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ause of the parting words of Xu Shu;
And by the thrice repeated visits to his retreat;
The great hero found and knew his mentor。
When the age of Zhuge Liang was but thrice nine years;
He turned from his books; put aside his lute;
And left the peaceful fields he had loved;
Under his guidance Jingzhou was taken
And the two Lands of the Rivers conquered。
He unrolled great schemes; as one all knowing;
In speech; he went to and fro in the world;
The sound of war drums rolled from his tongue;
The words from his heart stirred one to the utmost depths。
The dragon pranced; the tiger glared;
And peace was brought to the world。
Through all the ages his fame shall never decay。
After taking leave of Zhuge Jun; Liu Bei and his followers left for Xinye; with Zhuge Liang as panion。 When they took up their abode there; Zhuge Liang was treated as a mentor; eating at the same table; sleeping on the same couch as Liu Bei。 They spent whole days conversing over the affairs of the empire。
Zhuge Liang said; 〃Cao Cao is training his troops for naval service in Aquamarine Lake; and hence certainly intends to invade the country south of the Great River。 We ought to send our spies to ascertain what Cao Cao and Sun Quan are really doing。〃
So spies were dispatched。
Now after Sun Quan succeeded to the heritage of his father and brother; he sent far and wide to invite people of ability to aid him。 He established lodging places for them in Kuaiji in Wu; and directed Gu Yong and Zhang Hong to wele and entertain all those who came。 And year by year they flocked in; one remending another。 Among them were Kan Ze of Kuaiji; Yan Jun of Pengcheng; Xue Yong of Beishan; Cheng Bing of Run
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