Every generation has their own lost legend. Yao Ming is this one's.

每一代人都会有一段自己逝去的传奇，姚明是这传奇的一部分。

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When alive, Hu Xueyan was already a legend. Born in Jixi, Anhui Province, he lost his father as a child.

胡雪岩活着的时候，就已经是一个传奇了。

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So I imagined such a hero, one who had no choice but to try to live up to the legend because otherwise the people looking to him for hope would be truly lost.

所以我幻想着这么一位英雄，他没有选择，只能尝试达到传说中的那种境界，因为要不然那些视他为希望的民众真的就会迷失方向。

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