High position and heavy burden

Nation is being faced with difficult crises.

dance to another tune(make a new start)

one of the same calling

Unprecedented story

Indomitable

Fish for fame

a queer way/tune

Call no man happy till he dies.

Ready to die the cruelest death for principles

All the time

scratch an itchy place through the boot

Advantageous to both public and private interest

a cut above others(be head and shoulders above others)

look round in a charming manner

nothing but herb soup and dry provisions to eat (idiom); to survive on a coarse diet; à la guerre comme à la guerre

be converted to Buddhism

high ramparts and deep ditches

various kind of worthy men

cause one's fame to glow in the pages of history