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破镜重圆

文章来源：未知文章作者：enread 发布时间：2012-07-25 04:58 字体： [大中小]　进入论坛

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During the Southern and Northern Dynasties (420-589), there lived a beautiful, intelligent princess name Lechang in the State Chen. She and her husband Xu Deyan loved each other dearly. But before long their country was in danger of being invaded by the troops of the Sui Dynasty. Princess Lechang and Xu Deyan had a premonition（预告） that their county would be occupied by the invaders¹ and they would have to leave the palace and go into exile². During the chaos³ they might lose touch with each other. They broke a bronze mirror, a symbol of the unity⁴ of husband and wife into two parts and each of them kept a half. They aageed that each would take their half of the mirror to the fair during the Lantern Festival, which is on the 15th day of the first Lunar month, in the hope that would meet again. When they were united the two halves would join together. Soon their premonition came true. During the chaos of war, the princess lost touch with her husband was taken to a powerful minister Yang Su's house and was made his mistress⁵.

At the Lantern Festival the next year, Xu Deyan took his half of the mirror to the fair. He hoped that he could meet his wife. It so happened that a servant was selling the other half of the bronze mirror. Xu Deyan recognized it immediately. He asked the servant about his wife. As he heard about her bitter experience, tears rolled down his cheeks. Xu Deyan wrote a poem on the half of the mirror kept by his wife: "You left me with your broken mirror Now the mirror is back but not you I can no longer see your reflection in the mirror Only the bright moon but not you".

The servant brought back the inscribed⁶ half of the mirror to princess Lechang. For days, she could not help sobbing⁷ because she knew her husband was still alive and that he missed her but they could not meet forever.

The minister, Yang Su, found this out. He was also moved by their true love and realized it was impossible to get Lechang's love. So he sent for Xu Deyan and allowed the husband and wife to reunite.

From that story comes the idiom "A broken mirror joined together". It is used to suggest the happy reunion of a separated couple.

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1 invaders
入侵者，侵略者，侵入物( invader的名词复数 )
参考例句：
They prepared to repel the invaders. 他们准备赶走侵略军。 The family has traced its ancestry to the Norman invaders. 这个家族将自己的世系追溯到诺曼征服者。

2 exile
n.流放，被流放者；vt.流放，放逐，使流亡
参考例句：
After an exile of eight years her uncle returned to Cairo.她叔叔背井离乡8年后返回开罗。 Napoleon was sent into exile on an island.拿破仑被流放到一个岛上。

3 chaos
n.混乱，无秩序
参考例句：
After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。 The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。

4 unity
n.团结，联合，统一；和睦，协调
参考例句：
When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结，并非一团和气。 We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。

5 mistress
n.（文学用语）使男子为之倾倒的女人，女主人
参考例句：
Does his wife know he has a mistress?他的妻子知道他有一个情妇吗？ Is your mistress at home?你家女主人在家吗？

6 inscribed
v.写，刻( inscribe的过去式和过去分词 )；内接
参考例句：
His name was inscribed on the trophy. 他的名字刻在奖杯上。 The names of the dead were inscribed on the wall. 死者的名字被刻在墙上。来自《简明英汉词典》

7 sobbing
<主方>Ⅰ adj.湿透的
参考例句：
I heard a child sobbing loudly. 我听见有个孩子在呜呜地哭。 Her eyes were red with recent sobbing. 她的眼睛因刚哭过而发红。