史记（二：表）

Shiji II: Tables

Shiji 史记 · 256 BC · 周赧王五十九年

Introduction

The row of the Table of the Six States for this year. The Table runs the states in parallel columns, one line to a state; only the states with an entry for the year appear.

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 史记（五：列传）Shiji V: Biographies
§6 无骨论点补充（以及辨析）一Ivar the Boneless' commentary and analysis I
§7 无骨论点补充（以及辨析）二Ivar the Boneless' commentary and analysis II
§8 其他古籍（史類）Other ancient works (histories)
§9 史記：補：八書Shiji, supplement: the Eight Treatises

Text: Chinese source

Text: English Translation

Annotations

[§2] 史记（二：表）

[§2] Shiji II: Tables

周：赧王卒。

Zhou¹: King Nan died.

魏：韓、魏、楚救趙新中，秦兵罷。

Wei: Han, Wei and Chu went to the relief of Zhao at Xinzhong; the Qin troops withdrew.

韓：秦擊我陽城。救趙新中。

Han: Qin attacked our Yangcheng². Went to the relief of Zhao at Xinzhong.

楚：救趙新中。

Chu: Went to the relief of Zhao at Xinzhong.

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Terms

go to the relief of / 救

v. to march to the aid of a state or place under attack.

Persons

King Nan of Zhou 周赧王

The last king of Zhou, reigned 314–256 BC; personal name Yan 延. He resided in the Western Zhou domain.

Places

Zhou 周

the Zhou royal domain around Luoyang.

Wei 魏

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

Han 韩

the state of Han, with its capital at Zheng (modern Xinzheng, Henan).

Chu 楚

the state of Chu, with its seat at Chen (modern Huaiyang, Henan).

Zhao 赵

the state of Zhao, with its capital at Handan, Hebei; one of the three states formed from Jin.

Xinzhong 新中

Ningxinzhong 宁新中, a town on the Wei–Zhao border; modern Anyang, Henan.

Qin 秦

the state of Qin, with its capital at Xianyang, Shaanxi.

Yangcheng 阳城

a Han town south-east of Luoyang, at modern Gaocheng, Dengfeng, Henan.

Notes

¹ the Table of the Six States

The four lines are the entries of the Table of the Six States (六国年表) for this year, one line to a state: Zhou, Wei, Han and Chu; the states without an entry for the year are not given.

² our Yangcheng

我: the Table speaks from the standpoint of the state whose column it is, so "our Yangcheng" is Han's Yangcheng. The Basic Annals, above, record that Qin took Yangcheng and Fushu from Han in this year. The subject of the following clause, and of the Chu line, is likewise the state of the column.