The original text and translation of the Biography of Cai Ze

The "Chronicle of History" is a chronicle written by the famous historian Sima Qian of the Western Han Dynasty, which is the first general history of the jichuan style in Chinese history, and is listed as the first of the "Twenty-Four Histories", recording a total of more than 3,000 years of history from the era of the Yellow Emperor in ancient legends to the four years of the first four years of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Together with the later "Book of Han", "Book of Later Han", and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", it is called "The First Four Histories". The entire book of the "Chronicle of History" includes the Twelve Books (recording the political achievements of the emperors of the past dynasties), the Thirty Dynasties (recording the rise and fall of the princely states and the princes of the Han Dynasty, and the rise and fall of Xun Gui), the seventy biographies (recording the words and deeds of important figures, mainly narrating the subjects, the last of which is the self-prologue), the Ten Tables (the Chronology of Major Events), and the Eight Books (recording various canonical systems to record ceremonies, music, music, laws, calendars, astronomy, sealing Zen, water conservancy, and financial use), a total of 130 articles, and more than 526,500 words.

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Cai Zeren, Yan Ren also, traveled to study in the princes small and large, did not meet. Go to Zhao, see eviction. Han and Wei were on their way. Wen Yinghou served as Zheng Anping and Wang Ji, both of whom bore serious crimes against Qin, And Ying Hou Neibei, and Cai Ze Naixi entered Qin. He will see King Zhao, and make people declare to respond to Hou Yue with anger: "Yanke Cai Ze, the world's xiongjun hong debate wise man also." When he sees the King of Qin, the King of Qin will trap the King and seize the throne. "In response to Hou Wen, make people summon Cai Ze." Enter, then punch. Ying Hougu was not happy, and when he saw it, he was also pleased. Because jean said, "Is it true that the Son tasted the declaration on my behalf?" Right: "Yes." Ying Hou yue: "Please listen to what he said." Cai Zeyue: "Than Gan is loyal but can not save Yin, Zi Xuzhi can not complete Wu, Shen Sheng filial piety and Jin state chaos." Is it that all have loyal servants and filial piety, and the country destroys chaos, why not? The ignorant emperor and the wise father listened to it, so the whole world pitied his courtiers with his father as an insult. Now Shang Jun, Wu Qi, and Dafu are human subjects, yes and no; their kings, not also. Therefore, the world said that the three sons had done meritorious deeds but did not see virtue, and did not envy the death of the world? Husband Shangjun is a decree of Qin Xiaogongming, and adultery is prohibited. Breaking up the people's business to quietly live in the people's business and its custom to persuade the people to cultivate the peasants and the soil of the room is no different thing, the field is accumulated and the practice of war Chen is the matter. It is a wide range of troops, and the country is rich because of the rest of the army. The work has been accomplished, and the car has been cracked one by one. Wu Qi legislated for the King of Chu, shook the world, and subjugated the princes. The work has been accomplished, and the branches have been solved. The Doctor is a far-sighted plan for the King of Yue, so as not to be in danger, to survive in death, and to be proud of humiliation. Capture Wu, lingyue become hegemonic. The merits have been manifested and believed, and the deeds will eventually be killed. This so-called faith can not be cursed, and those who cannot return to the past are also known by Fan Lizhi and transcendent. Now that the emperor is in qin, he cannot count the seats and sit down to control the princes. Why not return to the seal at this time, let the sages teach it, and retreat to the rock and live in the river view, and there will be the honesty of Boyi, and the long will be the prince. May the king do whatever he wants! Ying Hou said, "Goodness." A few days later, when he entered the dynasty, he said: "Kexin has Cai Ze, a person from Shandong, who is enough to send the government of the Qin state and dare to smell it." "The king summoned, spoke with him, spoke greatly, and worshiped as a guest." At the request of Hou Yin Xie's illness, please return to xiangyin. Zhaowang Xin said that Cai Ze planned to worship Qin Xiang one by one and collect the Zhou Chamber in the east. Xiang Qin for several months, people or evil, fearful, is xie sick back to xiangyin, the number is Gang Chengjun.

Translation:

Cai Ze, a native of Yanguo. Traveled around and asked for official positions from his princes (none of them had the opportunity.) to the Zhao kingdom and was expelled. He went to Han and Wei again, and the cooking utensils he brought with him on the road were robbed by others. He heard that Fan Ju, the chancellor of the Qin state, was ashamed that Zheng Anping and Wang Ji, whom he sponsored, had committed serious crimes, so he went west to the Qin state. Cai Ze was ready to go to see King Qin Zhao, so he first sent someone to threaten to provoke Ying Hou, the prime minister of the Qin State, saying: "Cai Ze, a Yan man, is a man of wisdom who is highly knowledgeable and powerful in his speech, and as soon as he meets the King of Qin, the King of Qin will surely embarrass you and (Cai Ze) will surely seize your position." After Fan Ju heard about it, he sent someone to summon Cai Ze to see him. Cai Ze entered the meeting, but he only gave a long salute and did not bow down, which had already (provoked) Fan Ju to be unhappy. After receiving the meeting, Cai Ze's attitude was very arrogant and arrogant, and Fan Ju rebuked him: You once threatened to replace me as the prime minister of the Qin State, is there anything wrong? Cai Ze replied: Yes. Fan Ju said, "Allow me to listen to what you have to say!" Cai Ze said: "Bi Gan was loyal but could not keep Yin Shang, Wu Zixu was resourceful but could not save the State of Wu, and Shen Sheng's filial piety caused chaos in the Jin State." These are loyal courtiers, filial sons, but let the country be destroyed, why? It is because there is no wise monarch and a wise father who listens to their voices, so that the people of the world think that such a monarch and father are shameful, and pity and sympathize with their courtiers and sons. Shang Martin, Wu Qi, and Dafu Wen were right as human subjects; their monarchs were wrong. Therefore, the world says that these three people have done their filial piety but have not received grace, do you still envy them for not meeting the Lord and dying innocently? Shang Martingale made it clear to the whole country that the cause of adultery and evil was forbidden, the well field system was eliminated, the cause of the people was stabilized, the customs of the people were unified, the people were encouraged to cultivate, the land was brought into play, the family did not practice the second business, worked hard to cultivate the fields and store grain, and practiced military battle fronts in peacetime, so that the army could expand the territory when it was launched, and the army could make the country rich and accomplish its deeds, and as a result, it was split by the car and died. Wu Qi made decrees for the King of Chu, and the strength of the army shook the world, and the power made the princely states submit. The work was accomplished, but in the end he was dismembered and died. Dafu Wenzhong made long-term plans for the King of Yue, relieved the danger of huiji, turned death into survival, turned humiliation into glory (adopted the subjugating strategy to try to survive, and sought the glory of restoring the country through the humiliation of the monarch), and finally destroyed the powerful State of Wu, making the Kingdom of Yue the overlord, and gaining trust in his deeds, but Gou Jian eventually killed him with ingratitude. This is what it is said that people who can only straighten and cannot bend (can stretch and cannot bend), who only know how to move forward and do not know how to retreat, Fan Li understands this truth, transcendently avoiding the world. Now that you are in charge of the State of Qin, you do not have to leave your seat and sit and command to control the princes. Why don't you send back the seal at this time, give it to the virtuous, retire to the mountains and forests to watch the flowing water, and you must have the reputation of Boyi's integrity and integrity, and enjoy the marquisate for a long time. I hope you think about this carefully! Ying Hou said, "Okay." A few days later, Ying Hou went to the court and said to King Qin Zhao: "There is a guest named Cai Ze who has just come from the east of Kunshan Mountain, and he can completely pin the political affairs of the Qin state on him. King Qin Zhao summoned Cai Ze, and after talking to him, he liked him very much and granted him the position of guest secretary. Fan Ju took the opportunity to ask King Zhao to allow him to return the seal. King Zhao of Qin had a new favorite, Cai Ze, so he granted Cai Ze the position of chancellor and destroyed the Zhou Dynasty to the east. Cai Ze had been a Xiangguo in the Qin State for several months, and some people said bad things about him and slandered him, and Cai Ze was afraid of being killed, so he promised to return Xiangyin with illness, and King Qin Zhao made him Gang Chengjun.

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