For whoever who doesnt understand Da Jiang Dong Qu.
Read this.
念奴娇 (赤壁怀古) [宋]苏轼
大江东去，浪淘尽、千古风流人物。
故垒西边，人道是三国周郎赤壁。
乱石穿空，惊涛拍岸，卷起千堆雪。
江山如画，一时多少豪杰。
遥想公瑾当年，小乔初嫁了，雄姿英发。
羽扇纶巾谈笑间、樯橹灰飞烟灭。
故国神游，多情应笑我，早生华发。
人生如梦，一樽还酹江月。
Reminiscing the Ancient Times at Chibi Cliff
Irregular Verse in the Tune of "Reminiscing Princess Tender" by Su Shi
Eastward the Yangtse River flows,
Its waves washing away traces
Of giant people of all times old.
West of the ancient stronghold
Is said to be Chibi of Three Kingdoms, glory of Zhou Yu's.
The disorderly peaks piercing the sky
And splashing waves splattering the bank
Produce foams like piles of snows.
What a great quantity of heroes
Came to the picturesque land.
How splendid and heroic,Zhou was at the time
When Xiao Qiao became his wife.
When Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu talked and laughed,
Cao Cao's warships and masts were burnt and sank.
Touring the old land is my mind;
How sentimental and laughable you may find
Me, on whose head early gray hair grows.
Human lives are dreamlike;
Back to the moon my respectful cup of wine goes.
Below is info of The Battle at Red Cliff
The Battle of Chibi (literally, "Red Cliffs") was another classic battle where the vastly outnumbered emerged as victor through strategy. In this battle, however, Cao Cao was on the losing end.
In the winter of 208, Liu Bei and Sun Quan – two warlords who later founded the kingdoms of Shu and Wu respectively – formed their first coalition against the southward expansion of Cao Cao. The two sides confronted at the Red Cliffs (northwest of present day Chibi City, Hubei). Cao Cao boasted 830,000 men (historians believe the realistic number was around 220,000), while the Liu-Sun coalition at best had 50,000 troops.
However, Cao Cao's men, mostly from the north, were ill-suited to the southern climate and naval warfare, and thus entered the battle with a disadvantage. Furthermore, a plague that broke out undermined the strength of Cao Cao's army. The decision by Zhou Yu, military advisor to Sun Quan, to use fire also worked effectively against Cao Cao's vessels, which were chained together and thus allowed the fires to quickly spread. A majority of Cao Cao's troops were either burnt to death or drowned. Those who tried to retreat to the near bank were ambushed and annihilated by enemy skirmishers. Cao Cao himself barely escaped the encounter.
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