史记（四：列传）
Shiji IV: Biographies
Shiji 史记 · 250 BC · 秦孝文王元年
Introduction
The lines of the Biography of Lian Po and Lin Xiangru on the defeat of Yan and Lian Po's enfeoffment, given under this year as well, in which the Hereditary House of Zhao places the siege of Yan.
Text and Translation
- §1 史记（一：本纪）Shiji I: Basic Annals
- §2 史记（三：世家）Shiji III: Hereditary Houses
- §3 史记（四：列传）Shiji IV: Biographies
- §4 史记（五：列传）Shiji V: Biographies
- §5 无骨论点补充（以及辨析）一Ivar the Boneless' commentary and analysis I
Text: Chinese source
Text: English Translation
Annotations
[§3] 史记（四：列传）
[§3] Shiji IV: Biographies
廉颇蔺相如列传：自邯郸围解五年，而燕用栗腹之谋，曰“赵壮者尽於长平，其孤未壮”，举兵击赵。赵使廉颇将，击，大破燕军於鄗，杀栗腹，遂围燕。燕割五城请和，乃听之。赵以尉文封廉颇为信平君，为假相国。
Biography of Lian Po and Lin Xiangru: Five years after the siege of Handan was raised, Yan adopted Li Fu's plan — "those of Zhao in their prime were all used up at Changping, and their orphans are not yet grown" — and raised troops to strike at Zhao. Zhao sent Lian Po in command; he struck and heavily defeated the Yan army at Hao, killed Li Fu, and went on to besiege Yan. Yan ceded five Fortresses and sued for peace, and this was granted. Zhao enfeoffed Lian Po with Weiwen1 as Lord Xinping and made him Acting Chancellor of State.
廉颇之免长平归也，失势之时，故客尽去。及复用为将，客又复至。廉颇曰：“客退矣！”客曰：“吁！君何见之晚也？夫天下以市道交，君有势，我则从君，君无势则去，此固其理也，有何怨乎？”居六年，赵使廉颇伐魏之繁阳，拔之。
When Lian Po had been dismissed at Changping and returned home, in the time when he had lost his position, his old retainers all left. When he was again employed as general, the retainers came back again. Lian Po said: "Retainers, withdraw!" A retainer said: "Ah! How late you are in seeing it, my lord! All under heaven make their friendships as in the market: when you have position I follow you, and when you have none I leave. That is the plain principle of it; what is there to resent?" After six years, Zhao sent Lian Po to attack Wei's Fanyang, and he took it.
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