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The Grand Historian Says朝鮮列傳 四
Shiji Chaoxian Liezhuan (The Account of Joseon in the Records of the Grand Historian) Complete in one volume The only contemporary record of the rise and fall of Wiman's Joseon. It begins with Man, a man of Yan, binding up his hair in a topknot and crossing the Paesu to become king, and ends with his grandson Ugeo killed by his own ministers and the land turned into four commanderies. The two Han generals who attacked Joseon fell out with each other, and one was put to death in the marketplace while the other was made a commoner; even the envoy sent to set matters right was killed. Sima Qian closes with the words: "Both armies were disgraced, and among the generals not one was made a marquis."
1Both Armies Were Disgraced, and Not One of the Generals Was Made a Marquis
太史公曰：右渠負固，國以絕祀。涉何誣功，為兵發首。樓船將狹，及難離咎。悔失番禺，乃反見疑。荀彘爭勞，與遂皆誅。兩軍俱辱，將率莫侯矣。
The Grand Historian says:
Ugeo trusted in his strong ground, and the sacrifices of his state were cut off. She He falsified his merit, and became the head from which the war sprang. The General of the Tower Ships was narrow in his command, and he met hardship and took the blame. He repented the fault at Panyu (番禺), and for that he was suspected instead. Xun Zhi contended for merit, and he was put to death together with Gongsun Sui. Both armies were disgraced, and among the generals not one was made a marquis (侯).