Long, long ago, two large vultures came flying in the sky. Fighting over a piece of fat meat, they chased each other and soared up and down.

很久很久以前，天上飞来两只大雕，它们为了争夺一块肥肉，你追我赶，上下翻腾。

At this moment, She Tu, King of the Tujue State, drew out two arrows,

正在这个时候，突厥国国王摄图抽出两支箭，

gave them to a man named Zhangsun Sheng and ordered him to shoot down these two large vultures.

交给一个名叫长孙最的人，命令他把这两只雕射下来。

Zhangsun Sheng adopted the shooting posture¹. When the two vultures were biting into the fat meat and grappling with each other,

长孙晨摆出射箭的架势，当两只大雕咬住肥肉，扭打在一起的时候，

he at once let fly the arrow and shot them at the same time.

他猛地一箭射去，同时射中了两只大雕。