Chapter 9 420s BC (380-371 BC)

1. Qi State (capital Linzi) attacked Yan State (capital Jicheng) and occupied Sanqiu (Xushui County, Hebei Province). 2. Wei State (capital Anyi), South Korea (capital Pingyang), Zhao State (capital Handan), jointly attacked Qi State, and the army arrived at Sanqiu. 1. Zhao State (capital Handan) raided Wei State (capital Puyang) and failed. 2. Jiang Loan, the monarch of Qi State (capital Linzi) with the surname Jiang (the thirty-second Duke of Kang), died without a son.The government of Qi State, surnamed Tian, ​​merged two small seaside towns into its territory.The state of Qi with the Jiang surname perished (from 1122 BC to 379 BC, established in 744).

3. Tian Wu, the king of Qi State (capital Linzi) with the surname of Tian (the third Duke Huan), passed away, and his son Tian Yinqi succeeded to the throne. He was the first king of the later established Qi Kingdom. (King Wei. There is an error in this record. Tian Wu will inherit the throne next year.) 1. The Di tribe (northern Shanxi Province) defeated the border guards of Wei State (capital Anyi) in Weishui (Nanhui River, Yicheng County, Shanxi Province. 浍, sound kuai). 2. Wei State, South Korea (capital Pingyang), Zhao State (capital Handan), jointly attacked Qi State (capital Linzi), and the army arrived at Lingqiu (Chiping County, Shandong Province).

3. Ji Qing, the monarch of the state of Jin (the capital of Xintian) (the thirty-ninth Duke of Xiao), passed away, and his son Ji Jujiu succeeded to the throne (the fortieth term), as Duke Jing. 4. Tian Shan, the second ruler of *Qi State (capital Linzi), passed away, and his son Tian Wu succeeded to the throne (third term) as Duke Huan. 1. The Kingdom of Shu (capital Chengdu) attacked the Kingdom of Chu (capital Yingdu) and occupied Zifang (Fengjie County, Sichuan Province). 2. In the state of Wei (Puyang, the capital), Kong Ji (Zi Si) recommended Gou Bian to the king of Wei (the 41st Duke Shen) Wei Tai, saying: "His talent can command 500 chariots in battle." Wei Zai said: "I know his military talent, but Gou Bian once worked as a tax collector and once ate two eggs from the people's house for nothing. His morals are flawed." Like wood, take its strengths and discard its weaknesses. The giant tree is so tall that several people can't hold it together, but it is a few feet rotten. Excellent architects will not use it. Now, we are in the era of great chaos. We should actively look for heroes, but for the sake of two eggs, we lose a general, this should not be heard by other countries.” Wei Tai thanked again and again: “I accept your advice.”

Wei Tiao made a wrong decision, but all officials praised that decision as very correct.Kong Ji said to Gongqiu Yizi: "I see that you Weiguo is really not like a king, and a minister is not like a minister." "How can it be so bad?" Kong Ji said: "Leaders are often self-righteous, and everyone dare not contribute their opinions. If they are right and self-righteous, they will reject the wisdom of everyone. What's more, if they are wrong and still self-righteous If you force everyone to praise it, that is simply to encourage evil. You can say that you are extremely confused if you don’t care about the right and wrong of things, but just like to listen to pleasant voices. Regardless of whether it is reasonable or not, but only try to show loyalty and be compliant. It’s a sycophant. The monarch is stupid and the officials are flattering, and if he sits high above the people, the people will never agree. If this continues, the country will perish.”

Kong Ji told Wei Tui, "I'm afraid your country is about to fall." Wei Tui said, "What is the reason?" Kong Ji said, "Of course there is a reason. The leader said a word and was self-righteous. None of the officials dared to point it out. His mistakes; the officials are self-righteous when they say a word, and no one among the people dares to point out his mistakes. Leaders and officials all think they are wise and invincible, and the small officials and people under them also praise them for being really wise and invincible Blessed is the sycophant, and those who point out the king's mistakes will be in trouble for a long time. How can good governance that is beneficial to the country come into being? Said: "Everyone says they are sages, who can tell the male and female of crows?" It sounds like I mean you."

3. Ji Xian, the monarch of the state of Lu (the capital of Qufu) (31st Mugong), passed away, and his son Ji Fen succeeded him (32nd), as the public. 4. Marquis Wen (unknown name) passed away as the monarch of South Korea (capital Pingyang) (third term), and his son Aihou (unknown name) succeeded him (fourth term). 1. The king of the Zhou Kingdom (the capital Luoyang) (the thirty-ninth king of An) Ji Jiao passed away, and his son Ji Xi succeeded to the throne (the fortyth king) as the Lie Wang. 2. Wei State (capital Anyi), South Korea (capital Pingyang), Zhao State (capital Handan), jointly act to depose Jin State (capital Xintian) monarch (40th Jing Gong) Ji Jujiu, demote him as a commoner, and carve up the remnants A small piece of land (Xintian) came down, and the Jin State fell from then on (from the first two years to the first 376 years, and the founding of the country in 737 years).

1. Solar eclipse. 2. South Korea (capital Pingyang) captured Xinzheng, the capital of Zheng State (Xinzheng County, Henan Province), and Zheng State died (806 BC to 375 BC, 432 years after the founding of the country).South Korea then moved the capital to Xinzheng. (I don’t know when the capital of South Korea was moved to Yangzhai. I only know that the capital was moved from Yangzhai to Xinzheng this year.) 3. Zhao Zhang, the monarch of the state of Zhao (Handan, the capital) (the third Jinghou), passed away, and his son Zhao Zhong succeeded him (the fourth), as Chenghou. There is no record for this year.

1. Yan State (capital Jicheng) defeated Qi State (capital Linzi) army in Linhu (unknown today). 2. The State of Lu (the capital of Qufu) attacked the State of Qi and fell into Yangguan (southeast of Tai'an City, Shandong Province). 3. The State of Wei (the capital Anyi) attacked the State of Qi, and the army arrived at Boling (northwest of Chiping County, Shandong Province). 4. Duke Xi (unknown name) of Yan State (35th term) passed away, and his son Huan Gong (unknown name) succeeded him (36th term). 5. The monarch of the Song State (capital Suiyang) (the thirty-second Hughong) Song Tian passed away, and his son Song Pibing succeeded to the throne (the thirty-third) as Pigong.

6. The monarch of the state of Wei (Puyang, the capital) (41st Duke Shen) passed away, and his son Wei Xun succeeded him (42nd term) as Duke Sheng. 1. Zhao State (capital Handan) attacked Wei State (capital Puyang) and occupied 73 villages near the capital Puyang. 2. The State of Wei (Anyi, the capital) defeated the army of the State of Zhao in Beilin (west of Lishi County, Shanxi Province). 1. Wei State (capital Anyi) attacked Chu Kingdom (capital Yingdu) and occupied Luyang (Lushan County, Henan Province). 2. Yan Sui, the state official (doctor) of South Korea (the capital of Xinzheng), assassinated the monarch (fourth term) Aihou (name unknown), and the nobles supported Aihou's son Han Ruoshan to succeed him (fifth term) as Yihou.At first, Aihou appointed Han Xing as prime minister, but he trusted Yan Sui more.The feud between Han Xing and Yan Sui was so deep that it was unsolvable, and they wanted to put each other to death.Yan Sui hired a killer to assassinate Han Xing.Han Xing rushed to Aihou's side, and Aihou hugged him to protect him.However, the killer didn't stop, and still stabbed Han Xing; Aihou was also killed by the blade. ("Warring States Policy" believes that Nie Zheng's killing of Xia Lei and Yan Sui's killing of Aihou is one thing, "Historical Records" thinks it is two things, according to "Historical Records". However, in the past 26 years, two major murders occurred in the Korean government , once killed the prime minister, and once killed the monarch in addition to the prime minister, which is too prominent. So Sima Guang is not very sure about this, and he also expressed his doubts in his letter to Liu Daoyuan.)

3. Wei Jian, the king of the state of Wei (the second Marquis of Wu), died without a designated heir. His son Wei Yu and Gong Zhongxu fought fiercely for the throne, and the country fell into chaos.