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丹者，燕王喜之子，身質于秦始皇之世。 |
| | Dan was a son of King Xi of Yan and lived as a hostage during the reign of Qin Shi Huang.
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丈夫恥于受辱，貞女羞于節虧。 |
| | A man is ashamed to suffer humiliation, and a chaste woman feels shame if her virtue is compromised.
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田光云：「血勇怒而面赤，脈勇怒而面青，骨勇怒而面白。光知荊軻者，神勇也，怒而不變。」 |
| | Tian Guang said: "Blood-courage makes one angry with a red face, pulse-courage makes one angry with an azure face, and bone-courage makes one angry with a pale face." Guang knew Jing Ke was a man of divine courage, who became angry without changing his expression.
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荊軻之燕，謂太子曰：「光揣太子高行厲天，美聲盈耳。軻出衞都，望燕路，歷險不以勤，望遠不以遐。今太子禮之以舊故之恩，接之以新人之敬，所以不復讓者，信知己故也。」 |
| | When Jing Ke arrived in Yan, he said to the crown prince: "Guang estimates that your high virtue is as lofty as the heavens and your noble reputation fills the ears." Ke left Weidu, gazed at the road to Yan, and faced dangers without weariness, looked far away without considering it distant. "Now the crown prince honors me with old affection and receives me with respect as a new acquaintance. Therefore, I no longer refuse; this is because I trust that he truly knows me."
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軻曰：「太子若以燕當秦，猶以羊捕狼。」軻乃請樊於期曰：「將軍得罪於秦，父母妻子皆見焚，軻為將軍痛之。今願得將軍之首與燕督亢地圖進之，秦王必喜，喜必見軻。軻因左手把其袖，右手揕其胷，數以負燕之罪，責以將軍之讐。」於期執刀自刎，頭墜背後，兩目不瞑。太子聞之，伏尸而哭。函盛於期首與燕督亢地圖以獻秦，武陽為副。軻不擇日而發，太子賓客皆素衣冠送之易水之上。軻起為壽，歌曰：「風蕭蕭兮易水寒，壯士一去兮不復還。」漸離擊筑，宋意和之。為壯聲則髮怒衝冠，作哀歌則士皆流涕。二人皆升車，終已不顧也。荊軻至咸陽，秦王大喜，陛戟見荊軻。軻捧樊於期首柙并地圖以次進，羣臣皆呼萬歲。秦武陽大恐，荊軻顧笑武陽，前謝曰：「北蕃蠻夷之鄙人，未見天子，願陛下少假借之，使得畢事於前。」秦王曰：「軻起，督亢圖進之。」荊軻發圖，圖窮而匕首見。因左手把秦王袖，右手揕其胷，數之曰：「從我計則生，不從則死。」秦王曰：「乞聽琴聲而死。」召姬人鼓琴，琴聲曰：「羅縠單衣，可掣而絕；八尺屏風，可超而越；轆轤之劒，可負而拔。」軻不解音，秦王從琴聲，負劔拔之。秦王斷軻兩手，軻因倚柱而笑，箕踞而罵曰：「吾為豎子所欺，事不濟也。」 |
| | Ke said: "If the crown prince regards Yan as a match for Qin, it is like using a sheep to catch a wolf." Ke then approached Fan Yuqi and said: "General, you have offended Qin, and your parents, wife, and children were all burned to death. Ke feels deeply grieved for you." "Now I wish to obtain your head and the map of Yan's Dukang region as a gift; King Qin will surely be pleased, and if he is pleased, he will certainly receive me." Ke then took his sleeve with his left hand and stabbed him with his right hand his chest, listing the crimes against Yan repeatedly, and holding him accountable for the grudge of the general." Fan Yuqi took a knife and committed suicide; his head fell behind him, and his two eyes did not close. The crown prince heard of it and knelt over the body weeping. They placed Fan Yuqi's head and the map of Yan's Dukang region in a case to present to Qin, with Wu Yang as his deputy. Ke departed without choosing an auspicious day; the crown prince's guests all dressed in plain robes and hats to see him off at the banks of Yi River. Ke rose to offer a toast, singing: "The wind is bleak and the Yi River cold; once a valiant man departs, he shall never return." Jianli struck the zhu, and Songyi harmonized with it. When they sang a bold song, their hair bristled as if reaching for their caps; when they sang a sorrowful tune, the soldiers all wept. The two men both climbed into the carriage and never looked back again. Jing Ke arrived in Xianyang, and King Qin was greatly pleased; he received Jing Ke with halberds displayed on the palace steps. Ke held Fan Yuqi's head in a case and presented the map of Dukang step by step; all the ministers shouted "Ten thousand years!" Qin Wu Yang was greatly frightened. Jing Ke turned and smiled at Wu Yang, then stepped forward to apologize: "He is a rude man from the northern frontier tribes who has never seen an emperor; I beg Your Majesty for a little leniency so that he may complete his task before you." King Qin said: "Ke, rise and present the Dukang map." Jing Ke unrolled the map; when it was fully unfurled, a dagger appeared. He then took King Qin's sleeve with his left hand and thrust the dagger into his chest with his right, listing accusations: "If you follow my plan, you will live; if not, you shall die." King Qin said: "I beg to hear the sound of a zither before I die." He summoned his concubine to play the qin, and as she played, the sound was said: "Fine silk robes can be torn apart; an eight-foot screen can be leaped over; a sheathed sword, can be drawn while carried on one's back." Ke did not understand music; King Qin followed the qin melody and drew his sword from its sheath. King Qin severed Ke's two hands; Ke then leaned against a pillar and laughed, sitting with legs spread apart while cursing: "I was deceived by this petty man; the matter has failed."
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