精品文档Unit 8 Chinese Literature Warm-up ActivityQuestions for discussion:1)Look at the following pictures. They are all illustrations of the famous stories of the four great novels of Chinese literature. Do you know or can you tell any of these stories?a.Story 1:颐和园长廊上的彩绘：桃园三结义2008-04拍摄，绘画年代大约于19世纪末精品文档．精品文档Oath of the Peach Gardennovel historical in the 桃园三结义) was an oath the The Oath of Peach Garden (u, and Zhang Romance of the Three Kingdoms, by which the three warriors Liu Bei, Guan YFei became sworn brothers in a ceremony amid peach blossom trees. The original goal of thePeach Garden Oath was to protect the Han Dynasty from the Yellow Turbans. This act bounda to as and is often alluded the key men of future Shu-Han Kingdom of China the threehappened, an event records suggest such of symbol fraternal loyalty. Nothing in historicalthough the three were noted to be close, to the point of sharing the same bed.Three the of Romance of it as appears in the Wikisource translation The oath,Kingdoms/Chapter 1, was this:are surnames although the Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, saying When the names Liu Bei,different, yet we have come together as brothers. From this day forward, we shall join forcesfor a common purpose, and come to each other's aid in times of crisis. We shall avenge thenation from above, and pacify the citizenry from below. We seek not to be born on the sameday, in the same month and in the same year. We merely hope to die on the same day, in thesame month and in the same year. May the gods of heaven and earth attest to what is in our hearts. If we should ever do anything to betray our friendship, may the gods in heaven strikeus dead.In many other translations, only the section dealing with dying on the selfsame day ispresent. However, the three brothers do not die on the same day: Guan Yu is executed by Sun Quan, Zhang Fei is assassinated by his own men whom he treated with cruelty, and Liu Beithe province of dies of illness after the disastrous attempts to avenge Guan Yu and reclaimJing.The oath inspired the present day secret societies in Chinese communities, such as theTriad, to use a similar ritual when swearing in new members. Though not born on the same the phrase the three brothers —day of the same month in the same year, we hope to die so society secret present among the day become —made during the oath had also popular）（392 wordsmembers.)(/wiki/Oath_of_the_Peach_GardenStory 2:颐和园长廊彩绘中的徐庶荐诸葛（三顾茅庐）故事2008-04拍摄，绘画年代大约于19世纪末精品文档．精品文档Three Visits to the Thatched CottageAfter they had become sworn brothers at Taoyuan, Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei madeit to do it would be impossible the to restore Han Dynasty. But they felt that concerted efforts after one battle alliance later won help the of a smart adviser. The Liu-Guan-Zhang without opposing the to surrender to Shu. But before long, Xu had the another thanks to advice of Xu troops. Cao by the mother who was abducted of his of camp Cao Cao in order to save the life Before he left, Xu Shu recommended Zhuge Liang to the brothers.Accompanied by Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, Liu Bei went to Wolonggang in Longzhong in the hope of inviting Zhuge Liang to be their military adviser. But Zhuge's servant said: The Mentor left in the morning. Liu Bei asked the servant to forward to Zhuge Liang his message that thebrothers had come to visit him. After that, Liu rode his horse away, returning home sullenly. A few days later when he learned that Zhuge Liang was at home, Liu Bei went for another visit along thatched his reading books at said: Fei. The servant The Mentor is Zhang with Guan Yu and cottage. Liu requested to see him. When they learned that the one reading books at the thatched cottage was not Zhuge Liang himself but his brother Zhuge Jun, the Liu-Guan-Zhang brothers lefta letter to express their admiration and then braved heavy snows to return home.Not long after they returned to their barracks at Xinye, Liu Bei wanted to visit Zhuge Liang'su dissuaded Liu from going by saying that perhaps Zhuge thatched cottage once more. But Guan YLiang was not as smart as expected and that he was simply dodging the visiting brothers for that. Zhang Fei said: You don't need to go. I'll tie him up and force him to come and see you instead.his one of bent of King Wen on visiting story brothers telling time lost Liu Bei no in his thesubjects called Jiang Ziya. Liu, Guan and Zhang, therefore, paid a third visit to Wolonggang. Theyhad no sooner arrived than the servant said: The Mentor is sleeping. Liu Bei waited until ZhugeLiang was awake and dressed . Finally, he consented to see the brothers. Liu Bei paid three visitsto the thatched cottage without complaint. He finally succeeded in inviting Zhuge Liang to be his military adviser and to help the brothers in their cause. (416 words)三顾茅庐《三国演义》中的故事。