Regnum Sinense

史记(三:世家)

Shiji III: Hereditary Houses

Shiji 史记 · 250 BC · 秦孝文王元年


Introduction

The entry of the Hereditary House of Zhao for this year: Lian Po's siege of Yan and Yue Cheng's title.


Text and Translation

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Text: English Translation

Annotations

[§2] 史记(三:世家)

[§2] Shiji III: Hereditary Houses

赵世家:十六年,廉颇围燕。以乐乘为武襄君。

Hereditary House of Zhao: In the sixteenth year1, Lian Po besieged Yan. Yue Cheng was made Lord Wuxiang2.

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Persons

Lian Po 廉颇General of Zhao, Lord Xinping 信平君, Acting Chancellor of State.
Yue Cheng 乐乘Zhao general, Lord Wuxiang 武襄君 from 250 BC.

Places

Yan 燕the state of Yan, with its capital at Ji (modern Beijing).

Notes

1 sixteenth yearThe sixteenth year of King Xiaocheng of Zhao, 250 BC.
2 Wuxiang武襄: the Zhengyi: 襄 means to raise up, to be above, the title saying that Yue Cheng's merit was the highest.