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Song of the Southland: Thoughts on Climbing Beigu Tower
何处望神州？
满眼风光北固楼。
千古兴亡多少事？
悠悠。
不尽长江滚滚流。
Where can I look out upon the sacred land? All the splendor before my eyes—Beigu Tower. A thousand years of rising and falling, how many things? Endless. The long Yangtze rolls on and never ceases.
年少万兜鍪，
坐断东南战未休。
天下英雄谁敌手？
曹刘。
生子当如孙仲谋。
In youth he had ten thousand helmeted men; he sat firm upon the southeast and fought without rest. Who was a match for him among the heroes of the world? Cao Cao and Liu Bei. A son should be like Sun Zhongmou.
Reading notes
Sun Zhongmou is Sun Quan; 曹刘 refers to Cao Cao and Liu Bei. 兜鍪 means a helmet and stands for the armed troops.