May 2015 at the Wayback Machine 《史記•高祖本紀》 Original text: 項羽燒秦宮室，掘始皇帝塚，私收其財物 Translation: Xiang Yu burned the Qin palaces, dug up the First Emperor's tomb...

it was already useless, so he was defeated." Shiji (Volume 113): "佗因此以兵威邊，財物賂遺閩越、西甌、駱，役屬焉，東西萬餘里。" Watson (1961, p. 241):"Chao T'o began once more to threaten...

王。南越進兵攻之，安陽王發弩，弩折遂敗。安陽王下船逕出於海，今平道縣後王宮城見有故處。" Shiji (Volume 113): "佗因此以兵威邊，財物賂遺閩越、西甌、駱，役屬焉，東西萬餘里。" Watson (1961, p. 241):"He sent gifts and bribes to the...

practice of ablution. 其行來渡海詣中國、恒使一人、不梳頭、不去蟣蝨、衣服垢汚、不食肉、不近婦人、如喪人.名之爲持衰.若行者吉善、共顧其生口財物.若有疾病、遭暴害、便欲殺之、謂其持衰不謹. Whenever a mission crosses the sea to China, there would...

(以誅楊駿功，賜爵關中侯，拜尚書右丞。豫誅賈謐，封安眾男，累遷散騎常侍。) Jin Shu, vol.61 (喬言於冏曰；「裴、張之誅，朝臣畏憚孫秀，故不敢不受財物。嵇紹今何所逼忌，故畜裴家車牛、張家奴婢邪？樂彥輔來，公未嘗下床，何獨加敬於紹？」冏乃止。紹謂喬曰：「大司馬何故不復迎客？」。喬曰：「似有正人言，以...

with the deepest sorrow and as if they were still alive. 兄道友，弟道恭；兄弟睦，孝在中。財物輕，怨何生。言語忍，忿自泯。或飲食，或坐走。長者先，幼者後。長呼人，即代叫。人不在，己即到。稱尊長，勿呼名。對尊長，勿見能...

the Five Emperors" quote: "北逐葷粥" Shiji, "Annals of Zhou" quote: "薰育戎狄攻之，欲得財物，予之。" translation: "The Xunyu, Rong, Di attacked him, demanding wealth and...

Sanguozhi vol. 1. (韋曜吳書曰：太祖迎嵩，輜重百餘兩。陶謙遣都尉張闓將騎二百衛送，闓於泰山華、費間殺嵩，取財物，因奔淮南。太祖歸咎於陶謙，故伐之。) Wu Shu annotation in Sanguozhi vol. 1....

(子圭嗣，封益壽亭侯。) Sanguozhi vol. 17. (是時，禁與張遼、樂進、張郃、徐晃俱為名將，太祖每征伐，咸遞行為軍鋒，還為後拒；而禁持軍嚴整，得賊財物，無所私入，由是賞賜特重。然以法御下，不甚得士衆心。) Sanguozhi vol. 17. (太祖常恨朱靈，欲奪其營。以禁有威重，遣禁將數十騎，齎...

Houhanshu vol. 38. (乃遣御史中丞王宗持節發幽、兾諸郡兵，合數萬人，乃徵雄為青州刺史，與王宗并力討之。連戰破賊，斬首溺死者數百人，餘皆奔走，收器械財物甚衆。會赦詔到，賊猶以軍甲未解，不敢歸降。於是王宗召刺史太守共議，皆以為當遂擊之。雄曰：「不然。兵，凶器；戰，危事。勇不可恃，勝不可必。賊若乘船浮海...