King Geungusu近仇首王
1King Geungusu ascends the throne
近仇首王，近肖古王之子。先是，高句麗國岡王斯由親來侵，近肖古王遣太子拒之。至半乞壤，將戰。高句麗人斯紀，本百濟人，誤傷國馬蹄，懼罪奔於彼。至是，還來，告太子曰：「彼師雖多，皆備數疑兵而已。其驍勇，唯赤旗，若先破之，其餘不攻自潰。」太子從之，進擊大敗之，追奔逐北，至於水谷城之西北。將軍莫古解諫曰：「嘗聞道家之言：『知足不辱，知止不殆。』今所得多矣，何必求多。」太子善之，止焉。乃積石為表，登其上，顧左右曰：「今日之後，疇克再至於此乎。」其地有巖石，罅若馬蹄者，他人至今，呼爲太子馬迹。近肖古在位三十年薨，卽位。
King Geungusu (近仇首王) was the son of King Geunchogo.
Before this, Sayu, King Gukgang of Goguryeo, came himself to raid, and King Geunchogo sent the crown prince to hold him off. They came to Bangeollyang and were about to fight. A man of Goguryeo named Sagi was by birth a man of Baekje, and he had hurt the hoof of a horse of the country by mistake and had fled over to that side for fear of punishment. Now he came back and told the crown prince, "Their army is many, but they are all sham troops set there to fill up the number. The bold and the brave among them are only the red banners. If those are broken first, the rest will fall apart without being attacked."
The crown prince followed his word and went forward and struck and broke them greatly, and he chased the runaways and drove the beaten men as far as the northwest of Sugokseong.
Makgohae the general remonstrated with him and said, "I heard once a saying of the Daoists: 'He who knows when he has enough is not shamed, and he who knows when to stop is not endangered.' What we have got now is much. Why must we seek for more?"
The crown prince thought well of it and stopped there. Then he piled up stones for a marker, and he went up on it and looked round at those about him and said, "After this day, who will be able to come here again?" There is a rock in that place with a crack in it like the hoof of a horse, and other people call it the mark of the crown prince's horse to this day.
Geunchogo had been on the throne thirty years when he died, and then he ascended the throne.
Interlinear notes 1
一云諱須。
His name is also given as Su (須).
2The second year — the government is given to Jin Godo
二年，以王舅眞高道為內臣佐平，委以政事。冬十一月，高句麗來侵北鄙。
In the second year the king's wife's father Jin Godo was made naesin jwapyeong, and the government was given into his hands. In winter, the eleventh month, Goguryeo came and raided the northern border.
3The third year — Pyongyang fortress is raided
三年，冬十月，王將兵三萬，侵高句麗平壤城。十一月，高句麗來侵。
In the third year, in winter, the tenth month, the king led thirty thousand troops and raided the fortress of Pyongyang in Goguryeo. In the eleventh month Goguryeo came and raided.
4The fifth year — the envoy meets a wind and comes back
五年，春三月，遣使朝晉，其使海上遇惡風，不達而還。夏四月，雨土竟日。
In the fifth year, in spring, the third month, an envoy was sent to go to the court of Jin, but the envoy met a fierce wind on the sea and came back without arriving. In summer, the fourth month, earth rained down all day long.
5The sixth year — the earth splits open
六年，大疫。夏五月，地裂，深五丈，橫廣三丈，三日乃合。
In the sixth year there was a great plague. In summer, the fifth month, the earth split open five jang deep and three jang wide across, and it closed again only after three days.
6The eighth year — there are those who sell their children
八年，春不雨，至六月，民饑，至有鬻子者，王出官穀，贖之。
In the eighth year no rain fell in spring, and when the sixth month came the people were starving, and there were even those who sold their children. The king gave out the grain of the offices and bought them back.
7The tenth year — King Geungusu dies
十年，春二月，日有暈三重。宮中大樹自拔。夏四月，王薨。
In the tenth year, in spring, the second month, there was a halo about the sun in three rings. A great tree within the palace pulled itself up. In summer, the fourth month, the king died.