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jiǔ niú máo
hàn shí dài yǒu hěn yǒu míng de
西
jiāng jūn míng jiào líng xiāo
yǒng shàn zhàn bǎi zhàn bǎi yíng
yǒu suī rán líng de jūn
duì fèn yǒng shā yīn wèi bīng
ér zhàn bài tóu jiàng
líng suàn zàn shí xiān rěn tóu
jiàng biàn děng dài huì
便
fǎn
dàn dāng líng tóu jiàng de xiāo chuán
dào shǒu huáng shàng shēn biān
de chén men kāi shǐ zhǐ
líng
huáng shàng shí fēn fèn jiāng
líng de qīn
le
qiān zhí hěn jìng zhòng líng
xìn líng huì yuán
tóu jiàng biàn jiàn yán huáng shàng
便
yào tīng xìn yáo yán
dàn jiù yīn wèi zhè yáng huáng shàng biàn
便
qiān qiān bìng jiāng qiú
jìn jìn xíng yán chéng
qiān suí hòu xiě le fēng cháng
xìn gěi de péng yǒu shuō dào
xiàn zài zài xiě shǐ
cháng piān guǒ le jiù
tóng jiǔ niú máo bān wēi
dào dàn yuàn chéng shòu zhù zhè
bān de chéng lái wán chéng zhè
shū zuì zhōng qiān wán
chéng le zhè míng liú qiān de shǐ
xué zhù zuò shǐ
Li Ling was a great general during the time of emperor Han Wu-di (hàn wǔ dì汉武帝). He was a very good fighter, and he won every battle.
One time, however, Li Ling's troops were so hopelessly outnumbered by the Huns that although they fought bravely, the whole army was soon taken captive.
Li Ling shamefully surrendered for the moment, planning to wait for an opportunity to strike back.
But when news of the surrender reached the capital, the emperor's jealous ministers began to degrade Li Ling in front of the emperor.
What he heard made the emperor so angry that he had Li Ling's wife and mother put to death.
Ze-ma Chian, who had always respected Li Ling, believed that he wouldn't surrender without a reason, and urged the emperor not to believe rumors.
This time, the emperor grew angry at Sz-ma Chian, and locking him up, punished him severely.
Sz-ma Chian then wrote a long letter to a friend, saying, "I am now in the middle of writing a history book. If I die, it will be as if one ox in a group on nine were to lose a single hair. I am willing to withstand punishment in order to complete this book." Sz-ma Chian finally did finish his book - the very famous Shr-Ji.
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