第九十七回第九十七回Chapter Ninety-Seven

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摘星樓紂王自焚

摘星楼纣王自焚

Chapter Ninety-Seven · Investiture of the Gods

King Zhou burns himself to death in the Star-Plucking Tower

A line drawing in the manner of a late-Qing lithographed edition: outside the palace wall, a three-storey pavilion burns, flames and curling smoke rising from it; in the foreground King Wu on a horse turns away with one wide sleeve held across his eyes, while the white-bearded Jiang Ziya in helmet and armour, on an antlered mount, leans toward him with one hand held out, palm up, and a row of small riders under blank parasols waits at the right.

詩曰:

紂王暴虐害黔黎,國事紛紛日夜迷。痛飲不知民血盡,荒淫那顧鬼神悽。

诗曰:

纣王暴虐害黔黎,国事纷纷日夜迷。痛饮不知民血尽,荒淫那顾鬼神凄。

A poem says:

King Zhou, cruel and tyrannous, did harm to the black-haired people;the affairs of state were in turmoil, and day and night he lay bewildered.Drinking deep, he never knew the people’s blood was running dry;sunk in lust, what did he care that ghosts and gods were grieving?

蠆盆宮女真殘賊,焚炙忠良類虎鯢。報應昭昭須不爽,旗懸太白古今題。

虿盆宫女真残贼,焚炙忠良类虎鲵。报应昭昭须不爽,旗悬太白古今题。

The scorpion pit for palace women was truly cruel and vicious;burning loyal men alive, he was like a tiger or a man-eating whale.Retribution is plain to see and never misses its mark:the great white banner was hung, a theme for all the ages.

話說楊戩正趕雉雞精,見前面黃旛隱隱,寶蓋飄揚,有數對女童分于左右,當中一位娘娘,跨青鸞而來,乃是女媧娘娘駕至。怎見得,有詩為證:

话说杨戬正赶雉鸡精,见前面黄旛隐隐,宝盖飘扬,有数对女童分于左右,当中一位娘娘,跨青鸾而来,乃是女娲娘娘驾至。怎见得,有诗为证:

Now, Yang Jian was chasing the pheasant spirit when he saw ahead of him yellow banners faintly showing and a jewelled canopy floating on the wind. Several pairs of maiden attendants stood to either side, and in the middle a goddess came riding the blue phoenix: it was the goddess Nüwa arriving in her carriage. And how did it look? There is a poem to prove it. It says:

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