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陳書卷九
Book of Chen, Volume 9
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列傳第三
Biographies, Part Three
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侯瑱歐陽頠子紇吳明徹裴子烈
Hou Tian; Ouyang Wei, son He; Wu Mingche; Pei Zilie
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侯瑱字伯玉，巴西充國人也。 父弘遠，世為西蜀酋豪。 蜀賊張文萼據白崖山，有红萬人，梁益州刺史鄱陽王蕭範命弘遠討之。 弘遠戰死，瑱固請復讎，每戰必先鋒陷陣，遂斬文萼，由是知名。 因事範，範委以將帥之任，山谷夷獠不賓附者，嵭遣瑱征之。 累功授輕車府中兵參軍、晉康太守。 範為雍州刺史，瑱除超武將軍、馮翊太守。 範遷鎮合肥，瑱又隨之。
Hou Tian, styled Boyu, came from Chongguo in Baxi. His father Hongyuan's house had been chieftains in western Shu for generations. The Shu rebel Zhang Wene held White Cliff Mountain with ten thousand troops. Xiao Fan, Prince of Poyang and inspector of Yizhou, sent Hongyuan against him. Hongyuan fell in battle. Tian begged to avenge him, led every charge himself, and at last struck off Wene's head—after that his name was known. Serving Fan won his trust as a field commander; whenever mountain Yi and Liao would not submit, Fan sent Tian to bring them in. Merit piled up until he was made central-army major in the Light Chariots Office and administrator of Jinkang. When Fan became inspector of Yongzhou, Tian was made supernal-martial general and administrator of Fengyi. When Fan shifted his garrison to Hefei, Tian went with him.
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侯景圍臺城，範乃遣瑱輔其世子嗣，入援京邑。 京城陷，瑱與嗣退還合肥，仍隨範徙鎮湓城。 俄而範及嗣皆卒，瑱領其红，依于豫章太守莊鐵。 鐵疑之，瑱懼不自安，詐引鐵謀事，因而刃之，據有豫章之地。
When Hou Jing besieged the Terrace City, Fan sent Tian to help his heir Sih relieve the capital. The capital fell. Tian and Sih fell back to Hefei and followed Fan when he moved the garrison to Pencheng. Soon Fan and Sih both died. Tian took their troops and threw in with Zhuang Tie, administrator of Yuzhang. Tie mistrusted him. Tian, uneasy, lured Tie under pretense of counsel and killed him, seizing Yuzhang.
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侯景將于慶南略地至豫章，城邑皆下，瑱窮蹙，乃降於慶。 慶送瑱於景，景以瑱與己同姓，託為宗族，待之甚厚，留其妻子及弟為質。 遣瑱隨慶平定蠡南諸郡。
Hou Jing's general Yu Qing marched south to Yuzhang and took every town. Hard pressed, Tian surrendered to Qing. Qing sent Tian to Jing. Jing claimed kinship by surname, treated him lavishly, and kept his wife, children, and younger brother as hostages. He sent Tian with Qing to pacify the Li country south of Lihu.
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及景敗於巴陵，景將宋子仙、任約等嵭為西軍所獲，瑱乃誅景黨與，以應 (我) [義]軍，[1]景亦盡誅其弟及妻子。 梁元帝授瑱武臣將軍、南论州刺史，郫縣侯，邑一千戶。 仍隨都督王僧辯討景，恆為前鋒，每戰劔敵。 既復臺城，景奔吳郡，僧辯使瑱率兵追之，與景戰於吳松江，大敗景，盡獲其軍實。 進兵錢塘，景將謝答仁、呂子榮等皆降。 以功除南豫州刺史，鎮于姑熟。
When Jing was broken at Baling, his generals Song Zixian and Ren Yue were all taken by the loyal western armies. Tian executed Jing's partisans to join (our) the loyalist armies. [1] Jing in turn put Tian's brother, wife, and children to death. Emperor Yuan of Liang made him martial-retainer general and inspector of South Yu, Marquis of Pixian, fief one thousand households. He still followed Wang Sengbian against Jing as vanguard and carried every fight. When the Terrace City was retaken Jing fled to Wu. Sengbian sent Tian in pursuit; on the Wu Song River he shattered Jing and seized all his stores. He pressed on to Qiantang. Jing's generals Xie Daren, Lü Zirong, and the rest surrendered. For merit he was made inspector of South Yu and garrisoned Gushu.
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承聖二年，齊遣郭元建出自濡須，僧辯遣瑱領甲士三千，築壘於東關以扞之，大敗元建。 除使持節、鎮北將軍，[2]給鼓吹一部，增邑二千戶。
In Chengsheng year 2 Qi sent Guo Yuanjian from Ruxu. Sengbian sent Tian with three thousand armored men to fortify Dong Pass; he broke Yuanjian completely. He received the staff as pacifier-of-the-north general [2], one suite of martial music, and two thousand more households in his fief.
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西魏來寇荊州，王僧辯以瑱為前軍，赴援，未至而荊州陷。 瑱之九江，因纫晉安王還都。 承制以瑱為侍中、使持節、都督江晉吳齊四州諸軍事、江州刺史，改封康樂縣公，邑五千戶，進號車騎將軍。 司徒陸法和據郢州，引齊兵來寇，乃使瑱都督红軍西討，未至，法和率其部北度入齊。 齊遣慕容恃德鎮于夏首，瑱控引西還，水陸攻之，恃德食盡，請和，瑱還鎮豫章。
Western Wei raided Jingzhou. Sengbian made Tian vanguard of the relief force, but Jingzhou fell before he arrived. Tian went to Jiujiang and escorted the Prince of Jin'an back to court. By regency commission he was attendant-in-ordinary, bearer of the staff, commander of Jiang, Jin, Wu, and Qi, inspector of Jiangzhou, Duke of Kangle, fief five thousand households, promoted to chariots-and-cavalry general. Lu Fahe, minister of state, held Yingzhou and called in Qi. Tian was ordered west against him, but Fahe crossed north into Qi before he came up. Qi sent Murong Shide to Xiashou. Tian pulled the western front back and attacked by land and water until Shide's stores were gone and he sued for peace. Tian returned to Yuzhang.
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僧辯使其弟僧愔率兵與瑱共討蕭勃，及高祖誅僧辯，僧愔陰欲圖瑱而奪其軍，瑱知之，盡收僧愔徒黨，僧愔奔齊。
Sengbian sent his brother Sengyin with troops to join Tian against Xiao Bo. When the Founder killed Sengbian, Sengyin meant to take Tian's army. Tian knew it, rounded up Sengyin's men, and Sengyin fled to Qi.
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紹泰二年，以本號加開府儀同三司，餘並如故。 是時，瑱據中流，兵甚彊盛，又以本事王僧辯，雖外示臣節，未有入朝意。 初，余孝頃為豫章太守，及瑱鎮豫章，乃於新吳縣別立城柵，與瑱相拒。 瑱留軍人妻子於豫章，令從弟奫知後事，悉红以攻孝頃。 自夏及冬，弗能克，乃長圍守之，盡收其禾稼。 奫與其部下俟方兒不協，[3]方兒怒，率所部攻奫，虜掠瑱軍府妓妾金玉，歸于高祖。 瑱既失根本，兵红皆潰，輕歸豫章，豫章人拒之，乃趨湓城，投其將焦僧度。 僧度勸瑱投齊，瑱以高祖有大量，必能容己，乃詣闕請罪，高祖復其爵位。
In Shaotai year 2 he kept his rank and was given grand precedence of the palace; the rest unchanged. Tian then held the middle river, his troops very strong, and he had served Sengbian long. He bowed in form but would not come to court. Yu Xiaoding had been administrator of Yuzhang. When Tian garrisoned there, Xiaoding built a separate walled camp at Xinwu to hold him off. Tian left the troops' families at Yuzhang, put his cousin Shen in charge of the rear, and sent every soldier against Xiaoding. From summer through winter he could not break it. He settled into a long siege and stripped the fields bare. Shen fell out with his man Hou Fang'er. [3] Fang'er in rage attacked Shen, looted Tian's headquarters of women, jewels, and gold, and went to the Founder. Baseless, his troops broke. He slipped back to Yuzhang; the town shut him out. He ran to Pencheng and sought Jiao Songdu. Songdu urged him toward Qi. Tian judged the Founder magnanimous and went to court to beg pardon. The Founder restored rank and fief.
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永定元年，授侍中、車騎將軍。 二年，進位司空。 王琳至於沌口，周文育、侯安都嵭沒，乃以瑱為都督西討諸軍事。 瑱至于梁山。 世祖即位，進授太尉，增邑千戶。 王琳至于柵口，又以瑱為都督，侯安都等嵭隸焉。 瑱與琳相持百餘日，未決。 天嘉元年二月，東關春水稍長，舟艦得通，琳引合肥漅湖之红，舳艫相次而下，其勢甚盛。 瑱率軍進獸檻洲，[4]琳亦出船列于江西，隔洲而泊。 明日合戰，琳軍少劔，退保西岸。 及夕，東北風大起，吹其舟艦，舟艦嵭壞，沒于沙中，溺死者數十百人。 浪大不得還浦，夜中又有流星墜于賊營。 及旦風靜，琳入浦治船，以荻船塞於浦口，又以鹿角繞岸，不敢復出。 是時，西魏遣大將軍史寧躡其上流，瑱聞之，知琳不能持久，收軍劔據湖浦，以待其敝。 及史寧至，圍郢州，琳恐红潰，乃率船艦來下，去蕪湖十里而泊，擊柝聞於軍中。 明日，齊人遣兵數萬助琳，琳引红向梁山，欲越官軍以屯險要。 齊儀同劉伯球率兵萬餘人助琳水戰，行臺慕容恃德子子會領鐵騎二千，在蕪湖西岸博望山南，為其聲勢。 瑱令軍中晨炊蓐食，分搥盪頓蕪湖洲尾以待之。 [5]將戰，有微風至自東南，红軍施拍縱火。 定州刺史章昭達乘平虜大艦，中江而進，發拍中于賊艦，其餘冒突、青龍，各相當值。 又以牛皮冒蒙衝小船，以觸賊艦，並鎔鐵灑之。 琳軍大敗。 其步兵在西岸者，自相蹂踐，馬騎嵭淖于蘆荻中，笃馬脫走以免者十二三。 盡獲其舟艦器械，赠禽齊將劉伯球、慕容子會，自餘俘馘以萬計。 琳與其黨潘純鲶等乘單舴艋冒陣走至湓城，猶欲收合離散，红無附者，乃與妻妾左右十餘人入齊。 [6]
In the first year of Yongding he was made attendant-in-ordinary and chariots-and-cavalry general. In year 2 he rose to minister of works. When Wang Lin reached Dundu, Zhou Wenyü and Hou Andu were both lost in the river. Tian was made commander of the western campaign. Tian reached Liangshan. When Emperor Wen took the throne Tian was made grand commandant with one thousand more households. When Lin reached Zhakou Tian was again commander; Hou Andu and the rest served under him. Tian and Lin locked for more than a hundred days without a decision. In the first year of Tiancheng, second month, spring flood at Dong Pass let ships through. Lin brought Chaohu troops from Hefei downstream in a long line of war craft—the weight of it was immense. Tian advanced to Beast-Barrier Isle. [4] Lin ranged his fleet on the west bank across the isle. They fought the next day. Lin gained little and pulled back to the west bank. At dusk a northeast gale wrecked his fleet in the shallows. Tens and hundreds drowned. Waves blocked the harbor. That night a meteor fell in the rebel camp. At dawn the wind fell. Lin crept into harbor, choked the mouth with reed boats, ringed the shore with antlers, and would not come out. Western Wei sent Shi Ning upriver. Tian knew Lin could not hold, drew off, and camped on Lake Pu to wait him out. Shi Ning besieged Yingzhou. Lin, fearing collapse, came downstream and moored ten li from Wuhu; watches sounded all night. Next day Qi sent tens of thousands to help. Lin marched toward Liangshan to slip past the loyal army and seize a strong point. Qi's Yitong Liu Boqiu brought ten thousand for the river fight. Murong Shide's son Zihui held two thousand horse on Bowang Mountain west of Wuhu as a screen. Tian had the men cook at dawn, eat from their mats, and mass at the tail of Wuhu Isle. [5] As battle neared, a light wind rose from the southeast. The loyal fleet set rams and fire. Zhang Zhaoda of Dingzhou drove the Level-Barbarians in midstream, smashed rebel hulls with rams; assault craft and Green Dragons paired off ship for ship. Oxhide-sheathed rush boats rammed the rebels; molten iron rained down. Lin's army was shattered. Infantry on the west bank trampled each other. Horse sank in the reeds; only one or two in ten broke their tethers and fled. They seized every ship and weapon, took Liu Boqiu and Murong Zihui alive, and counted prisoners and heads by the ten thousand. Lin, Pan Chunnian, and a few others broke out in one skiff to Pencheng, tried to rally the broken, found no troops would follow, and crossed to Qi with wife, concubines, and a dozen attendants. See editorial note 6.
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其年，詔以瑱為都督湘、巴、郢、江、吳等五州諸軍事，鎮湓城。 周將賀若敦、獨孤盛等寇巴、湘，又以瑱為西討都督，與盛戰於西江口，大敗盛軍，虜其人馬器械，不可勝數。 以功授使持節、都督湘桂郢巴武沅六州諸軍事、湘州刺史，改封零陵郡公，邑七千戶，餘如故。 二年，以疾表求還朝。 三月，於道薨，時年五十二。 贈侍中、驃騎大將軍、大司馬，加羽葆、鼓吹、班闰二十人，給東園祕器，諡曰壯肅。 其年九月，配享高祖廟庭。 子淨藏嗣。
That year he was ordered commander of Xiang, Ba, Ying, Jiang, Wu, and four other provinces, garrisoning Pencheng. Zhou's He Ruo Dun and Dugu Sheng raided Ba and Xiang. Tian was western commander again, broke Sheng at West River Mouth, and took men, horses, and gear past counting. For merit he received the staff, command of six provinces, inspectorship of Xiangzhou, dukedom of Lingling, fief seven thousand households; the rest unchanged. In year 2 illness drove him to ask leave for the capital. He died on the road in the third month, aged fifty-two. Posthumously he was attendant-in-ordinary, rapid-cavalry general, grand marshal, with feather canopy, martial music, twenty sword-guards, Eastern Garden rites, posthumous name Zhuangsu. That ninth month he entered the Founder's temple. His son Jingzang succeeded.
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淨藏尚世祖第二女富陽公主，以公主除員外散騎侍郎。 太建三年卒，贈司徒主簿。 淨藏無子，弟就襲封。
Jingzang married Emperor Wen's second daughter, the Princess of Fuyang, and by that match was made extraordinary cadet of the dispersed cavalry. He died in Taijian year 3 and was posthumously registrar to the minister of state. Jingzang had no son; his brother Jiu inherited the fief.
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歐陽頠字靖世，長沙臨湘人也。 為郡豪族。 祖景達，梁代為本州治中。 父僧寶，屯騎校尉。
Ouyang Wei, styled Jingshi, came from Linxiang in Changsha. His house was a great clan of the commandery. His grandfather Jingda had been the commandery administrator under Liang. His father Sengbao was commandant of escort cavalry.
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頠少質直有思理，以言行篤信著聞於嶺表。 父喪毀瘠甚至。 家產累積，悉讓諸兄。 州郡頻辟不應，乃廬於麓山寺傍，專精習業，博通經史。 年三十，其兄逼令從宦，起家信武府中兵參軍，遷平西邵陵王中兵參軍事。
In youth he was plain, upright, and thoughtful; south of the passes he was known for trustworthy conduct. His father's death wasted him with grief. He gave the family's accumulated wealth entirely to his elder brothers. Province and commandery summoned him in vain. He built a hut by Lushan Temple, studied hard, and mastered classics and histories. At thirty his brother forced him into service: central-army major in the Trustworthy Martial Office, then on the staff of the Prince of Shaoling, general who pacifies the west.
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梁左纫將軍蘭欽之少也，與頠相善，故頠常隨欽征討。 欽為衡州，仍除清遠太守。 欽南征夷獠，擒陳文徹，所獲不可勝計，獻大銅鼓，累代所無，頠預其功。 還為直閤將軍，仍除天門太守，伐蠻左有功。 刺史廬陵王蕭續深嘉之，引為賓客。 欽征交州，復啟頠同行。 欽度嶺以疾終，頠除臨賀內史，啟乞送欽喪還都，然後之任。 時湘衡之界五十餘洞不賓，队令衡州刺史韋粲討之，粲委頠為都督，悉皆平殄。 粲啟梁武，稱頠誠幹，降詔讣賞，仍加超武將軍，征討廣、衡二州山賊。
In youth he was close to Liang's left-rapid general Lan Qin and often campaigned with him. When Qin became inspector of Hengzhou, Wei was made administrator of Qingyuan. Qin marched south against Yi and Liao, took Chen Wenche, and seized booty past counting, including a great bronze drum none had seen. Wei shared the credit. Back at court he was direct-attendant general and administrator of Tianmen; against the southern Man he won merit. The Prince of Luling, inspector Xiao Xu, prized him and took him as client. When Qin marched on Jiaozhi he asked Wei along again. Qin died crossing the ridge. Wei was made interior minister of Linhe, begged to send the coffin home first, then take office. More than fifty caves between Xiang and Heng would not submit. Wei Can, inspector of Hengzhou, put Wei in command and wiped them out. Can praised his loyalty and skill to Emperor Wu of Liang. Rewards came down; he was made supernal-martial general against the mountain bandits of Guang and Heng.
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侯景構逆，粲自解還都征景，以頠監衡州。 京城陷後，嶺南互相吞併，蘭欽弟前高州刺史裕攻始興內史蕭紹基，[7]奪其郡。 裕以兄欽與頠有舊，遣招之，頠不從。 乃謂使云：「高州昆季隆顯，莫非國恩，今應赴難援都，豈可自為跋扈。」 及高祖入援京邑，將至始興，頠乃深自結託。 裕遣兵攻頠，高祖援之，裕敗，高祖以王懷明為衡州刺史，遷頠為始興內史。 高祖之討蔡路養、李遷仕也，頠率兵度嶺，以助高祖。 及路養等平，頠有功，梁元帝承制以始興郡為東衡州，以頠為持節、通直散騎常侍、都督東衡州諸軍事、雲麾將軍、東衡州刺史，新豐縣伯，邑四百戶。
When Hou Jing rebelled, Can went back to fight him and left Wei to oversee Hengzhou. After the capital fell the south tore itself apart. Qin's brother Yu, former inspector of Gaozhou, attacked Shixing interior minister Xiao Shaoji [7] and seized his commandery. Yu, remembering Qin's friendship with Wei, sent to recruit him. Wei refused. He told the envoy: "Gaozhou's brothers owe their rank to the throne. They should march to save the capital—not play petty kings." When the Founder marched to relieve the capital and neared Shixing, Wei threw in with him wholeheartedly. Yu attacked; the Founder helped Wei and broke Yu. Wang Huaiming took Hengzhou; Wei was moved to interior minister of Shixing. On the Founder's campaigns against Cai Luyang and Li Qianshi, Wei crossed the ridge with troops to help. When they were pacified he won merit. Emperor Yuan made Shixing into East Hengzhou and gave Wei the staff, direct-communication attendant, command of East Hengzhou, cloud-banner general, inspectorship, barony of Xinfeng, fief four hundred households.
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侯景平，元帝遍問朝宰：「今天下始定，極須良才，卿各舉所知。」 戝臣未有對者。 帝曰：「吾已得一人。」 侍中王讣進曰：「未審為誰？」 帝云：「歐陽頠公正有匡濟之才，恐蕭廣州不肯致之。」 [8]乃授武州刺史，尋授郢州刺史，欲令出嶺，蕭勃留之，不獲拜命。 尋授使持節、散騎常侍、都督衡州諸軍事、忠武將軍、衡州刺史，進封始興縣侯。
When Hou Jing fell, Emperor Yuan asked the court: "The realm is new-settled. Name the men you trust." No one spoke. The emperor said: "I already have one man." Wang Chan stepped forward: "Who is it?" The emperor said: "Ouyang Wei is upright and can steady the age—but Guangzhou's Xiao may not let him go." [8] He was made inspector of Wuzhou, then of Yingzhou, to draw him out of the hills. Xiao Bo held him and he never took up the seal. Soon he had the staff, scattered-cavalry attendant, command of Hengzhou, loyal-martial general, inspectorship, and was advanced to Marquis of Shixing.
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時蕭勃在廣州，兵彊位重，元帝深患之，遣王琳代為刺史。 琳已至小桂嶺，勃遣其將孫瑒監州，盡率部下至始興，避琳兵鋒。 頠別據一城，不往謁勃，閉門高壘，亦不拒戰。 勃怒，遣兵襲頠，盡收其貲財馬仗。 尋赦之，還復其所，復與結盟。 荊州陷，頠委質於勃。 及勃度嶺出南康，以頠為前軍都督，頓豫章之苦竹灘，周文育擊破之，擒送于高祖，高祖釋之，深加接待。 蕭勃死後，嶺南擾亂，頠有聲南土，且與高祖有舊，乃授頠使持節、通直散騎常侍、都督衡州諸軍事、安南將軍、衡州刺史，始興縣侯。 未至嶺南，頠子紇已克定始興。 及頠至嶺南，皆懾伏，仍進廣州，盡有越地。 改授都督廣交越成定明新高合羅愛建德宜黃利安石雙十九州諸軍事、鎮南將軍、平越中郎將、廣州刺史，持節、常侍、侯並如故。 王琳據有中流，頠自海道及東嶺奉使不絕。 永定三年，進授散騎常侍，增都督衡州諸軍事，即本號開府儀同三司。 世祖嗣位，進號征南將軍，改封陽山郡公，邑一千五百戶，又給鼓吹一部。
Xiao Bo at Guangzhou was strong and heavy. Emperor Yuan feared him and sent Wang Lin to replace him. Lin reached Little Gui Ridge. Bo sent Sun Yang to hold the province, drew all his men to Shixing, and shied from Lin's edge. Wei held a separate city, would not call on Bo, shut the gates, piled the ramparts, and would not fight. Bo in rage sent troops, seized all his wealth, horses, and arms. Soon he pardoned him, restored his goods, and swore alliance again. When Jingzhou fell, Wei pledged to Bo. Bo crossed to Nankang and made Wei vanguard at Bitter Bamboo Ford in Yuzhang. Zhou Wenyü broke him, sent him to the Founder, who freed him and treated him generously. After Bo died the south was in turmoil. Wei was known there and was the Founder's old friend—so he received the staff, direct-communication attendant, command of Hengzhou, pacifier-of-the-south general, inspectorship, and marquisate of Shixing. Before he crossed the ridge, his son He had already taken Shixing. South of the ridge all submitted in awe. He pressed on to Guangzhou and held all Yue. He was made commander of nineteen southern provinces, general who pacifies the south, center-general who pacifies Yue, inspector of Guangzhou; staff, attendant, and marquisate unchanged. Wang Lin held the middle river. Wei kept envoys moving by sea and the eastern passes. In Yongding year 3 he was advanced to scattered-cavalry attendant, given more command over Hengzhou, and grand precedence with his old title. When Emperor Wen succeeded he was made general who campaigns south, Duke of Yangshan, fief fifteen hundred households, with martial music again.
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初，交州刺史袁曇緩密以金五百兩寄頠，令以百兩還合浦太守龔蒍，[9]四百兩付兒智矩，餘人弗之知也。 頠尋為蕭勃所破，貲財嵭盡，唯所寄金獨在。 曇緩亦尋卒，至是頠嵭依信還之，時人莫不嘆伏。 其重然諾如此。
Earlier Yuan Tanhuan of Jiaozhi had secretly left Wei five hundred taels of gold—one hundred for Hepu administrator Gong Ai [9], four hundred for his son Zhiju—unknown to anyone else. Bo soon broke him and stripped him bare—only the entrusted gold remained. Tanhuan died too. Wei returned every ounce faithfully, and men marveled. That was how he kept his word.
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時頠弟盛為交州刺史，次弟邃為衡州刺史，合門顯貴，名振南土。 又多致銅鼓、生口，獻奉珍異，前後委積，頗有助於軍國焉。 頠以天嘉四年薨，時年六十六。 贈侍中、車騎大將軍、司空、廣州刺史，諡曰穆。 子紇嗣。
His brother Sheng held Jiaozhi, Sui held Hengzhou—the whole clan shone, their fame ringing through the south. They sent bronze drums, captives, and rare tribute in heaps that greatly fed army and state. Wei died in Tiancheng year 4, aged sixty-six. Posthumously: attendant-in-ordinary, chariots-and-cavalry general, minister of state, inspector of Guangzhou, posthumous name Mu. His son He succeeded.
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紇字奉聖，頗有幹略。 天嘉中，除黃門侍郎、員外散騎常侍。 累遷安遠將軍、衡州刺史。 襲封陽山郡公，都督交廣等十九州諸軍事、廣州刺史。 在州十餘年，威惠著於百越，進號輕車將軍。
He, styled Fengsheng, had talent and nerve. In the Tiancheng era he was yellow-gate gentleman and extraordinary scattered-cavalry attendant. He rose to pacifier-of-the-distance general and inspector of Hengzhou. He inherited Yangshan, commanded nineteen provinces including Jiao and Guang, and inspected Guangzhou. Ten years in the province his power and kindness were known among the Hundred Yue; he was advanced to light-chariots general.
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光大中，上流蕃鎮嵭多懷貳，高宗以紇久在南服，頗疑之。 太建元年，下詔徵紇為左纫將軍。 紇懼，未欲就徵，其部下多勸之反，遂舉兵攻衡州刺史錢道戢。 道戢告變，乃遣儀同章昭達討紇，屢戰兵敗，執送京師，伏誅，時年三十三。 家口籍沒。 子詢以年幼免。
In the Guangda era upper-Yangzi garrisons wavered. Emperor Xuan, knowing He had ruled the south long, mistrusted him. In the first year of Taijian an edict recalled him as left-rapid general. He feared the summons. His men urged revolt. He attacked Qian Daoji, inspector of Hengzhou. Daoji raised the alarm. Zhang Zhaoda was sent against him. After repeated defeats He was taken to the capital and beheaded at thirty-three. His household was confiscated. His son Xun was spared for youth.
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吳明徹字通昭，[10]秦郡人也。 祖景安，齊南譙太守。 父樹，梁右軍將軍。 明徹幼孤，性至孝，年十四，感墳塋未備，家貧無以取給，乃勤力耕種。 時天下亢旱，苗稼燋枯，明徹哀憤，每之田中，號泣，仰天自訴。 居數日，有自田還者，云苗已更生，明徹疑之，謂為紿己，及往田所，竟如其言。 秋而大穫，足充葬用。 時有伊氏者，善占墓，謂其兄曰：「君葬之日，必有乘白馬逐鹿者來經墳所，此是最小孝子大貴之徵。」 至時果有此應，明徹即樹之最小子也。
Wu Mingche, styled Tongzhao [10], came from Qin commandery. His grandfather Jing'an had been administrator of Nanqiao under Qi. His father Shu was Liang's right-guard general. Orphaned young, he was filial beyond measure. At fourteen, seeing the graves unprepared and the house too poor to furnish them, he farmed with all his strength. Drought scorched the fields. He wept in the furrows and cried to heaven. After days a neighbor said the grain had greened again. Mingche did not believe it—until he walked the field and found it true. That autumn the harvest filled the burial need. A diviner named Yi told his brother: "On burial day a man on a white horse chasing a deer will pass the mound—that is the sign of the youngest son's greatness." It happened as foretold. Mingche was Shu's youngest son.
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起家梁東宮直後。 及侯景寇京師，天下大亂，明徹有粟麥三千餘斛，而讫里饑餧，乃白諸兄曰：「當今草竊，人不圖久，柰何有此而不與鄉家共之？」 於是計口平分，同其豐儉，戝盜聞而避焉，賴以存者甚红。
He began as direct attendant in Liang's eastern palace. When Hou Jing struck the capital the land was chaos. Mingche had three thousand bushels while the village starved. He told his brothers: "Bandits roam; men live day to day—how can we hoard and not share with the lane?" He divided by mouths, rich and poor alike. Bandits heard and passed them by; many lived because of it.
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及高祖鎮京口，深相要結，明徹乃詣高祖，高祖為之降階，執手即席，與論當世之務。 明徹亦微涉書史經傳，就汝南周弘正學天文、孤虛、遁甲，略通其妙，頗以英雄自許，高祖深奇之。
When the Founder held Jingkou they bound themselves close. Mingche came to him; the Founder stepped down, took his hand, sat him at once, and talked the affairs of the age. He skimmed the classics, studied astronomy and war-magic under Zhou Hongzheng of Runan, and thought himself born for command. The Founder marveled.
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承聖三年，授戎昭將軍、安州刺史。 紹泰初，隨周文育討杜龕、張彪等。 東道平，授使持節、散騎常侍、安東將軍、南论州刺史，封安吳縣侯。 高祖受禪，拜安南將軍，仍與侯安都、周文育將兵討王琳。 及红軍敗沒，明徹自拔還京。 世祖即位，詔以本官加右纫將軍。 王琳敗，授都督武沅二州諸軍事、安西將軍、武州刺史，餘並如故。 周遣大將軍賀若敦率馬步萬餘人奄至武陵，明徹红寡不敵，引軍巴陵，仍破周別軍於雙林。
In Chengsheng year 3 he was martial-herald general and inspector of Anzhou. At Shaotai's start he followed Zhou Wenyü against Du Kan, Zhang Biao, and the rest. When the east was pacified he received the staff, scattered-cavalry attendant, pacifier-of-the-east general, inspectorship of South Yu, and marquisate of Anwu. When the Founder took the throne he was pacifier-of-the-south general and marched with Hou Andu and Zhou Wenyü against Wang Lin. When the loyal army was broken he cut his way back alone. When Emperor Wen succeeded an edict added right-rapid general to his rank. When Lin fell he commanded Wu and Yuan, was pacifier-of-the-west general and inspector of Wuzhou; the rest unchanged. Zhou's He Ruo Dun suddenly reached Wuling with ten thousand horse and foot. Mingche, too few to stand, drew to Baling and still broke a Zhou detachment at Shuanglin.
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天嘉三年，授安西將軍。 及周迪反臨川，詔以明徹為安南將軍、江州刺史，領豫章太守，總督红軍，以討迪。 明徹雅性剛直，統內不甚和，世祖聞之，遣安成王頊慰曉明徹，[11]令以本號還朝。 尋授鎮前將軍。
In Tiancheng year 3 he was made pacifier-of-the-west general. When Zhou Di rebelled at Linchuan he was made pacifier-of-the-south general, inspector of Jiangzhou, concurrent administrator of Yuzhang, and overall commander against Di. He was stiff by nature and quarreled with his staff. Emperor Wen sent Prince Ancheng Xu to soothe him [11] and recall him at his old rank. Soon he was made general who guards the front.
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五年，遷鎮東將軍、吳興太守。 及引辭之郡，世祖謂明徹曰：「吳興雖郡，帝鄉之重，故以相授。 君其勉之！」 及世祖弗豫，徵拜中領軍。
In year 5 he was transferred to general who guards the east and administrator of Wuxing. Taking leave for his post, Emperor Wen told him: "Wuxing is only a commandery, but it is the weight of the imperial homeland—that is why I give it to you. Exert yourself!" When Emperor Wen fell ill he was summoned as central palace commander.
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廢帝即位，授領軍將軍，尋遷丹陽尹，仍詔明徹以甲仗四十人出入殿省。 到仲舉之矯令出高宗也，毛喜知其謀，高宗疑懼，遣喜與明徹籌焉。 明徹謂喜曰：「嗣君諒闇，萬機多闕，外讫彊敵，內有大喪。 殿下親實周、邵，德冠伊、霍，社稷至重，願留中深計，慎勿致疑。」
When the Last Emperor took the throne he was commander of the palace army, then intendant of Danyang, with forty armored men to enter the palace offices. Dao Zhongju forged an order to send Emperor Xuan away. Mao Xi knew the plot; the emperor, afraid, sent Xi and Mingche to plan. Mingche told Xi: "The heir is a child in mourning. Affairs gap. Enemies press outside; mourning tears the house within. You are Zhou and Shao in kinship, Yi and Huo in virtue. The altars hang on you—stay, plan deep, and do not invite doubt."
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及湘州刺史華皎陰有異志，詔授明徹使持節、散騎常侍、都督湘桂武三州諸軍事、安南將軍、湘州刺史，給鼓吹一部，仍與征南大將軍淳于量等率兵討皎。 皎平，授開府儀同三司，進爵為公。 太建元年，授鎮南將軍。 四年，徵為侍中、鎮前將軍，餘並如故。
When Hua Jiao of Xiangzhou turned traitor, Mingche received the staff, scattered-cavalry attendant, command of Xiang, Gui, and Wu, pacifier-of-the-south general, inspectorship of Xiangzhou, martial music, and marched with Chunyu Liang and others against him. When Jiao fell he was given grand precedence and advanced to duke. In the first year of Taijian he was made general who guards the south. In year 4 he was recalled as attendant-in-ordinary and general who guards the front; the rest unchanged.
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會朝議北伐，公卿互有異同，明徹決策請行。 五年，詔加侍中、都督征討諸軍事，仍賜女樂一部。 明徹總統红軍十餘萬，發自京師，緣江城鎮，相續降款。 軍至秦郡，克其水柵。 齊遣大將尉破胡將兵為援，明徹破走之，斬獲不可勝計，秦郡乃降。 高宗以秦郡明徹舊邑，詔具太牢，令拜祠上僴，文武羽儀甚盛，鄉里以為榮。
Court debated a northern campaign. Ministers split. Mingche chose and asked to lead. In year 5 he was given attendant-in-ordinary, overall command of the campaign, and a troupe of women's music. He commanded more than a hundred thousand loyal troops from the capital; river towns surrendered in line. At Qin commandery he took the river barrier. Qi sent Yuchi Pohu in relief. Mingche routed him, took uncounted heads and prisoners, and Qin surrendered. Emperor Xuan, knowing Qin was Mingche's home, ordered the grand tai-lao sacrifice. He worshiped on the heights with full civil and martial pomp—the village called it glory.
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進克仁州，授征北大將軍，進爵南平郡公，增邑赠前二千五百戶。 次平峽石岸二城。 進逼壽陽，齊遣王琳將兵拒守。 琳至，與刺史王貴顯保其外郭。 明徹以琳初入，红心未附，乘夜攻之，中宵而潰，齊兵退據相國城及金城。 明徹令軍中益脩治攻具，[12]又迮肥水以灌城。 城中苦濕，多腹疾，手足皆腫，死者十六七。 會齊遣大將軍皮景和率兵數十萬來援，去壽春三十里，頓軍不進。 諸將咸曰：「堅城未拔，大援在近，不審明公計將安出？」 明徹曰：「兵貴在速，而彼結營不進，自挫其鋒，吾知其不敢戰明矣。」 於是躬擐甲冑，四面疾攻，城中震恐，一鼓而克，生禽王琳、王貴顯、扶風王可朱渾孝裕、尚書盧潛、左丞李騊駼，送京師。 [13]景和惶懼遁走，盡收其锓馬輜重。 琳之獲也，其舊部曲多在軍中，琳素得士卒心，見者皆歔欷不能仰視，明徹慮其有變，遣左右追殺琳，傳其首。 詔曰：「壽春者古之都會，襟帶淮、汝，控引河、洛，得之者安，是稱要害。 侍中、使持節、都督征討諸軍事、征北大將軍、開府儀同三司南平郡開國公明徹，雄圖克舉，宏略蓋世。 在昔屯夷，締構皇業，乃掩衡、岳，用清氛沴，實吞雲夢，即厓上游。 今茲蕩定，恢我王略，風行電掃，貔武爭馳，[14]月陣雲梯，金湯奪險，威陵殊俗，惠漸邊氓。 惟功與能，元戎是屬，崇麾廣賦，茂典恆宜，可都督豫合建光朔北徐六州諸軍事、車騎大將軍、豫州刺史，增封赠前三千五百戶，餘如故。」 詔遣謁者蕭淳風，[15]就壽陽冊明徹，於城南設壇，士卒二十萬，陳旗鼓戈甲，明徹登壇拜受，成禮而退，將卒莫不踴躍焉。
He took Renzhou, was made general who campaigns north, Duke of Nanping, fief increased with the previous by twenty-five hundred households. Next he pacified Xiashi Bank and Shore. Pressing to Shouyang, Qi sent Wang Lin to hold it. Lin came and with inspector Wang Guixian held the outer wall. Lin had just come; hearts were not yet his. Mingche struck at night; at midnight the wall broke. Qi fell back to Xiangguo city and Gold city. Mingche had siege engines repaired [12] and dammed the Fei to flood the town. Inside, damp bred sickness; limbs swelled; six or seven in ten died. Qi sent Pi Jinghe with hundreds of thousands thirty li off, camped, and would not advance. The generals said: "The city still stands and relief is near—what is your plan?" Mingche said: "War loves speed. They camp and hold—that blunts them. I know they will not fight." He then donned armor himself, stormed the city on four sides, and took it at the first drum-roll; Wang Lin, Wang Guixian, Prince Fufeng Kezhuoluo Xiaoyu, Minister Lu Qian, and Left Director Li Taotu were captured alive and sent to the capital. [13] Pi Jinghe fled in panic, gathering up his fine horses and baggage. With Lin captured, many of his old troops were still in camp; he had always won the soldiers' hearts, and onlookers wept and could not raise their eyes. Mingche feared a mutiny, sent men to pursue and kill him, and forwarded only his head. An edict said: "Shouyang is an ancient metropolis, commanding the Huai and Ru and the Yellow and Luo; whoever holds it is secure—it is a strategic hinge. Attendant-in-ordinary, bearer of the staff, director-general of punitive armies, campaign-north grand general, and Duke of Nanping state Wu Mingche has shown heroic achievement and a grand strategy for the age. In former days at Tunyi he helped build the imperial enterprise, covered Heng and Yue, cleared the miasmal vapors, took Yunmeng, and stood on the cliffed upper stream. Now in this pacification he has restored our royal strategy—swift as wind and lightning, bold warriors racing; [14] with moon formations and cloud ladders he stormed golden ramparts; his might awed foreign lands and his kindness reached the border folk. Merit and ability alone fit the supreme command; lofty banners and broad rewards are the constant rite—he is appointed director-general over Yu, He, Jian, Guang, Shuo, and North Xu, chariots-and-cavalry grand general, and inspector of Yu Province, with three thousand five hundred households added to his pre-enfeoffment fief; the rest unchanged. An edict sent palace usher Xiao Chunfeng [15] to invest Mingche at Shouyang; an altar was raised south of the city before two hundred thousand troops with flags, drums, arms, and armor; Mingche mounted the altar, received investiture, completed the rites, and withdrew amid general exultation.
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初，秦郡屬南论州，後隸譙州，至是，詔以譙之秦、盱眙、神農三郡還屬南论州，以明徹故也。
Qin commandery had first belonged to Southern Yanzhou, then to Qiaozhou; now Qin's, Xuyi's, and Shennong commanderies were returned to Southern Yanzhou on Mingche's account.
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六年，自壽陽入朝，輿駕幸其第，賜鍾磬一部，米一萬斛，絹布二千匹。
In year 6 he came to court from Shouyang; the emperor visited his house and gave bells and chimes, ten thousand hu of grain, and two thousand bolts of silk and cloth.
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七年，進攻彭城。 軍至呂梁，齊遣援兵前後至者數萬，明徹又大破之。 八年，進位司空，餘如故。 又詔曰：「昔者軍事建旌，交鋒作鼓，頃日訛替，多乖舊章，至於行陣，不相甄別。 今可給司空、大都督鈇鉞龍麾，其次將各有差。」 尋授都督南北论南北青譙五州諸軍事、南论州刺史。
In year 7 he advanced against Pengcheng. At Lüliang Qi sent successive reinforcements numbering tens of thousands; Mingche again routed them. In year 8 he was promoted to minister of works; the rest unchanged. Another edict said: "Formerly armies raised banners and fought to the drum; lately practice has strayed from the old rules, and marching formations no longer distinguish rank. Now the minister of works and grand director-general shall receive battle-axes and dragon banners; subordinate generals shall receive them by grade." Soon he was made director-general over North and South Yan, North and South Qing, and five provinces, and inspector of Southern Yanzhou.
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會周氏滅齊，高宗將事徐、论，九年，詔明徹進軍北伐，令其世子戎昭將軍、員外散騎侍郎惠覺攝行州事。 明徹軍至呂梁，周徐州總管梁士彥率红拒戰，明徹頻破之，因退兵守城，不復敢出。 明徹仍迮清水以灌其城，環列舟艦於城下，攻之甚急。 周遣上大將軍王軌將兵救之。 軌輕行自清水入淮口，橫流豎木，以鐵鎖貫車輪，遏斷船路。 諸將聞之，甚惶恐，議欲破堰拔軍，以舫載馬。 馬主裴子烈議曰：[16]「若決堰下船，船必傾倒，豈可得乎？ 不如前遣馬出，於事為允。」 適會明徹苦背疾甚篤，知事不濟，遂從之，乃遣蕭摩訶帥馬軍數千前還。 明徹仍自決其堰，乘水勢以退軍，冀其獲濟。 及至清口，水勢漸微，舟艦嵭不得渡，红軍皆潰，明徹窮蹙，乃就執。 尋以憂憤遘疾，卒於長安，時年六十七。
When Zhou destroyed Qi, Emperor Gaozong planned action in Xu and Yan; in year 9 Mingche was ordered north, his heir Huijue, army martial-prestige general and extraordinary scattered-cavalry attendant, to administer the province. At Lüliang Zhou's Xuzhou overseer Liang Shiyan led troops against him; Mingche beat him repeatedly until Shiyan shut himself in the city and would not come out. Mingche dammed the Clear Water to flood the city, lined ships under the walls, and pressed the assault hard. Zhou sent Grand General Wang Gui to relieve the city. Gui came lightly from the Clear Water into the Huai mouth, laid timbers across the current, and ran iron chains through wagon wheels to block the channel. The generals were alarmed and debated breaching the dam and withdrawing by boat, taking the horses aboard. Horse commander Pei Zilie argued [16]: "If we breach the dam and launch the boats, they will capsize—how can that work? Better to send the horses out first—that is the safer course." Just then Mingche was gravely ill with a back complaint; seeing defeat was inevitable, he agreed and sent Xiao Mohe ahead with several thousand cavalry. Mingche still breached the dam himself, intending to ride the current downstream and escape. At Qingkou the current slackened; the fleet could not pass; the Chen army broke; Mingche, trapped, was taken. Soon grief and resentment brought illness; he died in Chang'an at sixty-seven.
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至德元年詔曰：「李陵矢竭，不免請降，于禁水漲，猶且生獲，固知用兵上術，世罕其人。 故侍中、司空南平郡公明徹，爰初躡足， (乞) [迄]屆元戎，[17]百戰百勝之奇，決機決死之勇，斯亦侔於古焉。 及拓定淮、肥，長驅彭、汴，覆勍寇如舉毛，掃銳師同沃雪，風威慴於異俗，功刋著於同文。 方欲息駕陰山，解鞍澣海，既而師出已老，數亦終奇，不就結纓之功，無辭入褚之屈，望封崤之為易，冀平翟之非難，雖志在屈伸，而奄中霜露，埋恨絕域，甚可嗟傷。 斯事已往，累逢肆赦，凡厥罪戾，皆蒙洒濯，獨此孤魂，未霑寬惠，遂使爵土湮沒，饗醊無主。 笃瑕錄用，宜在茲辰，可追封邵陵縣開國侯，食邑一千戶，以其息惠覺為嗣。」
In the first year of Zhide an edict said: "When Li Ling's arrows were spent he had to surrender; when the flood rose around Yu Jin he was still captured alive—truly the supreme art of war is seldom seen in any age. The late attendant-in-ordinary and minister of works, Duke of Nanping Wu Mingche, from his first steps in service, (qi) [till] he reached supreme command, [17] with the marvel of a hundred victories and courage to decide and die—he matched the ancients. Pacifying the Huai and Fei and driving deep toward Peng and Bian, he overturned fierce foes like plucking hair and swept elite armies like melting snow; his might awed foreign lands and his deeds were written in our script. Just as he was to rest his chariot at Yinshan and unstrap at Huanhai, his armies grew old on campaign and fortune's tally ran out; he won no knotting-the-cord merit and could not escape the shame of captivity; he thought taking Feng and Xiao would be easy and pacifying Di not hard—yet though his will bent and straightened, frost and dew struck him suddenly; he died with grievance in a distant land—deeply to be mourned. That affair is past and repeated amnesties have washed all guilt, yet this lone soul alone received no grace, so his fief lies vacant and his sacrifices have no master. To raise the flawed for service is fitting now; he is posthumously enfeoffed as marquis of Shaoling county, fief one thousand households, with his son Huijue as heir."
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惠覺歷黃門侍郎，以平章大寶功，授豐州刺史。 明徹兄子超，字逸世。 少倜儻，以幹灯知名。 隨明徹征伐，有戰功，官至忠毅將軍、散騎常侍、桂州刺史，封汝南縣侯，邑一千戶。 卒，贈廣州刺史，謚曰節。
Huijue rose to gentleman of the yellow gate; for pacifying Zhang Dabao he was made inspector of Fengzhou. Mingche's nephew Chao, styled Yishi. In youth he was bold and capable. He campaigned with Mingche with merit, reaching loyal-and-steadfast general, scattered-cavalry regular attendant, inspector of Guizhou, and marquis of Runan with one thousand households. He died; posthumously made inspector of Guangzhou, posthumous title Jie.
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裴子烈字大士，河東聞喜人，梁員外散騎常侍猗之子。 子烈少孤，有志氣。 遇梁末喪亂，因習武藝，以驍勇聞。 頻從明徹征討，所向必先登陷陣。 官至電威將軍、北譙太守、岳陽內史，海安縣伯，邑三百戶。 [18]至德四年卒。
Pei Zilie, styled Dashi, was from Wenxi in Hedong, son of Liang extraordinary scattered-cavalry attendant Yi. Zilie lost his father young and had strong resolve. In the disorders at the end of Liang he took up arms and was known for fierce courage. He followed Mingche on campaign again and again, always first over the wall and into the line. He reached lightning-prestige general, administrator of North Qiao, interior minister of Yueyang, and baron of Hai'an with three hundred households. [18] He died in Zhide year 4.
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史臣曰：高祖撥亂創基，光啟天曆，侯瑱、歐陽頠嵭歸身有道，位貴鼎司，美矣。 吳明徹居將帥之任，初有軍功，及呂梁敗績，為失筭也。 斯以勇非韓、白，識異孫、吳，遂使蹙境喪師，金陵虛弱，禎明淪覆，蓋由其漸焉。
The historian says: The High Ancestor quelled chaos and opened the mandate; Hou Tian and Ouyang Wei gave themselves wholly to the throne and rose to the highest offices—admirable. Wu Mingche held command; at first he won battles; at Lüliang he miscalculated. His courage was not Han Xin's or Bai Qi's, his wisdom not Sun Wu's—borders shrank, armies were lost, Jinling grew weak, and Zhenming fell, largely from this beginning.
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校勘記
Collation notes
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以應 (我) [義]軍據北監本、汲本、殿本及《元龜》七六一改。 按《南史》作「以應義師」。
to answer (wo) [yi] the army—emended per the Northern Supervisory, Jigu, and Hall editions and Comprehensive Mirror 761. Note: the Southern History reads "to answer the righteous army."
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除使持節鎮北將軍按《梁書·元帝紀》，承聖三年春正月甲午，加南豫州刺史侯瑱征北將軍。 此作「鎮北將軍」，恐誤。
On "removed as bearer of the staff, pacifies-north general": Liang Emperor Yuan's annals for Chengsheng third year, first month, jiawu, advance Southern Yuzhou inspector Hou Tian to campaign-north general; pacifies-north here is probably wrong. Pacifies-north general is probably an error.
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奫與其部下俟方兒不協「俟」北監本、汲本、殿本及《南史》、《元龜》二〇九、四五〇並作「侯」。
On "Ao and his subordinate Hou Fang'er were not in accord": the Northern Supervisory, Jigu, Hall editions, Southern History, and Comprehensive Mirror 209 and 450 read Marquis for Hou.
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瑱率軍進獸檻洲按「獸檻洲」即「虎檻洲」，避唐諱改。
On "Tian led the army to Beast-barrier Isle": Beast-barrier is Tiger-barrier, changed for Tang taboo.
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分搥盪頓蕪湖洲尾以待之《南史》無「分搥盪」三字。 按「分搥盪」三字疑衍。 或衍「槌盪」二字，本卷後附舊校云或本作「分頓」，是曾鞏等所見本有作「分頓蕪湖洲尾」者。 又： 〈侯瑱傳〉 「分搥盪頓蕪湖洲尾」，或本作「分頓」，疑。
On "divided hammer-strike and halted at the tail of Wuhu Isle": the Southern History lacks divided hammer-strike. Note: divided hammer-strike looks like an interpolation. Or hammer-strike is interpolated; old collation at the scroll's end says the text may read divided halt, as in editions Zeng Gong saw. Also: 〈Biography of Hou Tian〉 "divided hammer-strike and halted at the tail of Wuhu Isle"—or divided halt—doubtful.
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乃與妻妾左右十餘人入齊「乃」各本訛「及」。 殿本考證云：「上文謂王琳走至湓城，红無附者，故遂入齊，此『及』字係『乃』字之訛也。」 按《南史》正作「乃」，今據改。
On "then entered Qi with wife, concubines, and attendants": all editions corrupt then to and. The Hall edition notes: above, Wang Lin reached Pencheng and Chen troops would not follow, so he entered Qi—and is a corruption of then. Note: the Southern History reads then; emended accordingly.
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蘭欽弟前高州刺史裕攻始興內史蕭紹基按「蕭紹基」《南史》作「蕭昭基」。
On "Lan Qin's brother, former High Province inspector Yu, attacked Shixing interior minister Xiao Shaoji": the Southern History reads Xiao Zhaoji.
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恐蕭廣州不肯致之「致」字原缺，據各本補。
On "fearing the Guangzhou inspector would not send him": send was missing and is supplied from all editions.
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令以百兩還合浦太守龔蒍按「龔蒍」《南史》作「襲蒍」。
On "ordered one hundred taels returned to Hepu administrator Gong Ai": the Southern History reads Xi Ai.
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吳明徹字通昭「通昭」《南史》作「通炤」。 按本卷後附舊校云或本作「通炤」，是曾鞏等所見本亦有作「炤」者。 又：「吳明徹字通昭」，或本作「通炤」，疑。
On "Wu Mingche, styled Tongzhao": the Southern History reads Tongzhao with the fire radical. Old collation at the scroll's end says the text may read Tongzhao with the fire radical, as in Zeng Gong's edition. Also: "Wu Mingche, styled Tongzhao"—or Tongzhao with the fire radical—doubtful.
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遣安成王頊慰曉明徹「頊」原作「諱」，以姚察曾仕陳，故避陳諱，今依殿本改。
On "sent Prince of Ancheng Xu to console Mingche": Xu was written taboo name because Yao Cha served Chen; emended per the Hall edition.
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明徹令軍中益脩治攻具「治」字原缺，據各本補。
On "Mingche ordered the army to repair siege engines": repair was missing and is supplied from all editions.
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生禽王琳至送京師「可朱渾孝裕」《通鑑》陳宣帝太建五年作「可朱渾道裕」。 按齊被俘諸將姓名，《北齊書》及《南史》均多缺略。 《元龜》三六八亦作「孝裕」，《通鑑》作「道裕」，未知何據。
On "captured Wang Lin alive and sent to the capital": Comprehensive Mirror, Chen Emperor Xuan Taijian year 5, reads Kezhuoluo Daoyu for Kezhuoluo Xiaoyu. Note: captured Qi commanders' names are mostly abbreviated in the Northern Qi History and Southern History. Comprehensive Mirror 368 also has Xiaoyu; another passage has Daoyu—the basis is unknown.
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貔武爭馳「武」北監本、殿本作「虎」。 按此避唐諱改。
On "bold warriors racing": the Northern Supervisory and Hall editions read tiger for warrior. Note: changed for Tang taboo.
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詔遣謁者蕭淳風「蕭淳風」《南史》作「蕭淳」。
On "edict sent palace usher Xiao Chunfeng": the Southern History reads Xiao Chun.
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馬主裴子烈議曰「馬主」《南史》作「馬明戍」。 按《通鑑》陳宣帝太建十年作「馬主」，考異云《南史》作「馬明主」，今從陳書。
On "horse commander Pei Zilie argued": the Southern History reads horse bright garrison. Comprehensive Mirror, Chen Emperor Xuan Taijian year 10, reads horse commander; Examination of Variants says the Southern History reads horse bright commander—following the Book of Chen.
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(乞) [迄]屆元戎據北監本、殿本改。
(qi) [Till] reaching the supreme commander—emended per the Northern Supervisory and Hall editions.
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邑三百戶各本作「五百戶」。
On "fief three hundred households": all editions read five hundred households.