Regnum Sinense

史记(二:表)

Shiji II: Tables

Shiji 史记 · 251 BC · 秦昭襄王五十六年


Introduction

The row of the Table of the Six States for this year: the entries for Zhao, Chu and Yan.


Text and Translation

Text: Chinese source

Text: English Translation

Annotations

[§2] 史记(二:表)

[§2] Shiji II: Tables

趙:平原君卒。

Zhao: Lord Pingyuan died.

楚:柱國景伯死。

Chu: The Pillar of the State Jing Bo died.

燕:伐趙,趙破我軍,殺栗腹。

Yan: Attacked Zhao; Zhao defeated our army1 and killed Li Fu.

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Terms

Pillar of the State / 柱国n. a high office of Chu, next in rank to the Chief Minister (令尹).

Persons

Lord Pingyuan 平原君Zhao Sheng 赵胜, younger brother of King Huiwen of Zhao; his death is placed in the fourteenth year of King Xiaocheng (252 BC) by the Hereditary House of Zhao and in the fifteenth (251 BC) by the Table.
Jing Bo 景伯Pillar of the State 柱国 of Chu, of the Jing 景 clan, one of the royal clans of Chu; known only from the Table's notice of his death.
Li Fu 栗腹Chancellor of Yan (the Suoyin: a surname and personal name; the Chancellor of Yan).

Places

Zhao 赵the state of Zhao, with its capital at Handan, Hebei; one of the three states formed from Jin.
Chu 楚the state of Chu, with its seat at Juyang.
Yan 燕the state of Yan, with its capital at Ji (modern Beijing).

Notes

1 our army我: the Table speaks from the standpoint of the state whose column it is, so "our army" is Yan's; the subject of 伐趙, "attacked Zhao", is likewise Yan.