Duke Xuan

（經二六五）九月庚申，楚子居卒。

(Classic 26.5) Ninth month, gengshen day: Ju, Viscount of Chu, died.

（經二六六）冬，十月，天王入於成周。

(Classic 26.6) Winter, tenth month: the Son of Heaven entered Chengzhou.

（傳）成周者何？東周也。其言入何？不嫌也。

(Commentary) What is Chengzhou? It is Eastern Zhou. Why is "entered" written? Because there was no suspicion.

（經二六七）尹氏、召伯、毛伯以王子朝奔楚。

(Classic 26.7) The Yin clan, the Earl of Shao, and the Earl of Mao took Prince Chao and fled to Chu.

春，公如齊。公至自齊，居於運。

Spring: Duke Zhao went to Qi. Duke Zhao returned from Qi and stayed at Yun.

（經二七二）夏，四月，吳弒其君僚。

(Classic 27.2) Summer, fourth month: Wu killed their ruler Liao.

（經二七三）楚殺其大夫郄宛。

(Classic 27.3) Chu killed their grandee Xi Wan.

（經二七四）秋，晉士鞅、宋樂祁犁、衛北宮喜、曹人、邾婁人、滕人會於扈。

(Classic 27.4) Autumn: Shi Yang of Jin, Yue Qili of Song, Beigong Xi of Wei, and the people of Cao, Zhulou, and Teng met at Hu.

（經二七五）冬，十月，曹伯午卒。

(Classic 27.5) Winter, tenth month: Wu, Earl of Cao, died.

（經二七六）邾婁快來奔。

(Classic 27.6) Kuai of Zhulou came seeking refuge.

（傳）邾婁快者何？邾婁之大夫也。邾婁無大夫，此何以書？以近書也。

(Commentary) Who is Kuai of Zhulou? He was a grandee of Zhulou. Zhulou had no grandees; why is he recorded here? He is recorded because the time was near.

（經二七七）公如齊，公至自齊，居於運。

(Classic 27.7) Duke Zhao went to Qi; Duke Zhao returned from Qi and stayed at Yun.

春，王三月，葬曹悼公。

Spring, third month of the Zhou calendar: Duke Dao of Cao was buried.

（經二八二）公如晉，次於幹侯。

(Classic 28.2) Duke Zhao went to Jin and camped at Ganhou. (In the original text the character gan is written with the qian of qiankun.)

（經二八三）夏，四月丙戌，鄭伯寧卒。六月，葬鄭定公。

(Classic 28.3) Summer, fourth month, bingxu day: Ning, Earl of Zheng, died. Sixth month: Duke Ding of Zheng was buried.

（經二八四）秋，七月癸巳，滕子寧卒。

(Classic 28.4) Autumn, seventh month, guisi day: Ning, Viscount of Teng, died.

（經二八五）冬，葬滕悼公。

(Classic 28.5) Winter: Duke Dao of Teng was buried.

春，公至自幹侯，居於運。

Spring: Duke Zhao returned from Ganhou and stayed at Yun.

（經二九二）齊侯使高張來唁公。

(Classic 29.2) The Marquis of Qi sent Gao Zhang to offer condolences to Duke Zhao.

（經二九三）公如晉，次於幹侯。

(Classic 29.3) Duke Zhao went to Jin and camped at Ganhou.

（經二九四）夏，四月庚子，叔倪卒。

(Classic 29.4) Summer, fourth month, gengzi day: Shu Ni died.

（經二九五）秋，七月。

(Classic 29.5) Autumn, seventh month.

（經二九六）冬，十月，運潰。

(Classic 29.6) Winter, tenth month: Yun collapsed (the people scattered).

（傳）邑不言潰，此其言潰何？郛之也。曷為郛之？君存焉爾。

(Commentary) For a city, "collapsed" is not written; why is "collapsed" written here? It is treated as a capital. Why is it treated as a capital? Because the ruler was there.

春，王正月，公在幹侯。

Spring, first month of the Zhou calendar: Duke Zhao was at Ganhou.

（經三十二）夏，六月庚辰，晉侯去疾卒。

(Classic 30.2) Summer, sixth month, gengchen day: Qu Ji, Marquis of Jin, died.

（經三十三）秋，八月，葬晉頃公。

(Classic 30.3) Autumn, eighth month: Duke Qing of Jin was buried.

（經三十四）冬，十有二月，吳滅徐，徐子章禹奔楚。

(Classic 30.4) Winter, twelfth month: Wu destroyed Xu, and Zhangyu, Viscount of Xu, fled to Chu.

春，王正月，公在幹侯。

Spring, first month of the Zhou calendar: Duke Zhao was at Ganhou.

（經三一二）季孫隱如會晉荀櫟於適歷。

(Classic 31.2) Jisun Yinru met Xun Li of Jin at Shili.

（經三一三）夏，四月丁巳，薛伯谷卒。

(Classic 31.3) Summer, fourth month, dingsi day: Gu, Earl of Xue, died.

（經三一四）晉侯使荀櫟唁公於幹侯。

(Classic 31.4) The Marquis of Jin sent Xun Li to offer condolences to Duke Zhao at Ganhou.

（經三一五）秋，葬薛獻公。

(Classic 31.5) Autumn: Duke Xian of Xue was buried.

（經三一六）冬，黑弓以濫來奔。

(Classic 31.6) Winter: Heigong came seeking refuge, bringing Lan.

（傳）文何以無邾婁？通濫也。曷為通濫？賢者子孫宜有地也。賢者孰謂？謂叔術也。何賢乎叔術？讓國也。其讓國奈何？當邾婁顏之時，邾婁女有為魯夫人者，則未知其為武公與？懿公與？孝公幼，顏淫九公子於宮中，因以納賊，則未知其為魯公子與？邾婁公子與？臧氏之母，養公者也。君幼則宜有養者，大夫之妾，士之妻，則未知臧氏之母者曷為者也？養公者必以其子入養。臧氏之母聞有賊，以其子易公，抱公以逃。賊至，湊公寢而弒之。臣有鮑廣父與梁買子者，聞有賊，趨而至。臧氏之母曰：「公不死也，在是，吾以吾子易公矣。」於是負孝公之周訴天子，天子為之誅顏而立叔術，反孝公於魯。顏夫人者，嫗盈女也，國色也，其言曰：「有能為我殺殺顏者，吾為其妻。」叔術為之殺殺顏者，而以為妻，有子焉，謂之盱。夏父者，其所為有於顏者也。盱幼而皆愛之，食必坐二子於其側而食之，有珍怪之食，盱必先取足焉。夏父曰：「以來，人未足而盱有餘。」叔術覺焉，曰：「嘻！此誠爾國也夫！」起而致國於夏父，夏父受而中分之，叔術曰：「不可！」三分之，叔術曰：「不可！」四分之，叔術曰：「不可！」五分之，然後受之。公扈子者，邾婁之父兄也，習乎邾婁之故，其言曰：「惡有言人之國賢若此者乎！」誅顏之時，天子死，叔術起而致國於夏父。當此之時，邾婁人常被兵於周，曰：「何故死吾天子？」通濫則文何以無邾婁？天下未有濫也。天下未有濫，則其言以濫來奔何？叔術者，賢大夫也，絕之則為叔術不欲絕，不絕則世大夫也。大夫之義不得世，故於是推而通之也。

(Commentary) Why does the text lack "Zhulou"? Because Lan is treated as a state. Why is Lan treated as a state? The descendants of a worthy man should have land. Who is the worthy man? Shu Shu. Where was Shu Shu worthy? In yielding the state. How did he yield the state? In the time of Yan of Zhulou, there were women of Zhulou who became wives of the ruler of Lu, and it is not known whether this was Duke Wu or Duke Yi. Duke Xiao was young, and Yan committed lewdness with nine ducal sons in the palace and took the chance to bring in assassins; it is not known whether they were princes of Lu or princes of Zhulou. The mother of Zang was a woman who raised the duke. When a ruler is young he should have someone to raise him; she was the concubine of a grandee and the wife of a gentleman, and it is not known what kind of person Zang's mother was. One who raised the duke would surely bring her own son in to raise with him. Zang's mother heard that there were assassins, swapped her own son for the duke, and carried the duke away to flee. The assassins arrived, went to the duke's bedroom, and killed the child. Among the ministers were Bao Guangfu and Liang Maizi, who heard of the assassins and hurried over. Zang's mother said: "The duke has not died, he is here; I swapped my son for the duke." She then carried Duke Xiao on her back to Zhou to report to the Son of Heaven, who for this punished Yan and set up Shu Shu and sent Duke Xiao back to Lu. Yan's wife was a daughter of Yuying and a beauty of the state, and she said: "If anyone can kill the one who killed Yan for me, I will become his wife." Shu Shu killed the one who had killed Yan for her and married her; they had a son named Xu. Xiafu was the son she had borne to Yan. Xu was young, and everyone loved him; at meals he would have the two boys sit beside him to eat together, and when there were rare dishes, Xu would always take enough first. Xiafu said: "Take it over here; others do not have enough, yet Xu has more than he needs." Shu Shu awakened to it and said: "Ah! This is truly your state!" He rose and handed the state to Xiafu. Xiafu accepted but wished to divide it in half, and Shu Shu said: "No!" He proposed dividing it in three, and Shu Shu said: "No!" In four, and Shu Shu said: "No!" In five, and then he accepted. Gongxu Zi was a senior kinsman of Zhulou, familiar with the stories of Zhulou, and he said: "How could one speak of a worthy man of someone else's state like this!" At the time of punishing Yan, the Son of Heaven died, and Shu Shu rose and handed the state to Xiafu. At this time the people of Zhulou were often attacked by Zhou with troops, saying: "Why did you bring about the death of our Son of Heaven?" Treating Lan as a state, why does the text lack "Zhulou"? Under heaven there was not yet a state called Lan. If there was not yet a Lan under heaven, why is it written "came seeking refuge with Lan"? Shu Shu was a worthy grandee; to cut him off would be to not wish to cut Shu Shu off, but not cutting him off would make him a hereditary grandee. By the principle for grandees, they cannot be hereditary, so here it is set aside and treated as a state.

（經三一七）十有二月辛亥朔，日有食之。

(Classic 31.7) Twelfth month, first day, xinhai: a solar eclipse.

春，王正月，公在幹侯。

Spring, first month of the Zhou calendar: Duke Zhao was at Ganhou.

（經三二二）取闞。

(Classic 32.2) Seized Kan.

（傳）闞者何？邾婁之邑也。曷為不繫乎邾婁？諱亟也。

(Commentary) What is Kan? It is a city of Zhulou. Why is it not attached beneath Zhulou? To conceal that the seizure was so hasty.

（經三二三）夏，吳伐越。

(Classic 32.3) Summer: Wu attacked Yue.

（經三二四）秋，七月。

(Classic 32.4) Autumn, seventh month.

（經三二五）冬，仲孫何忌會晉韓不信、齊高張、宋仲幾、衛世叔申、鄭國參、曹人、莒人、邾婁人、薛人、杞人、小邾婁人城成周。

(Classic 32.5) Winter: Zhongsun Heji, with Han Buxin of Jin, Gao Zhang of Qi, Zhong Ji of Song, Shishu Shen of Wei, Guo Shen of Zheng, and the people of Cao, Ju, Zhulou, Xue, Qi, and Xiao Zhulou, built the walls of Chengzhou.

（經三二六）十有二月，己未，公薨於幹侯。

(Classic 32.6) Twelfth month, jiwei day: Duke Zhao died at Ganhou.