The dust rises in Fan Yang and the snow falls in Chang'an.
A rebellion shattered the three-hundred-year-old Tang Dynasty;
A generation of heroes disrupted the mountains and rivers of 90,000 miles.
There was bloodshed in the palace, weeping in the border city, two capitals changed hands, and the world fell apart.
A hero starts from a humble beginning and dies in his flesh and blood;
The prosperous age is born in peace and happiness, but it perishes in the human heart.
An unknown scholar, holding a pen, records the ups and downs of a troubled time.
Seeing the decline of the prosperous times, seeing the heads of heroes, seeing the displacement of the people, and seeing the glory of mountains and rivers.
When the beacon smoke clears and Fan Yangchen settles down,
We know: rise and fall are all human affairs, peace is the most rare thing.
