104 Duke Wen of Qin

A5.8 

In the first year of his reign (765 BC), Duke Wen of Qin lived in the Xichui Palace. In the third year, Duke Wen led 700 soldiers to hunt in the east. In the fourth year, Duke Wen arrived at the confluence of the Yishui and Weishui Rivers. Duke Wen said, "This is where the Zhou Dynasty gave land to my ancestor Qin Ying in the past, and later we became princes." Therefore, the divination was made whether that place was suitable for living or not. The divination result exhibited good luck, and Duke Wen established a town there. In the tenth year, when the construction of Fuzhi (temple for white emperor of heaven) began,  and three kinds of livestock, cattle, sheep, and pigs, were used for sacrifices. In the thirteenth year, historians began to be set up to record national events, and most of the people started accepting education. In the 16th year, Duke Wen led an army to fight against Western Rong, and Western Rong was defeated and fled. Therefore, Duke Wen took in the local Zhou people and put them under his own jurisdiction. He expanded the territory of the Qin to Qishan, and dedicated the land east of Qishan to the Zhou. In the 19th year, Duke Wen obtained a precious rock named Chenbao. In the twentieth year, the criminal law of exterminating three generations of a clan was established. In the twenty-seventh year, a large catalpa tree was cut down in the South Mountain, and a huge bull came out of the Fengshui River was slaughtered. In the 48th year (718 BC), Duke Wen's crown prince died and was given the posthumous title of Duke Jing. Duke Jing's eldest son was made crown prince, who was Duke Wen's grandson. In the 50th year (716 BC), Duke Wen died and was buried in the Western Hills. Duke Jing's son succeeded him, and he was Duke Xian. (Shiji mistook it as Ning)

文公元年，居西垂宫。三年，文公以兵七百人东猎。四年，至汧渭之会。曰：“昔周邑我先秦嬴于此，后卒获为诸侯。”乃卜居之，占曰吉，即营邑之。十年，初为鄜畤，用三牢。十三年，初有史以纪事，民多化者。十六年，文公以兵伐戎，戎败走。于是文公遂收周余民有之，地至岐，岐以东献之周。十九年，得陈宝。二十年，法初有三族之罪。二十七年，伐南山大梓，丰大特。四十八年，文公太子卒，赐谥为竫公。竫公之长子为太子，是文公孙也。五十年，文公卒，葬西山。竫公子立，是为宪公。(译注：史记误为宁公）