The Three Dynasties — Xia, Yin and Zhou爾後有王曰三代

姓姒, 金德, 都安邑. 名文命, 諡禹, 號夏后氏. 受禪卽位, 元年戊戍. 鯀之子也. 有窮后羿, 簒立八年, 寒浞殺羿, 立三十二年, 少康滅浞, 收復夏業. 下至桀, 凡十七王, 合四百三十二年.

His surname was Si and his power was metal. He had his capital at Anyi. His name was Wenming, his posthumous title Yu, and he was called Xiahou. He received the abdication and ascended the throne, and his first year was a musul year. He was the son of Gun. Hou Yi of Youqiong seized the throne and held it eight years; Han Zhuo killed Yi and held it thirty-two years; then Shaokang destroyed Zhuo and won back the work of Xia. Down to Jie there were seventeen kings in all, four hundred and thirty-two years.

姓子, 水德, 都亳. 名履, 字天乙, 諡湯. 元年庚戍. 契之十四世孫, 壬癸之子, 下至紂, 凡三十王, 今六百二十九年.

His surname was Zi and his power was water. He had his capital at Bo. His name was Lü (履), his courtesy name Tianyi, and his posthumous title Tang. His first year was a gyeongsul year. He was a descendant of Xie in the fourteenth generation and the son of Rengui. Down to Zhou (紂) there were thirty kings in all, six hundred and twenty-nine years.

姓姬, 木德, 都鎬. 名發, 諡虎, 元年己卯. 稷十六世孫, 文王次子, 下至赧王, 凡三十七王, 合八百六十七年, 傳之嬴秦. 史臣曰, “己卯正月, 徂征克商, 以是年爲元, 正得其理. 已下諸國, 不以正月而得之者, 或有以前國之末年, 爲其元者, 失春秋之義, 遠矣.”

His surname was Ji and his power was wood. He had his capital at Hao (鎬). His name was Fa (發) and his posthumous title Hu (虎) — Wu (武) was written Hu to avoid the name of King Hyejong of Goryeo. His first year was a gimyo year. He was a descendant of Ji (稷) in the sixteenth generation and the second son of King Wen. Down to King Nan there were thirty-seven kings in all, eight hundred and sixty-seven years, and it passed to the Ying house of Qin. The court historian (史臣) says, "In the first month of the gimyo year he went out to punish and overcame Shang, and to take that year as the first year is just what reason requires. Below this, among the several states, some that did not gain the throne in the first month still took the last year of the state before them as their own first year; that falls far outside the meaning of the Chunqiu."

姬姓, 公爵.

Of the Ji surname, with the rank of duke.

姜姓, 侯爵.

Of the Jiang surname, with the rank of marquis.

姬姓, 子爵.

Of the Ji surname, with the rank of viscount.

嬀姓, 侯爵.

Of the Gui surname, with the rank of marquis.

姬姓, 伯爵.

Of the Ji surname, with the rank of count.

姬姓, 伯爵.

Of the Ji surname, with the rank of count.

姬姓, 侯爵.

Of the Ji surname, with the rank of marquis.

□姓, 子爵.

Of the □ surname, with the rank of viscount.

姬姓, 侯爵.

Of the Ji surname, with the rank of marquis.

姬姓, 伯爵.

Of the Ji surname, with the rank of count.

子姓, 公爵.

Of the Zi surname, with the rank of duke.

姬姓, 侯爵.

Of the Ji surname, with the rank of marquis.

協韻, 讀.

This reading is for the sake of the rhyme.

壯士用力貌.

It is the look of a strong man putting out his strength.

或曰闔閭句踐, 列於五伯, 而不錄宋襄秦穆, 此詩, 以春秋爲定.

Some place Helü and Goujian among the five hegemons and leave out Duke Xiang of Song and Duke Mu of Qin, but this poem takes the Chunqiu as its measure.