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第91部分(第2页)

Liu Bei and his brothers stopped to listen to the song and; calling up one of the peasants; asked who made it。

〃It was made by Master Sleeping Dragon;〃 said the laborer。

〃Then he lives hereabout。 Where?〃

〃South of this hill there is a ridge called the Sleeping Dragon; and close by is a sparse wood。 In it stands a modest cottage。 That is where Master Zhuge Liang takes his repose。〃

Liu Bei thanked him and the party rode on。 Soon they came to the ridge; most aptly named; for indeed it lay wrapped in an atmosphere of calm beauty。

A poet wrote of it thus:

Not far from Xiangyang

There stands; clear cut against the sky;

A lofty ridge; and at its foot

A gentle stream goes gliding by。

The contour; curving up and down;

Although by resting cloud its marred;

Arrests the eye; and here and there

The flank by waterfalls is scarred。

There; like a sleeping dragon coiled;

Or phoenix hid among thick pines;

You see; secure from prying eyes;

A cot; reed…built on rustic lines。

The rough…joined doors; pushed by the wind;

Swing idly open and disclose

The greatest genius of the world

Enjoying still his calm repose。

The air is full of woodland scents;

Around are hedgerows trim and green;

Close…growing intercrossed bamboos

Replace the painted doorway screen。

But look within and books you see

By every couch; near every chair;

And you may guess that mon persons

Are very seldom weled there。

The hut seems far from human ken;

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