史记（四：列传）

Shiji IV: Biographies

Shiji 史记 · 249 BC · 秦庄襄王元年

Introduction

The lines of the Biography of Lord Chunshen on the accession of King Zhuangxiang of Qin, Lü Buwei's chancellorship and the taking of Eastern Zhou.

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 其他古籍（史類）Other ancient works (histories)

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Text: English Translation

Annotations

[§4] 史记（四：列传）

[§4] Shiji IV: Biographies

春申君列传：春申君相十四年，秦庄襄王立，以吕不韦为相，封为文信侯。取东周。

Biography of Lord Chunshen: In the fourteenth year of Lord Chunshen's chancellorship¹, King Zhuangxiang of Qin came to the throne; he made Lü Buwei Chancellor and enfeoffed him as Marquis Wenxin. Took² Eastern Zhou.

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Terms

Chancellor / 相

n. the chief minister of a state.

Marquis / 侯

n. the holder of a marquisate, the fief named before the title.

Persons

Lord Chunshen 春申君

Huang Xie 黄歇, Chancellor of Chu from 262 BC, enfeoffed as Lord Chunshen.

King Zhuangxiang of Qin 秦庄襄王

King of Qin, reigned 249–247 BC; personal name Zichu 子楚 (Suoyin).

Lü Buwei 吕不韦

Chancellor of State of Qin, Marquis Wenxin 文信侯; by origin a merchant of Yangdi.

Places

Eastern Zhou 东周

the Eastern Zhou domain, the eastern of the two fiefs into which the Zhou royal house was divided, centred on Gong (modern Gongyi, Henan).

Notes

¹ fourteenth year

The fourteenth year of Lord Chunshen as Chancellor of Chu, 249 BC.

² took

The subject, Qin, is not expressed.