无骨论点补充（以及辨析）一
Ivar the Boneless' commentary and analysis I
Shiji 史记 · 255 BC · 秦昭襄王五十二年
Introduction
Ivar the Boneless' commentary on the year: Cai Ze's fall and Du Cang's appointment as Chancellor of Qin, with the passage of the Shiji on which the dating turns.
Text and Translation
- §1 史记（一：本纪）Shiji I: Basic Annals
- §2 史记（二：表）Shiji II: Tables
- §3 史记（三：世家）Shiji III: Hereditary Houses
- §4 史记（四：列传）Shiji IV: Biographies
- §5 无骨论点补充（以及辨析）一Ivar the Boneless' commentary and analysis I
- §6 无骨论点补充（以及辨析）二Ivar the Boneless' commentary and analysis II
Text: Chinese source
Text: English Translation
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[§5] 无骨论点补充（以及辨析）一
[§5] Ivar the Boneless' commentary and analysis I
秦相蔡泽受诽谤，遂称病免相，秦昭襄王任命杜仓为相。
The Chancellor of Qin, Cai Ze, was slandered, and so pleaded illness and was relieved of the chancellorship; King Zhaoxiang of Qin appointed Du Cang Chancellor.
辨析：
Analysis:
《史記》范雎蔡泽列传：後数日，入朝，言於秦昭王曰：“客新有从山东来者曰蔡泽，其人辩士，明於三王之事，五伯之业，世俗之变，足以寄秦国之政。臣之见人甚众，莫及，臣不如也。臣敢以闻。”秦昭王召见，与语，大说之，拜为客卿。应侯因谢病请归相印。昭王彊起应侯，应侯遂称病笃。范雎免相，昭王新说蔡泽计画，遂拜为秦相，东收周室。
Shiji, Biography of Fan Ju and Cai Ze: Some days later he went in to court and said to King Zhao of Qin: "Among the visitors there is one newly come from east of the mountains called Cai Ze, a man of eloquence, clear on the affairs of the Three Kings, the achievements of the Five Hegemons and the changes of the age — well able to be entrusted with the government of the state of Qin. Your servant has seen a great many men, and none comes up to him; your servant is not his equal. Your servant ventures to report it." King Zhao of Qin summoned him and spoke with him, was greatly pleased, and appointed him Guest Minister. Marquis Ying thereupon pleaded illness and asked to return the seal of Chancellor. King Zhao pressed Marquis Ying to rise, but Marquis Ying then declared himself gravely ill. Fan Ju was dismissed as Chancellor; King Zhao, newly pleased with Cai Ze's plans, then appointed him Chancellor of Qin, and eastward took in the house of Zhou.
蔡泽相秦数月，人或恶之，惧诛，乃谢病归相印，号为纲成君。居秦十馀年，事昭王、孝文王、庄襄王。卒事始皇帝，为秦使於燕，三年而燕使太子丹入质於秦。
Cai Ze had been Chancellor of Qin for some months when someone spoke ill of him; fearing execution, he pleaded illness and returned the seal of Chancellor, and was styled Lord Gangcheng. He lived in Qin more than ten years, serving King Zhao, King Xiaowen and King Zhuangxiang. Last he served the First Emperor, and went as Qin's envoy to Yan; after three years Yan sent Heir Apparent Dan as a hostage to Qin.
觀點不同在於從“東收周室”之前到“數月”“歸相印”之後的時間點，有沒有到秦昭王五十二年？
The difference of view lies in the point in time, from before "eastward took in the house of Zhou" to after the "some months" and the returning of the seal of Chancellor: does it reach the fifty-second year of King Zhao of Qin?
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