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史记(一:本纪)

Shiji I: Basic Annals

Shiji 史记 · 251 BC · 秦昭襄王五十六年


Introduction

The Basic Annals for 251 BC: the entry of the Basic Annals of Qin under the fifty-sixth year of King Zhaoxiang, the year of his death.


Text and Translation

Text: Chinese source

Text: English Translation

Annotations

[§1] 史记(一:本纪)

[§1] Shiji I: Basic Annals

秦本纪:五十六年秋,昭襄王卒,子孝文王立。尊唐八子为唐太后,而合其葬于先王。韩王衰绖入吊祠,诸侯皆使其将相来吊祠,视丧事。

Basic Annals of Qin: In the autumn of the fifty-sixth year1, King Zhaoxiang died, and his son King Xiaowen was set up. He honoured the Bazi consort Tang as Queen Dowager Tang and buried her together with the late king. The King of Han, in hempen mourning dress, came in to condole and sacrifice, and the Lords all sent their generals and ministers to come and condole and sacrifice, and to attend to the funeral.

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Terms

Bazi consort / 八子n. a rank of royal consort below the Queen; Xu Guang: the title of a secondary wife.
Queen Dowager / 太后n. the mother of a reigning king.
the Lords / 诸侯npl. the rulers of the states, collectively; in this period the kings of the warring states and the lesser lords, as distinct from the Zhou king.

Persons

King Zhaoxiang of Qin 秦昭襄王King of Qin, reigned 306–251 BC; personal name Ji 稷. Called King Zhao in the Basic Annals of Zhou and King Zhaoxiang in the Basic Annals of Qin.
King Xiaowen of Qin 秦孝文王King of Qin, reigned 250 BC.
Queen Dowager Tang 唐太后A consort of King Zhaoxiang of the rank bazi, surnamed Tang (Xu Guang); the mother of King Xiaowen, who died before him and was honoured as Queen Dowager after her death (Zhengyi).
King Huanhui of Han 韩桓惠王King of Han, reigned 272–239 BC.

Notes

1 fifty-sixth yearThe fifty-sixth and last year of King Zhaoxiang of Qin, 251 BC.