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Translator's Preface to "The Southern Expedition":

"Southern Expedition", also known as "Expedition to Wulu", the original author Liu Xia Yue, the word Ziqian, is a native of Juye County, Shanyang County, Yanzhou. His father, Liu Xia Nai, was a native of the Lu country, once a thief in Da Yeze, was defeated by Zhao Wuxian and then absorbed, and became the general of the left army of the Lu country, and repeatedly performed miraculous feats for the Zhao family in previous wars, and also did the "Luobei Massacre" This kind of "people and gods are angry". Based on all of the above, some people say that he is a "hero", that he is "the first peasant rebel in history", and that he is a "butcher" and that he is a "thief". Regardless of whether the merit of what he did was greater than the merit or the merit was greater than the merit for the time being, Liu Xiajiao was killed by an arrow when he entered Taolinsai along the ancient road of Cuihan to attack the Qin State on the eve of the establishment of the Zhao State.

According to the Historical Records. The Biography of Liuxia Plantar Liuxia Yue", as well as the existing Liuxia family genealogy, recorded that when Liuxia died in battle, his eldest son Liuxia Yue was only seventeen years old and was studying in Linzhang Xue Palace. Linzhang Xuegong is the official university of Zhao State, and it is also the world's first real university, but at the beginning, the Xuegong did not have the grand occasion of the gathering of sons and hundreds of schools of thought later, only a few schools, and various disciplines were also in their infancy.

Liu Xia Yue did not show extraordinary talent when he was a teenager, relying on his father's prestige to join the school palace, from the archives of the Linzhang school palace, it can be seen that he is a partial student, no interest in etiquette, music, poetry, books, etc., as the saying goes, "The boy has no other ambitions, only want to follow Yu Longcheng, Zhao Ziwei meritorious service, in order to be crowned king, An can be a long time between the pen inkstone?" At that time, the famous cavalry generals Yu Xi and Zhao Jia had a great influence on him, among which Zhao Jia was also a close friend of Liu Ziyue when he was in the school palace, and after Zhao Jia joined the army, he often exchanged letters with him.

His father's exploits, the encouragement of his friends, and the general environment of advocating "military merit knighthood" at that time made Liu Shitayue not become a Mr. Xuegong, but chose to put pen to paper. In contrast to the poetry books, Yanagi Yue's horsemanship, imperial arts, swordsmanship, bows and arrows are very good, and it is especially commendable that he is very outstanding in the study of Fangyu geography and has a strong interest in the "Great Kyushu Theory".

After Yanagishita's death, Yanagishita chose to leave the school palace to welcome his father's bones back to his hometown and bury him on Higashiyama Island in Ohnozawa. After 2,000 years of vicissitudes, with the diversion of the Yellow River, Onozawa has gradually disappeared, and Dongping Island in the past is now an inland depression, and the tomb of Liuxia Plantar is difficult to find.

In short, based on Liu Xia's contempt for Lile's filial piety, Liu Xia Yue also obeyed his last words, and only kept the filial piety period for one month, and resolutely joined the Zhao army.

It's a pity that he has missed the battle in Hedong, and the subsequent battle of Qin, in the subsequent battle of Zheng, the Zhao army was like a bamboo, did not encounter a hard battle, and Liu Xiayue, who was placed in the Chinese army, did not have any outstanding performance, but this first expedition allowed him to see the geography of the mountains and rivers between Zheng and Zong, and broaden his knowledge.

After the establishment of the Zhao State, the twelfth rank of the lord was promulgated, as a meritorious hero, Liu Xia was posthumously awarded the title of "Gong Dafu", in accordance with the provisions of the "Military Lord Law" in the title of demotion and inheritance, Liu Xia Yue Yin Father's Gong, reduced one class to become an "official doctor".

The official doctor belongs to the ninth rank of the twelve, which is a high rank and can have household tax. It is also a trick of fate, Liu Xiayue's original intention was to make meritorious service on the battlefield and be knighted, who expected that he had not made any contributions, and he could not help but feel worried about his father's merits to obtain such a high position. At the same time, it will also be questioned by the meritorious ministers, according to the "Historical Records. According to the Biography of Yu Mu Tian Wulie, Tian Ben, who had the same title as him, even called him a "tiger father and dog son" in front of all the courtiers.

In this situation, Yanagishitatsu is under great pressure to imagine the great pressure, and he hopes to have the opportunity to prove himself.

His opportunity soon came, and in the first year of Zhao, the contradictions between Zhao and Wu on Lu Song Si intensified, and eventually turned into war. At that time, Zhao Hou Wuxian decided to go on a personal expedition, and Liu Xia Yue also enthusiastically asked for help, and was allowed to be a deputy general in the cavalry and set out from the king.

The battle of Zhao and Wu at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period was a great war that laid the pattern of Dingding and even our current history. It's a pity that we can know from the historical records that Liu Xia Yue still didn't have any outstanding contributions in this war, and he returned home, but he left a precious war record for future generations, that is, "Southern Expedition".

Although Liu Xia often appeared as a hero based on the Xiaoshan Forest in later dramas and videos, in fact, he was born in the Lu aristocratic Zhan family, and he was also well-educated when he was a teenager, and he was even able to speak dumbfounded Confucius in debates. Under the influence of his father, Liu Xia Yue was literate since he was a child, although he did not perform well in poetry, books, etiquette and music after entering the school palace, but he came into contact with the "historians" and "novelists" at that time.

It is worth mentioning that there has always been a saying in the historiography that "the style was prepared at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period", that is to say, the historical books, novels, notes, dictionaries, poems, operas, and even prose and notes of later generations all appeared in less than 50 years at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period. One of the reasons is, firstly, because the world tends to be unified, after the establishment of the Linzhang Xue Palace, the Chinese scholars have a platform for extensive exchanges, and the culture of the Xia and Shang dynasties has been summarized and brought into play, giving birth to new ideas and styles; Second, the invention of paper, the improvement of the brush, and even the advent of engraving printing have made writing no longer an expensive aristocratic privilege, and the content presented on the carrier of paper is no longer a few pens of oracle bone inscriptions and gold inscriptions, or the ink on bamboo slips and silk books is like gold.

And the pioneer of the genre of notes is precisely Yanagishitatsu's "Southern Expedition", and fifty years later in his "Historical Records. Art and Literature Chronicle also regarded him as one of the "novelists".

To sum up, the "Southern Expedition" is written in chronological order in the form of notes, although the text is slightly rough and the rhetoric is immature, far less ornate and magnificent than the ornate and magnificent words used in the narration of this war in the "Historical Records", nor as rigorous and in-depth as Zuo Shi Qiu Ming's "Zuo's Spring and Autumn". But the victory lies in the fact that the author is a witness to this "battle for the end of the Spring and Autumn Hegemony", and in many details, it is beyond the reach of historical records and Zuo history.

Of course, from the perspective of our descendants, what is more important is that "The Southern Expedition", as Yanagi Yue's debut novel with a sword in one hand and a pen in the other, is a step for him to create greater works later. And what Liu Shitayue saw, heard, felt, and thought in this war was also the source of motivation for him to do a greater career a few years later.

Although it is very old, the manuscript of the "Southern Expedition" has been circulated, and the Liuxia family also has a relatively complete base, and the existing Yecheng Bookstore photocopy of the "Southern Expedition" is based on this manuscript, and refers to the remaining about six or seven circulating versions, compared with the "Historical Records. The Biography of Yanagishita Yue Lie" and other related historical materials were revised from each other.

As mentioned earlier, the historiographical community has studied the "Southern Expedition" very deeply, but it is not well known to the general public. It is very necessary to translate this ancient book more than 2,000 years ago into a vernacular that is close to the public, so that more people can understand that magnificent era and magnificent history from another level, and understand the early experience and state of mind of the great pioneer of the Chinese nation, Liu Shitayue.

When translating this book, we will try to respect the original text, but we will try to make it as easy to understand as possible in terms of logic and rhetoric. However, out of respect for the original appearance of history, the names of people and places at that time were kept in the original text of the book. For example, Zhao Wuxian was only a prince at that time, and the translation did not use the various honorific titles added by later generations, but continued to use the titles of "Gong" and "Junshang" by Liu Xia Yue in the book.

Finally, on the occasion of the publication of the vernacular translation of "The Southern Expedition", the author still wants to thank the leaders of Yecheng Bookstore for their support and the assistance of the descendants of the Yanagi family.

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