卷三十六·陈杞世家第六
卷三十六·陈杞世家第六
司马迁
陈胡公满者，虞帝舜之后也。昔舜为庶人时，尧妻之二女，居于妫汭，其后因为氏姓，姓妫氏。舜已崩，传禹天下，而舜子商均为封国。夏后之时，或失或续。至于周武王克殷纣，乃复求舜后，得妫满，封之于陈，以奉帝舜祀，是为胡公。
胡公卒，子申公犀侯立。申公卒，弟相公皋羊立。相公卒，立申公子突，是为孝公。孝公卒，子慎公圉戎立。慎公当周厉王时。慎公卒，子幽公宁立。
幽公十二年，周厉王奔于彘。
二十三年，幽公卒，子釐公孝立。釐公六年，周宣王即位。三十六年，釐公卒，子武公灵立。武公十五年卒，子夷公说立。是岁，周幽王即位。夷公三年卒，弟平公燮立。平公七年，周幽王为犬戎所杀，周东徙。秦始列为诸侯。
二十三年，平公卒，子文公圉立。
文公元年，取蔡女，生子佗。十年，文公卒，长子桓公鲍立。
桓公二十三年，鲁隐公初立。二十六年，卫杀其君州吁。三十三年，鲁弑其君隐公。
三十八年正月甲戌己丑，桓公鲍卒。桓公弟佗，其母蔡女，故蔡人为佗杀五父及桓公太子免而立佗，是为厉公。桓公病而乱作，国人分散，故再赴。
厉公二年，生子敬仲完。周太史过陈，陈厉公使以周易筮之，卦得观之否：“是为观国之光，利用宾于王。此其代陈有国乎？不在此，其在异国？非此其身，在其子孙。若在异国，必姜姓。姜姓，太岳之后。物莫能两大，陈衰，此其昌乎？”
厉公取蔡女，蔡女与蔡人乱，厉公数如蔡淫。七年，厉公所杀桓公太子免之三弟，长曰跃，中曰林，少曰杵臼，共令蔡人诱厉公以好女，与蔡人共杀厉公而立跃，是为利公。利公者，桓公子也。利公立五月卒，立中弟林，是为庄公。庄公七年卒，少弟杵臼立，是为宣公。
宣公三年，楚武王卒，楚始强。十七年，周惠王娶陈女为后。
二十一年，宣公后有嬖姬生子款，欲立之，乃杀其太子御寇。御寇素爱厉公子完，完惧祸及己，乃奔齐。齐桓公欲使陈完为卿，完曰：“羁旅之臣，幸得免负檐，君之惠也，不敢当高位。”桓公使为工正。齐懿仲欲妻陈敬仲，卜之，占曰：“是谓凤皇于飞，和鸣锵锵。有妫之后，将育于姜。五世其昌，并于正卿。八世之后，莫之与京。”
三十七年，齐桓公伐蔡，蔡败；南侵楚，至召陵，还过陈。陈大夫辕涛涂恶其过陈，诈齐令出东道。东道恶，桓公怒，执陈辕涛涂。是岁，晋献公杀其太子申生。
四十五年，宣公卒，子款立，是为穆公。穆公五年，齐桓公卒。十六年，晋文公败楚师于城濮。是岁，穆公卒，子共公朔立。共公六年，楚太子商臣弑其父成王代立，是为穆王。十一年，秦穆公卒。十八年，共公卒，子灵公平国立。
灵公元年，楚庄王即位。六年，楚伐陈。十年，陈及楚平。
十四年，灵公与其大夫孔宁、仪行父皆通于夏姬，衷其衣以戏于朝。泄冶谏曰：“君臣淫乱，民何效焉？”灵公以告二子，二子请杀泄冶，公弗禁，遂杀泄冶。十五年，灵公与二子饮于夏氏。公戏二子曰：“徵舒似汝。”二子曰：“亦似公。”徵舒怒。灵公罢酒出，徵舒伏弩厩门射杀灵公。孔宁、仪行父皆奔楚，灵公太子午奔晋。徵舒自立为陈侯。徵舒，故陈大夫也。夏姬，御叔之妻，舒之母也。
成公元年冬，楚庄王为夏徵舒杀灵公，率诸侯伐陈。谓陈曰：“无惊，吾诛徵舒而已。”已诛徵舒，因县陈而有之，群臣毕贺。申叔时使于齐来还，独不贺。庄王问其故，对曰：“鄙语有之，牵牛径人田，田主夺之牛。径则有罪矣，夺之牛，不亦甚乎？今王以徵舒为贼弑君，故徵兵诸侯，以义伐之，已而取之，以利其地，则后何以令于天下！是以不贺。”庄王曰：“善。”乃迎陈灵公太子午于晋而立之，复君陈如故，是为成公。孔子读史记至楚复陈，曰：“贤哉楚庄王！轻千乘之国而重一言。”
八年，楚庄王卒。二十九年，陈倍楚盟。三十年，楚共王伐陈。是岁，成公卒，子哀公弱立。楚以陈丧，罢兵去。
哀公三年，楚围陈，复释之。二十八年，楚公子围弑其君郏敖自立，为灵王。
三十四年，初，哀公娶郑，长姬生悼太子师，少姬生偃。二嬖妾，长妾生留，少妾生胜。留有宠哀公，哀公属之其弟司徒招。哀公病，三月，招杀悼太子，立留为太子。哀公怒，欲诛招，招发兵围守哀公，哀公自经杀。招卒立留为陈君。四月，陈使使赴楚。楚灵王闻陈乱，乃杀陈使者，使公子弃疾发兵伐陈，陈君留奔郑。九月，楚围陈。十一月，灭陈。使弃疾为陈公。
招之杀悼太子也，太子之子名吴，出奔晋。晋平公问太史赵曰：“陈遂亡乎？”对曰：“陈，颛顼之族。陈氏得政于齐，乃卒亡。自幕至于瞽瞍，无违命。舜重之以明德。至于遂，世世守之。及胡公，周赐之姓，使祀虞帝。且盛德之后，必百世祀。虞之世未也，其在齐乎？”
楚灵王灭陈五岁，楚公子弃疾弑灵王代立，是为平王。平王初立，欲得和诸侯，乃求故陈悼太子师之子吴，立为陈侯，是为惠公。惠公立，探续哀公卒时年而为元，空籍五岁矣。
十年，陈火。十五年，吴王僚使公子光伐陈，取胡、沈而去。二十八年，吴王阖闾与子胥败楚入郢。是年，惠公卒，子怀公柳立。
怀公元年，吴破楚，在郢，召陈侯。陈侯欲往，大夫曰：“吴新得意；楚王虽亡，与陈有故，不可倍。”怀公乃以疾谢吴。四年，吴复召怀公。怀公恐，如吴。吴怒其前不往，留之，因卒吴。陈乃立怀公之子越，是为湣公。
湣公六年，孔子適陈。吴王夫差伐陈，取三邑而去。十三年，吴复来伐陈，陈告急楚，楚昭王来救，军于城父，吴师去。是年，楚昭王卒于城父。时孔子在陈。十五年，宋灭曹。十六年，吴王夫差伐齐，败之艾陵，使人召陈侯。陈侯恐，如吴。楚伐陈。二十一年，齐田常弑其君简公。二十三年，楚之白公胜杀令尹子西、子綦，袭惠王。叶公攻败白公，白公自杀。
二十四年，楚惠王复国，以兵北伐，杀陈湣公，遂灭陈而有之。是岁，孔子卒。
杞东楼公者，夏后禹之后苗裔也。殷时或封或绝。周武王克殷纣，求禹之后，得东楼公，封之于杞，以奉夏后氏祀。
东楼公生西楼公，西楼公生题公，题公生谋娶公。谋娶公当周厉王时。谋娶公生武公。武公立四十七年卒，子靖公立。靖公二十三年卒，子共公立。共公八年卒，子德公立。德公十八年卒，弟桓公姑容立。桓公十七年卒，子孝公匄立。孝公十七年卒，弟文公益姑立。文公十四年卒，弟平公郁立。平公十八年卒，子悼公成立。悼公十二年卒，子隐公乞立。七月，隐公弟遂弑隐公自立，是为釐公。釐公十九年卒，子湣公维立。湣公十五年，楚惠王灭陈。十六年，湣公弟阏路弑湣公代立，是为哀公。哀公立十年卒，湣公子敕立，是为出公。出公十二年卒，子简公春立。立一年，楚惠王之四十四年，灭杞。杞后陈亡三十四年。杞小微，其事不足称述。
舜之后，周武王封之陈，至楚惠王灭之，有世家言。禹之后，周武王封之杞，楚惠王灭之，有世家言。契之后为殷，殷有本纪言。殷破，周封其后于宋，齐湣王灭之，有世家言。后稷之后为周，秦昭王灭之，有本纪言。皋陶之后，或封英、六，楚穆王灭之，无谱。伯夷之后，至周武王复封于齐，曰太公望，陈氏灭之，有世家言。伯翳之后，至周平王时封为秦，项羽灭之，有本纪言。垂、益、夔、龙，其后不知所封，不见也。右十一人者，皆唐虞之际名有功德臣也；其五人之后皆至帝王，余乃为显诸侯。滕、薛、驺，夏、殷、周之间封也，小，不足齿列，弗论也。
周武王时，侯伯尚千余人。及幽、厉之后，诸侯力攻相并。江、黄、胡、沈之属，不可胜数，故弗采著于传云。
太史公曰：舜之德可谓至矣！禅位于夏，而后世血食者历三代。及楚灭陈，而田常得政于齐，卒为建国，百世不绝，苗裔兹兹，有土者不乏焉。至禹，于周，则杞微甚，不足数也。楚惠王灭杞，其后越王句践兴。
Volume 36 · The Hereditary Houses of Chen and Qi, Sixth
司马迁
Duke Hu of Chen, Man, was a descendant of the Emperor Shun of Yu. Of old, when Shun was a commoner, Yao gave him his two daughters to wife, and he dwelt at the bend of the Gui; and his posterity therefore took it for their clan name, and their surname was Gui. When Shun had died and handed the empire on to Yu, Shun's son Shangjun held a fief. In the time of the sovereigns of Xia it was sometimes lost and sometimes continued. When it came to King Wu of Zhou's overcoming Zhou of Yin, he again sought out the descendants of Shun, and found Gui Man, and enfeoffed him at Chen, to keep up the sacrifices to the Emperor Shun: this was Duke Hu.
Duke Hu died, and his son Duke Shen, Xihou, was set up. Duke Shen died, and his younger brother Duke Xiang, Gaoyang, was set up. Duke Xiang died, and Duke Shen's son Tu was set up: this was Duke Xiao. Duke Xiao died, and his son Duke Shen, Yurong, was set up. Duke Shen was contemporary with King Li of Zhou. Duke Shen died, and his son Duke You, Ning, was set up.
In Duke You's twelfth year King Li of Zhou fled to Zhi.
In the twenty-third year Duke You died, and his son Duke Xi, Xiao, was set up. In Duke Xi's sixth year King Xuan of Zhou came to the throne. In the thirty-sixth year Duke Xi died, and his son Duke Wu, Ling, was set up. Duke Wu died in his fifteenth year, and his son Duke Yi, Yue, was set up. In that year King You of Zhou came to the throne. Duke Yi died in his third year, and his younger brother Duke Ping, Xie, was set up. In Duke Ping's seventh year King You of Zhou was killed by the Quanrong, and Zhou moved east. Qin was for the first time ranked among the feudal lords.
In the twenty-third year Duke Ping died, and his son Duke Wen, Yu, was set up.
In Duke Wen's first year he took a wife from Cai, who bore a son, Tuo. In the tenth year Duke Wen died, and his eldest son Duke Huan, Bao, was set up.
In Duke Huan's twenty-third year Duke Yin of Lu was first set up. In the twenty-sixth year Wei killed its lord Zhouxu. In the thirty-third year Lu killed its lord Duke Yin.
On the days jiaxu and jichou of the first month of the thirty-eighth year, Duke Huan, Bao, died. Duke Huan's younger brother Tuo had a mother who was a woman of Cai, and so the men of Cai, for Tuo's sake, killed Wufu and Duke Huan's heir apparent Mian, and set up Tuo: this was Duke Li. Duke Huan fell ill and the disorder broke out, and the people of the state were scattered, and so the death was announced twice.
In Duke Li's second year his son Jingzhong Wan was born. A Grand Scribe of Zhou passed through Chen, and Duke Li of Chen had him divine by the Zhou Changes; the hexagram obtained was Guan changing into Pi: "This is 'beholding the glory of the state; it is favourable to be a guest of the king.' Will this man's line hold a state in place of Chen? If not here, then in another state? If not in his own person, then in his sons and grandsons. If in another state, it must be one of the Jiang surname. The Jiang surname are the descendants of the Great Peaks. Two things cannot both be great: when Chen declines, will this line flourish?"
Duke Li took a wife from Cai, and the woman of Cai carried on with men of Cai, and Duke Li went repeatedly to Cai for his debaucheries. In the seventh year, the three younger brothers of the heir apparent Mian, whom Duke Li had killed — the eldest called Yue, the middle one Lin, the youngest Chujiu — together had the men of Cai lure Duke Li with a beautiful woman, and with the men of Cai they killed Duke Li and set up Yue: this was Duke Li the Second. Duke Li the Second was a son of Duke Huan. Duke Li the Second was set up and died in five months, and the middle brother Lin was set up: this was Duke Zhuang. Duke Zhuang died in his seventh year, and the youngest brother Chujiu was set up: this was Duke Xuan.
In Duke Xuan's third year King Wu of Chu died, and Chu first grew strong. In the seventeenth year King Hui of Zhou took a woman of Chen as his queen.
In the twenty-first year, Duke Xuan having later a favoured concubine who bore a son, Kuan, he wished to set him up, and so killed his heir apparent Yukou. Yukou had always been fond of Duke Li's son Wan; Wan feared that the disaster would reach him, and so fled to Qi. Duke Huan of Qi wished to make Chen Wan a minister, and Wan said: "A sojourning subject, who has been so fortunate as to be spared the carrying-pole, owes it to my lord's kindness; I dare not take a high position." Duke Huan made him Master of Works. Yizhong of Qi wished to marry his daughter to Chen Jingzhong, and divined about it; the prognostication said: "This is what is called the phoenixes flying together, their harmonious cries ringing out. The posterity of the house of Gui shall be nurtured among the Jiang. In the fifth generation they will flourish and stand level with the senior ministers. After the eighth generation, none will be their equal in greatness."
In the thirty-seventh year Duke Huan of Qi attacked Cai, and Cai was defeated; he invaded Chu in the south and came to Zhaoling, and on his return passed through Chen. Yuan Taotu, a grandee of Chen, disliked his passing through Chen, and deceived Qi and had it go out by the eastern route. The eastern route was bad, and Duke Huan was angry and seized Yuan Taotu of Chen. In that year Duke Xian of Jin killed his heir apparent Shensheng.
In the forty-fifth year Duke Xuan died, and his son Kuan was set up: this was Duke Mu. In Duke Mu's fifth year Duke Huan of Qi died. In the sixteenth year Duke Wen of Jin defeated the army of Chu at Chengpu. In that year Duke Mu died, and his son Duke Gong, Shuo, was set up. In Duke Gong's sixth year the heir apparent Shangchen of Chu killed his father King Cheng and took his place: this was King Mu. In the eleventh year Duke Mu of Qin died. In the eighteenth year Duke Gong died, and his son Duke Ling, Pingguo, was set up.
In Duke Ling's first year King Zhuang of Chu came to the throne. In the sixth year Chu attacked Chen. In the tenth year Chen made peace with Chu.
In the fourteenth year Duke Ling and his grandees Kong Ning and Yi Xingfu all had intrigues with Xia Ji, and wore her undergarments to make sport in court. Xie Ye remonstrated, saying: "When lord and ministers are licentious and disorderly, what are the people to take for their model?" Duke Ling told the two men of it, and the two men asked to kill Xie Ye, and the duke did not forbid it, and so they killed Xie Ye. In the fifteenth year Duke Ling and the two men were drinking at the Xia house. The duke jested with the two men, saying: "Zhengshu looks like you." The two men said: "He looks like my lord too." Zhengshu was angry. When Duke Ling broke off the drinking and went out, Zhengshu had a crossbow laid in ambush at the stable gate and shot and killed Duke Ling. Kong Ning and Yi Xingfu both fled to Chu, and Duke Ling's heir apparent Wu fled to Jin. Zhengshu set himself up as Marquis of Chen. Zhengshu had formerly been a grandee of Chen. Xia Ji was the wife of Yushu and the mother of Shu.
In the winter of Duke Cheng's first year, King Zhuang of Chu, on account of Xia Zhengshu's having killed Duke Ling, led the feudal lords in attacking Chen. He said to Chen: "Be not alarmed; I shall put Zhengshu to death, and that is all." When he had put Zhengshu to death, he thereupon made Chen a county and took it; and his ministers all congratulated him. Shen Shushi, returning from a mission to Qi, alone did not congratulate him. King Zhuang asked the reason, and he answered: "There is a country saying: a man leads his ox across another man's field, and the owner of the field takes his ox from him. To cross it is indeed an offence; but to take his ox — is that not excessive? Now Your Majesty, because Zhengshu was a traitor who killed his lord, therefore called up the troops of the feudal lords and attacked him in the name of right; and having done so you take the state, out of desire for its land. Then with what will you give commands to the empire hereafter? That is why I do not congratulate you." King Zhuang said: "Well said." And so he fetched Duke Ling of Chen's heir apparent Wu from Jin and set him up, and restored Chen's lordship as before: this was Duke Cheng. When Confucius read the records and came to Chu's restoring Chen, he said: "How worthy was King Zhuang of Chu! He made light of a state of a thousand chariots and weighty a single word."
In the eighth year King Zhuang of Chu died. In the twenty-ninth year Chen turned its back on its covenant with Chu. In the thirtieth year King Gong of Chu attacked Chen. In that year Duke Cheng died, and his son Duke Ai, Ruo, was set up. Chu, because Chen was in mourning, broke off the campaign and went away.
In Duke Ai's third year Chu besieged Chen, and then released it. In the twenty-eighth year Prince Wei of Chu killed his lord Jia'ao and set himself up as King Ling.
The thirty-fourth year. Earlier, Duke Ai had taken a wife from Zheng; the elder lady bore the heir apparent Dao, Shi, and the younger lady bore Yan. There were two favoured concubines: the elder bore Liu, the younger bore Sheng. Liu was favoured by Duke Ai, and Duke Ai entrusted him to his younger brother Zhao, the Minister of Instruction. Duke Ai fell ill, and in the third month Zhao killed the heir apparent Dao and set up Liu as heir apparent. Duke Ai was angry and wished to put Zhao to death; Zhao called out troops and surrounded and held Duke Ai, and Duke Ai hanged himself. Zhao in the end set up Liu as lord of Chen. In the fourth month Chen sent an envoy to announce the death to Chu. King Ling of Chu, hearing of the disorder in Chen, killed the Chen envoy and sent Prince Qiji to raise troops and attack Chen, and Liu the lord of Chen fled to Zheng. In the ninth month Chu besieged Chen. In the eleventh month it destroyed Chen, and made Qiji Duke of Chen.
When Zhao killed the heir apparent Dao, the heir apparent's son, named Wu, fled to Jin. Duke Ping of Jin asked the Grand Scribe Zhao: "Is Chen then to perish?" He answered: "Chen is of the line of Zhuanxu. When the Chen clan obtains the government in Qi, then it will at last perish. From Mu down to Gusou there was none who went against the charge. Shun added to it with his bright power. Down to Sui, generation after generation kept it. And when it came to Duke Hu, Zhou bestowed a surname on him and had him sacrifice to the Emperor of Yu. Moreover, the posterity of abundant power must have sacrifices for a hundred generations. The generations of Yu are not yet done: will it be in Qi?"
Five years after King Ling of Chu destroyed Chen, Prince Qiji of Chu killed King Ling and took his place: this was King Ping. King Ping, being newly set up and wishing to gain the concord of the feudal lords, sought out Wu, the son of Chen's former heir apparent Dao, Shi, and set him up as Marquis of Chen: this was Duke Hui. When Duke Hui was set up, he reached back and continued the count from the year of Duke Ai's death as his first year, so that five years stood blank in the record.
In the tenth year there was a fire in Chen. In the fifteenth year King Liao of Wu sent Prince Guang to attack Chen; he took Hu and Shen and went away. In the twenty-eighth year King Helü of Wu with Zixu defeated Chu and entered Ying. In that year Duke Hui died, and his son Duke Huai, Liu, was set up.
In Duke Huai's first year, Wu had broken Chu and was at Ying, and summoned the Marquis of Chen. The Marquis of Chen wished to go, but the grandees said: "Wu has newly got its will; and though the king of Chu is a fugitive, he has old ties with Chen, and we must not turn our backs on him." So Duke Huai declined to Wu on the ground of illness. In the fourth year Wu summoned Duke Huai again. Duke Huai was afraid and went to Wu. Wu, angry that he had not come before, detained him, and he accordingly died in Wu. Chen then set up Duke Huai's son Yue: this was Duke Min.
In Duke Min's sixth year Confucius went to Chen. King Fuchai of Wu attacked Chen and took three towns and went away. In the thirteenth year Wu came again to attack Chen, and Chen appealed urgently to Chu; King Zhao of Chu came to the rescue and encamped at Chengfu, and the army of Wu went away. In that year King Zhao of Chu died at Chengfu. At the time Confucius was in Chen. In the fifteenth year Song destroyed Cao. In the sixteenth year King Fuchai of Wu attacked Qi and defeated it at Ailing, and sent a man to summon the Marquis of Chen. The Marquis of Chen was afraid and went to Wu. Chu attacked Chen. In the twenty-first year Tian Chang of Qi killed his lord Duke Jian. In the twenty-third year Bai Gong Sheng of Chu killed the Chief Ministers Zixi and Ziqi and made a surprise attack on King Hui. The Duke of She attacked and defeated Bai Gong, and Bai Gong killed himself.
In the twenty-fourth year King Hui of Chu recovered his state, and with his troops attacked northward and killed Duke Min of Chen, and so destroyed Chen and possessed it. In that year Confucius died.
Duke Donglou of Qi was a remote descendant of Yu, the sovereign of Xia. In the time of Yin the line was sometimes enfeoffed and sometimes broken off. When King Wu of Zhou overcame Zhou of Yin, he sought out the descendants of Yu, and found Duke Donglou, and enfeoffed him at Qi, to keep up the sacrifices of the house of the sovereigns of Xia.
Duke Donglou begot Duke Xilou, Duke Xilou begot Duke Ti, Duke Ti begot Duke Mouqu. Duke Mouqu was contemporary with King Li of Zhou. Duke Mouqu begot Duke Wu. Duke Wu was on the throne forty-seven years and died, and his son Duke Jing was set up. Duke Jing died in his twenty-third year, and his son Duke Gong was set up. Duke Gong died in his eighth year, and his son Duke De was set up. Duke De died in his eighteenth year, and his younger brother Duke Huan, Gurong, was set up. Duke Huan died in his seventeenth year, and his son Duke Xiao, Gai, was set up. Duke Xiao died in his seventeenth year, and his younger brother Duke Wen, Yigu, was set up. Duke Wen died in his fourteenth year, and his younger brother Duke Ping, Yu, was set up. Duke Ping died in his eighteenth year, and his son Duke Dao, Cheng, was set up. Duke Dao died in his twelfth year, and his son Duke Yin, Qi, was set up. In the seventh month Duke Yin's younger brother Sui killed Duke Yin and set himself up: this was Duke Xi. Duke Xi died in his nineteenth year, and his son Duke Min, Wei, was set up. In Duke Min's fifteenth year King Hui of Chu destroyed Chen. In the sixteenth year Duke Min's younger brother Elu killed Duke Min and took his place: this was Duke Ai. Duke Ai was on the throne ten years and died, and Duke Min's son Chi was set up: this was Duke Chu. Duke Chu died in his twelfth year, and his son Duke Jian, Chun, was set up. He had been on the throne one year when, in the forty-fourth year of King Hui of Chu, Chu destroyed Qi. Qi came thirty-four years after Chen perished. Qi was small and obscure, and its affairs are not worth recounting.
The posterity of Shun: King Wu of Zhou enfeoffed them at Chen, and King Hui of Chu destroyed them; a hereditary house tells of it. The posterity of Yu: King Wu of Zhou enfeoffed them at Qi, and King Hui of Chu destroyed them; a hereditary house tells of it. The posterity of Xie became Yin, and the Basic Annals tell of Yin. When Yin was broken, Zhou enfeoffed its posterity at Song, and King Min of Qi destroyed them; a hereditary house tells of it. The posterity of Houji became Zhou, and King Zhao of Qin destroyed them; the Basic Annals tell of it. The posterity of Gaoyao were enfeoffed, some at Ying and Liu, and King Mu of Chu destroyed them; there is no genealogy of them. The posterity of Boyi (伯夷): down to King Wu of Zhou they were enfeoffed again in Qi, and he was called Taigong Wang, and the Chen clan destroyed them; a hereditary house tells of it. The posterity of Boyi (伯翳): down to the time of King Ping of Zhou they were enfeoffed as Qin, and Xiang Yu destroyed them; the Basic Annals tell of it. Chui, Yi, Kui and Long: where their posterity were enfeoffed is not known, and they are not seen. These eleven men above were all famous ministers of merit and power at the turn of Tang and Yu; the posterity of five of them came to be emperors and kings, and the rest became eminent feudal lords. Teng, Xue and Zou were enfeoffed somewhere among the Xia, Yin and Zhou; being small, they are not worth ranking in the list, and are not discussed.
In King Wu of Zhou's time the marquises and earls were still more than a thousand. And after You and Li, the feudal lords attacked and swallowed one another by force. Jiang, Huang, Hu, Shen and their like were past all counting, and so they have not been gathered and set down in the records.
The Lord Grand Astrologer says: The power of Shun may be called the utmost! He yielded the throne to Xia, and yet his later generations received blood offerings through three dynasties. And when Chu destroyed Chen, Tian Chang obtained the government in Qi and in the end founded a state, unbroken through a hundred generations; his remote posterity multiplied, and there was no lack of those who held land. As for Yu, under Zhou, Qi was exceedingly obscure and not worth counting. King Hui of Chu destroyed Qi, and afterwards King Goujian of Yue arose.