无骨论点补充（以及辨析）一
Ivar the Boneless' commentary and analysis I
Shiji 史记 · 248 BC · 秦庄襄王二年
Introduction
Ivar the Boneless' commentary on the year: Jing Ji's campaign for Zhao against Yan, with chapter 25 of the Zhanguo zonghengjia shu adduced for it, its date unknown.
Text and Translation
- §1 史记（一：本纪）Shiji I: Basic Annals
- §2 史记（二：表）Shiji II: Tables
- §3 史记（三：世家）Shiji III: Hereditary Houses
- §4 史记（四：列传）Shiji IV: Biographies
- §5 史记（五：列传）Shiji V: Biographies
- §6 无骨论点补充（以及辨析）一Ivar the Boneless' commentary and analysis I
- §7 无骨论点补充（以及辨析）二Ivar the Boneless' commentary and analysis II
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[§6] 无骨论点补充（以及辨析）一
[§6] Ivar the Boneless' commentary and analysis I
秦将井忌助赵攻燕，拔二城。
The Qin general Jing Ji helped Zhao attack Yan and took two Fortresses.
辨析：事見《戰國縱橫家書》，但是時間不詳：
Analysis: the matter is seen in the Zhanguo zonghengjia shu, but the time is not known:
二十五、李园谓辛梧章
Chapter 25, Li Yuan speaks to Xin Wu1
秦使辛梧据粱（梁），合秦粱（梁）而攻楚。李园忧之。兵未出，谓辛梧：“以秦之强，有两端之劲，东面而伐楚。于臣也，楚不侍（待）伐割挚马免而西走，秦余（与）楚为上交，秦祸案环（还）中粱（梁）矣。将军必逐于粱（梁），恐诛于秦。
Qin sent Xin Wu to hold Liang2, to join Qin and Liang in an attack on Chu. Li Yuan was troubled by this. Before the troops had set out he said to Xin Wu: "With Qin's strength and the force of two arms, you face east and attack Chu. As your servant sees it, Chu will not wait to be attacked: it will cede land and bring gifts3 and hurry west, Qin and Chu will become the closest of allies, and Qin's blow will then fall back upon Liang. The General will surely be driven out of Liang, and I fear put to death by Qin.
将军不见井忌乎？为秦据赵而攻燕，拔二城。燕使蔡鸟股符〓去壁，奸（间）赵入秦，以河间十城封秦相文信侯。文信侯弗敢受，曰：‘我无功。’
Has the General not seen the case of Jing Ji? On Qin's behalf he held Zhao and attacked Yan, taking two Fortresses. Yan sent Cai Niao, who with a tally made his way out through the ramparts4, passed secretly through Zhao into Qin and offered the ten Fortresses of Hejian as a fief to the Chancellor of Qin, Marquis Wenxin5. Marquis Wenxin did not dare accept, saying: 'I have no merit.'
蔡鸟明日见，带长剑，举其末，视视（示）文信侯曰：‘君曰我无功，君无功，胡不解君之玺，以佩蒙敖（骜）、王〓也？秦王以君为贤，故加君二人之上。今燕献地。此非秦之地也。君弗受，不忠。’文信侯敬若（诺）。言之秦王，秦王令受之。余（与）燕为上交，秦祸案环（还）归于赵矣。秦大举兵东面而赍赵，言毋攻燕。以秦之强，有燕之怒，割勺（赵）必深。赵不能听，逐井忌，诛于秦。今臣窃为将军私计，不如少案（按）之，毋庸出兵，秦未得志于楚，必重粱（梁），粱（梁）未得志于楚，必重秦，是将军两重。天下人无不死者，久者寿。愿将军之察之也。粱（梁）兵未出，楚见粱（梁）之未出兵也，走秦必缓。秦王怒于楚之缓也，怨必深。是将军有（又）重矣。”粱（梁）兵果六月乃出。
The next day Cai Niao came to see him wearing a long sword, raised its point and showed it to Marquis Wenxin, saying: 'You say "I have no merit". If you have no merit, why not untie your seal and hang it on Meng Ao or Wang 〓6? The King of Qin holds you worthy, and so has set you above those two. Now Yan offers land; this is not Qin's land. If you do not accept it, you are disloyal.' Marquis Wenxin respectfully agreed. He spoke of it to the King of Qin, and the King of Qin ordered him to accept. Qin became Yan's closest ally, and Qin's blow then turned back upon Zhao. Qin raised a great army, faced east and bore down on Zhao7, declaring that Yan was not to be attacked. With Qin's strength and Yan's anger, the cutting of Zhao was bound to go deep. Zhao could not bear it; it drove out Jing Ji, and he was put to death by Qin. Now, if your servant may privately plan for the General: better to hold back a little and not send out the troops. So long as Qin has not had its way with Chu, it must value Liang; so long as Liang has not had its way with Chu, it must value Qin — thus the General is valued on both sides. No man under Heaven escapes death; he who lasts long lives long. I wish the General to consider it. While Liang's troops have not set out, Chu, seeing that Liang has not sent out its troops, will be slow to hurry to Qin. The King of Qin, angered at Chu's slowness, will resent it deeply; and so the General is valued still more." Liang's troops did indeed set out only after six months.
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