Express One’s Feelings and Aspirations: Five Poems: No. 4
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蜀 主 窥 吴 幸 三 峡
崩 年 亦 在 永 安 官。
翠 华 想 象 空 山 里
玉 殿 虚 无 野 寺 中。
古 庙 杉 松 巢 水 鹤
岁 时 伏 腊 走 村 翁。
武 侯 祠 屋 长 邻 近
一 体 君 臣 祭 祀 同。
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Shu zhu kui wu xing san xia
Beng nian yi zai yong an guan.
Cui hua xiang xiang kong shan li
Yu dian xu wu ye si zhong.
Gu miao sha song chao shui he
Sui shi fu la zou cun weng.
Wu hou ci wu chang lin jin
Yi ti jun chen ji si tong.
Express One’s Feelings and Aspirations: Five Poems: No. 4
King Liu Bei of Shu spied on the Wu, good fortune being in Three Gorges
He died in his Yong An palace.
His emerald green regalia imitates the empty mountains
This jade palace now vacant and a countryside temple.
Ancient temple has fir and pine trees, nests of water cranes
Old village visit in slack times of June and December.
Close by is Zhuge Liang’s long hall, ancestral temple of nobility and
military arts
Together sacrifices are given to both king and official.
Notes:
King Liu Bei: Warlord during the Eastern Han Dynasty. Famous and legendary benevolent and humane leader. A brilliant politician featured in the famous Chinese novel, Three Kingdoms.
Zhuge Liang: (181-234) Prime Minister and Regent of the Shu Han state (221-263) within and during the Three Kingdoms period (220-280). One of the most famous of the Chinese military strategists. Known for his intellectual skills and as the “Crouching Dragon”.