第二十五章托孤白帝城

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第二十五章托孤白帝城
Chapter 25: Liu Bei's Will at BaiDi City

刘备好不容易逃到白帝城，这时马良也从成都赶回来，把诸葛亮的话告诉给刘备。刘备感慨地说:“我早听丞相的话，就不至于有今天的惨败了！”
Liu Bei finally escaped to BaiDi City, and at this moment Ma Liang also hurried back from ChengDu, and told Liu Bei what ZhuGe Liang had said. Liu Bei was touched. "If I had listened to him earlier, then there wouldn't be this humiliating defeat!"

与陆逊一战，蜀汉元气大伤。刘备悔恨成疾，一病不起。
When battling with Lu Xun, the state of Shu has suffered heavy blows. Liu Bei was seized with remorse, and became dreadfully ill.

刘备自知快要死了，就派人到成都召诸葛亮等人，连夜赶到白帝城，听受遗命。
Liu Bei knew he would die soon, so he sent some men to ChengDu to call ZhuGe Liang, who came to BaiDi City that very same night, and listened to Liu Bei's will.

诸葛亮让太子刘禅留守成都，自己带着刘备的两个小儿子刘永、刘理来见刘备。
ZhuGe Liang told Liu Chan, the crown prince, to stay behind in ChengDu, and he would go bring Liu Bei's two younger sons Liu Yong and Liu Li to see Liu Bei.

刘备对诸葛亮说:“我就要死了，太子年幼，只有托付给丞相了。”说完泪流满面。
Liu Bei told ZhuGe Liang, "I'm going to die, the crown prince is youthful and young, I can only give him to you to take care of." once said Liu Bei started weeping.

刘备又说:“马谡只会纸上谈兵，不能大用。”接着，他写起遗诏。
He said, "Ma Su is an armchair strategist, and is therefore useless." Following that, he started writing his will.

随后，刘备让群臣进来，把遗诏递给诸葛亮。诸葛亮等人哭拜不止。刘备对诸葛亮嘱咐道:“刘禅软弱，如先生认为不可辅佐，就自立为王。以先生的才能，定能安邦定国。”
Then, Liu Bei told the other officials to come in, and gave his will to ZhuGe Liang. ZhuGe Liang and the others could only cry and bow down. "Liu Chan is really weak," Liu Bei informed ZhuGe Liang, If you believe that he can't be helped, then you can become the emperor. With your skill, you can lead our country to peace."

诸葛亮听后，手足无措，流泪跪拜道:“臣怎敢不尽全力辅佐后主、誓死效忠呢？”
After listening, ZhuGe Liang didn't know what to do, so he started weeping and knelt down. "How can I not give it my all, with the best of my abilities?"

刘备请诸葛亮坐下，对两个儿子说:“我死之后，你们兄弟三人要视丞相如父。”
Liu Bei told ZhuGe Liang to sit, and told his sons, "After I die, you guys need to view ZhuGe Liang as your father."

诸葛亮惶恐地说:“臣肝脑涂地，也难报陛下的知遇之恩啊。”刘备这才心安。
ZhuGe Liang spoke up. "I am willing to sacrifice my life, to fulfill your desires." Liu Bei relaxed.

刘备死后，诸葛亮回到成都，宣读了遗诏，请刘禅即皇帝位。
After Liu Bei passed away, ZhuGe Liang returned to ChengDu, and read the will, and proclaimed Liu Chan to be emperor.

消息传到魏国，曹丕听从司马懿的建议，联络辽东鲜卑、南蛮和孙权，兵分五路，向蜀国大举进攻。
The news spread to Wei Country, Cao Pi listened to SiMa Yi's suggestion, and talked to Xian Bei, Nan Man, and Sun Quan, who split their troops to go five different routes, and headed toward Shu Country to attack.

后主刘禅闻报后大惊，急忙来见诸葛亮。诸葛亮称已想好退四路兵之计，只有孙权一路，
还不知派谁去。第二天上朝，诸葛亮见邓芝能言善辩，就让他出使东吴。
When Liu Chan heard of this he was greatly surprised, and hurriedly went to go see ZhuGe Liang. ZhuGe Liang thought of a plan to block four routes, except for Sun Quan's, because he didn't know yet who he would send. The next morning, ZhuGe Liang met Deng Zhi, who was god-like in his supreme powers of persuasion, and told him to go as an ambassador to DongWu

这时，孙权虽答应曹丕起兵相助，但还在观望，迟迟没有发兵。
At this moment, even though Sun Quan agreed to help Cao Pi, he was still looking, and in the end didn't send any troops.

不久，诸葛亮计退魏军的四路人马。此时恰好邓芝来议和，孙权便决定联蜀抗魏。
Shortly after, ZhuGe Liang came up with a plan to push back Wei's soldiers. and at the last minute Deng Zhi arrived to talk, and Sun Quan agreed to side with the State of Shu to defend against Wei.