Background
What's the name of 苏轼's brother?
苏辙
Which ones below are verbs?
A. 卷
B. 淘
C. 遥
D. 拍
E. 嫁
A, B, D, E
What place specifically is "故垒"?
赤壁
What kind of emotion did 苏轼 show in this 词？
Sad but also open-minded
Which sentence has the meaning below:
Wearing very delicate outfit, the enemies were all destroyed via simple chatting and laughing.
羽扇纶巾，谈笑间，樯橹灰飞烟灭。
What caused the origin of 三国？
The king of 汉 not doing well and caused outrage from people.
Su's family was very well known for literature. They are part of _______ ? The three of them were nicknamed _______ ?
唐宋八大家
三苏
Which sentence below is NOT used to talk about 周瑜?
A. 雄姿英发
B. 多情应笑我
C. 小乔初嫁了
D. 谈笑间，樯橹灰飞烟灭
E. 羽扇纶巾
B
What's the relationship between 周瑜 and 东吴?
He was a good friend and governor with 孙策 (the past leader of 东吴). After 孙策 passed away, 周瑜 started to help 孙权.
Under what situation did 苏轼 start to write this 词？
His governor position has been lowered. While he got older, he started to be emotional and thought about the past.
Can explain the meaning of "人生如梦，一尊还酹江月"?
Life is like a dream. I would just hold up my wine cup to salute to the river and the moon.
What was the initial attitude from 东吴 when they received 曹操's declare of war? What did 周瑜 said?
Most of the governors supported surrendering
周瑜 said that the enemy's number was actually much smaller, the enemy was not good at fighting on river, and some of them were just enslaved by 曹操 so they were not that loyal.
Why did he mention a lot of things from 三国, especially 周瑜?
He was thinking about the great heroes from the past. 周瑜 was one of those super talented and accomplished people from 三国, so 苏轼 used a lot of his stories in this writing.
Please explain what "千古风流人物" means, and then list THREE other 风流人物 in 三国 era.
Talented people
曹操，诸葛亮，关羽，刘备，孙权，赵云，吕布, etc.
Please briefly tell the story of 周瑜打黄盖.
黄盖 pretended to surrender to 曹操. In order for 曹操 to trust him, 周瑜 beat up 黄盖. While 黄盖 was bringing ships to 曹操, they set 曹操's ships on fire, which led to the victory.