《三國演義》中張飛賠罪的故事--中國歷史故事中英對照
At Cao Cao's instruction, Liu Bei was about to set off for a punitive（懲罰的） expedition against Yuan Shu. Before he left, Liu Bei worried about the defence of Xuzhou City. When Zhang Fei volunteered to take the task, Liu said, "How can I feel assured, when you're so fond of drinking and after drinking you always flog（鞭打） your soldiers for no reason. And you're such a hot-tempered person and frequently you refuse to take advice." He entrusted the task upon Zhang only after the latter's repeated entreatments and resolutions to mend his ways. For safety, he left consultant Chen Deng to assist Zhang.
One day Zhang invited his subordinate officers over. "My elder brother instructed me before he left to stay away from wine for fear I may fail my duties to guard the city. Let's have an final drinking party today, and starting from tomorrow, we will quit drinking and concentrate on the job." With these words said, he began toasting everyone.
When neither of his toasts was accepted by Cao Bao, Zhang flared up. By then , Zhang was already drunk. He had Cao flogged fifty times. After the party was over, the resentful Cao sent one of his men to Lv Bu, the enemy general, asking him to attack the city that night while Zhang was drunk.
Lv came with 500 horsemen. They successfully took the city. When Zhang woke up with a start, the city was gone. He fought his way out of the enemy troops and fled the city, leaving his elder brother's family behind. When he met Liu, he felt so shame-faced that he unsheathed（拔出鞘） his sword meaning to commit suicide, only to be stopped by his elder brother.
曹操命劉備伐袁術，劉備臨行時為由誰留守徐州拿不定主意。這時，張飛請求留守徐州。劉備卻說："你一是愛喝酒、耍威風、鞭打士兵，二是辦事草率不聽人勸。讓你留守，放心不下。"張飛愿改過并再三請求，劉備答應張飛，并派陳登協助。一日，張飛請留守各將赴宴，說："我大哥臨走時不讓我喝酒，怕酒后誤事，今天請你們來一醉方休，從明天起全都戒酒，幫我守好城池。"說罷便輪番敬酒，當二次到曹豹面前勸酒時，遭曹豹拒絕。這時張飛已醉，命鞭打曹豹五十鞭。散席后，曹豹懷恨在心，便連夜派人送信給呂布，讓他今夜乘張飛大醉偷襲徐州。
呂布當夜領五百輕騎取得徐州。吶喊聲震醒張飛，知徐州已失，顧不得劉備的家眷，邊戰邊逃。后張飛見到劉備，悔恨萬分，欲抽劍自刎，被劉備死死攔住。
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