Red Cliff, an old historical novel bought to life by the director John Woo. I never actually have any interest on what happened in the era till i watch the movie. I am so fascinated by the magnificent war scene that i started digging into books trying to know the background and the people.
The more I read about it, the more i cannot imagine myself living in that period. They have no tv, no computers, no games, no phones and the worst thing of all is women are treated so lowly...
Under the "Four Periods of Rhetorical Study" by Francis Bacon, AD 208 belongs to the classical period. Birds like pigeon and hawks are used to send important documents as a form of communication carrier. I find that this is a very risk way...
Imagine the General in the front line having a important message that needs to be send back to the King/Prime Minister but half way through, the poor bird was shot down by a hunter or even the enemy. Many life will be lost dun to the broken communication line.
Even if the message is delivered, the time needed for the decoder to decode the message and send back to the encoder may takes up to months. That is definitely too long to wait.
We need to be grateful that we are not living in that point of time but in modern time or else you will not be reading my blog and posting comments~ To sum up, red cliff is a really nice and meaningful movie. Not only it teaches us history, it also remind us to treasure of technology more ^ ^ So what are you waiting for? Go catch the movie now if you have not watched it :)
<<短歌行>>
对酒当歌，人生几何？譬如朝露，去日苦多。
慨当以慷，忧思难忘。何以解忧？惟有杜康。
青青子衿，悠悠我心。但为君故，沉吟至今。
呦呦鹿鸣，食野之苹。我有嘉宾，鼓瑟吹笙。
明明如月，何时可辍？忧从中来，不可断绝。
越陌度阡，枉用相存。契阔谈宴，心念旧恩。
月明星稀，乌鹊南飞。绕树三匝，何枝可依？
山不厌高，水不厌深。周公吐哺，天下归心。
