{1}{1}23.976 {1398}{1478}{Y:i}The treaty of Shimonoseki... {1480}{1595}{Y:i}signed by the Manchu government|in 1895... {1596}{1711}{Y:i}ceded Taiwan and the Pescadores|to Japan. {1713}{1810}{Y:i}Subsequently,|Japan controlled Taiwan for 50 years... {1812}{1870}{Y:i}until the end of World War II. {2103}{2207}Ahui, how many tables will you set|for your grandson's birthday? {2210}{2243}Just a few. {2244}{2307}For close friends and family... {2309}{2383}why be so extravagant? {2384}{2445}If you are generous to others,|they will be generous to you. {2447}{2474}That's how it should be done. {2476}{2508}No, no. {2510}{2598}Just close friends and relatives... {2600}{2700}so that the boy will have people|to look after him when he grows up. {2702}{2775}That's not the way to do it.|You should throw an extravagant party. {2777}{2804}That's right. {2811}{2854}That's how it should be done. {2891}{2935}Mangdang,|now that you're a father... {2936}{2988}you're going to be very busy. {3086}{3135}Here comes the baby. {3248}{3288}How cute. {3290}{3359}What a nice big head|and round face. {3360}{3385}Come! {3387}{3479}Tienlu, let grandpa hold you. {3565}{3648}{Y:i}To speak of man's fortunes... {3650}{3683}{Y:i}My father was married... {3685}{3778}{Y:i}into my mother's home,|losing his own family name. {3780}{3818}{Y:i}When I was born... {3820}{3885}{Y:i}my maternal grandparents... {3887}{3985}{Y:i}who went by|the ancient traditions... {3987}{4051}{Y:i}had my fortune read|by a fortune-teller... {4052}{4100}{Y:i}who said that... {4102}{4185}{Y:i}my fortune was a tough one. {4187}{4289}{Y:i}To change things, I had to change|the way I called my parents... {4291}{4362}{Y:i}so I should call|my father "uncle"... {4364}{4421}{Y:i}and my mother "aunt." {4434}{4514}{Y:i}This is how we did things|in the old days... {4516}{4619}{Y:i}all through the advice|of fortune-tellers. {4620}{4694}{Y:i}In the days|of theJapanese occupation... {4696}{4765}{Y:i}births had to be registered|within one month. {4772}{4827}{Y:i}My father,|whose name was Ko... {4829}{4965}{Y:i}went and registered me|as Ko Tienlu. {4972}{5003}{Y:i}But right after that... {5004}{5121}{Y:i}my maternal grandfather went|and registered me as Li Tienlu. {5123}{5176}{Y:i}The police said,|"You can't do that. {5178}{5276}{Y:i}His father's last name is Ko,|so his last name should also be Ko. {5278}{5303}{Y:i}If you call him Li... {5305}{5393}{Y:i}it's like writing a composition|with the wrong title. " {5395}{5460}{Y:i}That made my grandfather|real mad. {5462}{5523}{Y:i}But, he thought,|if he were to insist... {5525}{5577}{Y:i}that would really create a feud. {5579}{5611}{Y:i}The man who witnessed... {5613}{5684}{Y:i}the original agreement... {5685}{5816}{Y:i}that gave my father in marriage|to my mother's family, came to help. {5817}{5862}{Y:i}His name was Li Yinhok. {5864}{5975}{Y:i}A real just man. {5983}{6069}{Y:i}He advised my father... {6076}{6124}{Y:i}not to make a big issue|out of it. {6126}{6235}{Y:i}He said, "Don't forget, it's you who's|given up your family name in marriage. {6237}{6300}{Y:i}At the time, your father-in-law|made it very clear... {6302}{6346}{Y:i}that your firstborn... {6348}{6417}{Y:i}be it boy or girl,|be given his family's name, Li. {6419}{6500}{Y:i}After the first, no matter|how many children you have... {6502}{6579}{Y:i}you can name them Ko|or anything you want. " {6581}{6683}{Y:i}So when I was born,|they called me Li... {6686}{6780}{Y:i}all because of the conditions|of my father's marriage. {6781}{6847}{Y:i}So that's how I was born. {9849}{9963}"Moon sets, crows caw,|the frosty sky... {10066}{10188}Dim boat, lanterns through river mist,|where melancholies lie... {10280}{10393}Beyond Goso City walls|from cold mountain temple... {10470}{10578}To the traveler's boat,|midnight bells sigh." {12348}{12421}I thought|you were a smart boy. {12423}{12508}Why weren't you thinking|when you did this? {12581}{12651}You deserve to be beaten|to death! {12827}{12903}You have disgraced|my good name. {13028}{13113}- What happened?|- What happened? {13115}{13195}He stole some|calligraphy manuals... {13197}{13272}from Granduncle Songling's house. {13274}{13305}Stole? {13307}{13342}Yes. {13344}{13472}They punished him right before me. {13474}{13531}But he's usually a good boy. {13532}{13695}I tell you, Granduncle Tikim's wife|is responsible for this. {13697}{13793}She told him to go to Songling's|to get the books. {13795}{13875}She told him|to take over 100 of them. {13882}{13964}How was he to know? {13966}{14026}Would you kill yourself|if someone told you to? {14068}{14178}Sooner or later you'll get|your fingers chopped off. {14180}{14279}Did we raise you to be a thief? {15568}{15600}Come here. {15652}{15686}Come here. {16468}{16503}Ahui. {16505}{16533}Officer! {16535}{16577}What a rare visit.|Please have lunch with us! {16579}{16632}- No, thank you.|- Have a seat. {16685}{16797}What's on your mind, Officer?|What's up? {16799}{16837}We're here to take a count of... {16839}{16899}how many of you|still wear pigtails. {16901}{16967}We're here to tell you|to cut them. {16997}{17041}Cut our pigtails? {17043}{17128}And then come to see the opera,|as our guests. {17204}{17231}I see. {17233}{17334}Would you please ask everybody inside|to come out? {17462}{17498}Dang! {17528}{17563}Liu! {17564}{17592}Coming. {17594}{17630}Gimto! {17669}{17709}Mangdang! {17711}{17751}Come over here. {17865}{17917}- They'll be right here.|- Fine. {18113}{18138}What's up? {18140}{18285}The officer wants us|to cut off our pigtails. {18328}{18373}You are... {18375}{18393}Dang. {18395}{18449}- Lien Pikdung?|- Yes. {18451}{18527}- Li Teallui?|- That's me. {18536}{18619}- Li Setsuan?|- That's my brother. {18684}{18736}What about Ho Gimto? {18803}{18837}I don't think he's here. {18839}{18894}And what about Ko Mangdang? {18896}{18932}Mangdang! {19026}{19081}What are you doing?|Where is Li Tienlu? {19083}{19135}That's him eating here. {19192}{19260}These are tickets for the opera. {19888}{19924}Are they enough? {19983}{20005}Sure. {20087}{20159}The officer is treating us to|an opera in front of the temple. {20269}{20305}Here is Ko Mandang. {20403}{20427}Mandang. {20453}{20485}What? {20487}{20531}Get your pigtail cut off. {20594}{20623}Where are you going? {20660}{20758}I'll do it myself.|Forget about the opera. {25375}{25422}Piya is back from the hospital. {25437}{25478}This time you were away so long. {25488}{25560}- Yes. How are you?|- You're back. {25562}{25631}Tienlu, take this upstairs. {25632}{25723}- Are you feeling better?|- Much better. {25724}{25769}Go upstairs and rest. {26358}{26397}Do you want to lie down? {26535}{26613}Come down later to eat. {27330}{27370}I'll see you later. {28398}{28442}{Y:i}To speak of living... {28444}{28559}{Y:i}the hardest things|are separation and death. {28561}{28668}{Y:i}I was eight years old at the time. {28670}{28742}{Y:i}My grandmother was gravely ill. {28744}{28815}{Y:i}Her whole belly was swollen up. {28816}{28936}{Y:i}My mother was very devoted|to my grandmother. {28938}{29003}{Y:i}She set up a special altar... {29005}{29104}{Y:i}to pray to the heavens. {29114}{29207}{Y:i}She asked the Gods to take her life|in exchange for her mother's. {29244}{29305}{Y:i}If you call it superstition,|it's superstition. {29307}{29354}{Y:i}But if you believe in it... {29356}{29433}{Y:i}it will prove itself very swiftly. {29436}{29479}{Y:i}After only one month... {29481}{29559}{Y:i}my grandmother recovered... {29560}{29650}{Y:i}but my mother fell ill. {29652}{29778}{Y:i}She was taken|to a Japanese doctor. {29780}{29839}{Y:i}The diagnosis was bad news. {29841}{29911}{Y:i}She had tuberculosis. {29912}{29960}{Y:i}The doctor insisted that... {29962}{30042}{Y:i}she had to stay in the hospital. {30044}{30116}{Y:i}So, against her will,|that's what she did. {30118}{30199}{Y:i}She stayed for another two months,|and was released... {30200}{30337}{Y:i}on the 13th day of the 7th moon,|two days before the Ghost Festival. {30339}{30420}{Y:i}She was recovering slowly,|and was hungry. {30423}{30509}{Y:i}She discussed with my father,|and they decided... {30511}{30621}{Y:i}that since the Ghost Festival|was coming, they would buy a duck. {30624}{30697}{Y:i}This duck could be used|as an altar offering. {30699}{30760}{Y:i}Maybe this would help her appetite. {30762}{30806}{Y:i}And so... {30809}{30905}{Y:i}my father took me to the market|to buy a duck. {30907}{30968}{Y:i}We ate it on the evening|of the Festival. {30971}{31073}{Y:i}The next day,|my mother had a serious relapse. {31075}{31175}{Y:i}Through the night|of the 16th... {31176}{31278}{Y:i}until almost the break of dawn|on the 17th... {31280}{31351}{Y:i}that was when my mother died. {32259}{32294}Come sit here. {33439}{33491}- You must call her Auntie.|- Auntie. {33539}{33604}From now on, you must be|good to Auntie. {33606}{33654}Auntie will be good to you. {33756}{33816}Come on, put on your new belt. {33844}{33879}Tienlu, come on. {34257}{34314}Take off your old belt.|Put on the new. {35065}{35174}- Say thank you to Auntie.|- Thank you, Auntie. {35236}{35274}Now it's Big Eyes' turn. {35536}{35612}Big Eyes, take off your old belt|and put on the new. {36773}{36859}It is Chingming Festival,|when we remember the dead. {36916}{37005}The rain falls on the families|who have come to clean the graves. {37074}{37110}My name is... {37191}{37251}Ko Hsien,|also known as Hanmun. {37376}{37481}My parents brought only my sister and I|into the world, and unfortunately... {37483}{37527}they died early. {37529}{37611}Through sister's kindness,|I now run a medicine shop. {37612}{37662}Today is the Chingming Festival. {37664}{3772...
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