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史记（一：本纪）

Shiji I: Basic Annals

Shiji 史记 · 254 BC · 秦昭襄王五十三年

Introduction

The Basic Annals for 254 BC: the entry of the Basic Annals of Qin under the fifty-third year of King Zhaoxiang.

Text and Translation

Text: Chinese source

Text: English Translation

Annotations

[§1] 史记（一：本纪）

[§1] Shiji I: Basic Annals

秦本纪：五十三年，天下来宾。魏后，秦使摎伐魏，取吴城。韩王入朝，魏委国听令。

Basic Annals of Qin: In the fifty-third year1, all under Heaven came to pay homage2. Wei was late; Qin sent Jiu to attack Wei and took Wucheng. The King of Han came to court, and Wei entrusted its state to Qin and took its orders.

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Persons

Jiu 摎Qin general; his surname is not recorded in these passages.
King Huanhui of Han 韩桓惠王King of Han, reigned 272–239 BC.

Places

Wei 魏the state of Wei, with its capital at Daliang (modern Kaifeng, Henan); one of the three states formed from Jin.
Qin 秦the state of Qin, with its capital at Xianyang, Shaanxi.
Wucheng 吴城a Wei town in Dayang (Xu Guang); the old city of Yu on Yu Mountain, also called Wu Mountain, fifty li north-east of Hebei County in Shanzhou (Zhengyi, citing the Kuodi zhi); modern Pinglu County, Shanxi.

Notes

1 fifty-third yearThe fifty-third year of King Zhaoxiang of Qin, 254 BC.
2 came to pay homage来宾: came as guests, that is, in submission.