Monday, April 22, 2024

127 The End of Zhou

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In the 51st year, General Jiu of Qin attacked Han, captured Yangcheng and Fushu, and beheaded 40,000 men. Then he attacked Zhao, seized more than 20 counties, and killed 90,000 people. The King of Western Zhou betrayed Qin, and agreed to form an alliance with the other princes. He led the best soldiers under the heaven to attack Qin through Mount Yique, making it impossible for Qin army to open the road to Yangcheng. So the State of Qin sent General Jiu to attack Western Zhou. After the escape, the Lord of Western Zhou came to apologize in person, kowtowed and asked to be punished, and offered all his territory, 36 cities, and 30,000 households in all. The King of Qin accepted his offer and allowed him to return to the Zhou capital. In the 52nd year (255 BC), the people of Western Zhou fled eastward, and the Zhou Dynasty's treasures, the Nine Tipod Cauldrons, were sent to Qin. The Zhou Dynasty was basically destroyed.

In the 53rd year (254 BC), all the princes in the world came to submit. Wei was late, so Qin sent Jiu to attack Wei and seize Wucheng. The King of Han came to pay homage, and Wei handed over the power and obeyed Qin completely. In the 54th year (253 BC), King Zhaoxiang held a ceremony to worship the Emperor of Heaven in the southern suburbs of Yong County. In the autumn of the 56th year (251 BC), King Zhaoxiang died and his son King Xiaowen succeeded him. He honored Tang Ba Zi as Queen Mother Tang and buried her together with King Zhaoxiang. King Han came to offer condolences in mourning clothes, and the princes sent their generals and ministers to offer condolences and participate in the funeral. 

In the first year of King Xiaowen's reign (250 BC), he pardoned criminals, rewarded the meritorious officials of the previous king, treated relatives of the royal family well, and opened gardens to the public. After the mourning period was over, King Xiaowen ascended the throne on the Jihai day of the 10th month, but died on the third day. His son, King Zhuangxiang, succeeded him.


五十一年,将军摎攻韩,取阳城、负黍,斩首四万。攻赵,取二十余县,首虏九万。西周君背秦,与诸侯约从,将天下锐兵出伊阙攻秦,令秦毋得通阳城。于是秦使将军摎攻西周。西周君走来自归,顿首受罪,尽献其邑三十六城,口三万。秦王受献,归其君于周。五十二年,周民东亡,其器九鼎入秦。周初亡。

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。五十四年,王郊见上帝于雍。五十六年秋,昭襄王卒,子孝文王立。尊唐八子为唐太后,而合其葬于先王。韩王衰绖入吊祠,诸侯皆使其将相来吊祠,视丧事。

孝文王元年,赦罪人,修先王功臣,襃厚亲戚,弛苑囿。孝文王除丧,十月己亥即位,三日辛丑卒,子庄襄王立。


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