Thursday 21 March 2013

文天祥 人生自古誰無死,留取丹心照汗青。(Tell me, my friend --) Since time began, to die who can decline? O Through history books in glory, let our crimson hearts shine!

人生自古誰無死,留取丹心照汗青。(Tell me, my friend --) Since time began, to die who can decline? O Through history books in glory, let our crimson hearts shine!



【過零丁洋】   南宋 • 文天祥

辛苦遭逢起一經,
干戈寥落四周星。
山河破碎風飄絮,
身世浮沉雨打萍。
 

惶恐灘頭說惶恐,
零丁洋裡嘆零丁。
人生自古誰無死,
留取丹心照汗青。

GUO LING DING YANG 

("Crossing LINGDING YANG: Lonely Ocean")
-- by WEN TIANZHANG (1236-1283)

-- Translated by Frank C Yue
 

Facing tumult'ous times the Book of Change I divine by;
Our few troops fought for four long years under the starry sky.
Our homeland's shattered, scattered in the wind like puffy seeds;
My life is like the floating plant, hit by rains (till it bleeds).
Fleeing down the Beach of Fear, fear on our faces had shown;
Sailing across the Lonely Ocean, we are so alone!
(Tell me, my friend --) Since time began, to die who can decline?
O Through history books in glory, let our crimson hearts shine!



「富貴不能淫,貧賤不能移,威武不能屈,此之謂大丈夫。」
—《孟子·滕文公下》

... 很感動: 金錢地位不能惑亂其心志,貧窮低賤仍不改其操守,不屈服於武力暴力。

some core human values are universal -- they shine eternal like a mighty bright beacon, pointing the way, transcending the barriers of time-space, nations, cultures, etc. just open up your heart and your mind's eye... it is really not too difficult to sense and see what is justice, what is right and wrong.


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 < 文天祥(1236~1283),南宋政治家、文学家。自幼敬仰历史上的忠臣义士,20岁中状元。1274年,起兵抗元。1278年,兵败被俘。1279 年,元兵把他押解到崖山,途中经过零丁洋时他写下《过零丁洋》一诗,以表明自己视死如归的意志。1283年1月9日,文天祥 从容就义。>
 
<“人生自古谁无死?留取丹心照汗青”这句名言,激励着一代又一代仁人志士抛头颅,洒热血,保家卫国。学习本文,可以很好地了解《过零丁洋》的写作背景。>

<【原文】

 天祥至潮阳,见 (张)弘范 (蒙古汉军元帅,率部下抓获文天祥),左右命之拜,不拜。弘范遂以客礼见之,与俱入厓山(宋末抗元的最后据点),使为书招 张世杰。天祥曰:“吾不能扞(保卫)父母,乃教人叛父母,可乎?” 索之固,乃书所过零丁洋诗与之。其末有云:“人生自古谁无死?留取丹心照汗青。弘范笑而置之。厓山破,军中置酒大会。弘范曰:“国亡,丞相忠孝尽矣,能改 心以事宋者事皇上,将不失为宰相也。” 天祥 泫然(水滴下的样子)出涕,曰:“国亡不能捄(通“救”),为人臣者死有余罪,况敢逃其死而二其心乎!弘范义之,遣使护送天祥至京师,天祥 在道不食八 日,不死,即复食。至燕,馆人供 张(陈设帷帐及一切用具)甚盛。不寝处,坐达旦。遂移兵马司(主管京师治安的机关),设卒以守之……天祥临刑殊从容,谓吏卒曰:“吾事毕矣。” 南乡(通“向”)拜而死。
(节选自《宋史·文天祥传》)>

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