Enmity and Estrangement世説新語 仇隟第三十六
1It may well be called white heads returning to the same place
孫秀既恨石崇不與綠珠，又憾潘岳昔遇之不以禮。後秀為中書令，岳省內見之，因喚曰：「孫令，憶疇昔周旋不？」秀曰：「中心藏之，何日忘之？」岳於是始知必不免。後收石崇、歐陽堅石，同日收岳。石先送市，亦不相知。潘後至，石謂潘曰：「安仁，卿亦復爾邪？」潘曰：「可謂『白首同所歸』。」《潘金谷集》詩云：「投分寄石友，白首同所歸。」乃成其讖。
Sun Xiu already bore a grudge against Shi Chong for not giving him Lüzhu, and he resented Pan Yue as well for not having treated him with courtesy in the old days.
Later Sun Xiu became Director of the Secretariat. Pan Yue saw him within the Secretariat, and called out to him, "Director Sun, do you remember how we went about together in days gone by?"
Sun Xiu said, "I have hidden it away in the midst of my heart. On what day would I forget it?"
Pan Yue then knew for the first time that he would surely not escape.
Later they seized Shi Chong and Ouyang Jianshi, and on the same day they seized Pan Yue.
Shi Chong was sent to the marketplace first, and neither of them knew of the other.
When Pan Yue came after him, Shi Chong said to Pan Yue, "Anren, so you too have come to this?"
Pan Yue said, "It may well be called 'white heads returning to the same place.'"
In Pan Yue's poem in the Jingu ji it says, "I cast my lot and entrust it to a friend firm as stone; with white heads we return to the same place." And so it became a prophecy of his end.
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干寶《晉紀》曰：「石崇有妓人綠珠，美而工笛，孫秀使人求之。崇別館北邙下，方登涼觀，臨清水，使者以告。崇出其婢妾數十人以示之曰：『任所以擇。』使者曰：『本受命者，指綠珠也，未識孰是？』崇勃然曰：『綠珠，吾所愛，不可得也！』使者曰：『君侯博古知今，察遠照邇，願加三思。』崇不然。使者已出又反，崇竟不許。」
Gan Bao's Jin ji says, "Shi Chong had a singing girl, Lüzhu, who was beautiful and skilled at the flute, and Sun Xiu sent a man to ask for her. Chong was at his other house below Beimang, and he had just climbed to the cool gallery and looked out over the clear water when the messenger told him of it. Chong brought out several tens of his maids and concubines and showed them to him, saying, 'Take your pick as you please.' The messenger said, 'What I was charged with was to point to Lüzhu, and I do not know which one she is.' Chong said in a heat, 'Lüzhu is the one I love, and she cannot be had.' The messenger said, 'My lord is broad in the old learning and knows the present, and you look to what is far and shed light on what is near. I beg you to think three times over it.' Chong did not think so. The messenger went out and came back again, but in the end Chong would not allow it."
王隱《晉書》曰：「岳父文德，為琅邪太守，孫秀為小吏給使，岳數蹴蹋秀，而不以人遇之也。」
Wang Yin's Jin shu says, "Yue's father, Wende, was Grand Administrator of Langye, and Sun Xiu was a petty clerk who ran errands for him. Yue often kicked and trampled Xiu, and did not treat him as a man."
《晉陽秋》曰：「歐陽建字堅石，渤海人。有才藻，時人為之語曰：『渤海赫赫，歐陽堅石。』初，建為馮翊太守，趙王倫為征西將軍，孫秀為腹心，撓亂關中，建每匡正，由是有隙。」王隱《晉書》曰：「石崇、潘岳與賈謐相友善，及謐廢，懼終見危，與淮南王謀誅倫，事泄，收崇及親期以上皆斬之。初，岳母誡岳以止足之道，及收，與母別曰：『負阿母！』崇家河北，收者至。曰：『吾不過流徙交、廣耳！』及車載東市，始歎曰：『奴輩利吾家之財。』收崇人曰：『知財為害，何不蚤散？』崇不能答。」
The Jin yangqiu says, "Ouyang Jian's style was Jianshi, and he was a man of Bohai. He had talent and grace of style, and the men of the time said of him, 'Bohai shines and shines: Ouyang Jianshi.' At first Jian was Grand Administrator of Fengyi. Lun, the Prince of Zhao, was General Who Conquers the West, and Sun Xiu was his belly and heart, and they threw Guanzhong into disorder. Jian was always setting things straight, and from this there was a rift." Wang Yin's Jin shu says, "Shi Chong and Pan Yue were friends with Jia Mi and on good terms with him, and when Mi was cast down they feared they would come to danger in the end, and they plotted with the Prince of Huainan to put Lun to death. The matter leaked out, and they seized Chong and his kin of the year's mourning and above, and beheaded them all. At first Yue's mother had warned Yue with the way of stopping and being content, and when he was seized he parted from his mother, saying, 'I have failed you, mother.' Chong's house was north of the river, and those who came to seize him arrived. He said, 'It will be no more than banishment to Jiaozhou and Guangzhou for me.' When he had been put in the cart and had come to the eastern marketplace, he sighed for the first time and said, 'The slaves had an eye to the wealth of my house.' The man who seized Chong said, 'If you knew that wealth was a harm, why did you not scatter it early?' Chong could not answer."
《語林》曰：「潘、石同刑東市，石謂潘曰：『天下殺英雄，卿復何為？』潘曰：『俊士填溝壑，餘波來及人。』」
The Yulin says, "Pan and Shi were punished together in the eastern marketplace. Shi said to Pan, 'All under heaven is killing its heroes. What have you done, then?' Pan said, 'When men of excellence fill the ditches and gullies, the waves that are left reach other men.'"
2Young men, how is it that you go so lightly to stay the night at another man's house?
劉璵兄弟少時為王愷所憎，嘗召二人宿，欲默除之。令作阬，阬畢，垂加害矣。石崇素與璵、琨善，聞就愷宿，知當有變，便夜往詣愷，問二劉所在？愷卒迫不得諱，答云：「在後齋中眠。」石便徑入，自牽出，同車而去。語曰：「少年，何以輕就人宿？」
Liu Yu and his brother were hated by Wang Kai when they were young.
Kai once called the two of them to stay the night, meaning to do away with them without a word.
He had a pit dug, and when the pit was finished he was on the point of doing them harm.
Shi Chong had always been on good terms with Yu and Kun. When he heard that they had gone to stay at Kai's, he knew there was bound to be some turn, so he went to Kai by night and asked where the two Lius were.
Kai was pressed so suddenly that he could not conceal it, and answered, "They are sleeping in the back study."
Chong went straight in, drew them out himself, and went off with them in one carriage.
He said, "Young men, how is it that you go so lightly to stay the night at another man's house?"
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劉璨《晉紀》曰：「琨與兄璵俱知名，遊權貴之間，當世以為豪傑。」
Liu Can's Jin ji says, "Kun was known by name together with his elder brother Yu. They went about among the powerful and the noble, and the age took them for men of great spirit."
3Wuji cried out in shock and drew his blade and went out
王大將軍執司馬愍王，夜遣世將載王於車而殺之，當時不盡知也。雖愍王家，亦未之皆悉，而無忌兄弟皆稺。王胡之與無忌，長甚相暱，胡之嘗共遊，無忌入告母，請為饌。母流涕曰：「王敦昔肆酷汝父，假手世將。吾所以積年不告汝者，王氏門彊，汝兄弟尚幼，不欲使此聲著，蓋以避禍耳！」無忌驚號，抽刃而出，胡之去已遠。
Wang the Grand General seized Prince Min of the Sima house. At night he sent Shizhuang, who put the prince in a carriage and killed him, and at the time not everyone knew of it.
Even in Prince Min's own household they did not all know of it, and Wuji and his brothers were all young.
Wang Huzhi and Wuji grew up very close to each other.
Huzhi once came to go about with him, and Wuji went in to tell his mother and asked her to have food made.
His mother let her tears fall and said, "Wang Dun long ago gave free rein to his cruelty against your father, and he borrowed the hand of Shizhuang for it. The reason I have not told you these many years is that the Wang house is strong and you brothers were still young, and I did not want this to be noised abroad. It was only to keep disaster away."
Wuji cried out in shock and drew his blade and went out, but Huzhi had already gone far.
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《晉陽秋》曰：「司馬丞字元敬，譙王遜子也。為中宗相州刺史，路過武昌，王敦與燕會，酒酣，謂丞曰：『大王篤實佳士，非將御之才。』對曰：『焉知鈆刀不能一割乎？』敦將謀逆，召丞為軍司馬，丞歎曰：『吾其死矣！地荒民解，勢孤援絕。赴君難，忠也；死王事，義也。死忠與義，又何求焉？』乃馳檄諸郡，丞赴義。敦遣從母弟魏乂攻丞，王廙使賊迎之，薨於車。敦既滅，追贈驃騎，謚曰愍王。」
The Jin yangqiu says, "Sima Cheng's style was Yuanjing, and he was the son of Sun, the Prince of Qiao. He was made Inspector of Xiangzhou under Zhongzong, and on his way he passed through Wuchang. Wang Dun held a feast with him, and when the wine was at its height he said to Cheng, 'Your Highness is an honest and solid gentleman, but you have not the talent to command as a general.' Cheng answered, 'How do you know that a lead knife cannot cut once?' When Dun was about to plot rebellion he called Cheng to be his Marshal of the Army, and Cheng sighed and said, 'I shall surely die of this. The land is waste and the people scattered, my position is alone and help is cut off. To go to one's lord in his trouble is loyalty, and to die in the king's service is right. To die for loyalty and for right, what more is there to seek?' Then he sent a call to arms in haste to all the commanderies, and Cheng went out for the right. Dun sent Wei Yi, his cousin on his mother's side, to attack Cheng, and Wang Yi had brigands meet him, and he died in his carriage. When Dun had been destroyed, Cheng was given the rank of General of Agile Cavalry, and his posthumous name was Prince Min."
《無忌別傳》曰：「無忌字公壽，丞子也。才器兼濟，有文武幹。襲封譙王，衛軍將軍。」
The Wuji biezhuan says, "Wuji's style was Gongshou, and he was the son of Cheng. His talent and his capacity both served to carry things through, and he had ability in letters and in arms. He succeeded to the fief of Prince of Qiao, and he was General of the Guards."
《司馬氏譜》曰：「丞娶南陽趙氏女。」《王廙別傳》曰：「廙字世將。祖覽、父正。廙高朗豪率。王導、庾亮遊于石頭，會廙至，爾日迅風飛颿，廙倚船樓長嘯，神氣甚逸。導謂亮曰：『世將為復識事。』亮曰：『正足舒其逸耳。』性倨傲，不合己者面拒之，故為物所疾。加平南將軍，薨。」
The Sima shi pu says, "Cheng married a daughter of the Zhao house of Nanyang." The Wang Yi biezhuan says, "Yi's style was Shizhuang. His grandfather was Lan and his father was Zheng. Yi was lofty and clear, open and free. Wang Dao and Yu Liang were out at Shitou, and Yi happened to come. That day there was a swift wind and the sails were flying, and Yi leaned on the boat's upper deck and gave a long whistle, and his spirit and his air were most free. Dao said to Liang, 'Shizhuang knows what is what after all.' Liang said, 'It is just enough to let his freedom out, that is all.' He was haughty by nature, and those who did not suit him he turned away to their faces, and so he came to be hated by others. He was given the further title of General Who Pacifies the South, and he died."
4Xiuzai ran and threw himself into the water, and men on a small boat took hold of him and pulled him out, and so he escaped
應鎮南作荊州，王脩載、譙王子無忌同至新亭與別，坐上賓甚多，不悟二人俱到。有一客道：「譙王丞致禍，非大將軍意，正是平南所為耳。」無忌因奪直兵參軍刀，便欲斫。脩載走投水，舸上人接取，得免。
When Ying, the General Who Guards the South, was made Inspector of Jingzhou, Wang Xiuzai and Wuji, the son of the Prince of Qiao, both came to Xinting to take their leave of him.
There were a great many guests in the party, and no one noticed that the two men had both come.
One guest said, "That Cheng, the Prince of Qiao, met his end was not the Grand General's wish. It was the work of the General Who Pacifies the South, and nothing more."
At this Wuji snatched the sword of the Adjutant on Guard Duty and was about to cut him down.
Xiuzai ran and threw himself into the water, and men on a small boat took hold of him and pulled him out, and so he escaped.
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王隱《晉書》曰：「應詹字思遠，汝南南頓人，璩曾孫也。為人弘長有淹度，飾之以文才。司徒何充歎曰：『所謂文質之士！』累遷江州刺史、鎮南將軍。」
Wang Yin's Jin shu says, "Ying Zhan's style was Siyuan, and he was a man of Nandun in Runan, a great-grandson of Qu. He was broad and far-reaching as a man and had a deep capacity, and he set it off with a talent for letters. He Chong, Minister over the Masses, sighed and said, 'This is what is called a man of pattern and substance.' He rose through several offices to Inspector of Jiangzhou and General Who Guards the South."
《中興書》曰：「褚裒為江州，無忌於坐拔刀斫耆之，褒與桓景共免之。御史奏無忌欲專殺害，詔以贖論。」前章既言無忌母告之，而此章復云客敘其事，且王廙之害司馬丞，遐邇共悉，脩齡兄弟，豈容不知？孫盛之言，皆實錄也。
The Zhongxing shu says, "When Chu Pou was made Inspector of Jiangzhou, Wuji drew a sword where they sat and was about to cut down Qizhi, and Pou and Huan Jing together saved him. A Censor reported that Wuji had meant to kill on his own authority, and by edict it was settled with a fine in redemption." The earlier passage already says that Wuji's mother told him of it, and this passage says again that a guest set the matter out. Moreover, that Wang Yi harmed Sima Cheng was known to all, far and near, so how could Xiuling and his brothers have failed to know? The words of Sun Sheng are all a true record.
5The Right Army pleaded illness and left the commandery, and came to his end in anger and bitter feeling
王右軍素輕藍田，藍田晚節論譽轉重，右軍尤不平。藍田於會稽丁艱，停山陰治喪。右軍代為郡，屢言出弔，連日不果。後詣門自通，主人既哭，不前而去，以陵辱之。於是彼此嫌隟大構。後藍田臨揚州，右軍尚在郡，初得消息，遣一參軍詣朝廷，求分會稽為越州，使人受意失旨，大為時賢所笑。藍田密令從事數其郡諸不法，以先有隟，令自為其宜。右軍遂稱疾去郡，以憤慨致終。
Wang of the Right Army had always thought little of Wang of Lantian. When in Lantian's later years the praise given him grew steadily weightier, the Right Army was the more displeased.
Lantian suffered a death in the family while at Kuaiji, and he stayed at Shanyin to keep the mourning.
The Right Army took his place over the commandery, and he often said he would go out and offer condolence, but day after day it came to nothing.
Later he came to the gate and had himself announced, and when the host had finished his wailing he went away without going in, and so he slighted him and put him to shame.
From this the dislike and the rift on both sides were greatly knotted together.
Later Lantian was appointed over Yangzhou while the Right Army was still in his commandery. When he first had the news he sent an Adjutant to the court to ask that Kuaiji be divided off and made into Yuezhou.
The man he sent took his charge but lost the sense of it, and became a great laughingstock among the worthies of the day.
Lantian quietly had his attendant officers reckon up all the unlawful things in that commandery, and since there had been a rift before, he let them do as they saw fit.
The Right Army then pleaded illness and left the commandery, and came to his end in anger and bitter feeling.
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《中興書》曰：「羲之與述志尚不同，而兩不相能。述為會稽，艱居郡境，王羲之後為郡，申慰而已，初不重詣，述深以為恨。喪除，徵拜揚州，就徵，周行郡境，而不歷羲之。臨發，一別而去。羲之初語其友曰：『王懷祖免喪，正可當尚書，投老可得為僕射，更望會稽，便自邈然。』述既顯授，又檢校會稽郡，求其得失，主者疲於課對。羲之恥慨，遂稱疾去郡，墓前自誓不復仕。朝廷以其誓苦，不復徵也。」
The Zhongxing shu says, "Xizhi and Shu were not the same in what they aimed at and honored, and neither could abide the other. When Shu was at Kuaiji he was living within the commandery in mourning, and Xizhi, who came after him over the commandery, only sent word of comfort and from the first did not call a second time, and Shu resented it deeply. When his mourning was put off he was summoned and appointed over Yangzhou. He went to take up the summons and made a round of the whole commandery, but he did not pass by Xizhi, and when he was about to set out he took his leave once and went. Xizhi had said at first to his friends, 'When Wang Huaizu comes out of mourning he may just do for a Minister, and in his old age he might make a Vice Director, but to look for Kuaiji besides is of itself far out of reach.' Shu, having been openly appointed, also looked into the commandery of Kuaiji and sought out its gains and its losses, and those in charge were worn out with answering the reckoning. Xizhi was ashamed and bitter, and at last pleaded illness and left the commandery, and before his family graves he swore that he would never serve again. The court, since his oath was a hard one, did not summon him again."
6The only question is how each came through to the end
王東亭與孝伯語，後漸異。孝伯謂東亭曰：「卿便不可復測！」答曰：「王陵廷爭，陳平從默，但問克終云何耳。」
Wang Dongting used to talk with Xiaobo, but afterward they gradually drew apart.
Xiaobo said to Dongting, "There is no taking your measure any more."
He answered, "Wang Ling contended in open court and Chen Ping went along in silence. The only question is how each came through to the end."
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《漢書》曰：「呂后欲王諸呂，問右相王陵，以為不可。問左丞相陳平，平曰：『可。』陵出讓平，平曰：『面折廷爭，臣不如君；全社稷，定劉氏，君不如臣。』」《晉安帝紀》曰：「初，王恭赴山陵，欲斬國寶。王珣固諫之，乃止。既而恭謂珣曰：『此日視君，一似胡廣。』珣曰：『王陵廷爭，陳平從默，但問克終如何也。』」
The Han shu says, "Empress Lü wished to make kings of the various Lü, and she asked the Minister of the Right, Wang Ling, who held that it could not be done. She asked the Left Chancellor, Chen Ping, and Ping said, 'It can be done.' Ling came out and reproached Ping, and Ping said, 'In breaking a man to his face and contending in open court, your servant is not the equal of you. In keeping the altars of the land whole and settling the house of Liu, you are not the equal of your servant.'" The Jin Andi ji says, "At first, when Wang Gong went to the imperial tomb, he meant to behead Guobao. Wang Xun argued firmly against it, and he stopped. Presently Gong said to Xun, 'Looking at you this day, you are just like Hu Guang.' Xun said, 'Wang Ling contended in open court and Chen Ping went along in silence. The only question is how each came through to the end.'"
7What was your reason for being in such haste to kill me?
王孝伯死，縣其首於大桁。司馬太傅命駕出至標所，孰視首，曰：「卿何故趣，欲殺我邪？」
When Wang Xiaobo died, they hung his head on the Great Bridge.
Sima, the Grand Tutor, ordered his carriage and went out to the place where the head was set on its post. He looked at the head a long while and said, "What was your reason for being in such haste to kill me?"
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《續晉陽秋》曰：「王恭深懼禍難，抗表起兵。於是遣左將軍謝琰討恭，恭敗，走曲阿，為湖浦尉所擒。初，道子與恭善，欲載出都，面相折數。聞西軍之逼，乃令於兒塘斬之，梟首於東桁也。」
The Xu Jin yangqiu says, "Wang Gong was in deep fear of disaster and trouble, and he sent up a memorial and raised troops. Then Xie Yan, the General of the Left, was sent to put Gong down, and Gong was beaten and fled to Qu'e, where he was taken by the Commandant of Hupu. At first Daozi had been on good terms with Gong, and he wished to carry him out to the capital and confront him and reckon with him face to face. When he heard that the western army was pressing on, he had him beheaded at Ertang, and his head hung on the Eastern Bridge."
8I raised him, and I cannot bear to see this thing done
桓玄將篡，桓脩欲因玄在脩母許襲之。庾夫人云：「汝等近，過我餘年，我養之，不忍見行此事。」
When Huan Xuan was about to seize the throne, Huan Xiu wished to take the chance while Xuan was at the apartments of Xiu's mother and fall upon him.
Lady Yu said, "You are near kin. Do it when my remaining years are past. I raised him, and I cannot bear to see this thing done."
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《桓氏譜》曰：「桓沖後娶潁川庾蔑女，字姚。」《晉安帝紀》曰：「脩少為玄所侮，言論常鄙之，脩深憾焉，密有圖玄之意。脩母曰：『靈寶視我如母，汝等何忍骨肉相圖！』脩乃止。」
The Huan shi pu says, "Huan Chong later married a daughter of Yu Mie of Yingchuan, whose style was Yao." The Jin Andi ji says, "Xiu was slighted by Xuan when he was young, and in talk and in discussion Xuan always spoke of him as mean, and Xiu resented it deeply and secretly had a mind to plot against Xuan. Xiu's mother said, 'Lingbao looks on me as his mother. How can you bear to plot against your own flesh and bone?' And Xiu then stopped."