【一字一故事】
字：头 head
造字本义：脑袋，头颅。
故事：断头将军严颜 YAN YAN—— A GENERAL WHO WOULD RATHER DIE THAN YIELD
张飞是三国时期刘备手下的猛将。
Zhang Fei was a strong general under Liu Bei during the Three Kingdoms period.
曹操占领了荆州，刘备仓皇南逃。
Cao Cao occupied Jingzhou and Liu Bei fled to the south.
曹操率领骑兵追了一日一夜，追到当阳长坂坡。
Cao Cao led the cavalry to chase for a day and a night, and then to Dangyang Changbanpo.
在危难关头，张飞带着二十多名骑兵断后，他在桥上横枪跃马，喝道：“我是张飞，谁敢上来决一死战！”曹操大军没有一人敢上前的。
At the critical moment, Zhang Fei with more than 20 cavalry were killed, he jumped across the bridge, shouted: "I am Zhang Fei, who dares to come up and fight!" No one in the army of Cao Cao dare to go forward.
刘备入川时，队伍一路西进，没遇到什么阻碍，但在巴郡的时候遇到了太守严颜的抵抗，张飞三番五次地引兵挑战，严颜就是不出去打，也不投降，后来张飞用了计谋才攻破巴郡，活捉了严颜①。
When Liu Bei entered Sichuan, the team went all the way to the west without any obstacles. But when they were in Bajun, they met Yan Yan's resistance. Zhang Fei repeatedly challenged them. Yan Yan Yan didn't go out to fight or surrender. Later, Zhang Fei used his tactics to attack Bajun and capture Yan Yan Yan① alive.
严颜被捉后，被押至帐下，但他昂首不跪。
Yan Yan was taken to the tent, but he did not kneel.
张飞对严颜呵斥道：“我的大军到了，你为什么不投降，还敢抵抗？”
Zhang Fei shouted to Yan Yan, "my army is here. Why don't you surrender and dare to resist?"
严颜说：“你们没有道义，夺我州郡，我州只有断头的将军，没有投降的将军。”
Yan Yan said, "you don't have justice. You take our county. There are only decapitated generals in our state. There are no surrendering generals."
张飞大怒，下令推出砍头，严颜面色不变，边往外走边回头骂道：“匹夫！砍头便砍头，也用不着发怒。”
Zhang Fei was furious and ordered to cut off his head. His face remained unchanged. As he walked outside, he turned around and scolded: "ordinary man! If you cut off your head, you don't have to be angry. "
张飞觉得严颜很有骨气，就把他放了，并向他道歉，以宾客相待。严颜感其恩义，才投降。
Zhang Fei felt Yan Yan had backbone, so he let him go, apologized to him, and treated him as a guest. Yan Yan felt his kindness and surrendered.
【注释 Note】
①严颜：东汉末年武将。
