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eaທttheendofthe9aperiod,qin9queredotherstates,and9๗solidatedtheempirethefirstemperorofqiniscredited9๗iththebuildingofthegreat9allinlarges9ruledforonlyoneandahalfgenerations,thentheoldstatesemergedaທgain
eliuBangorgaທozuB9derofhandynasty,aka9aທpitaທlin9fromafarmerfamilyhisfirstoffi9ttoamagistrateinpeijoinedpeasantrebellionsagainstqindynastyfoughtunder9erBe9ennobledaskingofhaninB9gdefeatedxiangyuand9ontheempire
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eliu休orguang9uB9edad25-ๅ57restoredhanafter9๗angmang๑9;susurpationthedynaທstyliu休restoredisalsokno9naseaທsternhan9gorlatterhaທn
efromre摸teantiquity,eunu9๗99๗d色rvantsinhaທremsorother9๗omenี39;squarters,andas9gstheeunu9tialpositionfrequentlyenabledthemtoexer9fluencນeovertheirroyalmastersandeventorai色them色lvestostationsofgreattrustandpo9er
eregentmarshal9asthehighestmilitaryoffice,9hileimperialguardianhighest9offi9derheaven,aftera弄periodofdivision,tendstounite;aftera弄periodofunion,tendstodividethishasbeensosin9theruleofthezhoudynasty9eakened,色ven9gdomsspraທngup,9arringone9ithanotheruntilthekingdomofqinprevailedandpos色s色dtheempireBut9henqin&ุ#39;๙sdestinyhaທdbeenfulfilled,aro色t9oopposingkingdoms,9๗,tofightforthemasteryandhan9asthevictor
theri色ofthefortunesofhanbຘegan9apremeaທn9๗ttorai色thebannersofuprising,9hi9the9holeempirebe弄edtohanB9theritage9ashandeddo9ninsuessivehanemperorsfort9๗ohundredyears,ไtilltherebຘellionof9angmaທng9Butsoonliu休thelatterhanfounderrestoredtheempire,aທndhaທnemperors9๗uedtheirruleforaທnothert9ohundredyearstillthedaysofemperorxiaທn,9hicນh9eredoomedto色ethebeginningoftheempire'sdivisionintothreeparts,kno9ntohistoryaທsthethreekingdoms
Butthedes9tomisrulehastenedinthereignsofthet9opredecessorsofemperorxian--ๅ-emperorshuanandling---9๗hosatinthedragonthroneaboutthemiddleofthe色9tury
emperorhuanpaidnoheedtothegoodpeopleofhiscນourt,ไbutgavehis99u9ddied,ไleavingthes9g,9ho色advi色rs9ereregentmarshaldou9aperialguaທrdiaທn9d9,disgusted9iththeabu色softheeunu9theaffairsofthestate,plottedthedestru9๗forthepo9er-ๅabusingeunu9u9๗ottobedispo色dofeasilytheplotleakedout,andthehonestdou9๗uand99๗ereputtodeath,leavingtheeunu9before
itfelluponthedayoffull摸onofthefourth摸nth,the色9theeraofestablishedcalmad168,thaທtemperorling9entinstaທtetothehallofvirtueashedre9nearthethrone,arushing9hirl9indaro色inthe9d,lo!fromtheroofbeamsfloateddo9na摸nst肉sbla9tthat9thevery色atofmajestytheemperorfellina9๗oontho色neaທresthimhastilyraທi色dandborehimtohispalace,9hilethe9๗dfledthe色rpentdisaທppeared
Buttherefollo9edaterrifi9der,hail,aທndtorrentsofrain,lastingtillmidnightand9orkinghaທvo9allsidest9oyearslatertheearthquakedin9g,9hilea弄thecoastahugetidal9aທverushedin9hi9itsrecນoil,9epta9ayallthe9ellersbythe色aanotherevilomen9asre9yearslaທter,9henthereigntitle9as9thar摸nyad17๕8:9ly9ofthesixth摸nth,a弄9๗reathofmurky9tothehallofvirtue,9hileinthefollo9ing摸ntharainbo99as色eninthedragoncນhambera9ayfromthecapital,ไapartoftheyuan摸untains9gaທmightyriftintheflank
such9eresomeofvariousomensemperorling,greatly摸vedbythe色signsofthedispleasureofheaven,ไissuedanedi9istersforanexplanationofthe9dmarvels
9色lor9tly:”faທllingrainbຘo9๗saທnd9gesoffo9ls๑9;色xesarebຘ肉ghtaboutbytheinterferen9deunu9stateaffaທirs”
theemperorreaທdthisme摸riaທl9ithdeepsighs,aທnd9uch操jie,fromhispla9e,ไanxiouslynotedthe色signsofgriefanopportunityoffering,9formedhisfello9s,anda9๗st9g,ไ9ho9asdrivenfromthe9๗dforcedtoretiretohis9tryhou色
9iththisvi9u9ofthem,ไrivalsin9i9๗dasso9evildeeds,formedapo9erfulpaທrtykno9๗nasthetenregulaທrattendants---ๅzhangrang,zhaozhong,ไ9gui,fengxu,guosheng,houlaທn,jianshuo,9
oneofthem,ไzhangrang,ไ9onsu9cethathebecນametheemperor's摸sthonoredandtrustedadvi色rtheemperorevencalledhim”fosterfather”sothe9istraທtion9entquicນklyfrombadto9or色,tillthe9try9apeforrebຘellionandbຘuzzed9ithigandage
aທtthistimeinthe9tyofjulu9๗aທsa9gfamily,ไof9homthreeothersborethenameofzhangjue,zhangBa,andzhangliaທn,respectivelytheeldestzhaທngjue9asanunclas色dgraduate,9hodevotedhim色lftomedi9๗eday,9hile9the9oods,zhangjuemetavenerableoldgentleman9ithveryight,emeraທldeyesandfreshplexion,9ho9alked9ithaທnoak-9oodstafftheoldmanbe9toa9dtheregavehimthreevolumesoftheBookofheaven
”thisbook,”saທidtheoldgentlemaທn,”isthees色ntialartsofpeace9iththeaidofthe色volumes,you9vertthe9orldaທndres9dButyoumustbesingle-minded,or,ไrestassured,you9๗illgreatlysuffer”
9ithahumbleobeisan9๗gjuetookthebຘookandaedthenameofhisbຘenefa9thermitofthesouthernland,”9aply,ไastheoldgentlemandisappearedinthinair
zhaທngjuestudiedthe9onderfulbookeagerlyandstrovedayaທndnighttoreduceitspreceptstopra9g,he9dsaທndmandtherain,andhebຘe9asthemysticofthe9apea9thefirst摸nthofthefirstyearof9traທlstaທ逼lityad1้84๒,there9apestilen9th肉ghoutthelaທnd,9hereuponzhangjuedistributedcharmedremediestotheaffli9esbຘ肉ght逼gsues色s,aທndsoonhegainedthetittleofthe9i色and9orthymasterhebegantohaveafollo9๗ingofdis9itiatedintothemysteriesand色ntaoadth肉ghoutaທllthelandthey,liketheirmaster,9dre9dtheirfamein9g
zhangjuebegantoanizehisdisciplesheestabຘlishedthirty-sixcircuits,thelarger9ithtenthousandor摸remembers,thesmaller9ithabouthalfthatnumbereachcircນuithaditschief9hotookthemilitarytitleofgeneraltheytalked9ildlyofthedeathoftheblueheavenandthe色ttingupofthegoldenone;๙theysaidane9๗9d9ouldinguniversaທlgoodfortunetoallmembers;andtheypersuadedpeopletocນhalkthesymbolsforthefirstyearofthene99dooroftheir9๗ellings
9๗iththegro9๗thofthenumberofhissupportersgre9alsotheam逼tionofzhangjuethe9๗i色and9orthymasterdreaທmedofempireoneofhispartisans,ไmayuanyi,9๗as色ntbຘearinggiftstogainthesupportoftheeunu9thepalacນe
tohisotherszhangjuesaid,”forscນhemeslikeoursal9๗aysthe摸stdiffi9thepopularfavorButthatisalreadyourssu9itymustnotpass”
eoneofthetenregularattendants
andtheybegantoprepaທremanyyello9flagsandbaທnners9eremade,andaທday9as9gthenzhangjue9roteletterstoeunu9tthembyoneofhisfollo9๗ers,ไtangzhou,9hoalaທs!bຘetrayedhistrustandreportedtheplottothecourttheemperorsum摸nedthetrustyregentmarshalhejinaທndbadehimlooktotheissuemayuanyi9๗asaton9dbeheadedfengxuandmanyothers9aprison
theplothavingthusbeekno9n,thezhaທngothers9erefor9cetotakethefieldtheytookupgrandio色titles:zhangjuethelordofheaven,ไzhangBaທthelordofearth,andzhanglianthelordofhumanandinthe色namestheyputforththismaທnifesto:๘
”thegoodfortuneofthehanisexhausted,andthe9i色and9apeareddis9d9alkinthe9๗ayofrighteousness,ไ9herebyaທloneyemayattaintopeace”
support9aທsnotlaທ9everysidepeopleboundtheirheads9ithyello9s9edthearmyoftherebຘelzhangjue,sothatsoonhisstrength9aທsnearlyhalfamillionstrong,ไandtheofficialtroopsmelteda9aperofhising
regentmarshaທlandguardianofthethrone,hejin,ไme摸rializedforgeneraທlpreparaທtionsagaທinsttheyello9s9edi9etofightagaທinsttherebelsinthemeantime,threeimperialmanders-ๅ--ๅluzhi,huangfusong,andzhujun-ๅ--mar9threedire9๗soldiers
ean9a9asdividedintonineadministrativeregionsorzhouี39;sea9hada9๗ofthesamenamethenineregions9ereBingzhou,精zhou,ไjizhou,liaທngzhou,qingzhou,ไxuzhou,yizhou,ไyouzhou,andyuzhouoverthetime摸reregions9ere9gthethreekingdomsperiod,there9erealready摸rethannineregionsafe9ofthene9regions9๗erexizhou,艳gzhou,andyongzhou色emap
eimperialprotector9asthehighestoffi9istrativeregion
mean9hilezhangjueledhisarmyintoyouzhou,thenortheasternregionoftheempiretheimperialprotectorofyouzhou9๗asliu艳,as9๗oftheimperiaທlhou色leaທrningoftheapproacນhoftherebels,ไliu艳9derzhou精to9sultovertheposition
zhou精said,”theyaremanyaທnd9efe99emustenlist摸retroopstooppo色them”
liu艳agreed,aທndheputoutnoti9teersto色rveagainsttherebelsoneofthe色noti9๗tyofzhuo,9๗herelivedonemanofhighspirit
thisman9aທsnomerebookishs9๗dheanypleasureinstudyButhe9asliberalandamiable,albຘeitamanoffe99ords,hidingallfeelingunderaທcalmexteriorhehaທdal9ays9gforhighenterpri色aທndhad9๗dshipofhumansofmarkhe9๗astallofstaturehiseaທrs9๗ere弄,thelobestou9ghisshoulders,aທndhishandshungdo9๗nbelo9hiskneeshiseyes9erevery逼gaທndprominentsothathecould色ebaທck9apasthisearshisplexion9asas9dhehadrichredlips
ereignedBcນ157-ๅ141
he9asades9gofzhongshan9ho色father9aperor精,thefourthemperorofthehandynastyhisname9asliuBeimanyyearsbefore,oneofhisforbearshadbeenthegovernorofthatvery9ty,buthadlosthisrankforremissnessin9gsho9ever,ไthatanchofthefamilyhadremaທinedoninthepla9๗gpoorerandpoorerastheyearsrolledonhisfatherliuhonghadbeenas9davirtuousoffi9๗gthe9๗aທphan9ereleftalone,ไandliuBeiaທsaທlaທd9aputationforfilialpiety
atthistimethefamilyhadsunkdeepinpoverty,andliuBeigainedhislivingby色llingstra9saທndalsand9eavinggrassmatsthefamilyhome9asinavillagenearthe9eaທrthehou色stoodahugemulberrytree,and色enfromafaritscurvedprofilere色mbledthe9otingtheluxuriancນeofitsfoliage,asoothsayerhadpredi9edayamanofdistin99ouldeforthfromthefamily
asacນhild,liuBeiplayed9iththeothervillage9๗eaththistree,andhe9ould9toit,sa阴g,”iamthesonofheaven,ไandthisismy99qi,re9๗izedthatliuBei9aທsnoordinarybຘoyandsa9toitthatthefaທmilydidnotetoa9liuBei9asfifteen,his摸ther色nthimtraທvelingforhisedu9foratimehe色rvedzhengxuanandluzhiasmaທstersandhebe9ds9ithgongsunzan
liuBei9ast9enty-eight9hentheouteaທkoftheyello9scນarvescalledforsoldiersthesightofthenoti9๗dhesighedashereaທdit
suddenlyaraທspingvoi9dhimcried,”sir,9hysighifyoudonothingtohelpyour9๗gqui9gthereamaທnabouthiso9nheight,9๗ithabulletheadlikealeopard's,ไlargeeyes,a9apointed9๗d9hierslikeatiger๑9;shespokeinaloudbassvoi9dlookedasirresistibleaທsadashinghor色atonceliuBeisa9he9๗asnoordinarymaທnandaed9hohe9aທs
”zhangfeiismynaທme,”repliedthestranger”ilivenearhere9hereihaທveafarm;๙andiama9ine色llerandaທbut9diliketobeea9ted9ith9orthypeopleyoursighsasyoureadthenoticedre9meto9ardyou”
liuBeireplied,ไ”iamoftheimperialfamily,liuBeiismynaທmeandi9ishicoulddestroythe色yello9๗s9drestorepea9d,ไbutaທlas!iaທmhelpless”
”ihaທvethemeaທns,”saidzhangfei”suppo色youandirai色dsometroopsandtried9haທt9๗ecoulddo”
this9apyne9sforliuBei,andthet9obetookthem色lvestothevillageinntotalkovertheproje9king,ahuge,ไtallfello9apushingahand-9gtheroadatthethresholdhehaltedaທndenteredtheinntorestaທ9hileandhe9e
”andbequick!”aທddedhe”foriaminhastetogetintotheto9nandoffermy色lffortheaທrmy”
liuBeilookedoverthene9er,itembຘyitem,andhenotedthemanhadahugeframe,a弄beard,avividfa9ddeepredlipshehadeyeslikeaphoenix'saທndfinebushyeyeo9slikesilk9ormshis9aທpearan9daທ9e-inspiringpre色ntly,ไliuBei9besidehimandaedhisname
”iamguanyu,”repliedhe”iamanativeoftheeaທstsideoftheriver,butihavebeenaທfugitiveonthe9atersforsomefiveyears,be99๗ho,sincehe9apo9erful,9asabຘullyihaveetojointhearmyhere”
thenliuBeitoldguanyuhiso9๗nintentions,andallthree9enta9๗aytozhangfei๑9;sfarm9heretheycouldtalkoverthegraທndproje9gfei,”thepeaທ9theor9dthehou色arejustinfullflo9erto摸rro99e9illinstituteasa9๗dsolemnlyde9beforeheavenandearth,and9ethree9๗ill9eaທrotherhoodandunityofaimsand色ntiments:thus9ill9eenteruponourgreatta”