
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The palace ways bewilder the sight,
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And the eaves of the towers seem in breath-taking
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图写禽兽,画彩仙灵。丙舍旁启,甲帐对楹。
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With colorful paintings of bards and beasts,
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Immortals, spirits, gods, and priests!
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The wing rooms open by the central hall
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With the columns, curtains, pearl-strings and all.
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肆筵设席,鼓瑟吹笙。升阶纳陛,弁转疑星。
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When banquets are held, the music will be played,
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And the zither and the sheng tunes rise or fade.
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As men ascend the steps, how fine—
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Like twinkling stars their hat-gems shine!
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右通广内,左达承明。既集坟典,亦聚群英。
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The Broad Interior leads to the right,
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The house on the left's called Carrying Light.
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The one keeps classics of all ages;
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The other, scholars, heroes, sages
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杜稿钟隶,漆书壁经。府罗将相,路侠槐卿。
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The masters' writings are graceful and adept,
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In paint or like classics inside the walls kept.
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The dignitaries posted the imperial abode,
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And lined His Majesty's touring road.
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户封八县,家给千兵。高冠陪辇,驱毂振缨。
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Their fiefs each covered counties eight
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With thousands of servants on them to wait.
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In tall hats they followed in imperial tours through;
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With the rolling of carriages the leather straps flew.
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Great place age-old sees riches pile
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And travels in most luxurious style.
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Their arts of war and peace well-known
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Are praised in inscriptions on bronze or stone.
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磻溪伊尹,佐时阿衡。奄宅曲阜,微旦孰营。
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The fisher at Pan stream, and Yi with his wit,
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Each rose to his times and did his bit.
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And think of Qufu, the town near Yan—
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Who could make it thrive but Dan?
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桓公匡合,济弱扶倾。绮回汉惠,说感武丁。
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Duke Huan assembled heroes of the day
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And propped the Zhou house lest it'd decay
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Emperor Hui had the Hoary Four,
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And Yue helped King Wu Ding of yore.
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俊乂密勿,多士寔宁。晋楚更霸,赵魏困横。
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Thanks to efforts of righteous men,
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The nation was back to peace again.
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Then Jin and Chu by turns prevailed,
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And Zhao and Wei were cunningly assailed.
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假途灭虢,践土会盟。何遵约法,韩弊烦刑。
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One march by guile, two states were stormed;
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One sworn alliance, a leader was formed.
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While Xiao He followed the Three-point Rule,
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Han Fei was caught in his statecraft tool.
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起翦颇牧,用军最精。宣威沙漠,驰誉丹青。
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General Bai Qi and a few more
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Displayed miraculous art of war.
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They were felt on the borders with awe and glory,
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And history fills with their fame and story.
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