Romance of the Three Kingdoms Quotes

“豎子不足與謀!”

“Do the unexpected; attack the unprepared.”

“A fierce wild beast: If he comes, his prey will be humans!”

“生子當如孫仲謀！
• That is the sort of son to have!”

“Those unworthy people cannot discuss worthy thing!
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“'Chicken tendons' are tasteless things to eat, and yet it is a pity to waste them.”

“三軍易得，一將難求。
• An army is easily raised; a leader is hard to find.”

“今天下英雄，惟使君與操耳！
• The only heroes in the world are you and I.”

“What a pity it is that of ten affairs in the world, one always meets with eight or nine vexations!”

“天下動之至易，安之至難。
• It is easy to alarm them but difficult to pacify them.”

“既生瑜，何生亮！
• O God, since you made Zhou Yu, why did you also create Zhuge Liang?”

“"When one is born great, one cannot be patient for long under another person's domination," said Lu Bu.”

“卿不負孤，孤亦必不負卿也。
• If you do not turn your back on me, I shall not on you.”

“Do you not understand that the plans elaborated in a little chamber decide success over thousands of miles?”

“"They are many and we but few," said Yuan-te to his brothers. "We can only beat them by superior strategy."”

“身雖殞，名可垂於竹帛也。
• My body may be broken, but my name shall live true in history.”

“人中呂布，馬中赤兔。
• Lu Bu was the man among humans, as Red Hare was the horse among horses.”

“Your rival has ten weak points whereas you have ten strong ones, and, though his army is large, it is not terrible.”

“寧教我負天下人，休教天下人負我。
• Rather we let down the world than the world let us down!”

“淡泊以明志，寧静而致遠。
• By purity inspire the inclination;
By repose affect the distant.”