From the "Hongmen Banquet" by Sima Qian in the Western Han Dynasty, excerpts from the original text:
Pei Gong went to be a soldier. Sean thanked him and said, "Pei Gong is embarrassed to quit. I want to ask the minister to give me a pair of white jade, and then I will worship the king. Fight a pair of jade and then worship the general. " Wang Xiang said, "Is Pei Hongan there?" Liang said, "I heard that your majesty was interested in supervising the army, so he ran away and went alone. He has arrived in the army. "
Wang Xiang was given a seat by the wall. Father Ya fought with Jade, drew his sword and cut it, saying, "Alas! Insufficient vertical shaft, please! Whoever wins the title of king of the world will be rewarded repeatedly! I belong to this! "
Translation:
After Liu bang left, he returned to the barracks from the path. Sean went in to say goodbye and said, "Pei Gong can't drink too much and can't leave in person. Let me present a pair of white jade and worship it as king; A pair of jade buckets, two worships, dedicated to the general. " Xiang Yu asked, "Where is Pei Gong?" Sean said: "I heard that the king deliberately blamed him, ran away, left alone and returned to the barracks."
Xiang Yu took the jade and put it on the seat. Father Ya took the jade bucket, put it on the ground, pulled out his sword and smashed it, saying, "Alas! This boy is not worth * * seeking great things with him! Liu Bang must be the one who won the title of Xiang Wang. We are all going to be captured by him! "
Extended data
Creative background:
Sima Qian's stepfather was Taishi Gong in the third year of Yuanfeng (BC 108), and he began to write Taishi Gong Shu (hereinafter referred to as Historical Records) in the first year of Shu Tai (BC 104). Later, he was arrested and imprisoned for defending the defeat of Emperor Li Ling of the Han Dynasty and surrendering to Xiongnu, and was sentenced to corruption. After he was released from prison, he was appointed as the secretariat, endured humiliation and continued to complete his historical records.
In 9 1 year BC (the second year of Zheng He), Historical Records was written. There are 130 articles in the book, of which this article is the seventh. After the demise of the Qin Dynasty (206 BC), the leaders of two anti-Qin armies, Xiang Yu and Liu Bang, held a banquet in Hong Men on the outskirts of Xianyang, the capital of Qin Dynasty.
Artistic features:
1. This article is good at depicting characters through important historical events and conflicts, and the characters are very personalized and typical. The author depicts two different types of ruling figures with extremely profound and obvious love-hate brushstrokes.
2. This article is good at combining huge historical events with rich details, and is good at combining vivid scene descriptions with details.
This article has a meticulous and rigorous organizational arrangement. The article begins with Cao's tip-off letter and ends with Cao. Fan Zeng said Xiang Yu, and Fan Zeng thundered against Xiang Yu. In dealing with the materials, the author uses different brushstrokes such as complexity, simplicity, economy and repetition to make them complement each other, thus forming a strict logical structure of the whole article, which is helpful to the emergence of the theme.
This article has reached a new height in language application. Because the author has the original spirit and rebellious feelings in his biographical literary works, he can consciously get close to the people and learn from folk languages. The language style of the full text also fully shows that Sima Qian's ability to manipulate and use language has far exceeded the existing level of prose language in Qin and early Han dynasties and reached a new height.
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