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General Wei Qing's victory was only a thing of chance.
And General Li Guang's thwarted effort was his fate, not his fault.

卫青不败由天幸，李广无功缘数奇。

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I will walk till the water checks my path,
Then sit and watch the rising clouds.

Empty hills, no one in sight,
only the sound of someone talking;
late sunlight enters the deep wood,
shining over the green moss again.

Red beans come from Southern country,
Few blossoms on vines when Spring comes.
For my sake please pick many of them,
They are the best symbol of true love.

All alone in a foreign land,
I am twice as homesick on this day
When brothers carry dogwood up the mountain,
Each of them a branch—and my branch missing.

Fighting single-handed for a thousand miles,
With his naked dagger he could hold a multitude.

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