タイトルイメージ 第五十八課: 臥龍、雛鳳
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自分を除かんとする蔡瑁(Cai Mao)から檀渓(Tan Torrent)を跳び越え辛くも難を逃れた劉備(Liu Bei)は水鏡先生(Water Mirror)と呼ばれる人物と出会います。水鏡先生は劉備がなかなか天下に手が届かないのは人がいないからだと断じます。臥龍(Sleeping Dragon)か雛鳳(Young Phoenix)のいずれかを手に入れれば天下を取れるであろうと劉備に告げます。臥龍とは諸葛亮孔明(Zhuge Liang)、雛鳳とはホウ統(Pang Tong)のことです。これが孔明と劉備の出会いのきっかけとなったのです。

人名
Water Mirror 水鏡先生Sun Qian 孫乾 Mi Zhu 麋竺
Guan Yu 関羽  Zhang Fei 張飛 Jian Yong 簡雍
Zhao Zilong (Zhao Yun) 趙子龍(趙雲)
地名
特にありません
その他
Sleeping Dragon 臥龍 Young Phoenix 雛鳳

 
参考吉川英治「三国志」第4巻 孔明の巻、琴を弾く高士

それでは英文を見てみましょう

Chapter XXXV  Liu Bei Meets A Recluse At Nanzhang; Shan Fu Sees A Noble Lord At Xinye.

※テキストはThe Romance of Three Kingdomsのものを採用しています。

Water Mirror laughed, saying, "Why this mystery? Why must you conceal the truth? You have certainly just escaped from a grave danger."
Then Liu Bei told the story of the banquet and the flight.
"I knew it all from your appearance," said his host. "Your name has long been familiar, but whence comes it that, up to the present, you are only a homeless devil?"
"I have suffered many a check during my life," said Liu Bei, "and through one of them am I here now."
"It should not be so. But the reason is that you still lack the one person to aid you."
"I am simple enough in myself, I know. But I have Sun Qian, Mi Zhu, and Jian Yong on the civil side, and for warriors I have Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Zilong. These are all most loyal helpers, and I depend upon them not a little."
"Your fighting generals are good: Fit to oppose a legion. The pity is you have no really able adviser. Your civilians are but pallid students of books, not people fitted to weave and control destiny."
"I have always yearned to find one of those marvelous recluses who live among the hills till their day arrive. So far I have sought in vain."
"You know what the Teacher Confucius said, 'In a hamlet of ten households there must be one true person.' Can you say there is no one?"
"I am simple and uninstructed. I pray you enlighten me."
"You have heard what the street children sing:
"In eight and nine years begins decay,
Four years, then comes the fateful day,
When destiny will show the way,
And the dragon flies out of the mire!
"This song was first heard when the new reign style was adopted. The first line was fulfilled when Imperial Protector Liu Biao lost his first wife, and when his family troubles began. The next line relates to the approaching death of Liu Biao, and there is not a single person among all his crowd of officers who has the least ability. The last two lines will be fulfilled in you, General."
Liu Bei started up in surprise, crying, "How could such a thing be?"
Water Mirror continued, "At this moment the marvelously clever people of the earth are all here and you, Sir, ought to seek them."
"Where are they? Who are they?" said Liu Bei quickly.
"If you could find either Sleeping Dragon or Young Phoenix, you could restore order in the empire."
"But who are these two?"
His host clapped his hands, smiled and said, "Good, very good!"
When Liu Bei persisted and pressed home his questions, Water Mirror said, "It is getting late. You might stay the night here, General, and we will talk over these things tomorrow."

語句解説

第五十七課

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