The Three Kingdoms, divided, have been bound by his greatness.
The Eight-Sided Fortress is founded on his fame;
Beside the changing river, it stands stony as his grief
That he never conquered the Kingdom of Wu.
Original Poem:
「八阵图」
杜甫
功盖三分国， 名成八阵图。
江流石不转， 遗恨失吞吴。
Interpretation:
This poem was written in 766 A.D., when Du Fu first arrived in Fengjie, Chongqing, he made a poem to hang on to the past and marvel at the achievements of Zhu Geliang.
In the first two lines, you have established a world of achievements in the establishment of the Three Kingdoms, and you have achieved a permanent reputation by creating the Eight Formation Diagrams.
Said Zhuge Liang assisted Liu Bei from scratch, the creation of the state of Shu, the formation of Shu, Wei, Wu tripod, the situation of the three worlds, its superhuman talent and extraordinary political talent, the work of the time, no one in the three countries can be compared with it. The second sentence is about his outstanding military skills.
The last two sentences: let the river impact, but the stone is still the same, regret that Liu Bei did not listen to Zhuge Liang's words to swallow Wu lost strategy.
Then write the magical characteristics of the eight array diagram. Zhuge Liang small stone, ranks still, as it is nearly six hundred years, so far immovable. The unshakable eight array is Zhuge Liang on Shu Han regime and unification of the great cause of loyalty and firmness, such as the rock as a symbol of unshakeable. Write Zhuge Liang's “hate”, is Liu Bei for the revenge of Guan Yu, up hundreds of thousands of troops to attack Wu, destroying the fundamental strategy of Zhuge Liang Wu against Wei, so that the unification of the cause of the aborted, into a thousand years of hate!
Poem translator:
Kiang Kanghu
About the poet:
Du Fu (杜甫), 712 - 770 AD, was a great poet of the Tang Dynasty, known as the "Sage of Poetry". Born into a declining bureaucratic family, Du Fu had a rough life, and his turbulent and dislocated life made him keenly aware of the plight of the masses. Therefore, his poems were always closely related to the current affairs, reflecting the social life of that era in a more comprehensive way, with profound thoughts and a broad realm. In his poetic art, he was able to combine many styles, forming a unique style of "profound and thick", and becoming a great realist poet in the history of China.
