102 The Western Border

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Qin Ying gave birth to Qin Hou. Qin Hou reigned for ten years and died. He gave birth to Gong Bo. Gong Bo reigned for three years and died. He gave birth to Qin Zhong.

Three years after Qin Zhong reigned, King Li of Zhou was unjust and the princes rebelled against him. The Western Rong rebelled against the royal family and destroyed the clan of Da Luo in Quanqiu. King Xuan of Zhou ascended the throne and appointed Qin Zhong as a senior official to punish the Western Rong. The Western Rong killed Qin Zhong. Qin Zhong reigned for twenty-three years and died in the Rong. He had five sons, the eldest of whom was called Zhuang Gong. King Xuan of Zhou summoned the five brothers of Zhuang Gong and 7,000 soldiers to attack the Western Rong and defeated them. King Xuan of Zhou then again rewarded the descendants of Qin Zhong, continuing the fief of Quanqiu which was the original land of their ancestor Daluo, and appointed them as the officials of Xichui the west border.

秦嬴生秦侯。秦侯立十年，卒。生公伯。公伯立三年，卒。生秦仲。

秦仲立三年，周厉王无道，诸侯或叛之。西戎反王室，灭犬丘大骆之族。周宣王即位，乃以秦仲为大夫，诛西戎。西戎杀秦仲。秦仲立二十三年，死于戎。有子五人，其长者曰庄公。周宣王乃召庄公昆弟五人，与兵七千人，使伐西戎，破之。于是复予秦仲后，及其先大骆地犬丘并有之，为西垂大夫。