The Bell Block Has No Words

The Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors upheld virtue; the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties won glory. Five Hegemons made the Spring and Autumn Period tumultuous; the rise and fall of Qin and Han passed before our eyes. A few names remain in the annals of history, while countless graves dot Be Mang. The land of the past is claimed by those who come after. What’s the point of fighting like dragons and tigers? These are the lines my master taught me. He taught me for twenty years, and I recited them for thirty. Now, at last, only one black box remains beneath the stage.