Book 3 - The Piece that Broke the Formation
Last update: Wednesday 23 August 2006
Chapters 21 to 30.
A total unknown deciphers a chess array that has stumped people for decades.
千里茫茫若梦
双眸粲粲如星
塞上牛羊空许约
烛畔鬓云有旧盟
莽苍踏雪行
赤手屠熊搏虎
金戈荡寇鏖兵
草木残生颅铸铁
虫豸凝寒掌作冰
挥洒缚豪英
A thousand 'li' seem as indistinct as a dream
A pair of eyes shine as bright as the stars
An empty promise is made with the cows and goats of the northern lands
An old alliance is found beside the candle and amidst the hair
In the hazy mistiness, a journey is taken through the snow.
To kill the bear and seize the tiger with one's bare hands
To sweep away bandits and battle armies with one's golden halberd
The grass and trees have a wretched existence, a skull is cast in iron
The legless creature of legend has a coagulating chill, a palm brings forth ice
To be scattered and sprinkled that outstanding men be bound.