别跟我说你功夫有多深 Don't tell me how well you fight
师父有多厉害 or how great your teacher is
门派有多深奥 or brag about your style
功夫 Kungfu
两个字 two words
一横一竖 Horizontal Vertical
错的 躺下喽 Make a mistake horizontal
站着的才有资格讲话 Stay standing and you win
你说这话对吗 Isn't that right
＜一 代 宗 师＞
我是广东南海佛山人 We're from Foshan
我父亲叫叶霭多 My father ran the family business
在香港文咸西街经营南北行生意 He exported goods to Hong Kong
桑园叶氏在佛山是望族 The Ips have a long history in Foshan
人称培德里叶 They named a street after us
也就是说整个培德里都是我家的 That's how wealthy we were
我四十岁前不愁吃喝 Before I turned.40 life was easy
靠的是祖先留下的财产 I lived off my family money
我唯一的嗜好是 I had only one passion
我七岁学拳 At seven I started learning kungfu
师父是陈华顺 My master was Chan Wah shun
佛山咏春是从赞先生开始的 Foshan's Wing Chun began with Leung Jan
我算是第三代传人 I'm the third generation
我师父收我的时候已经七十岁 When I started my master was seventy
拜师那一天 The day I became a disciple
是他亲手替我上腰带 he tied the sash himself
这条腰带代表你的师门 你的师父 This sash stands for school and teacher
一条腰带一口气 It stands for honor
上了这条腰带就是练武之人 You are now a martial artist
往后你就要凭这口气做人 You must live your life with honor
一条腰带一口气 One sash an unbroken tradition
我一生经历光绪 I lived through dynastic times
宣统 民国 北伐 the early republic warlords
抗日 内战 Japanese invasion and civil war
最后来到香港 Finally I came to Hong Kong
能够坚持下来 What kept me going
凭的就是这句话 was the martial arts code of honor
我内人叫张永成 My wife Zhang Yongcheng
是前清洋务大臣张荫桓的后人 was the descendant of an Imperial Minister
一般她话不多 She was a woman of few words
因为她说出口有时会伤人 because she knew their power
两夫妻 要无声胜有声 We understood each other well
她喜欢听曲儿 She loved music
要有应酬 我会带着她去金楼 I'd take her to hear opera
那时候还是很保守的 People were so conservative back then
良家妇女上堂子听曲儿是很少有的 Nice women didn't visit places like this
她倒也不怕人家说闲话 But gossip didn't bother her
晚上我出去 她会亮着门口那盏灯 When I went out she lit a lamp
要等到我回来 才会关上 and left it lit till I came home
如果人生有四季的话 If life has seasons
我四十岁之前都是春天 my first forty years were spring
一九三六年 广东佛山 1936 Foshan Guangdong Province
1936年 In.1936 Foshan
是陈济棠时代 was a prosperous city
算是太平年景 Life was peaceful and good
那时候男人到堂子交际是平常事 Back then men socialised in brothels
在广州最有名的玩场是陈塘的留觞 Such places were popular in the South
在佛山最吃香的 是鹰嘴沙的共和楼 Foshan's finest was Republic House
里面满堂贴金 Its walls were covered in gold
所以大家都唤它金楼 so we called it the Gold Pavilion
它是全广东第一家有电梯的堂子 It was the first to have an elevator
号称太子进太监出 Enter a prince exit a pauper
可以让你千金散尽 You'd spend money like water
那里也是我们师兄弟常聚的地方 It was like a social club for martial artists
风尘之中 必有性情中人 Good men can be found among rogues
其中不少是藏身不露的高手 And hidden masters too
一般人看金楼是个销魂处 People saw it as a pleasure palace
反过来看 But to us
它是一片英雄地 it was a battleground
我这辈子只成了三件事 I claim three accomplishments in life
合并了形意门和八卦门 First I united Xingyi and Bagua styles
接了我大师兄的班 Second I became the director
主事中华武士会 of the Northern Martial Arts Union
联合了通背 炮锤 太极 bringing together Tongbei Cannon Fist
燕青等十几个门派加入 Tai Chi Yan Qing and other schools
最后是撮成了北方拳师南下传艺 Third I took the northern masters south
民十八年 In.1929
两广国术馆成立 the First Southern Martial Arts Academy
五虎下江南 was founded under my supervision
就是我和李任潮先生在金楼谈定的 after talks here in the Gold Pavilion
我是老了 I'm getting old
新人要出头 It's time for new blood
我的引退仪式在北边办过一次 I held a retirement ceremony up North
今次蒙精武会的邀请在这儿再办一次 You invited me to hold a second one here
是想给南方的老哥们老同志做个告别 It's my farewell to my southern comrades
在东北和我搭手的 Up North the one who took part
是我的大徒弟马三 was my top disciple Ma San
我的班他接了 He'll be my successor
诸位可是得照应着他 Please give him your support
本来我还想办最后一件事 I'd always wanted
就是把南拳北传 to take the southern styles north
可惜我没有时间了 Sadly my time's up
在这里的引退仪式上 跟我搭手的 I want to hold a demonstration match
我想是位南方的拳手 with a southern martial artist
当然得大家认可才行啊 Someone you all support
挑一个吧 Pick one
就凭这点儿本事 Think you're good enough
敢叫板老爷子 to challenge the Old Master
干脆点儿 Let's keep it simple
一起来吧 I'll take you all on
揍他 Get him
老爷子在北方引退仪式上 That at the ceremony up North
搭手的是我 I had the honor
入庙拜佛 得先进山门 To worship at the feet of the Buddha
要见真佛 first pass the Guardian of the Gate
得先过我马三 That's me
我有什么资格代表广东武林 How can I represent the South
讲门派 The southern schools
南拳有洪 刘 蔡 李 莫 are Hung Lau Choy Lee and Mok
论辈份 In rank
在座各位都是长辈 you are all my seniors
不是掌门 就是馆主 You're the leaders and masters
怎么也轮不上我 I have no standing
这件事关乎两广国术界的面子 The reputation of the South is at stake
我们广东人 We Southerners
虽说平时爱打个小算盘 may be petty
真要动手谁也没怕过 but we don't run away from a fight
我们他妈的怕过谁呀 We're not afraid of these Northerners
今天人家上门来叫板 This is a challenge
我们不能装孙子 We will rise to it
你们说是不是啊 Isn't that right
寿哥说的对呀 Absolutely
就是你了 It must be you
明天我带孩子回娘家 I'll take the kids to my mother's
让你少牵挂 Less for you to worry about
男人过了四十 When a man reaches forty
要做有把握的事情 he needs to be sure of things
等这事儿过了 When it's all over
你来接我 come pick us up
你知道 Do you know
为什么刀得有鞘 why a knife must have a sheath
因为刀的真意不在杀 Its power lies not in sharpness
在藏 but in concealment
你的刀太锐 You're too sharp a blade
得在鞘里好好藏藏 You have to stay put
我的鞘 My sheath
就是师父您 is you Master
您在 With you around
我出不了乱子 I'm under control
我藏不住你 I can no longer control you
十年之后再成名吧 You're too anxious to make your mark
现在就离开佛山 For now leave Foshan
赶不上火车 Miss that train
我就断你的腿 and I'll break your legs
中央社消息 Central News:
6月1日 两广军队 Southern armies
组抗日救国军开赴湖南 marched north
名为抗日救国 实则是保持联省自治 claiming for autonomy
中央军两个军占领衡阳 The Central Army blocked their advance
局势一触即发 The situation is explosive
停车 Halt
请朋友让个道 Let us pass
对不起 佛山精武会有规定 Sorry This street is closed off
凡带兵器者 不许进这条街 No one bearing arms can enter
知道车上坐的什么人吗 Do you know who's in that rickshaw
把宫家的弟子叫出来 Call out the Gong Family disciples
二姑娘 你可来了 Miss Gong it's good you're here
这事儿必须得拦下 输赢都不好听 He must call this off Win or lose it's a disgrace
我爹一辈子没败过 My father has never lost
谈何输赢 There's no question of losing
嘿 赢了又怎么着 And so what if he wins
让人家说以大欺小 They'll say he beat a nobody
差着辈份呢 Ip Man's not at his level
我爹呢 Where's my father
师哥 Brother
宝森来看你来了 It's me Baosen
东北那么大 都容不下你了 Isn't the Northeast big enough for you
非要来佛山 起来 You had to come to Foshan Get up
我是来接您回去的 I'm taking you home
回去 Home
能回去吗 How's that possible
现在的东北是日本人的天下 The Japanese control the Northeast
在太阳旗下 The Japanese flag
能容下我这只鬼 Won't wave OVBF me
还不是时候 The time's not ripe
这么炖汤 Making soup like this
是很耗神的 is a lot of work
这不是炖汤 It's not soup
是蛇羹 It's snake stew
蛇羹不是冬天的菜吗 Isn't that a winter dish
是几十年的菜了 It's a dish from a long time ago
是几十年了 Yes decades
1905年 乙巳年
是蛇年 was a Snake Year
你是那一年离开东北的 You left the Northeast that year
做羹 要讲究火候 The fire has to be right for stew
火候不到 Too low
众口难调 it'll lack taste
火候过了 Too high
事情就焦 it'll scald
做人也是这样 There's a lesson in that
回去吧 Go
等这炉子里能容下这根柴 Wait till the fire can take this wood
我就回去 I'll go then
暗事好做 The South may secede
明事难成 It's no time for diplomacy
我们都老了 We're getting old
你一辈子的名声不容易 Don't risk your reputation
跟晚辈抡拳头挥胳膊的事就别干了 Ip is more than he appears to be
勉强了 Force it
味道就坏了 things could go wrong
宝森不是想当英雄 I know what I'm doing
是想造时势 I'm creating opportunity
现在这炉子里呀 This fire today
需要这棵新柴 needs new wood
你在北方的老哥们 Your northern colleagues
都不赞成这场比武 disapprove of this match
让他搭手多大的面子 It's a huge honor
姓叶的不识抬举 This Ip doesn't deserve it
咱可不能坏了规矩 It's not how things are done
别跟他们一般见识 Don't follow the herd
老人死守着规矩 If the old never let go
新人什么时候才能出头啊 when will the young get their chance
叶问是个好材料 Ip Man has talent
就看他这次能不能出头 Let's see if he can prove himself
宫家没有败绩 The Gong Family has never lost before
你又在这儿 With you here
他凭什么出头 what right does he have
你的脾气啊就是爹年轻的时候 I once had a temper like yours:
眼睛里只有胜负 winning was everything
没有人情世故 But life's bigger than that
人要往远看 Take a longer view
过了山 Past the mountains
眼界就开阔了 the world opens up
但凡一个人见不得人好 Not to see the good in others
见不得人高明 not to admit their talent
是没有容人之心 is to lack generosity
咱们宫家的门槛高 Our high standards in martial arts
但是不出小人 apply to character as well
爹 Father
您带着亲闺女逛堂子这是什么说法 why did you bring me to a brothel
这天底下的事 If you don't see something
你不看他就没了 does it not exist
看看无妨 No harm in seeing
我第一次来这金楼 The first time I came here
你还没有出生呢 was before you were born
一晃二十年过去了 Twenty years have passed in a flash
人活一世 In life
能耐还在其次 ability isn't everything
有的成了面子 Some thrive in light
有的成了里子 others in shadow
都是时势使然 The times make us what we are
这次让你下来 I asked you to come South
是想求个始终 to bring things full circle
让你看看 and to let you see
爹是怎么退下来的 how I step down
你从小 Since you were little
是看着我跟人交手长大的 you've watched me fight
这是最后一次 This is the last time
你是定了亲的人了 You're engaged to be married
江湖的事 The Martial World
和你没关系 is no longer your world
当个好大夫 Be a good doctor
平平安安的 Live a peaceful life
就是尽孝心了 This is my greatest wish
叶师父 Master Ip
风尘之中亦有性情中人 We're here to celebrate
马上是你出头的好日子 Your big day is coming up
兄弟跟金楼仝人封厅来祝贺你 We'd like to show you our support
那怎么好意思啊 灯叔 I'm humbled Uncle Deng
小意思 It's nothing at all
千万别客气呀 Don't mention it
请 Please
问哥 我们几个小辈 On behalf of the ladies
代表全体阿姑来贺一贺你 and staff congratulations
好大的阵势啊 That's quite a battle formation
三姐呢 是我们京班寮口嫂的头儿 Sister San heads our Peking Opera troupe
会点八卦掌 She dabbles in Bagua
想请问哥您指教一下 She'd like to offer a few pointers
请 Please
请 After you
八卦掌取法于刀术 Bagua is based on swordplay
单换掌是单刀 Single reverse palm is a single blade
双换掌是双刀 Double reverse palm is a double blade
步法一掰一扣 The feet are out and in
有六十四变化 There are.64 transformations
擅长偏门抢攻 Attack comes out of nowhere
三姐 试手而已 Sister San it's just practice
用不着拆祠堂吧 No need to smash the ancestral tablets
祠堂拆过无数 I've done that many times before
没什么稀奇 No big deal
叶先生 八卦手黑 Mr Ip Bagua is underhanded
小心 Beware
多谢 Thank you
噢 叶先生 Ah Mr Ip
今儿个是喜事 Today is a happy day
兄弟代表帐房先生贺贺你 We in Accounts wish you well
形意拳奉岳飞为祖师 Xingyi began with General Yue Fei
所谓脱枪为拳 It uses the fist as a spear
钻 Drill
劈 Chop
横 Cross
炮 Blast
崩 Crush
咏春听桥 好功夫 Such sensitivity impressive
你的半步崩拳也很厉害呀 That Crushing Fist is quite something
叶先生 Mr IP
过手如登山 一步一重天 each challenge leads to a higher peak
形意拳霸道 Xingyi is brutal
千万别轻敌 Don't underestimate it
我就是想见识一下高山 Let's see how high the peaks get
嗯 有点儿意思 Hmm This will be fun
叶师父 该轮到我了吧 My turn now Master Ip
勇哥你又怎么个贺法 And what have you got for me Yong
一串儿炮仗 A string of firecrackers
分定寸 洪拳啊 That move isn't that Hung Gar
我打杂家的 I'm a jack of all trades
你可真够杂的啊 You do mix it up
杂又怎么样 What's wrong with that
能打不就行啦 So long as it works
人家宫家六十四手千变万化 The.64 Hands have endless combinations
你们咏春就三板斧 Your Wing Chun is a three trick pony
摊 膀 伏 Spade Pin Sheath
能管用吗 How can it compete
三板斧就够你受的了 Three's enough to take care of you
勇哥 你这串炮仗不怎么响啊 Yong your fireworks have fizzled
那又怎么样 我什么岁数了 What of it I'm an old man
拳怕少壮 Youth trumps skill
管他什么宗师不宗师的 He might be a grandmaster
追风赶月别留情 but don't hold back
你一定得响啊 You'd better win
多谢各位前辈指路 This has been a real privilege
祝你一战功成 To victory
请 Good luck
江山代有人才出 Every generation produces new talent
幸会叶先生 是有缘 Mr Ip we were fated to meet
今日是我最后一战 For my final contest
咱们今天不比武功 I suggest we match wits
比想法 not skill
如何 Do you accept
上门都是客 As our guest
主随客便 it's up to you
那年 中华武士会成立 When our Union was founded.25 years ago
从南方来了一个人 a man came from the South
话不多说 He offered a challenge
手中拿着一块饼 He held out a flat cake
让我大师兄李存义掰开 and asked our Master to break
我师哥李存义没有说话 Our Master wasn't offended
还让他当了武士会的第一任会长 He even named the man our first chairman
他凭的不是武功 It wasn't because of his kungfu
是一句话 but what he said
拳有南北 Kungfu divides into North and South
国有南北么 Must the country divide as well
这位先生就是你们佛山人 That man was also from Foshan
叫叶云表 Ip Yun biu
是位人杰 He was a great man
想不到二十五年之后 Today
让我在佛山又碰到另一位叶先生 Meeting another Mr Ip
我想以前辈的话问一句 I will ask that same question
叶先生 Mr IP
你能掰开我手中这块饼吗 can you break this cake in my hand
太极杨露蝉有鸟不飞的绝技 A Tai Chi master kept a bird from flying
麻雀在他的手里飞不起来 by giving it no perch
是因为无处借力 from which to fly
老爷子还是功夫深 The Old Master's skill is too great
叶先生就像那只麻雀 Mr Ip is a sparrow in his palm
我看这饼是掰不开了 I don't think he can do it
其实天下之大 The world is a big place
又何止南北 Why limit it to North and South
勉强求全等于固步自封 It holds you back
在你眼中 To you
这块饼是一个武林 this cake is the country
对我来讲是一个世界 To me it's much more
所谓大成若缺 Break from what you know
有缺憾才能有进步 and you will know more
真管用的话 If the Southern arts go far
南拳又何止北传 what boundary is the North
你说对吗 Would you agree
说的好 Well said
宫某赢了一辈子 All my life I've been the victor
没有输在武功上 My technique has never failed me
没承想 I never thought I'd see
输在了想法 the limits of my own vision
叶先生 Mr IP
今日我把名声送给你 today I've made you famous
往后的路 In future
你是一步一擂台 you'll face challenges at every step
希望你像我一样 I hope you'll be like me
凭一口气点一盏灯 Pass on the torch
要知道念念不忘必有回响 Never give up the faith
有灯就有人 Keep the light burning
姑娘 这事万万不可 Miss Gong you mustn't do this
宫家没有败绩 The Gongs have never been defeated
输了 宫家有人会找回来 I will redeem our honor
把这个转给姓叶的 他懂 Give this to Ip He'll understand
这辈子我是成不了 I have no chance
像我爹那样一天一地的豪杰 to be as great as Father
可我不图一世 It wasn't my choice
只图一时 But I'll make my mark
快去 Go
晚上的局 按北方的规矩 Tonight following Northern custom
赢的一方请客 the winner will host a banquet
叶问不到场 我也不到场 Neither Ip Man nor I will attend
你就代表我去 You'll represent me
您放心 Don't worry
宫家人办事 没丢过人 I'll do the right thing
走 Let's go
宫宝森一身武艺 Of Master Gong's martial arts
马三得到了他的刚劲 Ma San inherited the steel
女儿得到了他的柔劲 and his daughter the silk
是六十四手的唯一传人 She is the sole heir to the.64 Hands
一手叶里藏花 更是防不胜防 Her moves are deadly
一个女子在金楼摆下霸王夜宴 In booking the whole place first
就是让你非出来不可 she forces your hand
别小看她是个女的 Don't underrate Gong Er
武行四大忌 The Martial World has four taboos:
和尚 道士 女人 小孩 monks Taoist priests women and children
上门准没好事儿 Grappling with them is a bad idea
过桥不怕兵 人家摆那么大场面 She's gone to so much trouble
怎能不去捧个场 how could I not accept
三天前 Three days ago
我爹就坐在这个位置 my father sat here
今天 Tonight
咱们就从这儿开始 it's between us
请 Please
可惜了这一屋的精致 Pity about the lovely decor
功夫是纤毫之争 Kungfu is about precision
真打坏了东西 If anything gets broken
算你赢 you win
叶先生 Mr IP
给你看六十四手 I showed you the.64 Hands
是让你明白 so that you'd know
人外有人 山外有山 the world is a big place
拳不能只有眼前路 Kungfu isn't just charging forward
没有身后身 Look behind you as well
希望你可以举一反三 I hope that's enough of a clue
千古无同局 It went your way this time
叶底是否能够藏花 Who knows what
有机会我们再印证 next time will bring
你来 Come
我等着 I'll be waiting
保重 Take care
叶底藏花一度 梦里踏雪几回 I dream of seeing the.64 Hands again in the snow
一约既订 万山无阻 I'm waiting What's keeping you
合不合身啊 Does it fit
佛山有这么冷吗 Does Foshan get this cold
穿的这么漂亮 You look lovely
过两天我们去照张全家福 Let's take a family photo
一九三八年 十月 佛山沦陷 October.1938 Foshan fell to the Japanese
1938年十月 In October.1938
佛山沦陷 the Japanese invaded Foshan
叶家大宅被日本宪兵部征用 Their army took over our home
如果人生按四季分的话 If life has four seasons
那么我的家就像春天一下儿到了冬天 we went from spring straight to winter
很快就回来 等我宵夜 I'll be back with dinner
提携我发财 Help me prosper
帮我断穷根 Rescue me from poverty
我这辈子还真没穷过 I've never been poor in my life
现在国难当头 The country's in crisis
困难人人有 and everyone is suffering
穷一点儿也没什么 To be poor is no big deal
我这个人喝惯了珠江水 I'd rather starve
这日本的米 than eat Japanese rice
我吃不惯 I won't collaborate
真揭不开锅 我还有朋友 I have plenty of friends
一人请我吃一顿 我都能撑一年半载 They'll help me through
你们慢慢吃吧 Enjoy your dinner
在这种时候 不是下了水 You won't find those friends here
谁会来喝花酒啊 only collaborators
刚刚有客人娶妾办宴 We had a dinner just now
剩下一堆菜 These are the leftovers
你要是不嫌弃呢 If it's not beneath you
拿回去给孩子解解馋吧 take them back to your family
怎么好意思啊 How can I accept
反正都是不义之财 Dirty money paid for it
不拿白不拿 都是熟人 No point in waste We're old friends
不用客气 You're most welcome
还没上过身吧 They're brand new
原本打算做了去东北的 I was going to the Northeast
现在怕是去不成了 But that's impossible now
价钱要是合适 帮我卖了吧 Sell them and I can feed my family
怎么少了个扣子 Why is there a button missing
是吗 Is there
可能掉了 Must've dropped off
我七岁学拳 I began studying kungfu at seven
四十之前 Before I turned forty
未见过高山 I was never beaten
到第一次碰到 When that happened
发现原来最难越过的是生活 It was life that dealt the blows
抗战八年 In eight years of war
我变成一无所有 I lost everything
收入 Money
朋友 Friends
揍他娘的小日本 China will never die
窑姐儿得听老鸨的 Girls obey their Madam
混道的要听大爷的 Gangsters obey their boss
孙中山是咱大爷 Our boss was Sun Yat sen
凡事他说了算 We followed his orders
南粤子弟火气旺 We Southerners have fire in our bellies
知荣辱 and a sense of honour
孙子才不敢打日本鬼子呢 Only cowards fear the Japs
来一个杀一个 I'll kill any I see
一九三八年 灯叔死于日军大轰炸 1938 Uncle Deng died in a Japanese bombardment
金楼被汉奸接管 Collaborators took over the Gold Pavilion
最后是我的家 Finally I lost my family
抗战期间 叶问二女死于饥馑 Ip Man lost two daughters in the war
坐下不要动 No one move
你们去哪里的 把身份证拿出来 Where are you going Show your IDs
快点 Hurry
拿出来 IDS
去哪里 快拿出证件 Where are you going IDs
站住 Halt
一九三九年 宫二赴西北大学习医 1939 Traveling to Northwest University to practice medicine
遇一线天 Gong Er meets The Razor a Nationalist agent
一九四零年 马三投日 1940 Ma San collaborates with the Japanese
担任奉天协和会会长 taking an official post in the puppet government
你知道我为什么叫你马三吗 Do you remember what I taught you
知道 Yes
言必称三 手必成圈 Never put yourself first
是武林的一句老话 show respect
意思是能人背后有能人 There's always someone better
凡事让人三分 To yield is not to lose
您老人家替我起这个名字 Master you have taught me
是提醒马三要谦虚 to be modest
要本分 and know my place
你是跟着我长大的 I took you in as an orphan
在风头上你也算是 You brought
为我们这一门挣名气的人 credit to our school
今天我想跟你说说 Let's go over
我的一手绝活 my supreme move
老猿挂印 The Old Monkey Hangs up his Badge
练过没有 Have you practiced it
练过 Yes
这活的关隘是什么知道吗 You know the key to it
没听您老人家说过 I was never told
老猿挂印回首望 It's looking back in reflection
关隘不在挂印 It's not the upward move
而是回头 but the turning back
懂我跟你说的意思吗 Understand what I'm saying
兵无常势 水无常形 A warrior molds himself to the times
要是 What if
回不了头呢 I can't turn back
那我宫家的东西 Then the Gong Family legacy
就不能留在你的身上了 cannot live on in you
谁敢 Stay back
让他走 Let him go
永远都不许进我这个门 Never darken my door again
滚 Get lost
老爷 Master'
听说您回来 The whole clan
东北的同门同道都到了 heard you were coming
三爷 五爷也从关里赶了过来 and raced in from all over
老姜呢 And Jiang
姜叔在里面陪着他们 He's keeping them company
姑娘 Miss Gong
大伙都等着您拿主意呢 they're awaiting your decision
大老远从关内赶来 They didn't come all this way
要的恐怕不是我的主意 to hear my decision
我爹留话了没有 Did Father have any last words
不问恩仇 Don't seek vengeance
姑娘 Miss
老爷子不让报仇 your father forbade revenge
依着我也该杀了他 I agree Ma San deserves to die
这仇太大了 It's a massive crime
欺师灭祖 to betray one's teacher
天下还有比这更大的仇恨吗 Nothing is worse
可话说回来 On the other hand
打你爹一辈儿 it was your father
八卦和形意就合成了一门 who united Xingyi and Bagua
你师兄在形意上下了大功夫啊 Ma San worked hard at Xingyi
你的六十四手 And your father taught you
也是老爷子手把手教的 the.64 Hands himself
你俩各成了你父亲的一手绝活 The two of you are his legacy
你俩齐全了 If you stand together
你家那门武功才算齐全 the legacy remains whole
再说 Besides
这件事情要是由你出头 if you take action
不管是谁死谁伤 whatever the outcome
传出去都是个笑话 people will laugh
你们宫家门里 They'll say what's this Gong school
徒弟杀了师傅 where the disciple kills the master
师妹要杀师兄 and the daughter kills her brother in arms
这不是一窝子不仁不义的畜生吗 A pack of wild animals
至于说到你师兄 Besides as for Ma San
连你爹都拿不下来 even your father couldn't finish him off
你凭什么 You think you can
二姑娘 Miss Gong
我们都这把年纪了 we're old men
大老远的从关内赶来 We made the long trip here
跟你说了很多的话都是为你好 with your best interests in mind
你不能不领情啊 Take our advice
赶紧嫁了吧 Just get married
你爹最后的话 Your father's last words
是不问恩仇 were Don't seek vengeance
你要是杀了马三 If you kill Ma San
不是违背了他的心意了吗 won't that go against his wishes
我爹的话 My father said that
是心疼我 out of love for me
想让我有好日子过 He wants me to have a peaceful life
但他的仇不报 But if I don't avenge his death
我的日子好不了 I'll never be at peace
诸位的话我都听明白了 I understand what you're saying
您老几位 With respect
可是跟我爹磕过头盟过誓 he treated you
折过鞋底子的兄弟 all like brothers
我爹死了 After he died
本该由你们去找马三论理的 you should've dealt with Ma San
可你们却反过了头 Instead you come here
拿了他的话到我这儿来说三道四 as his messenger
亏你们受荫宫家多年 After all my father did for you
我知道 I know
马三仗着日本人 Ma San works for the Japanese
他硬气 He's got power
可我宫家不是没有人 But I'll stand up for my family
他今天来 还是不来 Is he coming or not
来不来有什么关系吗 What does it matter
他来了 你走了 He comes you go
不是什么事情都没有了吗 and that's the end of it right
得饶人处且饶人呀 二姑娘 It's better to let it go Miss Gong
许多事情不在人事 Some things are out of our hands
在天意 It's the Will of Heaven
或许我就是天意 Maybe I am the Will of Heaven
西方正路 Oh ye gods and spirits
诸神引领啊 guide this soul to Paradise
停 Halt
不能停 不能停 We mustn't stop
闪开 闪开 Don't block the road
大路通天 各走一边 Keep to the side
闪开 Move
奉家师马三爷之命 Ma San ordered us
送师爷一程 to escort the body
二小姐 Miss Gong
马三的人 Ma San's men
把路给拦上了 are blocking the road
说是来给送挽幛 The have banners of mourning
这不是捣乱嘛 Troublemakers
二小姐 Miss Gong
这人等时辰 时辰可不能等人 time is of the essence
老姜 Jiang
让马三洗净脖子在家等着 Tell Ma San he's a dead man
走 Let's go
西方正路 Oh ye gods and spirits
诸神引领啊 guide this soul to Paradise
来人呀 They're here
把她给我拦住 Stop her
拦住她 Keep her back
给我上 Let me at her
拦住她 Stop her
除了马三其他人都给我让开 Stay back We're here for Ma San
我敬你是师兄 Since you're my senior
不闯你屋子 I won't force my way in
可你得想清楚了 But know this
这道帘子挡不了你一辈子 You can't hide from me forever
我今天是要拿回宫家的东西 I will take back my family's legacy
你出来 Come out
宁可一思进 莫在一思停 Better to advance than to stop
这是老爷子教我的拳理 The Old Master taught me this
也是我做人的道理 It became my philosophy of life
可惜 It's a shame
他老人家想不开 he couldn't follow his own advice
宫家的东西至金至贵 His precious teachings are mine now
要取 You want them
必须得是宫家的人 send a member of the family
你是许了亲的人 You'll be marrying out
没资格 You don't count
别打听我的事情 Don't ask after me
没有消息就是消息 No news means I'm gone
你再找个人吧 Find someone else
姑娘 Miss
把那么好的亲事给推了 to give up such an ideal marriage
值得吗 is it really worth it
你可要想清楚啊 Think it over
奉了道 If you take those vows
你这一辈子就不能嫁人 you'll never be able to marry
不能传艺 更不能有后 teach or have children
那可是回不了头的 There's no turning back
爹 Father
您知道女儿心里想什么了 can you read what's in my heart
您要是跟女儿想的一样 If you agree with me
就让我看到一盏亮着的佛灯吧 show me a flame before Buddha
宁可一思进 莫在一思停 Better to advance than to stop
他欺负我们宫家没人 He mocks us for having no successor
我只能进 I can only advance
不能停 I can't stop
一九五零年 香港 大南街 1950 Hong Kong Tai Nan Street
叶师父您教过拳吗 Ever taught before Master Ip
靠教拳吃饭 To teach for a living
还是第一次 is a new experience
怎么一下有这种打算 So why now
为生活 I'm starting a new life
连行李都带来了 You've got your things
你很有把握嘛 You're confident
省得来回跑 Saves running back and forth
在香港知道咏春的人不多 In Hong Kong no one knows Wing Chun
不知道有什么绝招 Any special moves
没绝招 Not really
三板斧 摊 膀 伏 Three basic hands Spade Pin Sheath
有几趟拳 How many forms
小念头 The Concept
寻桥 The Bridge
还有标指 and Darting Fingers
兵器呢 Weapons
八斩刀 Double Knives
六点半棍 and the Six and a half Point Pole
还有别的吗 Anything else
没别的 That's it
跌打正骨 Bone setting
内功点穴 internal energy
一概不会 I don't do any of that
无瓦遮头 Drifters
舞龙舞狮 lion dancers
一概不教 I don't teach those types
为什么 Why not
教功夫不是街头卖艺 Kungfu isn't a sideshow
所以无瓦遮头不教 So I won't teach drifters
舞狮抢炮 Lion dancers jump at firecrackers
总会打架闹事 They're always brawling
更何况争强斗狠 and showing off
无非为一个红包 all for a bit of cash
有失斯文 It's crude
我再饶一句 I'll ask you straight
你打过架吗 ever been in a real fight
这条街都是武馆 It's wall to wall kungfu schools here
有事没事就踢馆 They start fights over nothing
叶师父 Master Ip
你觉得你行吗 have you got what it takes
我要说行 你能信吗 Try me and find out
有戏了 Fight Fight
兄弟算是练过几年 I've had a few years of training
想请叶师父看看 Show me your stuff Master Ip
午饭吃饱了没有 Have you had lunch
刚刚吃了一碗叉烧饭 Barbecued pork and rice
我劝你先歇会儿 I suggest you wait a bit
别浪费了 It'd be a shame to waste it
浪费 Waste it
雄哥 Brother Hung
雄哥你没事吧 are you okay
还不快去倒茶 Where's the tea
倒茶 Tea
拜师啊 To give to your new master
这张床是临时加的 We've put a bed here for you
师父 您先将就一下 I hope it'll do for now
别嫌寒碜啊 Sorry it's a bit shabby
有没有锤子啊 Is there a hammer
叶师父 Master Ip
我这帮兄弟想跟你学两手绝活 The boys and I want some lessons
八毛一位 Eighty cents a head
不算贵 Cheap enough
不过你当师傅的 But call yourself a master
得货真价实 you'd better deliver the goods
绝不能卖假药 No snake oil
你那两下行吗 How good's your kungfu anyway
关门 Lock the gate
嘿 Hey
兔崽子 Little fucker
关门就是往死里打呀 Shut the door and it's on for real
你两只手两只脚 You've got two hands and two feet
能打过几个啊 How you gonna beat us all
你错了 You're mistaken
我有两只手 I have two hands but
八只脚 Wing Chun has eight kicks
能打几个这不好说 Never mind your boys
打你一个绰绰有余 There's more than enough for you
绰绰有余 More than enough for me
这一脚送的 That one's free
一脚 First kick
四脚 Fourth kick
这还有一脚呢 One more left
你还记得我们的誓言吗 Do you remember our oath
什么誓言 What oath
余誓以至诚 I vow with all my heart
效忠领袖 to be loyal
服从组织 and obedient
为达成使命 to the Party
甘任劳怨 I fear neither hardship
不辞牺牲 nor sacrifice
如违誓言者 Should I forsake these vows
愿受任何严厉之 制裁 I accept the harshest punishment
操 Fuck
八宝街 朝天宫的东西 The war is over
在香港还能用嘛 This is Hong Kong
可是我们的纪律还在 But we stand by our code
生的进来 Join us alive
死的出去 Leave us dead
我现在出去 I'm leaving now
你能怎样 Can you stop me
你试试看 Try us and see
同年 一线天流亡香港 In exile in Hong Kong The Razor
开白玫瑰理发厅 ran the White Rose Barber Shop
一九五零年 大年夜 香港 1950 Chinese New Year's Eve Hong Kong
叶先生来不单是为看病吧 You don't look like you need a doctor
想再看一次宫家的六十四手 I'd like to see the.64 Hands again
说句玩笑话 If you don't mind me saying
你可是输过我的 You lost I won
坐 Have a seat
你要是一进门就说这话 If you'd said that at the door
那恐怕你得先唱一出《杀四门》 I wouldn't have made it so easy
才能吃得上这顿饺子 for you to get your dumplings
谢谢 Thank you
你知道吗 You know
民国二十六年我打算去东北 I'd hoped to visit the Northeast in.1937
因为那边有一座高山 There was a challenge waiting for me
大衣我都做了 I had a warm coat made
后来因为打仗所以没去成 But the war stopped me from going
大衣没留下 I didn't keep the coat
只留下一颗扣子 but I still have one of its buttons
算是个念想 Call it a memento
宫家六十四手是一座高山 The.64 Hands is too important a legacy
不该就这样烟消云散 Why let it disappear
武学千年 In centuries of martial arts history
烟消云散的事 so many things
我们见得还少吗 have vanished
凭什么宫家的就不能绝 Why should the Gong Family arts survive
叶先生 Mr IP
武艺再高 高不过天 no art is higher than Heaven
资质再厚 厚不过地 no gift more solid than Earth
人生无常 没有什么可惜的 Nothing lasts forever and that's fine
这扣子 你拿回去 Keep this button
咱们要见什么 不见什么 As for what may and may not be seen
以后再慢慢说 let's not talk about it now
叶先生 十年前的大年夜 Mr Ip ten years ago on New Year's eve
你知道我在哪儿吗 do you know where I was
叶先生 Mr IP
我截您一步 may I have a word
宫家不是无源之水无本之木 The Gong arts belong to the Gong family
六十四手也不是你想见就能见的 The.64 Hands aren't there just for show
宫家还有人 The Gong Family lives
我知道宫家卧虎藏龙 I know how much talent is there
谁要来指教的 I'm keen to learn
我随时恭候 I'll be waiting
唉 人呀 此一时彼一时 People they change with the times
过什么河 脱什么鞋 Wear shoes that suit the crossing
有多大屁股就穿多大裤衩 and underpants that fit your ass
来到了香港 In Hong Kong
我只能抽这种烟了 I can only afford these cigarettes
过去在老家 Back home
抽一口正宗的关东叶子烟 I smoked real Manchurian tobacco
讲究多了 Now that was smoking
要学会 温 良 恭 俭 让 Be mild good respectful thrifty deferential
特别这个 让 字 Deferential is the key
比方说我现在抽烟 Let's say I'm smoking
对方坐了一个我不认识的人 A stranger sits down
我也要让 抽两口吧 I defer to him: Have a smoke
对方不管会抽不会抽 都要接受邀请 Even if he doesn't smoke he must accept
否则就是不给面子 or he'll make me lose face
叶先生 Mr IP
抽两口吧 have a smoke
谢谢 Thank you
不客气 You're welcome
是个大材 You've got the gift
倒退二十年 Twenty years ago
我们还可以过过手 we could have sparred
可惜了 What a shame
一门里 有人当面子 Some work in the light
就得有人当里子 others in shadow
面子不能沾一点灰尘 The face of a school must be spotless
流了血 里子得收着 Blood must flow only in the shadows
收不住 漏到了面子上 If not if it stains the face
就是毁派灭门的大事 then the school itself may perish
面子请人吃一支烟 The face offers the cigarettes
可能里子就得除掉一个人 The dirty work is done in the shadows
叶先生啊 你来晚了 Mr lp you're too late
甭说六十四手 Forget the.64 hands
你一手都看不见 you'll never see even one
一九四零年 大年夜 东北 1940 Chinese New Year's Eve The Northeast
你说杀人难吗 Is it hard to kill a man
姑娘 Miss Gong
现在不比从前了 it's not like in the old days
杀人是要偿命的 Murder is punishable by death
为了马三犯得着吗 Is Ma San worth it
道是人走出来的 We make our own path in life
该回家 Should we go home
还是继续等 or keep waiting
今天是大年夜 It's New Year's Eve
他一定会来 He'll be here soon
必须等 We have to wait
好 All right
等 We'll wait
今天是我家姑娘和马三的事儿 This is between Miss Gong and Ma San
旁人不得插手 Everyone else stay out of it
都什么时候了 There you are
还在这儿耍猴戏 still playing with your monkey
打 Deal with him Get him
比追债的还狠 You're worse than a debt collector
这年三十儿都不让我过 trying to ruin my New Year's Eve
饺子就在锅里 The dumplings are in the pot
怕你是吃不上了 but you won't be eating them
我再三让着你 I let you off before
不外乎是想替你们宫家留人留面儿 to avoid destroying the Gong clan
别不知进退 You should know when to give up
该烧香烧香 Those needing salvation burn joss
该吃饭吃饭 Those who are hungry eat
该办的事 What I must do
天打雷劈也得办 I will do and nothing can stop me
宫家的东西 The Gong Family legacy
你今天必须还 must return to me tonight
好 Fine
东西在我身上 It's a part of me
你想要 You want it
就来拿 come and get it
师父 Master'
别过来 Keep away
马三 Ma San
说话 Speak
那天 That day
老爷子 the Old Master
跟我说了一手 spoke to me
他的绝活 about his supreme move
老猿挂印 Old Monkey Hangs up his Badge
他说挂印的关隘 He said the key to the move
在回头 was turning back
当时 At the time
我没听懂 I didn't get it
还以为 I thought
是他慢了 he couldn't keep up with the times
宫家的东西 The Gong Family legacy
我还了 I return to you
话说清楚了 Let's be clear
不是你还的 You didn't return it
是我自己拿回来的 I took it back myself
姑娘 Miss Gong
一九五二年 香港 白玫瑰理发厅 1952 Hong Kong White Rose Barber Shop
对不起 Sorry
我想我娘了 I miss my mom
在下送的帖子老板收到了吗 You got my notice about the memorial
收了 Yes
开张就有开张的规矩 Open a business follow the rules
到哪儿都一样 It's the same everywhere
我三江水下的帖子 Do you know how much weight
你应该知道有多大分量 a summons from me carries
足金足两 It's measured in gold
兄弟 钱备下了 Brother I've got the money
命在身上 And I've got my life
你看哪个够分量 Whichever is worth more
拿去 take it
我看那双眼睛不错 I like those eyes of yours
好像我娘那只 They remind me of my mom's
要一对儿还是一只 Want both Or just one
慢 Not so fast
要么 How about
劳你驾 you do the honors
行 Forget it
真够爷们 You're a real man
今天是我娘的忌日 It's the anniversary of my mom's death
这两盏灯给老板留着照路 I'll leave you those two lamps of yours
青山常在绿水长流 As the rivers flow we'll meet again
我先走一步了 I'll take my leave
拿 Want the money
也得讲个规矩 there're rules for that too
人都没了讲什么规矩 What use are rules
干脆点儿 Keep it simple
我捅你三刀你捅我三刀算了 I stab you three times then you stab me
俗了 How common
俗了 来个不俗的 Then raise the tone
那儿有张椅子看到了吗 See that chair over there
立马我叫你坐那儿去 If I can't plant your ass there
坐不踏实这钱归你 keep the cash
开玩笑呢 是吗 You're kidding aren't you
兄弟 Brother
念经就限这么一回 here's your prayer money
下次要超度了 Next time you'll be joining your mom
请吧 Off you go
我说 心里话 To tell the truth
你收我为徒吧 Take me as a disciple
教你 Teach you
是糟蹋祖宗的东西 It'd be a waste of my time
我说的也是心底话 That's speaking honestly too
好歹教一点儿呗 Just a few pointers
同年 一线天开始授徒 That same year The Razor began teaching
八极拳传入香港 Baji kungfu came to Hong Kong
1952年冬天 宫二停止挂牌 In.1952 Gong Er stopped seeing patients
有人说是因为旧患 开始吸鸦片 Some say her old injury drove her to opium
有人传她是练功入魔 Others that she was obsessed with kungfu
我最后一次见她是在大南 I last saw her at a teahouse
听得懂这戏吗 Do you know this opera
像是在佛山听过 I think I heard it before in Foshan
叫什么梦 Something about a dream
《风流梦》 A Dream of Love
风流本就是个梦 Love is just that a dream
有人说 It's said
丝不如竹 竹不如肉 no instrument is as lovely as a voice
唱的 远比说的好听 Words always sound better sung
宫先生学过戏呀 Has Miss Gong studied opera
皮毛而已 Just the basics
当年 要真拧着性子把戏学下去 Back then if I'd put my mind to it
我定会是台上的角儿 I'd be an opera star
千回百转 一悲一喜 All those tales happy and sad
唱腻了《杨门女将》 If I tired of Yang Family Women Generals
就换《游园惊梦》唱唱 I'd sing Waking from a Dream
那时候 Think of it
你在台下 我唱你看 me on stage you in the audience
想想那样的相遇 meeting that way
也怪有意思的 Wouldn't that be something
我怕到时候一票难求啊 But what if it was sold out
您真捧场 You flatter me
您看戏 我送票 If you came I'd save you a seat
这几年宫先生唱做念打 文戏武唱 You've performed well in the opera of life
可是唱得有板有眼功架十足 You have both timing and skill
可惜只差一点 Unfortunately
就差一个转身 you never saw beyond your role
想不到你把我当戏看 I'd no idea you watched me like an opera
我的戏 This opera of mine
不管人家喝不喝彩 applauded or not
也只能这样下去了 will play on to the end
今晚请您出来 I asked you
也是想把该了的事了一了 here to bring things to a close
该说的话说一说 and say what needs to be said
宫先生要出门 Are you going somewhere
在北方有句老话 We have a saying in the North
人不辞路 虎不辞山 a tiger never quits the mountain
这些年 咱们都是他乡之人 We've both been living on foreign soil
我是真的累了 I'm so very tired
想回老家了 I want to go home
临走前 有样东西要还给你 But I wanted to return this to you first
六十四手 As for the.64 Hands
我已经忘了 I've already forgotten them
我在最好的时候碰到你 是我的运气 I was lucky to meet you in my prime
可惜我没时间了 Sadly my time is running out
想想 说人生无悔 To say there are no regrets in life
都是赌气的话 is just to fool yourself
人生若无悔 那该多无趣啊 How boring it would be without regrets
叶先生 说句真心话 Mr Ip to tell you the truth
我心里有过你 I cared about you
我把这话告诉你也没什么 I don't mind telling you that
喜欢人不犯法 It's not a crime to love
可我也只能到喜欢为止了 But that's all it can ever be
这些话我没对谁说过 I never said that to anyone before
今晚见了你 Seeing you tonight
不知道为什么就都说出来了 I don't know why it just came out
就让你我的恩怨 Let's say we suspend this game
像盘棋一样保留在那儿 of chess between us
你多保重 Take care
人生如棋落子无悔 In life as in chess
我们之间本来就没恩怨 a move once made stays on the board
有的 What we have
只是一段缘分 is simply fate
你爹讲过 Your father once said
念念不忘必有回响 never give up the faith
有灯就有人 Keep the light burning
希望有一日 I hope that one day
我可以再见宫家六十四手 I'll see the.64 Hands once more
我爹常说 习武之人有三个阶段 My father said mastery had three stages
见自己 being
见天地 knowing
见众生 Doing
我见过自己 I know myself
也算见过天地 I've seen the world
可惜见不到众生 Sadly I can't pass on what I know
这条路 This is a road
我没走完 I won't see to the end
希望你能把它走下去 I hope you will
一眼看上去 Is this street of schools
这儿不就是个武林吗 all the Martial World has come to be
所谓的大时代 不过就是一个选择 A great age offers a choice:
或去或留 stay or move on
我选择了留在属于我的年月 I choose to remain in my era
那是我最开心的日子 the times when I was happiest
一九五三年 宫二病逝香港 In.1953 Gong Er died in Hong Kong
一生信守誓言 She kept her vows
不婚嫁 不留后 不传艺 to the end
明天送二小姐灵柩回老家 Tomorrow I take Miss Gong's coffin home
这是她留给您的 She left this for you
没进宫家前 我是个砍人头的刽子手 In imperial times I was an executioner
到了民国 我们这行算是没饭吃了 The Republic left me out of a job
当年要不是老爷子收留了我 Had Master Gong not taken me in
我还在城南收拾猪下水呢 I'd have landed in the gutter like a dog
老爷子从来没嫌弃我 He never looked down on me
他让我一直陪在二小姐身边 He made me his daughter's guardian
他说我煞气重 能压邪 My fierceness would protect her
后来还给我改名叫福星 He nicknamed me Lucky Star
他是希望二小姐 永远都有福星相随 so fortune would shine on her always
女人 For a woman
断发就是断头 taking vows is a kind of death
为了给老爷报仇 To avenge her father
她断了发 奉了道 不婚嫁 不传艺 she vowed never to marry or teach
一辈子一个人 to remain single her whole life
她真的做到了 She kept that vow
这是她发愿前 These are the ashes
剪下自己的头发烧成的灰儿 from when she cut and burnt her hair
姑娘说 她和你相识了半辈子 She said she knew you a long time
实则你不知她 But you didn't really know her
她不知你 nor she you
看了这东西 Seeing these ashes
你就能看明白她 you'll understand her better
叶先生 Mr IP
宫家没人了 the Gong Family is through
我把二小姐 交给你了 Miss Gong belongs to you now
宫家从无败绩 Like her father
宫二一生也没输给过谁 Gong Er never lost a fight
要输 她宁愿输给自己 She only ever lost to herself
一九五三年 叶问领取香港身份证 1953 Ip Man gets his Hong Kong ID
中国边境关闭 after the border to China is shut
在我离开佛山那天 The day I left Foshan
我有话想跟她说 I wanted to say something
但是没说出口 but couldn't speak the words
郎心自有一双脚 隔江隔海会归来 My heart will carry me back to you
我踏出第一步的时候 When I left her that time
我以为有一天会回来 I thought I'd be able to return
想不到那次是最后一面 But it was the last time I saw her
从此我只有眼前路 After that I only had the path ahead
没有身后身 There was no turning back
回头无岸 and no road home
一九六零年 张永成病逝 In.1960 Zhang Yongcheng died of illness
叶问终生未再踏足佛山 Ip Man never returned to Foshan
好 开拳 Okay begin
左拳 Left fist
出 out
摊开 Palm open
转腕 turn the wrist
收 pull back
右拳 right fist
出 Out
摊 open
拧手腕 Twist the wrist
收 pull back
叶先生 Mr IP
世间所有的相遇 all encounters in this world
都是久别重逢 are a kind of reunion
有人说 咏春因我而起 因我而收 They say I popularized Wing Chun
我但愿他们是对的 I hope they're right
我一辈子没挂过招牌 I never did it for fame
对我而言武术是大同的 The martial arts belong to all
千拳归一路 We're all on the same quest
到头来就两个字 It all comes down to those two words
一横一竖 Horizontal Vertical
叶问一生传灯无数 Ip Man was a huge inspiration to others Because of him
咏春因他而盛从此传遍世界 the torch of Wing Chun has been carried around the world