《归正本末》前言 My Return to the Path Foreword

罗浮学者宗光整理挚友书稿写成的前言…而他的挚友竟是一名步离人。 Luofu scholar Zongguang's foreword, written for a manuscript that he organized for a bosom friend... who turned out to be a borisin.

挚友月里火的遗稿《归正本末》，在经历了近30年的争议之后，终于得以付梓出版，我从心底里为她感到高兴。

After 30 years of dispute and controversy, my best friend Yewliho's posthumous autobiography: My Return to the Path, has finally been published. I could not be happier for her.

对于本书最大多数读者而言，无论是《归正本末》还是「月里火」，大概都是一个陌生的名字。那么请允许我在这篇序言中，介绍一下她的生平。

I imagine that to the majority of my readers, both the name Yewliho and My Return to the Path are likely new to you. So, please allow me to tell you a little about her life in this preamble.

7992年，月里火出生在腥风猎群的一个兽舰役者家族。腥风猎群以庞大的兽舰舰队「威震四方」，像月里火这样世代使役兽舰的家族，在以强为尊的步离人社会中，自然也有着相当高的政治影响力。

In the year 7992, Yewliho was born into a Bloodwind Pack beast ship operator family. The Bloodwind Pack "inspired awe across the universe" with their gigantic fleet of beast ships. Within a society like borisin that honors strength above all, beast ship operators from this generation, like Yewliho, naturally held a relatively high level of political influence.

8023年时，年仅31岁的月里火已经拥有了一支属于自己的兽舰部队「闭戾多」，并已独力谋划并完成了数十次劫掠。

By 8023, Yewliho already had her own personal fleet, the "Preta," at only age 31. She had already independently planned and completed dozens of plunder and ransack missions.

对于当时的仙舟飞行士来说，月里火是绝对的噩梦。她以悍不畏死且诡计多端而著称，堪称步离人中行动最为迅猛的舰队。

As far as Xianzhou pilots at the time were concerned, Yewliho was an unparalleled nightmare. She was renowned for her fearless attacks and many schemes, and could be said to lead the most brutal and efficient fleet at that time.

很快，凭借赫赫战功，月里火在猎群内的地位直线上升。8025年，月里火与腥风猎群首领忽辛汗成婚。

Before long, thanks to her many military exploits, Yewliho's rank among the pack skyrocketed. In 8025, Yewliho and the Bloodwind Pack Chief Hosing Khan were married.

在步离人的传统中，首领的伴侣往往同时扮演着百官之首的角色。月里火在彼时，已然成为了腥风猎群第二有权势的人。

As it is borisin tradition for the chief's partner to act as the leader of all officials, Yewliho had suddenly risen to the second-highest rank within the Bloodwind Pack.

8032年，月里火生下了一个孩子，名唤「斥鲁巫」。如果不出意外，斥鲁巫将成为猎群的下一任领袖。

In 8032, Yewliho gave birth to a child named "Cherluwoo." If everything went as planned, Cherluwoo would become the next leader of the pack.

然而在斥鲁巫5岁那年，变故陡然发生。

However, there was an unexpected development the year that Cherluwoo turned 5.

原本，忽辛汗早已四百余岁，还未有子嗣。如果按照正常的继承顺序，汗位应当属于下一位「都蓝血裔」——忽辛汗的侄子可博。

Originally, Hosing Khan had already exceeded 400 years of age without bearing an heir. If the regular route of succession were to be followed, the title of chief would go to the next "Duran descendant"... Hosing Khan's nephew, Kobo.

然而斥鲁巫的降生打破了这个计划。为了重新夺回自己的权力，为继承猎群准备了一生的可博，带领效忠于自己的三千艘兽舰，袭击了首领所在的巨型兽舰。

However, the birth of Cherluwoo had shattered this plan. After having prepared all his life to inherit the pack, Kobo led the 3,000-strong beast ship fleet that had sworn loyalty to him to reclaim his power and attacked the chief's great beast ship.

忽辛汗未来得及做出反应，便被可博买通的亲卫刺杀。而可博的下一个目标，显然就是月里火和她的儿子。

Hosing Khan had no time to react before he was murdered by his bodyguards that Kobo had bribed. Naturally, Kobo's next targets would be Yewliho and her son.

好在，月里火手下始终保有一支效忠于她个人的舰队「闭戾多」。虽仅有300艘兽舰，但成员都是多年来跟随她四处劫掠的亲信。

Fortunately, Yewliho had always retained her own fleet that vowed loyalty to her, the Preta. Although they only boasted 300 ships, every member was a trusted ally that had accompanied her on pillages for many years.

月里火与她的舰队硬生生撕开了可博的包围网，成功逃生。然而面对如蝗虫般紧随其后的兽舰舰队，月里火的区区300艘几乎不可能逃脱。

Yewliho and her fleet successfully forced their way out of Kobo's encirclement. However, with the huge beast ship fleet that pursued them like locusts, there was no way for her mere 300 ships to escape.

可不久后，「可博汗」停止追杀，回到腥风猎群，顺利成为了新任首领。月里火从不肯说她如何逃脱了那场追杀，我们只知道，她唯一的孩子斥鲁巫，在那场逃亡中死去了。

However, "Kobo Khan" called off his manhunt a short while later and returned to the Bloodwind Pack, successfully becoming the next chief. Yewliho would never say how she managed to escape that lethal pursuit. All that we know is that her only child, Cherluwoo, died during that escape.

8038年，月里火带领「闭戾多」（残存127人），来到了方壶，决意归顺联盟。

In the year 8038, Yewliho led the Preta (with 127 men remaining) to the Fanghu, determined to submit and pledge allegiance to the Alliance.

两年漫长的讨论之后，联盟决定赦免这些步离人的罪行，允许他们在严密监视下生活在方壶——前提是，他们要配合联盟针对步离人的各项研究，且应将兽舰相关的技术完全提供给联盟。

After two long years of careful deliberation, the Alliance decided to pardon these borisin for their crimes and allow them to live inside the Fanghu under strict surveillance... This was on the condition that they comply with all Alliance research on borisin, as well as submitting all beast ship-related technology to them.

我也就是在那个时期认识的月里火。作为文化人类学家，我受命采访这127名步离人，以此加深对步离社会的了解。

This was also the time that I met Yewliho. As a cultural anthropologist, I was ordered to interview these 127 borisin, in order to deepen our understanding of borisin society.

研究过程中，我与月里火结下了深厚的友谊。她是一位聪明、直率、勇敢的战士，且能以简洁清晰的语言总结复杂纷乱的步离社会逻辑。

Throughout the course of my research, Yewliho and I developed a deep friendship. She was an intelligent, frank, and courageous warrior who was able to summarize the complex and chaotic world of borisin society and logic to me in concise, clear language.

大约是出于对可博的憎恨，月里火一直希望能带领「闭戾多」为联盟而战。但这样的请求自然不会得到同意。

Likely because of her hatred towards Kobo, Yewliho always hoped that she would be able to lead her Preta to fight for the Alliance. However, a request like this was unlikely to receive approval.

月里火一次次请求，一次次被驳回…30年后，她终于无法再忍受这样的循环，开始寻求我的帮助。

Yewliho made this request again and again and was rejected every time... After 30 years, she could bear this cycle no longer and began to seek my assistance.

我提出建议，让她写一封长信，详细讲述自己的生平，以此向七天将阐述自己为何憎恨那些敌人，以至于渴望为联盟而战。而那时，我愿意以个人名誉为她作保。

I suggested that she write a long letter explaining her life and background in detail. This would allow her to explain her hatred of her enemies to the Seven Arbiter-Generals and why she longs to fight for the Alliance. When she did this, I would be willing to put my personal reputation on the line to vouch for her.

两年后，她写出了这部《归正本末》。

Two years later, she wrote My Return to the Path.

也许当真是命运的捉弄——在写下这封长信后不久，8072年，第三次丰饶民战争爆发了。

Perhaps this was truly some cruel trick of fate... But, in 8072, not long after she had written this letter, the third Denizens of Abundance War broke out.

方壶作为主战场，迅速沦为了恐怖的绞肉机。在穷途末路之下，也没人顾得上月里火了——于是，在未取得联盟允许的情况下，「闭戾多」展开了最后一次出击。

With the Fanghu serving as the main battleground, it quickly descended into a terrifying bloodbath. Pressed with their backs up against the wall, no one was free to keep watch over Yewliho... So, without receiving permission from the Alliance, the Preta launched their final assault.

我们无从得知「闭戾多」在战争中消灭了多少丰饶孽物，但可以肯定的是，他们在帝弓的光矢降临前，至少将4000名平民转移到了安全地带。

We never learned just how many Abominations of Abundance the Preta wiped out in the war. However, what we can be sure of is that they managed to transport at least 4,000 civilians to safety before the Reignbow's Lux Arrow descended.

而包括月里火在内的127名步离战士，在此过程中尽数罹难。

And during this process, all 127 borisin warriors, including Yewliho perished.

因为月里火本人身份的敏感性，以及她无可争辩的罪恶过往，迄今为止，关于她的故事始终被隐藏在历史的水面之下。也因此，《归正本末》迟迟得不到出版的机会。

Due to the sensitive nature of Yewliho's identity and her undeniable past wrongdoings, her story has been concealed under the surface of history to this day. That is why My Return to the Path was never able to be published.

我为《归正本末》奔走这么多年，就是希望有一天，她的故事能像今天这样，呈现在各位读者的案头。

I have been working hard for years to make sure that My Return to the Path gets published, in the hopes that her story could appear on my readers' desks, like it can today.

这其实几乎无关乎学术，而只关乎我的私心了：我想将我的朋友月里火介绍给大家——

Honestly, I almost don't care about the book's academic merit, I just care about my selfish motives: I want to introduce the story of my friend Yewliho to you all...

她是一个恶贯满盈的丰饶孽物、一个贪婪的强盗、一个双手沾满鲜血的罪人；

She was an Abomination of Abundance that was full of evil, a covetous thief, and a criminal with blood-soaked hands.

她是一个不被认可的仙舟人、一个勇敢的战士、一个满腔血泪与怒火的母亲。

She was a Xianzhou person who never gained recognition, a courageous warrior, and a mother filled with rage and sorrow.

罗浮善宏学宫文化人类学博士

Doctor of Cultural Anthropology at the Luofu Grand Virtue Academy

宗光

Zongguang