Regnum Sinense

史记（三：世家）

Shiji III: Hereditary Houses

Shiji 史记 · 252 BC · 秦昭襄王五十五年

Introduction

The entries of the Hereditary Houses for this year: the house of Wey, on the killing of Lord Huai and the setting up of Lord Yuan, and the house of Zhao, on the death of Lord Pingyuan.

Text and Translation

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Annotations

[§1] 史记（三：世家）

[§1] Shiji III: Hereditary Houses

卫康叔世家：怀君三十一年，朝魏，魏囚杀怀君。魏更立嗣君弟，是为元君。元君为魏婿，故魏立之。

Hereditary House of Kang Shu of Wey: In the thirty-first year of Lord Huai1, he went to court in Wei, and Wei imprisoned and killed Lord Huai. Wei instead set up the younger brother of Lord Si: this was Lord Yuan. Lord Yuan was a son-in-law of Wei, and so Wei set him up.

赵世家：十四年，平原君赵胜死。

Hereditary House of Zhao: In the fourteenth year2, Lord Pingyuan, Zhao Sheng, died.

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Persons

Lord Huai of Wey 卫怀君Ruler of Wey, reigned 282–252 BC; son of Lord Si.
Lord Si of Wey 卫嗣君Ruler of Wey, reigned 324–283 BC; father of Lord Huai.
Lord Yuan of Wey 卫元君Ruler of Wey from 252 BC; younger brother of Lord Si, and a son-in-law of the Wei royal house.
Lord Pingyuan 平原君Zhao Sheng 赵胜, younger brother of King Huiwen of Zhao; died 252 BC.

Places

Wei 魏the state of Wei, with its capital at Daliang (modern Kaifeng, Henan); one of the three states formed from Jin.

Notes

1 thirty-first year of Lord Huai252 BC, by the Table's count from Lord Huai's first year, 282 BC.
2 fourteenth yearThe fourteenth year of King Xiaocheng of Zhao, 252 BC. The Suoyin notes that the Table places the death in the fifteenth year.