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史记(三:世家)

Shiji III: Hereditary Houses

Shiji 史记 · 248 BC · 秦庄襄王二年


Introduction

The Hereditary Houses of Yan and of Zhao for this year: Qin's taking of Yuci and thirty-seven Fortresses, told from both sides, and Zhao's army sent to help Wei against Yan.


Text and Translation

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Annotations

[§3] 史记(三:世家)

[§3] Shiji III: Hereditary Houses

燕召公世家:七年,秦拔赵榆次三十七城,秦置大原郡。

Hereditary House of Duke Shao of Yan: In the seventh year1, Qin took Zhao's Yuci and thirty-seven Fortresses2; Qin set up Taiyuan Commandery3.

赵世家:十八年,延陵钧率师从相国信平君助魏攻燕。秦拔我榆次三十七城。

Hereditary House of Zhao: In the eighteenth year4, Yanling Jun led an army under the Chancellor of State Lord Xinping5 to help Wei attack Yan. Qin took our Yuci and thirty-seven Fortresses.

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Terms

Fortress / 城n. a walled place.
Commandery / 郡n. the largest territorial unit of a state, above the County.
Chancellor of State / 相国n. the chief minister, addressed by his full title.

Persons

Yanling Jun 延陵钧A general of Zhao under King Xiaocheng.
Lian Po 廉颇General of Zhao, Lord Xinping 信平君, Chancellor of State.

Places

Qin 秦the state of Qin, with its capital at Xianyang, Shaanxi.
Zhao 赵the state of Zhao, with its capital at Handan, Hebei; one of the three states formed from Jin.
Yuci 榆次a city of Zhao in the Taiyuan region, south-east of Jinyang; modern Yuci, Jinzhong, Shanxi.
Taiyuan 太原the basin of the middle Fen River, Zhao's north-western region, made a Commandery of Qin; modern Taiyuan, Shanxi.
Wei 魏the state of Wei, with its capital at Daliang (modern Kaifeng, Henan); one of the three states formed from Jin.
Yan 燕the state of Yan, with its capital at Ji (modern Beijing).

Notes

1 seventh yearThe seventh year of King Xi of Yan, 248 BC.
2 thirty seven Fortresses榆次三十七城: the thirty-seven Fortresses of the Table's entry (§2), Yuci the first of them.
3 Taiyuan Commandery大原 is written for 太原. The Basic Annals of Qin put the founding of Taiyuan Commandery in the next year, the king's third.
4 eighteenth yearThe eighteenth year of King Xiaocheng of Zhao, 248 BC.
5 Lord XinpingLian Po, Acting Chancellor of State since the fifteenth year (251 BC) in this Hereditary House, here Chancellor of State.