Thus speaking she seized the curving rail and started into the lily pond. Lu Bu caught her in his strong arms and wept as he held her close. “I knew it： I always knew your heart,” he sobbed. “Only we never had a chance to speak.” She threw her arms about Lu Bu. “If I […]
He angrily rebuked his son, saying, “Dare you make love to my beauty？” He told the servants to turn Lu Bu out, shouting, “Never let him enter here again！” Lu Bu went off home very wrath. Meeting Li Ru, he told Li Ru the cause of his anger. the adviser hastened to see his master […]
“Of course you do not understand. Yesterday when I was at court, the Prime Minister told me he had something to talk to me about in my own house. So naturally I prepared for his coming, and while we were at dinner he said, ‘I have heard something of a girl named Diao Chan whom […]
You stand, a dainty maiden, Your cherry lips so bright, Your teeth so pearly white, Your fragrant breath love-laden；Yet is your tongue a sword；Cold death is the reward Of loving thee, O maiden. [yip, yip, yip] Dong Zhuo was delighted and praised her warmly. She was told to present a goblet of wine to the […]
“How dare I expect this？” said Dong Zhuo. “From the days of old, those who walk in the way have replaced those who deviate therefrom； those who lack virtue have fallen before those who possess it. Can one escape fate？” “If indeed the decree of Heaven devolves on me, you shall be held the first […]
Some few days later when Wang Yun was at court and Lu Bu was absent, Wang Yun bowed low before Dong Zhuo and said, “I wish that you would deign to come to dine at my lowly cottage： Could your noble thought bend that way？” “Should you invite me, I would certainly hasten,” was the […]
Lu Bu said, “I am but a simple officer in the palace of a minister. You are an exalted officer of state. Why am I treated thus？” “Because in the whole land there is no hero your equal. Poor Wang Yun bows not to an officer’s rank； poor Wang Yun bows to his ability ” […]
And the girl said, “Thy handmaid has been the recipient of bountiful kindness. She has been taught to sing and dance and been treated so kindly that were she torn in pieces for her lord’s sake, it would not repay a thousandth part. She has noticed lately that her lord’s brows have been knit in […]
On one occasion Dong Zhuo spread a GREat feast for all those assembled to witness his departure； and while it was in progress, there arrived a large number of rebels from the north who had voluntarily surrendered. The tyrant had them brought before him as he sat at table and meted out to them wanton […]
This is what Kuai Liang said, “Sun Jian is now gone, and his children are but youths. Seize this moment of weakness to break into Changsha, and it is yours in one beat of the drum. If you return the corpse and make peace, you give them time to grow powerful, and evil will ensue […]