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史记(五:列传)

Shiji V: Biographies

Shiji 史记 · 248 BC · 秦庄襄王二年


Introduction

The Biography of Meng Tian for this year: his grandfather Meng Ao's campaign against Zhao and the thirty-seven Fortresses.


Text and Translation

Text: Chinese source

Text: English Translation

Annotations

[§5] 史记(五:列传)

[§5] Shiji V: Biographies

蒙恬列传:二年,蒙骜攻赵,取三十七城。

Biography of Meng Tian: In the second year1 Meng Ao attacked Zhao and took thirty-seven Fortresses.

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Terms

Fortress / 城n. a walled place.

Persons

Meng Ao 蒙骜General of Qin, a man of Qi by origin, who served King Zhaoxiang and rose to Senior Minister; grandfather of Meng Tian.

Places

Zhao 赵the state of Zhao, with its capital at Handan, Hebei; one of the three states formed from Jin.

Notes

1 second yearThe second year of King Zhuangxiang of Qin, 248 BC; the Biography continues the sentence begun under the first year (249 BC, §5).