The Great Revival

The Great Revival

A story which is read thru all ages in China

A glorious memory of Chinese

Goujian who endured all disgrace to accomplish his goal

He was undaunted despite repeated failures

He was staunch and unyielding

The old nation was supported by

this great and immortal spirit

2,500 years ago,

the last phase of Eastern Zhou Dynasty

Dukes and princes contended for hegemony

Wu, which Chinese regarded as a savage nation

was getting stronger

Wu started to extend the territory

Yue, a small and weak nation, was in a crisis between life and death

Yue attempted to pacify Wu by marriage

After the princess' escape

The curtain of a fierce war between Wu and Yue

was going up silently

Why did you stop the cart?

Troops in ambush

Jiwan, Yue's Princess sister of Goujian

Make a detour. Use the lane

Escort mistress

I will fight them

Everyone comes with me

Yes

You Yue people are outrageous

How dare you run away with the princess

By the Prince's command

Kill them on the spot

You will be spared if you drop the weapon and get out of the way

Live with the sword. Die with the sword

Kill them

Kill them

Stop

An urgent message from the border

Get out of the way...

Stop

An urgent message from the border

Must inform the Field Marshal now

Princess Jiwan, she married Wu's prince

She ran away

Shimai, Field Marshal of Yue

Where is she?

Still in Wu

What should we do, Field Marshal?

Mo Buxie, General of Yue

If we don't report it to the king,

we will be in trouble if she gets back

If we report it,

the prince will send troops to receive her

It is fine if he sends troops to receive her

It will cause big trouble if friction is created

In your opinion...

You must prepare how to deal with the prince

The king asked him to supervise state affairs 1 year ago

He did everything to strengthen the nation. He is ambitious

He is not easy to deal with

Everyone wants to strengthen our nation

The king asked the prince to supervise state affairs

but he has no real power

He is depressed

He will grab this chance

and contend for power

What will the king think?

When it is about love

I'm afraid the king can't make the decision

Stop

I have a petition

Take me to the prince now

Show me the sign for admittance

It's urgent. I don't have it with me

Leave the petition and go away now

The petition is in my stomach

Cut open your stomach

You will delay the prince's family affairs

Can you take the responsibility?

Drop your sword

Take off your armor

Put a cang on him

Move

Who are you?

Goujian, Yue's prince

I'm Yan Ying, a guard of Shimen Gate

How dare you talk about my family affairs

What do you want to report?

Your sister, Jiwan,

fled Wu

My sister, Jiwan

Where did she go?

She is on her way to Yue

How did you know?

I eavesdropped on the officer of Shimen Gate

Why didn't the officer report it?

He did but not to you

Who did he report to?

Maybe the Field Marshal

What did you say?

Say it again

Maybe the Field Marshal

Kucheng Yes

Go to the Field Marshal's residence and

find out if they had a message from the border tonight

Yes

Did you tell me the truth?

I dare not lie

Your Highness...

Did the Field Marshal get any message from the border?

Yes, the message was sent there first

Did he report it to the court?

He didn't

How dare he withhold such an important message

Does he respect me?

Kucheng Yes

Summon the Field Marshal now

Yes

Wait

Summon us to court at night

Futong, Commissioner of Yue

0h no! Something has gone wrong

Summon us to court at night

Field Marshal

We are summoned at night unless there is a border fight

The court knows about the princess' escape

How did the court know?

Why didn't Field Marshal come?

Fine

We will wait for him

Wu's palace

I will kill you...

Wretches

You wretches

I will kill you...

I asked you to run

Run

I asked you to run

You wretches

Run

Wretches

Jiwan,

come back

Prince Po, the eldest son of Wu's king

Your Highness

Field Marshal

We have been waiting for your report

for 2 hours

What kept you so long?

Last night

I had a few drinks

When the message from the border came

I...

was drunk

I didn't ask you if you were drunk

Now my sister's life is at stake

Should we receive her?

What...

What are your opinion, courtiers?

Your Highness, I think

if we receive her,

it will cause the outbreak of war between Wu and Yue

0ur nation is weak

We won't receive her

Yiyong, Censor of Yue

I beg to differ

0fficial Yiyong's duty

is to facilitate relations between nations

Let's not consider his fear

His opinion

is the same as the ignorant people's

Commissioner,

you insult me in front of all the courtiers

Enough. Yiyong

let him finish

Thank you

0fficial Yiyong

I didn't insult you

People bully the weak but fear the strong

Relation between nations

It is submission if a weak nation let a strong one bully it

Submission is not kingcraft

0ur nation's strength is irrelevant

when we decide to receive the princess or not

Strong nations always bully the weak, don't they?

I didn't talk about submission

I talked about receiving the princess

Will it cause the outbreak of war if we receive her?

I disagree with official Yiyong

Haojin, Prefect of Yue

Will it cause the outbreak of war?

Let's not discuss it now

Let's discuss should we receive her according to etiquette

What is etiquette?

A wife must follow her husband

The princess committed a break of etiquette

We will be unreasonable if we receive her

I think we can't receive her

We should send her back if she comes

We should send generous gifts to Wu

and ask for forgiveness