𝗥𝘂𝘀𝗮, 𝗗𝘂𝗮 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗮, & 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂 𝗖𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗮

2. Twin Towers

ᴏ ᴀɴᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴡᴏᴇ ᴀᴛ ᴄᴀꜱᴛʟᴇ
ᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴡᴏᴇ ᴀᴛ ᴘᴀʟᴀᴄᴇ
ᴏ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ʜᴏʟʟᴏᴡ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴜʀʀᴏᴡ ɪꜱ
ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴀ ᴡʀᴀᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ʟɪ ʙᴇɪ ɪꜱ
ᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄɪᴛᴀᴅᴇʟ, ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴏᴘ ʜɪʟʟ
ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴀʏ ᴏꜰ ʀᴀɢᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴡᴏᴇ
ᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ɢʀᴇᴀᴛ ᴋɪɴɢ ɪꜱ ᴇɴʀᴀɢᴇ
ᴡɪᴛʜ ɴᴏ ʜᴇɪʀ ꜰᴏʀ ʜɪᴍ ɪɴ ᴏʟᴅ ᴀɢᴇ

Li Bei
"What a troublesome I have
What a gruge I now see
With these overlap skin of me
With these falling beard of mine
Will my kingdom be no more!"

𝙼𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜
𝙰𝚠𝚊𝚒𝚝 𝚖𝚢 𝚕𝚘𝚛𝚍, 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚒𝚝 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐
𝙰𝚠𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚗 𝚋𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐
𝙾 𝙻𝚒 𝙱𝚎𝚒 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝟷𝟶𝟶𝟶 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐
𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚜𝚘𝚘𝚗 𝚏𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚞𝚜

"What a sword mouth be!
What dagger lips you have!
What a sweet honey you thought I'll taste!
Within you I see not a fruit of peace!
What a dreadsome you give me!"

𝘔𝘢𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘴
𝘗𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦!
𝘉𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨
𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯
𝘉𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨

"Another blow you share me!
Another woe you sing to me!"

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘺𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘦
𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘴𝘢𝘬𝘦

"Even a weight of golden embroidere
Even a mass of silver ranging here
Even an amount of diamonds crystalize
Will only be posses to my foe!"

𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦
𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘦
𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘶𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘣𝘦
𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 & 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦

"What is cloth better than his own being?
What is food better than his own living?
What is richness with no pleasing?
What is man with all he have?
When I on my edge to grave
All be given to those who needs more
A man who needs a friend of he
Alike a pair of wings to fly to gaze
A man's child is an eternal gift of life
All the goods be forevermore be fruitful
I gain not a sparkle of light within me
I have nothing than me, O woe me."

𝙰 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚏𝚕𝚊𝚖𝚎, 𝚊 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝
𝙰𝚕𝚕 𝚜𝚘𝚘𝚗 𝚋𝚎 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝

"How I envy those who oppose me!
How I jealous at their side!
How they eat and drink for what all they simply have
How they neither need less nor more but fine
How cherry my foes are!
How they warm in a flame when winter will come
How they share to one another the cloths as a pack of parcel dime
How they be many and more to generations to come."

𝘋𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴

ᴀɴᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ꜱᴏɴɢ, ᴛʜᴇ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ʀɪɴɢɪɴɢ
ᴀ ᴊɪɴɢɢʟᴇ ᴛᴏ ꜱɪɴɢ, ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇɴᴇᴍʏ ꜱɪɢʜᴛꜱᴇᴇɪɴɢ
ᴀ ɢʀᴇᴀᴛ ʙᴜᴛ ʜᴏɴᴏᴜʀᴀʙʟᴇ ʟɪ xᴜᴀɴɢ
ᴀꜰᴛᴇʀᴡᴀʀᴅꜱ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴄᴏᴍᴘᴀꜱꜱɪᴏɴ ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ ʀᴜʟɪɴɢ

𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘯𝘴
𝘈𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘣𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨
𝘈𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨
𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨
𝘈𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨

Li Xuang
"Utter me voice my children
Urge me from grudge, O people I own
Under the wings of justication
Upon the love I adore gracious mercy."

𝙼𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝙸𝙸
𝙾𝚞𝚛 𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚜 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚢
𝙾 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘𝚖 𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚢
𝙾𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚞𝚕𝚕𝚢
𝚃𝚘 𝚐𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚜𝚘 𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚕𝚢

ᴹᵒᵗʰᵉʳ Qᵘᵉᵉⁿ
ᴼ ᵐʸ ˢᵒⁿ ᵈᵉᵃʳˡʸ
ᴼⁿᵉ ᵗʰᵃᵗ ᴵ ʰᵃᵛᵉ ᵒⁿˡʸ
ᴵ ʰᵃᵛᵉ ˢᵉᵉⁿ ʸᵒᵘʳ ʷᵃʸ
ᴵ ᵃᵐ ᵍˡᵃᵈ ᵗᵒ ʳⁱˢᵉⁿ ᵃ ʷⁱˢᵉ ᵐᵃⁿ
ᴬ ᵇᵘʳⁿⁱⁿᵍ ᶠˡᵃᵐᵉ, ᵃ ˢʷⁱⁿᵍⁱⁿᵍ ᵇᵘʳⁿ
ᴬˡˡ ᵐᵃʸ ᵇᵉ ᵐⁱᵍʰᵗʸ ʷⁱᵗʰⁱⁿ ʸᵒᵘ ˢᵒⁿ

𝘈𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨
𝘈 𝘵𝘰𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨

"I may not have jewels to give
I do have understanding to share
I have no earthly possessions in me
I may have honour to judge my people."

𝘞𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘓𝘪 𝘉𝘦𝘪
𝘞𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵
𝘞𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘫𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘓𝘪 𝘉𝘦𝘪
𝘞𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵

"What for a diamonds be compare to understanding?
Why must a possesion be chased earlier before teaching?
What far better than golden or silver than knowledge of knowing?"

𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦
𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦
𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵
𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦

𝙰 𝚏𝚘𝚘𝚕 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚗𝚘 𝚑𝚘𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚒𝚜
𝚊 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎
𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚊 𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚍𝚘𝚖 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕
𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎

ᴬ ᶠᵒᵒˡ ᵇᵉ ᶠᵒᵒˡⁱˢʰ ʷⁱᵗʰ ʰⁱˢ ᶠᵒˡˡʸ
ᴬˡˡ ʰⁱˢ ᵖᵃᵗʰ ˢᵒᵒⁿ ᵇᵉ ᵃⁿ ᵃˢᵗʳᵃʸ
ᴬ ᵐᵃⁿ ᵒᶠ ᵈⁱˢᶜⁱᵖˡⁱⁿᵉ ⁿᵒᵗ ᵈⁱˢʳᵉᵍᵃʳᵈ
ᶠᵒᵒˡⁱˢʰⁿᵉˢˢ ˢⁱᵐᵖˡʸ
ᴬˡˡ ʰⁱˢ ʷᵃʸ ᵇᵉ ᵍᵃᶻᵉ ᵗᵒ ⁱⁿˢᵗʳᵘᶜᵗⁱᵒⁿ ᵒⁿˡʸ

"Though we're poor in all to satisfy
We are rich in all we needy."

𝘉𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘓𝘪 𝘟𝘶𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘓𝘪 𝘉𝘦𝘪
𝘉𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴
𝘉𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨
𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴

ᴮᵉ ⁱᵗ ˢᵒ ᵗᵒ ʸᵒᵘ ᵗᵒᵒ ᶜʰⁱˡᵈʳᵉⁿ
𝙱𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚘𝚘 𝙾 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚗
"Bless you all in all that you've done
O children."