你杀一百个太子又有何用
“even killing 100 crown princes won't help!”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不能使朝堂亲民 百姓安居
“If you can't bring the court closer to the people and settle people down,”
你杀一百个太子又 有何用
“even killing 100 crown princes won't help!”
以国家大义 为自己的贪婪不悌之举辩护
“Using the national interest to justify your greed and disloyalty,”
“No amount of bloodshed will make you a legitimate or capable ruler.”
Chinese political philosophy posits that legitimate power stems from bringing peace and prosperity to the common people, not violent power grabs.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
what is the use / of what value is it anyway
A strong rhetorical construction used to emphasize the absolute pointlessness of an action.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Don't you want your little Crown Prince to live?”
“you're the Crown Prince. How could you be wrong?”
“What reason would he possibly have to kill you?”
“On the contrary, the Crown Princess killed her son.”
“for regicide.”
“You only killed when you had no choice.”