第五十三回第五十三回Chapter Fifty-Three

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鄧九公奉敕西征

邓九公奉敕西征

Chapter Fifty-Three · Investiture of the Gods

Deng Jiugong marches west by royal command

A line drawing in the manner of a late-Qing lithographed edition: on the plain before the walls of Xiqi, the young woman general Deng Chanyu gallops away on her white horse, twisting round to hurl a stone back over her shoulder, two sabres at her saddle; the boy Nezha, riding two wheels of fire with his spear levelled, chases after her, grinning.

詩曰:

渭水滔滔日夜流,西岐征戰幾時休。漫言虎豹纔離穴,又見貔貅樹敵樓。

诗曰:

渭水滔滔日夜流,西岐征战几时休。漫言虎豹才离穴,又见貔貅树敌楼。

A poem says:

The Wei River rolls on, flowing day and night;when will the wars at Xiqi ever cease?Do not say the tigers and leopards have only just left their dens:again we see the pixiu raising towers against the foe.

修德每愁糜白骨,荒淫反自詠金甌。豈知天意多顛倒,取次干戈不斷頭。

修德每愁糜白骨,荒淫反自咏金瓯。岂知天意多颠倒,取次干戈不断头。

The virtuous grieve at every bone ground white;the dissolute instead sing of their golden bowl.Who knew Heaven’s will so often turns things upside down,and shield and spear, one after another, never cease?

話說申公豹說反了土行孫下山,他又往各處去了。

话说申公豹说反了土行孙下山,他又往各处去了。

Now, after Shen Gongbao had talked Tu Xingsun into turning against his own side and sent him down the mountain, he went off to other places.

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