Book 2 - The Shield of Resurrection and Admiration
Last update: Sunday 29 October 2006
Chapters 11 to 20; summaries available.
A highly reputable man falls unceremoniously from grace.
向来痴
从此醉
水榭听香 指点群豪戏
剧饮千杯男儿事
杏子林中 商略平生义
昔时因
今日意
胡汉恩仇 须倾英雄泪
虽万千人吾往矣
情立雁门 绝壁无余字
Infatuated all along
Intoxicated from now on
In the water pavilion, the beauty directs the play of extraordinary men
Drinking a thousand cups is the affair of men
In the forest of apricots, the righteousness of a lifetime is outlined.
The accords of the past
The intentions of the present
The gratitudes and grievances of the foreign man, exhaust the tears of the hero
Though men in thousands upon ten thousands head for me
Affection stands at the Gate of Wild Geese, without any other words on the precipice.
Chapter Summaries
11: Infatuated all along
Jiumozhi takes Duan Yu north, to the residence of the Murong Family in Suzhou, so that the young man can be burnt as an offering to the late Murong Bo. When they arrive at the Murongs' Little House of Zither Melodies, maidservants A'Bi and A'Zhu help Duan Yu escape from Jiumozhi. Then, the two girls and Duan head for the home of the Wangs, who are relatives of the Murongs.
12: Intoxicated from now on
At the Wangs' Highland Manor of Camellias, Duan Yu runs afoul of Mrs Wang, who orders him to be her gardener because of his knowledge of camellias. When Duan meets Wang Yuyan face-to-face in the garden, he is shocked to see that she looks exactly like the White Jade Statue in the Boundless Cavern. Duan and Wang soon hear about the seizing of A'Bi and A'Zhu, as well as the punishment that was about to befall them. Acting quickly, Duan and Wang manage to free the two maidservants after a few heart-stopping moments with a murderous Auntie Yan, and make their escape.