CHUN TSEW, WITH THE TSO CHUEN

告而反之故反盧蒲癸癸臣子之有寵妻之慶舍之士謂盧蒲癸日男女辨姓子不碑宗何也日宗不余辟 獨焉辟之賦詩斷章余取所求焉惡識宗癸言王何而反之二人皆嬖使執寢戈而先後之公膳日雙 竊更之以鶩御者知之則去其肉而以其洎饊子雅子尾怒慶封告盧蒲孌盧蒲娶日譬之如禽獸吾寢處之 矣使析歸父告晏平仲平仲日嬰之衆不足用也知無能謀也言弗敢出有盟可也子家日子之言又焉用 盟告北郭子車子車日人各有以事君非佐之所能也陳文子謂桓子曰禍將作矣吾其何得對日得慶氏之 木百車於莊文子日可慎守也已盧蒲癸王何卜攻慶氏示子之兆日或卜攻讐敢獻其兆子之日克見血冬 十月慶封田於萊陳無宇從丙辰文子使召之請日無宇之母疾病請鼱慶季卜之示之兆日死奉龜而泣乃 咕慶嗣聞之日禍將作矣謂子家速禍作必於嘗歸猶可及也子家弗聽亦無愧志子息日亡矣幸而 在吳越陳無宇濟水而戕舟發槊盧蒲姜謂癸日有事而不告我必不捷矣癸告之姜日夫子愎莫之止將不 山我請止之癸日諾十一月乙亥嘗於大公之廟慶舍蒞事盧蒲姜告之,且止之弗聽日誰敢者遂如公麻嬰 八慶爲上獻盧蒲癸王何執寢戈慶氏以其甲環公宮陳氏鮑氏之圉人爲優慶氏之馬善驚士皆釋甲 束馬而飲酒且觀優至於魚里欒高陳鮑之徒介慶氏之甲子尾抽桷擊屏三盧蒲癸自後刺子之王何以戈 擊之解其 猶煖廟桷動於以俎壺投殺人而 後死遂 遂殺慶繩麻嬰公懼鮑 羣臣爲君故也陳須無 以公歸稅服而如內宮慶封遇告亂者丁亥伐西門弗克還伐北門克之入伐內宮弗克反陳於

YEAR XXIX.

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543

Tsze-fuh Hwuy

enow to bury him." By-and-by one of Ts‘uy's not on account of one man. servants said, "Give me his peih which took the pih said, "The superior man is solicitous about Who has leisure to two arms to hold it, and I will give up his what is remote; smaller men act from the imcoffiu.” Thus they found [the body]. In the pression of what is near. 12th month, on Yih-hae, the 1st day of the attend to the future, without considering the moon, the people of Ts'e removed duke Chwang|「present] hunger and cold? Let us return for from his grave, and put him in proper grave- the present." Shuh-sun Muh-tsze said, "Shuhclothes into a new coffin in the grand chamber, chung is to be entirely followed. Tsze-fuh's and in the [old] coffin they exposed Tsuy opinion is that of one commencing his learning." Chfoo's body in the market place. The people Yung Ching-pih [also] said, " He who considers could all still recognize it, and said, "This is the remote is the faithful counsellor." On this the duke went on. Tsuy-tsze.']

Parr. 7, 9. The Chuen says:-'In consequence of the covenant of Sung, the duke, and the duke of Sung, the marquis of Chrin, the earl of Ching, and the baron of Heu, went to Ts'oo. When the duke passed by [the capital of ] Ching, the earl was not in it, [but had already gone]. Pihyëw, however, came out on a complimentary visit to the banks of the Hwang, and was not "If Pih-yew be respectful. Muh-shuh said, not dealt with as an offender by Ching, he will do that State great injury. Respectfulness is an essential thing for the people. If a man cast it away, how shall he keep [the family] he has received from his ancestors? It the people of Ching do not punish him, they are sure to suffer through him. The duckweed and pondweed, gathered by the banks of shallows and marshes and about standing pools, placed in the ancestral temple, and superintended by the young and elegant ladies, [are accepted] because of the reverence [in the thing](See the She, I. ii. ode IV.). When the duke had reached the Han, king Kang of Tstoo was dead, and he wished to return. Shuh-chung Chéaou-pih said, “We are going for the sake of the State of Ts'oo, and

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(Hëang-seuh said, "[Our journey was] on account of the one man, and not on account of Ts'oo. Who can think of Ts'oo, and not think of the [present] hunger and cold? Let us return for the present and rest our people. When they have settled the question of a new ruler, we can make the necessary preparations." On this the duke of Sung returned.'

Par.8. The king really died on Kwei-sze, 21 days before Keah-yin;-acc. to the 1st narrativeafterp.6. Tso-she says: An officer from the court came to announce the king's death. Being asked the day of it, he said it was Këahyin; and so it was recorded, to show the fault [of the late announcement] (?).’

If Këah-yin was in the 12th month, Yih-we when the viscount of Ts'oo died, separated from Këah-yin by 41 days could not be in it. This is held to prove that there was an intercalary month at the end of this year, to which Yih-we belonged.

[There is appended here:-'K'euh Köen of Tsoo died, and Chaou Wăn-tsze wore mourning for him according to the rule for those who had covenanted together; -which was right.’]

Twenty-ninth year.

庚在二百

杞 邾段,宋仲
子侯人,曹華孫弒午楚汁
有
來使城人 羯吳衞

盟士杞莒衞售
會子侯夏九
人,世晉 餘衎五年

滕叔荀 荀祭。卒。月,春
公王

人儀盈

鄭 齊

聘。

至正

人

自月

小孫止

楚公

左傅日二十九年春王正月公在楚釋不朝正於廟也楚人使公親禭公患之穆叔日祓殯而 禭則布幣也乃使巫以桃先祓殯楚人弗禁旣而悔之

It is enough for it to do that which tells its posterity not to display their sad fate."]

though they are not in the engagements of the covenant, and will reflect on your lordship's virtue, and be disadvantageous to your minis- Par. 6. The Chuen says:- King Fung of Ts'e ters. This our small State was afraid of; but was fond of hunting and drinking. He gave over since it is not so, what labour is there from the government to [his son] King Shay, and which we will shrink?" Tsze-t'ae-shuh then then removed with his harem and valuables to the returned and gave a report of his commission, house of Loo-poo Peeh, with whom he drank, saying to Tsze-chen, "The viscount of Ts'oo while they exchanged wives at the same time. will [soon] die. Instead of cultivating his gov- For several days together, [the great officers] ernment and virtue, he is blindly eager to would have to go there, as he held his court in command the States, and so gratify his ambition. it. He gave orders that all the exiles who were If he wished to continue long, would it be held to be traitors should be restored on their possible for him to do so? The thing is con- application to him; and in this way he brought tained in the Chow Yih. When the diagram Tsze-che (Fung's son Shay), and became such a back Loo-poo Kwei, who became minister to Fuh (1) becomes E (,), we we favourite, that Shay gave him his own daughter have, in reference to it, the words, Deceived as to wife. Some of Shay's officers spoke to to return; —evil,' which we may well apply to the Kwei about this, saying, "Husband and wife viscount of Ts'oo. Wishing after all to obtain should be of different surnames; how is it that you have not avoided taking a wife descended what he desired, and abandoning what was from the same ancestor as yourself?" He reessential to that, there is no place to return to:plied, "[Another representative of] that ancestor this is what is taught in those words, " 'Deceived as to return.' Is it possible evil should not come? (Meaning Shay) would not avoid me; how should I alone have avoided the thing? I Let our ruler go. He will accompany the [vis- am as if you break off from the whole ode one count's] funeral, and come back,-thus satisfy-stanza of it, and sing it. ing the wish of T's'oo. It will not be ten years before Tsoo is not able to think about the States, and we shall then seek the repose of our

people." Pe Tsaou said, "At this time the king of Chow and the viscount of Ts'oo will both die. The year-star has left its proper place, and is sojourning in its place for next year, to the injury of the tail of nëaou. Both Chow and Ts'oo may well hate this.""

2d. In the 9th month, Yew Keih of Ching went to Tsin, to inform that court, that the earl was going to the court of Ts'oo in compliance with the covenant of Sung. Tsze-ch'an attended the earl to Ts'oo, and [when they approached the capital of that State], he caused a booth to be erected [for the earl], without rearing any high structure. The servants of the mission said, “Anciently, when our great officers attended their rulers to any other State, they always reared a high structure; and from that time till now the practice has been followed. Is it not improper in you now to make this booth upon the grass?" Isze-ch'an told them, "When a great State goes to a small one, it rears a high structure. When a small State goes to a great one, it should only construct a booth. I have heard this:-When a great State visits a small one, it should do five good things;-be indulgent to its offences, pardon its errors and failures, relieve its calamities, reward it for its virtuous laws, and teach it where it is deficient. There is thus no pressure on the small State. It cherishes [the great] State's virtue and submits to it, fondly as one goes home. On this account a high structure is reared, to display the merit [of the great State], and to make it known to posterity, that they may not be idle in the cultivation of virtue. When a small State goes to a great one, it has five bad things to do. It must explain its trespasses, beg [forgiveness] for its deficiencies, perform its governmental services, contribute its proper dues, and attend to its seasonal commands. And not [only so]:-it has to double its various offerings, to felicitate [the great State] on its happiness, and show its condolence with it in its misfortunes. Now all these things are the sad fate of a small State. Why should it rear a high structure to display its sad fate?

I have taken what I

desired to get; how should I have recognized the [common] ancestry?"

Kwei spoke [to Shay] about Wang Ho, and procured his return, who became a favourite as well as himself. Shay made them keep-one before and the other behind him, carrying spears as if guarding his bed.

'Every day two fowls were provided for the public meal at the palace, [under the superintendence of K'ing Fung]. The cook one day stealthily changed them for ducks, and the servants who knew it took away the flesh, and served [the bones up] with the broth. Tsze-ya and Tsze-we were enraged [at the stinginess and insult]; and when King Fung reported that they were so to Loo-p'oo Pech, the latter said, "They are like beasts;-I will sleep upon their skins." He then made Seih Kwei-foo tell Gan Ping-chung about the matter. Ping-chung said, "My numbers are not sufficient to be employed [on such a service] (Against Tsze-ya and Tsze-we), nor have I wisdom to help in such a plan; but I will not dare to speak a word about it. But there should be a covenant." Tszekea (Seih Kwei-foo) replied "Your words are enough. What is the use of a covenant?" He then spoke to Pih-kwoh Tsze-keu whose answer was "Every one is able in some way to serve his ruler, but this is not in the range of my ability."

'Ch'in Wăn-tsze said to [his son] Hwan-tsze, "The overthrow [of the King] is approaching. What shall we get [out of their property]?" "The hundred carriages of wood that are in the Chwang [street];" was the answer; and the father rejoined, "You can maintain a careful guard over yourself." Loo-p'oo Kwei and Wang Ho consulted the tortoise-shell about attacking the King, and showed Tsze-che the indication which they had got, saying, "A man was consulting the tortoise-shell about attacking his enemy, and we venture to present to you the indication." Tsze-che observed, "He will be successful. I see the blood."

'In winter, in the 10th month, King Fung went to Lae to hunt, Ch'in Woo-yu being in attendance upon him. On Ping-shin, [Chin's