Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition Memorial

[neocomp92]

I thought that they use wooden scrolls to write on....

[DiarySG]

classic 3 kingdoms > new 3 kingdoms

[YengaGee]

How beautiful the calligraphy is!!!!!! :O, soo 孔明 is wise, talented, musical, loyal, creative, kind, generous, poetic and now he has beautiful handwriting....honestly, just just just amazing!! Look at the prime ministers nowadays!?!?!? they could learn a lot from him..........

[mybox65]

1)The First Ruler had accomplished but half his great task at his death. At this moment the empire is in three parts, and our country is weak; it is a most critical moment for us. Still, ministers are not remiss in the capital, and loyal and devoted soldiers sacrifice their lives abroad, for they still remember the special kindness of the First Ruler and wish to show their gratitude to him by service to Your Majesty.

[davidlee110]

very nice hand writing

[blubby1000]

唐国强演得诸葛亮，真是演到心里去了。

[cjandgunner35]

@blubby1000 这诸葛亮看几次都不闷

[why0918]

唐国强太牛了！

[suppko]

the guy who write that words is excellent@@

[ppshchik]

@suppko The ones who wrote the words wasn't a stunt but actor of Zhugeliang himself. Tang Guo Qiang is also a well known calligrapher and a member of the Chinese calligraphy association.

[svlina]

@ppshchik Thans for info. glad to know that this handwriting wrote by Tang Guo Qiang himself. He is really worth my praise for his classic play the role of Zhuge Liang. If slowly watch this scene you can also see he shown that he is begin sick during he wrote this memorial.  This is the wonderful of depth expression from the actor that description he well understand the role.

[hotpres100]

that is the memorial funeral writing of Zhuge Liang! i'm so glorified to have seen such a presence!!

[lcsxwtian]

刘备因为一个火烧连营七百里而病死，一世英名就此扫地。奈何诸葛­亮千百万分能力，碰上了刘禅这么一个昏君，有什么办法？蜀国因为­一个关羽而气势宏大，又因为一个关羽气数全尽。真乃成也萧何败也­萧何也！

[wellstevenn]

初中时的一篇课文

[kentkaizen]

how can han be revived?

when er dou is the chairman of shu han

if han wudi is still alive then we are talking

[Toushiro1010]

Since Liu Bei was a direct descendant of the Imperial family, Liu Chan is eligible to the Han Throne.

[kentkaizen]

definitely,

but would u put a stupid man with no ambition

(liu chan) to revive the whole empire?

it is like sending a monkey to do calculus

[Toushiro1010]

True, but that's not the point. It's not because the want to, it's because they have to. There's no one else but him. Liu Feng got executed, Liu Chan's the only 1 left, excluding Han Xian Di.

[kentkaizen]

yeap, then we have a monkey to do calculus

i almost spit blood when sima zhao talked to liu chan about shu han

"i am too joyful to think about home"

[blubby1000]

i think this is due to the different view on values. I mean, it was like 100 or 200 AD, the most valued behaviour was loyalty. Although the person you are loyal to is kind of stupid. Of course it can be argued whether this set of value is also kind of stupid...

[kentkaizen]

that's true, a person of loyalty will certainly be remembered thru gen to come

in war, i still blv "the end justify the mean"

loyalty would not save the sons of farmer send for wars

would not save the thousands wife waiting for the spouse return. therefore the best decision that yiled the less loss should be made. it won't happen with liu chan playing grasshopper with eunuch

[theuglykwan]

@Toushiro1010 Liu Bei was never able to provide definitive proof of his lineage.

[seannyslow]

I believe it was Han Wudi who destroyed Han

[kentkaizen]

i have to agree with u partially

his doom come from his inability to stop waging war and manage country efficiently like han wendi

but at this point of zhuge expdition, what one need is a good emperor in war to win over wei

han wudi is my best recommendation

[chinayap]

Chinese chinese,if you feel touch till cry on this video scene.I am very happy that you are truely chinese rather than categories ownself as HongKong,Taiwan,Tibet or other part of China. We all are Chinese. Why we have to separate China. ZhuGeLiang help Shu to recover Han.Dissapointed is Now China are being separating

[recscy]

@chinayap

I love Zhuge Liang, so I am very sad when China united to Wei. I am a Taiwanese and I will never agree PRC.

[mybox65]

@recscy

我日你卑贱的祖宗， 像狗一样逃离祖国，子孙像断脊之犬，苟全狗命在荒蛮野岛

[freelhj]

@recscy 你这话要放到当年让诸葛丞相听见了，立马就是一个“乱臣贼子，其­心可诛。斩了！” lol

[recscy]

@freelhj 怎麼會，你看清楚我說的：我很傷心蜀漢被［曹魏］統一。　丞相會說我是大大的忠臣　XD

[freelhj]

@recscy 我指的是你最后一句。要换到那会儿，就是“我是西凉人，我反对大­汉，我们要建立西凉国。” 你说丞相会不会斩掉你的狗头？

[recscy]

@freelhj 台灣可不在漢朝地圖上，丞相不會介意的。再說，漢朝開國在前，魏­國簒權在後；正如ＲＯＣ建國在前，ＰＲＣ建國在後。蜀漢以一州之­地對抗曹魏，正如ＲＯＣ以一島之地對抗ＰＲＣ。你說丞相會支持誰­？

[rongjingji]

@recscy 孙权第一次派人巡查了琉球

将台湾纳入版图

[MasamuneAzure]

@recscy No china was united by Jin

[charlesyang318]

每次讀這篇古文,都會讓人有一種難以訴說的悲傷..

[mybox65]

读有些文字会哭的, 此是一篇

[mehdan2]

o.O the language is foreign to a native speaker like me! 啊。

[Titan9999]

The old form was concise. :)

[kiwichinaimport]

@Titan9999

I'm learning the ancient Chinese language, my dads pro at it

[tea550]

我是台灣人

台灣國中國文課本有諸葛亮的出師表

我讀國中時上過 所以對出師表很熟悉 呵呵

[EmperorChiCheung]

香港也是一樣，出師表乃中學生必修之古文。

想不到竟然是諸葛亮先生把我們兩岸三地聯繫起來了啊。

[longweihan101219]

@tea550 你们台湾国除了中国文还学什么文？

[tea550]

@longweihan101219 你誤解了吧 我說 台灣"國中"國文課本有諸葛亮的出師表

在台灣 初中叫做國中 這樣你懂了吧

[longweihan101219]

@tea550 ……好吧，错怪你了……

[longweihan101219]

@tea550 ……好吧，错怪你了……我们初中也学了，现在还会会背，^_^

[drunkNdrive]

great vid

[WeskPei]

出师表......

到现在我也背不下来

[spyroaria]

有意思~

[mirie1]

How sad Zhuge Liang could not make his wish.

Sometimes the heaven let kill such a good person.... It's really misfortune....

I really cried when he dreamed Shu unified China and the emperors of Wei and Wu bow to the Shu emperor. Zhuge Liang looked really happy....

[serpentdoness]

OMG, I cried during that scene too!!

[theuglykwan]

@mirie1 Well he wasn't good enough to overcome the opposition in Wei and he blew his one real chance when he used Ma Su. That was pretty much his own fault.

[rinwhr]

appreciate your translation

[reviver4dream]

謝謝上傳！！！！太凄美了

[Mennion3]

I remember going to Chinese school on Saturday when I was 12 years old and having to learn this.

[Ancientech]

终见五指执笔之拔镫之法。牛啊。

[carltonlau2006]

臣本布衣，躬耕於南陽，苟全性命於亂世，不求聞達於諸侯。先帝不­以臣卑鄙，猥自枉屈，三顧臣於草廬之中，諮臣以當世之事。由是感­ 激，遂許先帝以驅馳。後值傾覆，受任於敗軍之際，奉命於危難之間­，爾來二十又一年矣

[waiquencheung]

Shu Kingdom prime minister Zhuge Liang is writing a proposal for another expedition for War against the kingdom of Wei. He look quite old...this might be his 6th and final expedition. Afterward his student Jiang-wei try to continue and made a few more expedition but failed each time. Not long afterward Shu had to surrendered.

[Titan9999]

Actually, this is before the first Northern Expedition. He only came back from his southern campaign against Meng Huo not long ago.

[mehdan2]

o man i dont understand wenyanwen very well...

[mehdan2]

i love the lishu calligraphy!

[condorX2]

ty for taking your time for the English sub : D

It been so long I watch this clip, may i know what happen afterward when finish Zhuge Liang done writing this Memorial? [=

[mehdan2]

I assume he prepares for the Northern Expedition against Cao Wei?

[metalhead531]

Thank you for the post. ROTTK is one of the best novels on the planet, and these sections from the series help me visualize things in a diffrent perspective.

[Titan9999]

IMPORTANT INFO: Most of this clip don't have English subtitles. I have included the English translation of the full memorial in the description. Note that the clip itself only mentioned some parts of the memo, since the full memorial is pretty long.