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Ding Fengbo: Made Chancellor (on Yu Qian)
Beacon fires linked in a chain break the rule of the age; body ground to powder, bones broken, he sets the foundation of the state. A hundred days of siege and he was not afraid at all—straight at it—rooting out the treacherous and the fawning to hold the capital.
Since antiquity it has been hard to withdraw once merit is won—one intent only: sooner break than bend, measured against a grand design. Loyalty and honor both kept whole, given back to the histories that came after—he died for the state—and in life and after death, gain and loss are a small matter.
Glosses—
Foundation of the state: the root and base of the country;
The great departure: to die for one's country.
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