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卷一百一十八載記第十八
Book of Jin, scroll 118—Annals eighteenth.
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姚興 (下)
This installment continues the biography of Yao Xing. (Part two.)
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晉義熙二年，平北將軍、梁州督護苻宣入漢中，興梁州別駕呂營、漢中徐逸、席難起兵應宣，求救于楊盛。 盛遣軍臨濜口，南梁州刺史王敏退守武興。 楊盛復通于晉。
Yixi second year: Fu Xuan marched into Hanzhong; Yao Xing's aides Lu Ying and Xu Yi plus Xi Nan rose in support and pleaded with Yang Sheng. Yang Sheng lunged at Lintang ford while Wang Min fell back on Wuxing. Yang Sheng renewed ties with the Jin court.
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興以太子泓錄尚書事。
Yao Xing handed crown prince Yao Hong the Secretariat portfolio.
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慕容超司徒、北地王鐘，右僕射、濟陽王嶷，高都公始，皆來奔。
Southern Yan defectors arrived—Zhong the prince of Beidi, Wang Yi of Jiyang, and Shi duke of Gaodu.
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華山郡地湧沸，廣袤百餘步，燒生物皆熟，曆五月乃止。
Huashan soil erupted across a hundred paces, flash-scorching life until the tide ebbed five months later.
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赫連勃勃殺高平公沒奕於，收其眾以叛。
Helian Bobo killed Moyifu of Gaoping and drafted his tribes into revolt.
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先是，魏主拓跋珪送馬千匹，求婚於興，興許之。 以魏別立後，遂絕婚，故有柴壁之戰。 至是，復與魏通和，魏放狄伯支、姚伯禽、唐小方、姚良國、康宦還長安，皆復其爵位。
Tuoba Gui once offered a thousand mounts for a royal marriage and Xing agreed. When Wei elevated another queen the match collapsed—leading to Chaibi. Peace returned Wei captives—Di Bozhi, Yao Boqin, Tang Xiaofang, Yao Liangguo, Kang Huan—and revived their titles.
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時禿髮傉檀、沮渠蒙遜迭相攻擊，傉檀遂東招河州刺史西羌彭奚念，奚念阻河以叛。
Tufa Nutan and Juqu Mengxun traded blows until Nutan beckoned Peng Xinian east across the river—who then barred the ford.
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蜀譙縱遣使稱籓，請桓謙，欲令順流東伐劉裕。 興以問謙，謙請行，遂許之。
Qiao Zong of Shu offered submission and asked for Huan Qian to float east against Liu Yu. Yao Xing asked Huan Qian's wishes and approved his expedition.
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使中軍姚弼、後軍斂成、鎮遠乞伏乾歸等率步騎三萬伐傉檀，左僕射齊難等率騎二萬討勃勃。 吏部尚書尹昭諫曰：「傉檀恃遠，輕敢違逆，宜詔蒙遜及李玄盛，使自相攻擊。 待其斃也，然後取之，此卞莊之舉也。」 興不從。 勃勃退保河曲。 弼濟自金城，弼部將姜紀言於弼曰：「今王師聲討勃勃，傉檀猶豫，未為嚴防，請給輕騎五千，掩其城門，則山澤之人皆為吾有，孤城獨立，坐可克也。」 弼不從，進拔昌松，長驅至姑臧。 傉檀嬰城固守，出其兵擊弼，弼敗，退據西苑。 興又遣衛大將軍姚顯率騎二萬，為諸軍節度。 至高平，聞弼敗績，兼道赴之，撫慰河外，率眾而還。 傉檀遣使人徐宿詣興謝罪。
He sent Yao Bi, Liancheng, and Qifu Gangui with thirty thousand west against Nutan; Qi Nan led twenty thousand horse against Helian Bobo. Personnel Minister Yin Zhao remonstrated: "Nutan trusts distance and dares slight disobedience. You should issue an edict to Mengxun and Li Xuansheng, making them attack each other. Wait until they are exhausted, then take them—this is Bian Zhuang's stroke." Yao Xing refused. Helian Bobo hugged the northern bends. Bi crossed from Jincheng; Bi's officer Jiang Ji told Bi: "Now the royal host loudly campaigns against Bobo; Nutan hesitates without stern defense—grant five thousand light horse to raid his gates and men of hill and marsh become ours; isolated citadel stands alone—sitting we take it." Yao Bi refused, seized Changsong, and raced to Guzang. Nutan sallied from Guzang, broke Yao Bi, who fled to the western compounds. Yao Xing reinforced with Yao Xian and twenty thousand riders as theater commander. At Gaoping news of Bi's rout sent him sprinting to steady the frontier before pulling back. Nutan apologized through Xu Su.
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齊難為勃勃所擒。 興遣平北姚沖、征虜狄伯支、輔國斂曼嵬、鎮東楊佛嵩率騎四萬討勃勃。 沖次於嶺北，欲回師襲長安，伯支不從，乃止，懼其謀泄，遂鴆殺伯支。
Helian Bobo bagged Qi Nan. He hurled Yao Chong, Di Bozhi, Liancheng Manwei, and Yang Fosong—forty thousand riders—at Bobo. Yao Chong plotted a coup at Chang'an; Di Bozhi balked, so Chong poisoned him to silence the secret.
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時王師伐譙縱，大敗之，縱遣使乞師於興。 興遣平西姚賞、南梁州刺史王敏率眾二萬救之，王師引還。 縱遣使拜師，仍貢其方物。 興遣其兼司徒韋華持節策拜縱為大都督、相國、蜀王，加九錫，備物典策一如魏、晉故事，承制封拜悉如王者之儀。
While Jin crushed Qiao Zong, the Shu prince begged Yao Xing for rescuers. Yao Shang and Wang Min marched twenty thousand east; Jin retired. Qiao Zong renewed fealty and sent tribute. Wei Hua draped Qiao Zong in nine tinsel honors and kingly seals aping Wei-Jin ritual.
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興自平涼如朝那，聞沖謀逆，以其弟中最少，雄武絕人，猶欲隱忍容之。 斂成泣謂興曰：「沖凶險不仁，每侍左右，臣常寢不安席，願早為之所。」 興曰：「沖何能為也！ 但輕害名將，吾欲明其罪于四海。」 乃下書賜沖死，葬以庶人之禮。
Riding from Pingliang toward Chaona, Yao Xing learned Yao Chong plotted treason yet hesitated to strike his fierce youngest brother. Liancheng wept and told Xing: "Chong is fierce and perilous without kindness; whenever he attends your side your servant cannot sleep sound—I pray you deal with him early." Xing said: "What can Chong do! Yet lightly harming a famed general—I wish to clarify his crime within the Four Seas." An edict forced Chong to die and buried him as a commoner.
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晉河間王子國璠、章武王子叔道來奔，興謂之曰：「劉裕匡復晉室，卿等何故來也」國璠等曰：「裕與不逞之徒削弱王室，宗門能自修立者莫不害之。 是避之來，實非誠款，所以避死耳。」 興嘉之，以國璠為建義將軍、揚州刺史，叔道為平南將軍、兗州刺史，賜以甲第。
Guofan, son of the Prince of Hejian of Jin, and Shudao, son of the Prince of Zhangwu, fled to him. Xing said to them, "Liu Yu has restored the Jin house; why have you come?" Guofan and the others replied, "Yu and his lawless followers are weakening the royal house; they harm every member of the imperial clan capable of standing on his own. We came to escape him; this is not sincere allegiance, but only a way to avoid death." Xing praised them, appointed Guofan General Who Establishes Righteousness and Inspector of Yangzhou, appointed Shudao General Who Pacifies the South and Inspector of Yanzhou, and gave them fine residences.
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興如貳城，將討赫連勃勃，遣安遠姚詳及斂曼嵬、鎮軍彭白狼分督租運。 諸軍未集而勃勃騎大至，興欲留步軍，輕如嵬營。 眾咸惶懼，群臣固以為不可，興弗納。 尚書郎韋宗希旨勸興行。 蘭台侍御史姜楞越次而進曰：「韋宗傾險不忠，沮敗國計，宜先腰斬以謝天下。 脫車駕動軫，六軍駭懼，人無守志，取危之道也，宜遣單使以征詳等。」 興默然。 右僕射韋華等諫曰：「若車騎輕動，必不戰自潰，嵬營亦未必可至，惟陛下圖之。」 興乃遣左將軍姚文宗率禁兵距戰，中壘齊莫統氐兵以繼之。 文宗與莫皆勇果兼人，以死力戰，勃勃乃退。 留禁兵五千配姚詳守貳城，興還長安。
Xing went to Ercheng to prepare a campaign against Helian Bobo, sending Yao Xiang, Lian Manwei, and Peng Bailang separately to supervise grain transport. Before the armies had assembled, Bobo's cavalry arrived in force. Xing wanted to leave the infantry behind and ride lightly to Manwei's camp. Everyone was terrified. The ministers insisted this was impossible, but Xing would not listen. Secretariat Gentleman Wei Zong, hoping to anticipate Xing’s wishes, urged Xing to go. Assistant Palace Censor Jiang Leng stepped forward out of order and said, "Wei Zong is treacherous and disloyal, obstructing and ruining the state’s plans. He should first be cut in two at the waist to apologize to the realm. If Your carriage moves, the six armies will be terrified, and no one will keep a firm resolve; this is the way to invite danger. You should dispatch a single envoy to summon Xiang and the others." Xing fell silent. Right Vice Director Wei Hua and others remonstrated, saying, "If the Chariot-and-Cavalry General moves lightly, he will collapse without battle, and he may not even reach Wei’s camp. May Your Majesty consider it." Xing then sent Left General Yao Wenzong with the palace troops to resist Bobo, with Qi Mo leading Di troops in support. Wenzong and Qi Mo were both exceptionally brave and fought with desperate force, so Bobo withdrew. He left five thousand palace troops with Yao Xiang to guard Ercheng, and Xing returned to Chang'an.
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譙縱遣其侍中譙良、太常楊軌朝於興，請大舉以寇江東。 遣其荊州刺史桓謙、梁州刺史譙道福率眾二萬東寇江陵。 興乃遣前將軍苟林率騎會之。 謙屯枝江，林屯江津。 謙，江左貴族，部曲遍于荊、楚，晉之將士皆有叛心。 荊州刺史劉道規大懼，嬰城固守。 雍州刺史魯宗之率襄陽之眾救之，道規乃留宗之守江陵，率軍逆戰。 謙等舟師大盛，兼列步騎以待之。 大戰枝江，謙敗績，乘輕舸奔就苟林，晉人獲而斬之。 苟林懼而引歸。
Qiao Zong sent Qiao Liang and Yang Gui to Xing's court, asking him to launch a major raid on Jiangdong. He sent Huan Qian, Inspector of Jingzhou, and Qiao Daofu, Inspector of Liangzhou, to lead twenty thousand men east against Jiangling. Xing then sent Former General Gou Lin with cavalry to join them. Huan Qian anchored Zhijiang; Gou Lin hugged Jiangjin. Huan Qian's noble name seduced wavering Jin troops. Liu Daogui sealed Jiangling in panic. Lu Zongzhi raced from Xiangyang; Daogui left him holding Jiangling and sortied. Huan Qian massed river hulls backed by land arms. Zhijiang shattered Huan Qian; fleeing to Gou Lin earned him Jin's axe. Gou Lin fled upstream.
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興以國用不足，增關津之稅，鹽竹山木皆有賦焉。 群臣咸諫，以為天殖品物以養群生，王者子育萬邦，不宜節約以奪其利。 興曰：「能逾關梁通利於山水者，皆豪富之家。 吾損有餘以裨不足，有何不可！」 乃遂行之。
Empty coffers drove tolls on salt, bamboo, and timber. Ministers protested Heaven's bounty should not be taxed into misery. Xing said: "Those able to cross passes and bridges profiting from hills and streams are all wealthy houses. I harm surplus to aid deficiency—what is not permitted!" The levies stuck.
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興從朝門游于文武苑，及昏而還，將自平朔門入。 前驅既至，城門校尉王滿聰被甲持杖，閉門距之，曰：「今已昏暗，奸良不辨，有死而已，門不可開。」 興乃回從朝門而入。 旦而召滿聰，進位二等。
He toured the imperial park until dusk and aimed for Pingzhuo Gate. When van arrived city gate captain Wang Mancong donned armor grasping staff, shut the gate refusing him, saying: "Now it is already dark—good and wicked cannot be distinguished—death alone awaits—gates cannot open." Yao Xing doubled back through Chaomen. Dawn brought Mancong two promotions.
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乞伏乾歸以眾叛，攻陷金城，執太守任蘭。 蘭厲色責乾歸以背恩違義，乾歸怒而囚之，蘭遂不食而死。
Qifu Gangui stormed Jincheng and took Ren Lan. Ren Lan scolded Gangui's treason and starved in chains.
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赫連勃勃遣其將胡金纂將萬餘騎攻平涼。 興如貳城，因救平涼，纂眾大潰，生擒纂。 勃勃遣兄子提攻陷定陽，執北中郎將姚廣都。 興將曹熾、曹雲、王肆佛等各將數千戶避勃勃內徙，興處佛於湟山澤，熾、雲于陳倉。 勃勃寇隴右，攻白崖堡，破之，遂趣清水。 略陽太守姚壽都委守奔秦州，勃勃又收其眾而歸。 興自安定追之，至壽渠川，不及而還。
Bobo hurled Hu Jinzuan at Pingliang. Yao Xing relieved from Ercheng, captured Hu Jinzuan, and scattered his riders. Bobo's nephew Ti took Dingyang and bagged Yao Guangdu. Cao Chi, Cao Yun, and Wang Sifo shepherded refugees inland—Fo to Zhuang wetlands, the Caos to Chencang. Bobo ripped Longyou, cracked Baiya fort, and raced toward Qingshui. Yao Shoudu bolted to Qinzhou; Bobo scooped up his men. Yao Xing chased from Anding to Shouqu Stream but missed him.
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初，天水人姜紀，呂氏之叛臣，阿謅奸詐，好問人之親戚。 興子弼有寵于興，紀遂傾心附之。 弼時為雍州刺史，鎮安定，與密謀還朝，令傾心事常山公顯，樹黨左右。 至是，興以弼為尚書令、侍中、大將軍。 既居將相，虛襟引納，收結朝士，勢傾東宮，遂有奪嫡之謀矣。
Jiang Ji of Tianshui—a Lu turncoat—survived on flattery and gossip. He latched onto favored prince Yao Bi. Yao Bi, anchoring Anding, plotted a Chang'an comeback through Duke Xian's faction. Yao Xing promoted Bi to minister of education, attendant-in-ordinary, and grand general. Bi captured civil-military posts, stacked allies, and angled for the heir's stool.
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興以勃勃、乾歸作亂西北，傉檀、蒙遜擅兵河右，疇咨將帥之臣，欲鎮撫二方。 隴東太守郭播言於興曰：「嶺北二州鎮戶皆數萬，若得文武之才以綏撫之，足以靖塞奸略。」 興曰； 「吾每思得廉頗、李牧鎮撫四方，使便宜行事。 然任非其人，恆致負敗。 卿試舉之。」 播曰：「清潔善撫邊，則平陸子王元始； 雄武多奇略，則建威王煥； 賞罰必行，臨敵不顧，則奮武彭蠔。」 興曰：「蠔令行禁止則有之，非綏邊之才也。 始、煥年少，吾未知其為人。」 播曰：「廣平公弼才兼文武，宜鎮督一方，願陛下遠鑒前車，近悟後轍。」 興不從，以其太常索棱為太尉，領隴西內史，綏誘乾歸。 政績既美，乾歸感而歸之。 太史令任猗言於興曰：「白氣出於北方，東西竟天五百里，當有破軍流血。」 乞伏乾歸遣使送所掠守宰，謝罪請降。 興以勃勃之難，權宜許之，假幹歸及其子熾磐官爵。
Northwest rebels and Hexi warlords drove Yao Xing to hunt governors. Longdong Prefect Guo Bo said to Xing, "The garrison households of the two provinces north of the range each number in the tens of thousands. If we obtain men of civil and martial talent to soothe and pacify them, that will be enough to quiet the frontier against treacherous schemes." Yao Xing replied, " I always ponder gaining Lian Po and Li Mu to pacify four quarters letting them act expediently. Yet appointments miss the right men—always incurring defeat. You try nominating them." Bo said: "Pure and skilled soothing borders—then Baron of Pinglu Wang Yuanshi; heroic martial with many stratagems—then Establishes Might Wang Huan; rewards and punishments certain, facing foe without flinching—then Rouses Might Peng Hao." Xing said: "Peng Hao commands prohibition yes—but not talent to soothe borders. Yuanshi and Huan are young—I do not yet know their persons." Bo said: "Duke of Guangping Bi joins civil and martial—fitting to supervise one quarter—I pray Your Majesty mirror the overturned cart ahead and heed tracks behind." Yao Xing spurned Bi and sent Suo Leng to coax Gangui. Good governance lured Gangui back. Court Astrologist Ren Yi spoke to Xing: "White vapors issue from the north stretching east-west five hundred li across Heaven—there will be shattered armies and flowing blood." Gangui returned captives and sued for peace. Helian Bobo forced Yao Xing to paper over Gangui's revolt with titles for father and son.
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姚詳時鎮杏城，為赫連勃勃所逼，糧盡委守，南奔大蘇。 勃勃耍之，眾散，為勃勃所執。 時遣衛大將軍顯迎詳，詳敗，遂屯杏城，因令顯都督安定嶺北二鎮事。
Starving at Xingcheng under Bobo, Yao Xiang bolted south. Bobo snapped the column and took Xiang. Yao Xian rallied at Xingcheng after Xiang's loss and took theater command.
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潁川太守姚平都自許昌來朝，言於興曰：「劉裕敢懷奸計，屯聚芍陂，有擾邊之志，宜遣燒之，以散其眾謀。」 興曰：「裕之輕弱，安敢窺吾疆埸！ 苟有奸心，其在子孫乎！」 召其尚書楊佛嵩謂之曰：「吳兒不自知，乃有非分之意。 待至孟冬，當遣卿率精騎三萬焚其積聚。」 嵩曰：「陛下若任臣以此役者，當從肥口濟淮，直趣壽春，舉大眾以屯城，縱輕騎以掠野，使淮南蕭條，兵粟俱了，足令吳兒俯仰回惶，神爽飛越。」 興大悅。
Yingchuan Prefect Yao Pingdu came from Xuchang to court and told Xing: "Liu Yu dares harbor treacherous designs. He is massing at Quebei with the intention of disturbing the borders; you should dispatch forces to burn him out and scatter his plotting host." Xing said: "Yu's lightness and weakness—how dare he spy on my frontier! If treacherous heart exists—would it not lie with descendants!" He summoned Minister Yang Fosong telling him: "Wu men do not know themselves—yet harbor ambition beyond their station. Waiting until early winter I shall dispatch you leading thirty thousand picked riders to burn their stores." Song said: "Should Your Majesty entrust your servant this mission—cross the Huai at Feikou, strike straight for Shouchun, raise great host to camp the city, loose light riders to scour the fields—make Huainan desolate so soldiers and grain alike end—sufficient to make Wu men reel north-south in panic, spirits scattered." Yao Xing delighted in the plan.
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時西胡梁國兒于平涼作壽塚，每將妻妾入塚飲宴，酒酣，升靈床而歌。 時人或譏之，國兒不以為意。 前後征伐，屢有大功，興以為鎮北將軍，封平輿男，年八十餘乃死。
Liang Guoer banqueted inside his living tomb west of Pingliang. Gossip rolled off him. He died past eighty a decorated frontier general.
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時客星入東井，所在地震，前後一百五十六。 興公卿抗表請罪，興曰：「災譴之來，咎在元首； 近代或歸罪三公，甚無謂也。 公等其悉冠履復位。」
Guest stars and one hundred fifty-six tremors rocked the realm. Xing's dukes and ministers submitted memorials begging blame; Xing said: "Disaster and reproach arriving fault lies with the sovereign; Recent ages sometimes blamed the Three Dukes—quite meaningless. You gentlemen all resume caps and shoes to posts."
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仇池公楊盛叛，侵擾祁山。 遣建威趙琨率騎五千為前鋒，立節楊伯壽統步卒繼之，前將軍姚恢、左將軍姚文宗入自鷲陝，鎮西、秦州刺史姚嵩入羊頭陝，右衛胡翼度從陰密出自汧城，討盛。 興將輕騎五千，自雍赴之，與諸將軍會于隴口。 天水太守王松忿言於嵩曰：「先皇神略無方，威武冠世，冠軍徐洛生猛毅兼人，佐命英輔，再入仇池，無功而還。 非楊盛智勇能全，直是地勢然也。 今以趙琨之眾，使君之威，准之先朝，實未見成功。 使君具悉形便，何不表聞？」 嵩不從。 盛率眾與琨相持，伯壽畏懦弗進，琨眾寡不敵，為盛所敗，興斬伯壽而還。 嵩乃具陳松忿之言，興善之。
Yang Sheng of Chouchi struck toward Qishan. He sent Jianwei Zhao Kun with five thousand cavalry as the vanguard, followed by Yang Boshou with infantry. Former General Yao Hui and Left General Yao Wenzong entered through Jiashan, Yao Song, Inspector of Qinzhou and General Who Garrisons the West, entered Yangtou Pass, and Right Guard Hu Yidu came out from Yinmi through Qiancheng to attack Yang Sheng. Yao Xing himself rode five thousand to Longkou. Tianshui Prefect Wang Songfen told Song: "Late emperor's divine stratagem knew no bound martial awe crowned the age Champion Xu Luosheng fierce resolve doubling men supporting mandate splendid aide twice entered Chouchi yet returned without merit. It is not that Yang Sheng's wit and courage suffice—purely terrain acts thus. Now using Zhao Kun's host and your lordship's awe measuring against prior court truly success not yet seen. Your lordship fully knows terrain's convenience—why not memorialize?" Yao Song brushed him off. Boshou hung back; Kun lost; Yao Xing executed Boshou. Yao Song repeated the warning and Yao Xing agreed.
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乾歸為其下人所殺，子熾磐新立，群下咸勸興取之。 興曰：「乾歸先已返善，吾方當懷撫，因喪伐之，非朕本志也。」
After Gangui's murder ministers urged striking Chipan. Xing said: "Gangui has already returned to good faith; I should cherish and soothe him. To exploit his mourning and attack him is not Our original intent."
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以楊佛嵩都督嶺北討虜諸軍事、安遠將軍、雍州刺史，率領北見兵以討赫連勃勃。 嵩發數日，興謂群臣曰：「佛嵩驍勇果銳，每臨敵對寇，不可制抑，吾常節之，配兵不過五千。 今眾旅既多，遇賊必敗。 今去已遠，追之無及，吾深憂之。」 其下咸以為不然。 佛嵩果為勃勃所執，絕亢而死。
He gave Yang Fosong northern command against Bobo. Several days after Song departed Xing told ministers: "Fosong fierce brave sharp always facing foe cannot rein—I always restrained him assigning troops not exceeding five thousand. Now hosts already multitudinous meeting bandits surely defeated. Now gone already far chasing not reaching We deeply worry." Courtiers disagreed. Bobo captured Yang Fosong and cut his throat.
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興立昭儀齊氏為皇后。 又下書以其故丞相姚緒、太宰姚碩德、太傅姚旻、大司馬姚崇、司徒尹緯等二十四人配饗於萇廟。 興以大臣屢喪，令所司更詳臨赴之制。 所司白興，依故事東堂發哀。 興不從，每大臣死，皆親臨之。
Lady Qi became empress. Twenty-four late ministers joined sacrifices at Yao Chang's shrine. Repeated deaths pushed ritual review. Rites proposed Eastern Hall wakes. Yao Xing insisted bedside vigils.
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姚文宗有寵于姚泓，姚弼深疾之，誣文宗有怨言，以侍御史廉桃生為證。 興怒，賜文宗死。 是後群臣累足，莫敢言弼之短。
Yao Bi framed Wenzong before crown prince Hong. Yao Xing ordered Wenzong dead. Silence swallowed Yao Bi's sins.
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時貳縣羌叛興，興遣後將軍斂成、鎮軍彭白狼、北中郎將姚洛都討之。 斂成為羌所敗，甚懼，詣趙興太守姚穆歸罪。 穆欲送殺之，成怒，奔赫連勃勃。
Qiang mutiny near Er drew punitive columns. Beaten, Liancheng crawled to Yao Mu. Mu meant to execute him; Liancheng bolted to Bobo.
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興遣姚紹與姚弼率禁衛諸軍鎮撫嶺北。 遼東侯彌姐亭地率其部人南居陰密，劫掠百姓。 弼收亭地送之，殺其眾七百餘人，徙二千餘戶于鄭城。
Yao Shao and Yao Bi steadied the northern marches. Mizijie Tingdi raided Yinmi villages. Yao Bi slaughtered seven hundred and relocated two thousand families.
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弼寵愛方隆，所欲施行，無不信納。 乃以嬖人尹沖為給事黃門侍郎，唐盛為治書侍御史，左右機耍，皆其黨人，漸欲廣樹爪牙，彌縫其闕。 右僕射梁喜、侍中任謙、京兆尹尹昭承間言於興曰：「父子之際，人罕得而言。 然君臣亦猶父子，臣等理不容默。 並後匹嫡，未始不傾國亂家。 廣平公弼奸凶無狀，潛有陵奪之志，陛下寵之不道，假其威權，傾險無賴之徙，莫不鱗湊其側。 市巷諷議，皆言陛下欲有廢立之志。 誠如此者，臣等有死而已，不敢奉詔。」 興曰：「安有此乎！」 昭等曰：「若無廢立之事，陛下愛弼，適所以禍之，願去其左右，減其威權。 非但弼有太山之安，宗廟社稷亦有磐石之固矣。」 興默然。
Every whim of Yao Bi's won approval. He then made his favorite Yin Chong Palace Attendant at the Yellow Gate and Tang Sheng Palace Censor for Drafting Documents. The key posts around him were all held by his partisans, and he gradually sought to plant more henchmen to cover his faults. Right servant Liang Xi attendant Ren Qian capital intendant Yin Zhao seized interval telling Xing: "Between father and son rarely may men speak. Yet lord and minister likewise resemble father and son—we cannot remain silent. Twin empresses rivaling heir never yet failed to overturn state and disorder house. Duke of Guangping Bi treacherous vicious without measure secretly harbors ambition to overawe seize Your Majesty dotages him beyond measure lending awesome authority—leaning treacherous rogues none fail to scale clustering his side. Market lanes songs all say Your Majesty harbors intent to replace the heir. If truly thus we ministers have death alone dare not obey edict." Xing said: "How could there be this!" Zhao and others said: "If no replacement matter Your Majesty loving Bi precisely thereby harms him pray remove those beside him trim awesome authority. Not only Bi gains Mount Tai peace ancestral temples state altars likewise gain rock solidity." Yao Xing answered with silence.
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興寢疾，妖賊李弘反于貳原，貳原氐仇常起兵應弘。 興輿疾討之，斬常，執弘而還，徙常部人五百餘戶於許昌。
Bedridden Yao Xing faced Li Hong's cult rising at Eryuan. He rode a litter, killed Qiu Chang, bagged Li Hong, resettled five hundred families.
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興疾篤，其太子泓屯兵于東華門，侍疾於諮議堂。 姚弼潛謀為亂，招集數千人，被甲伏於其第。 撫軍姚紹及侍中任謙、右僕射梁喜、冠軍姚贊、京兆尹尹昭、輔國斂曼嵬並典禁兵，宿衛於內。 姚裕遣使告姚懿于蒲阪，並密信諸籓，論弼逆狀。 懿流涕以告將士曰：「上今寢疾，臣子所宜冠履不整。 而廣平公弼擁兵私第，不以忠於儲宮，正是孤徇義亡身之日。 諸君皆忠烈之士，亦當同孤徇斯舉也。」 將士無不奮怒攘袂曰：「惟殿下所為，死生不敢貳。」 於是盡赦囚徙，散布帛數萬匹以賜其將士，建牙誓眾，將赴長安。 鎮東、豫州牧姚洸起兵洛陽，平西姚諶起兵於雍，將以赴泓之難。 興疾瘳，朝其群臣，征虜劉羌泣謂興曰：「陛下寢疾數旬，奈何忽有斯事！」 興曰：「朕過庭無訓，使諸子不穆，愧于四海。 卿等各陳所懷，以安社稷。」 尹昭曰：「廣平公弼恃寵不虔，阻兵懷貳，自宜置之刑書，以明典憲。 陛下若含忍未便加法者，且可削奪威權，使散居籓國，以紓窺窬之禍，全天性之恩。」 興謂梁喜曰：「卿以為何如？」 喜曰：「臣之愚見，如昭所陳。」 興以弼才兼文武，未忍致法，免其尚書令，以將軍、公就第。 懿等聞興疾瘳，各罷兵還鎮。 懿、恢及弟諶等皆抗表罪弼，請致之刑法，興弗許。
Crown prince Hong massed at East Splendor Gate. Yao Bi hid thousands in armor at home. Palace guards under Yao Shao sealed the inner compound. Yao Yu alerted Yao Yi at Puban and frontier princes. Yi wept as he told the officers: "The lord above is now bedridden; subjects should be so distraught that their caps and shoes are in disarray. Yet Duke Guangping Bi embraces troops private manor not loyal to heir precisely solitary devoted righteousness dying day. You gentlemen are all loyal and fierce men; you too should join me in carrying out this deed." The officers and soldiers were all roused to anger, rolled up their sleeves, and said, "We will do only as Your Highness commands; in death or life we dare not have a second mind." He opened jails, draped ranks in silk, and aimed at Chang'an. Yao Guang at Luoyang and Yao Chen at Yong marched toward the capital. Xing illness healed convened ministers General Who Conquers Captives Liu Qiang wept telling Xing: "Your Majesty bedridden several tens days how suddenly this affair!" Xing said: "Our courtyard lacked instruction making sons not harmonious ashamed before Four Seas. Each of you state what lies in your breast to settle altars." Yin Zhao said: "Duke Bi of Guangping relies on favor and is irreverent; he obstructs the troops and harbors divided loyalties. He should properly be placed under the penal code, so that the statutes may be made clear. Should Your Majesty endure not convenient applying law temporarily strip awesome authority dispersing dwelling border states to loosen covetous calamity completing Heaven-nature kindness." Xing told Liang Xi: "What deem you?" Xi said: "Your servant's foolish view as Zhao stated." Yao Xing spared Bi but stripped the Secretariat. Princely armies stood down when father rallied. They demanded execution; Yao Xing refused.
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時魏遣使聘於興，且請婚。 會平陽太守姚成都來朝，興謂之曰：「卿久處東籓，與魏鄰接，應悉彼事形。 今來求婚，吾已許之，終能分災共患，遠相接援以不？」 成都曰：「魏自柴壁克捷已來，戎甲未曾損失，士馬桓桓，師旅充盛。 今修和親，兼婚姻之好，豈但分災共患而已，實亦永安之福也。」 興大悅，遣其吏部郎嚴康報聘，並致方物。
Wei sought renewed marriage ties. When Pingyang Prefect Yao Chengdu came to court, Xing told him: "You have long been stationed on the eastern frontier, adjoining Wei, and should know the state of their affairs fully. Now coming begging marriage We already consented—ultimately able share disaster joint peril distant mutual rescue or not?" Chengdu said: "Wei since Chaibi victory armour never suffered loss horses warriors martial hosts overflowing full. Now cultivating harmony kinship plus marriage's goodness how only share disaster joint peril moreover truly enduring peace's fortune." He sent Yan Kang with gifts.
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時姚懿、姚洸、姚宣、姚諶來朝，使姚裕言於興曰：「懿等今悉在外，欲有所陳。」 興曰：「汝等正欲道弼事耳，吾已知之。」 裕曰：「弼苟有可論，陛下所宜垂聽。 若懿等言違大義，便當肆之刑辟，奈何距之！」 於是引見諮議堂。 宣流涕曰：「先帝以大聖起基，陛下以神武定業，方隆七百之祚，為萬世之美，安可使弼謀傾社稷。 宜委之有司，肅明刑憲。 臣等敢以死請。」 興曰：「吾自處之，非汝等所憂。」 先是，大司農竇溫、司徙左長史王弼皆有密表，勸興廢立。 興雖不從，亦不以為責。 撫軍東曹屬薑虯上疏曰：「廣平公弼懷奸積年，謀禍有歲，傾諂群豎為之畫足，釁成逆著，取嗤戎裔。 文王之化，刑于寡妻； 聖朝之亂，起自愛子。 今雖欲含忍其瑕，掩蔽其罪，而逆黨猶繁，扇惑不已，弼之亂心其可革耶！ 宜斥散凶徒，以絕禍始。」 興以虯表示梁喜曰：「天下之人莫不以吾兒為口實，將何以處之？」 喜曰：「信如虯言，陛下宜早裁決。」 興默然。
At time Yao Yi Yao Guang Yao Xuan Yao Chen came court dispatching Yao Yu telling Xing: "Yi and others now all outside wish something memorialize." Xing said: "You all simply wish speak Bi matter We already know." Yu said: "If there is room to discuss Bi's case, Your Majesty should hear it. If Yi and the others' words violate great righteousness, then they should be exposed to penal execution. Why refuse to hear them!" He received them in Consultation Hall. Xuan weeping said: "Late emperor by Great Sage raised foundation Your Majesty by divine martial settled enterprise just flourishing seven hundred fortune becoming myriad generation's beauty how allow Bi plot overturn altars. The matter should be entrusted to the responsible offices, so that penal law may be made solemn and clear. Your servants dare beg with death." Xing said: "We Ourself shall handle it—not your worry." Dou Wen and Wang Bi had urged deposing Bi in secret. Yao Xing neither obeyed nor punished them. Pacification Army east bureau aide Jiang Qiu memorialized: "Duke Guangping Bi cherishes treachery hoarded years plotting calamity aged years overturning flattery crowd of boys draws clogs for him guilt formed rebellion manifest draws ridicule Rong borderlands. King Wen's transformation applied punishment to few wives; sacred court's disorder rises from beloved son. Now although wishing endure tolerate his flaws cover hide his crimes yet rebel clique still numerous fanning delusion without stop Bi's rebellious heart can it be reformed! You should disperse those violent followers and cut off the beginning of disaster." Xing showing Qiu's text to Liang Xi said: "Under Heaven none fail use Our son as mouthhandle—how shall We dispose?" Xi said: "If Qiu's words are trustworthy, Your Majesty should decide early." Yao Xing stayed mute.
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太子詹事王周亦虛襟引士，樹黨東宮，弼惡之，每規陷害周。 周抗志確然，不為之屈。 興嘉其守正，以周為中書監。
Yao Bi schemed against Wang Zhou's east-palace salon. Wang Zhou never bent. Yao Xing raised Wang Zhou to supervise the palace secretariat.
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興如三原，顧謂群臣曰：「古人有言，關東出相，關西出將，三秦饒俊異，汝潁多奇士。 吾應天明命，跨據中原，自流沙已東，淮、漢已北，未嘗不傾己招求，冀匡不逮。 然明不照下，弗感懸魚。 至於智效一官，行著一善，吾曆級而進之，不使有後門之歎。 卿等宜明揚仄陋，助吾舉之。」 梁喜對曰：「奉旨求賢，弗曾休倦，未見儒亮大才王佐之器，可謂世之乏賢。」 興曰：「自古霸王之起也，莫不將則韓、吳，相兼蕭、鄧，終不采將於往賢，求相於後哲。 卿自識拔不明，求之不至，奈何厚誣四海乎！」 群臣咸悅。
Xing went to Sanyuan looking telling ministers: "Ancients spoke east of pass yields chancellors west yields generals three Qin abounds remarkable differences Ru-Ying many strange knights. We responding Heaven bright mandate straddling occupying central plain from quicksand east Huai Han north never failed pour self inviting seeking hoping rescue inadequacy. Yet brightness does not illumine below they feel not suspended fish. As for wisdom serving one office conduct showing one goodness We step grade promoting them not letting possess rear-gate sigh. You gentlemen should make known and promote men from humble and hidden places, helping Us raise them up." Liang Xi replied: "Receiving decree seeking worthies never rested weary yet unseen Confucian illumination great talent kingly aide vessels may say age lacks worthies." Xing said: "From antiquity hegemon-kings rising none failed generals then Han Wu strategists combining Xiao Deng never yet harvest generals from past worthies seek chancellors from later sages. You yourselves recognition promotion not bright seeking them not arriving why thickly slander Four Seas!" Courtiers brightened.
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晉荊州刺史司馬休之據江陵，雍州刺史魯宗之據襄陽，與劉裕相攻，遣使求援。 興遣姚成王、司馬國璠率騎八千赴之。
Sima Xiuzhi and Lu Zongzhi begged Qin help against Liu Yu. Yao Xing sent eight thousand riders.
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弼恨姚宣之毀己，遂譖宣於興。 會宣司馬權丕至長安，興責丕以無匡輔之益，將戮之。 丕性傾巧，因誣宣罪狀。 興大怒，遂收宣於杏城，下獄，而使弼將三萬人鎮秦州。 尹昭言於興曰：「廣平公與皇太子不平，握強兵于外，陛下一旦不諱，恐社稷必危。 小不忍以致大亂者，陛下之謂也。」 興弗納。 赫連勃勃攻杏城，興又遣弼救之，至冠泉而杏城陷。 興如北地，弼次於三樹，遣弼及斂曼嵬向新平，興還長安。
Yao Bi slandered Yao Xuan. He blamed Quan Pi and meant to kill him. Quan Pi framed Yao Xuan to save himself. Rage jailed Yao Xiang at Xingcheng while Bi took thirty thousand west. Yin Zhao told Xing: "Duke Guangping uneven with crown prince grasping strong troops outside should Your Majesty once expire surely altars endangered. Small not enduring thereby great disorder—speaks Your Majesty." Yao Xing ignored him. Bobo took Xingcheng before Bi arrived. Yao Xing went to Beidi; Yao Bi halted at Sanshu; he sent Bi and Lian Manwei toward Xinping, then returned to Chang'an.
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姚成王至於南陽，司馬休之等為劉裕所敗，引歸。 休之、宗之等遂與譙王文思，新蔡王道賜，甯朔將軍、梁州刺史馬敬，輔國將軍、竟陵太守魯軌，甯朔將軍、南陽太守魯范奔於興。
Liu Yu crushed the Jin loyalists before Chengwang arrived. Sima Xiuzhi, Sima Zongzhi, Qiao Prince Wensi, Xincai Prince Daoci, Ma Jing, General Who Pacifies the Caitiffs and inspector of Liangzhou, Lu Gui, General Who Supports the State and grand administrator of Jingling, and Lu Fan, General Who Pacifies the Caitiffs and grand administrator of Nanyang, fled to Yao Xing.
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勃勃遣其將赫連建率眾寇貳縣，數千騎入平涼。 姚恢與建戰于五井，平涼太守姚興都為建所獲，遂入新平。 姚弼討之，戰于龍尾堡，大破之，擒建，送于長安。 初，勃勃攻彭雙方于石堡，方力戰距守，積年不能克。 至是，聞建敗，引歸。
Helian Jian struck toward Pingliang. Yao Xingdu fell captive; Jian took Xinping. Yao Bi shattered Helian Jian at Dragon Tail. Bobo had besieged Peng Shuangfang for years. News of Jian's loss broke the siege.
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休之等至長安，興謂之曰：「劉裕崇奉晉帝，豈便有闕乎？」 休之曰：「臣前下都，琅邪王德文泣謂臣曰：'劉裕供禦主上，克薄奇深。 '以事勢推之，社稷之憂方未可測。」 興將以休之為荊州刺史，任以東南之事。 休之固辭，請與魯宗之等擾動襄陽、淮、漢。 乃以休之為鎮南將軍、揚州刺史，宗之等並有拜授。 休之將行，侍御史唐盛言於興曰：「符命所記，司馬氏應復河、洛。 休之既得濯鱗南翔，恐非復池中之物，可以崇禮，不宜放之。」 興曰：「司馬氏脫如所記，留之適足為患。」 遂遣之。
Xiuzhi and others reaching Chang'an Xing told them: "Liu Yu reveres serves Jin emperor how could instantly flaw?" Xiuzhi said: "Your servant earlier descended capital Prince Langye Dewen weeping told Your servant Liu Yu supplies attends lord above stingy thin extraordinary deep. Reasoning by affairs' trend altars' worry square not yet fathomable." Yao Xing meant to seat Xiuzhi on the Jingzhou frontier. Xiuzhi chose raiding Xiangyang instead. He named Xiuzhi southern guardian and Yangzhou shepherd. When Xiuzhi was about to depart, Attendant Censor Tang Sheng told Xing: "The prophecy records say that the Sima clan should restore the He and Luo regions. Now that Xiuzhi has washed his scales and is soaring south, I fear he will no longer be a creature of the pond. You may honor him with ritual, but you should not release him." Xing said, "If the Sima clan is indeed as the records say, keeping them here will only be enough to create trouble." He let them go south.
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揚武、安鄉侯康宦驅略白鹿原氏胡數百家奔上洛，太守宋林距之。 商洛人黃金等起義兵以掎宦，宦乃率眾歸罪。 興赦之，復其爵位。
Kang Huan looted toward Shangluo until Song Lin blocked him. Local militias squeezed Kang Huan until he surrendered. Yao Xing restored his titles.
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時白虹貫日，有術人言於興曰：「將有不祥之事，終當自消。」 時興藥動，姚弼稱疾不朝，集兵於第。 興聞之怒甚，收其党殿中侍御史唐盛、孫玄等殺之。 泓言於興曰：「臣誠不肖，不能訓諧于弟，致弼構造是非，仰慚天日，陛下若以臣為社稷之憂，除臣而國寧，亦家之福也。 若垂天性之恩，不忍加臣刑戮者，乞聽臣守籓。」 興慘然改容，召姚贊、梁喜、尹昭、斂曼嵬於諮議堂，密謀收弼。 時姚紹屯兵雍城，馳遣告之，數日不決。 弼黨兇懼。 興慮其為變，乃收弼，囚之中曹，窮責黨與，將殺之。 泓流涕固請之，乃止。 興謂梁喜曰：「泓天心平和，性少猜忌，必能容養群賢，保全吾子。」 於是皆赦弼黨。
At the time a white rainbow pierced the sun. An occultist told Xing: "There will be an inauspicious affair involving a general, but in the end it should dissolve by itself." Bi feigned illness while stacking arms at home. Yao Xing executed Tang Sheng and Sun Xuan of Bi's ring. Hong told Xing: "Your servant is truly unworthy and failed to train his younger brothers, letting Bi manufacture lies—Your servant is ashamed before Heaven and Sun. Should Your Majesty regard Your servant as a danger to the altars, remove Your servant and the state will be calm—that too would be this house's fortune. If bending Heaven-nature kindness unwilling add Your servant punishment execution pray hear Your servant guarding border." Stricken, Yao Xing plotted Bi's arrest with key ministers. Word to Yao Shao at Yong stalled for days. Bi's partisans panicked. Yao Xing jailed Bi and hunted accomplices. Hong's tears stayed the executions. Xing told Liang Xi: "Hong Heaven-heart peaceful nature few jealousies surely able tolerate nurture crowd worthies preserve complete Our sons." He pardoned Bi's network.
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靈台令張泉又言於興曰：「熒惑入東井，旬紀而返，未餘月，復來守心。 王者惡之，宜修仁虛己，以答天譴。」 興納之。
Astrology Director Zhang Quan again told Xing: "Mars entered Eastern Well ten-day cycle then returned not remainder month again came guarding heart. Kings hate such signs; you should cultivate benevolence and empty yourself, thereby answering Heaven's reproach." Yao Xing listened.
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正旦，興朝群臣於太極前殿，沙門賀僧慟泣不能自勝，眾咸怪焉。 賀僧者，莫知其所從來也，言事皆有效驗，興甚神禮之，常與隱士數人預於宴會。
Monk He Seng sobbed uncontrollably at New Year court. He Seng's prophecies had never missed—Yao Xing honored him.
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興如華陰，以泓監國，入居西宮。 因疾篤，還長安。 泓欲出迎，其宮臣曰：「今主上疾篤，奸臣在側，廣平公每希顗非常，變故難測。 今殿下若出，進則不得見主上，退則有弼等之禍，安所歸乎！ 自宜深抑情禮，以甯宗社。」 泓從之，乃拜迎於黃龍門樽下。 弼黨見興升輿，咸懷危懼。 尹沖等先謀欲因泓出迎害之，尚書姚沙彌曰：「若太子有備，不來迎侍，當奉乘輿直趣公第。 宿衛者聞上在此，自當來奔，誰與太子守乎！ 吾等以廣平公之故，陷身逆節。 今以乘輿南幸，自當是杖義之理，匪但救廣平之禍，足可以申雪前愆。」 沖等不從，欲隨興入殿中作亂，復未知興之存亡，疑而不發。 興命泓錄尚書事，使姚紹、胡翼度典兵禁中，防制內外，遣斂曼嵬收弼第中甲杖，內之武庫。
At Huayin Yao Xing left Hong regent in the west palace. He hurried back as sickness bit. Hong wished go welcome his palace ministers said: "Now lord above gravely ill treacherous ministers beside Duke Guangping often hoping abnormal moment change hard fathom. Now Crown Prince if exits advance then cannot see lord above retreat then has Bi and others calamity where return! I should deeply restrain feeling through ritual, and thereby quiet the altars." Hong waited under Yellow Dragon Gate. Bi's men trembled when Yao Xing appeared alive. Yin Chong and the others had earlier plotted to take advantage of Hong's coming out to welcome him and kill him. Minister Yao Shamitan said: "If the crown prince is prepared and does not come to attend, we should escort the imperial carriage straight to the duke's residence. When the night guards hear that the lord above is here, they will of themselves race to him; who will be left to guard the crown prince! We others because Duke Guangplain reason sunk body rebel rhythm. Now, with the imperial carriage going south, this is naturally a case of upholding righteousness. It will not only rescue Guangping from disaster, but will suffice to declare and wash away our earlier faults." They hesitated without knowing if Yao Xing still breathed. Yao Xing armed Hong, disarmed Bi, sealed the palace.
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興疾轉篤，興妹偽南安長公主問疾，不應。 興少子耕兒出告其兄愔曰：「上已崩矣，宜速決計。」 於是愔與其屬率甲士攻端門，殿中上將軍斂曼嵬勒兵距戰，右衛胡翼度率禁兵閉四門。 愔等遣壯士登門，緣屋而入，及于馬道。 泓時侍疾於諮議堂，遣斂曼嵬率殿中兵登武庫距戰，太子右衛率姚和都率東宮兵入屯馬道南。 愔等既不得進，遂燒端門。 興力疾臨前殿，賜弼死。 禁兵見興，喜躍，貫甲赴賊，賊眾駭擾。 和都勒東宮兵自後擊之，愔等奔潰，逃於驪山，愔党呂隆奔雍，尹沖等奔于京師。 興引紹及贊、梁喜、尹昭、斂曼嵬入內寢，受遺輔政。 義熙十二年，興死，時年五十一，在位二十二年。 偽諡文桓皇帝，廟號高祖，墓曰偶陵。
He snubbed even his sister at bedside. Xing's youngest son Geng'er came out and told his elder brother Yin: "The lord above has already died; we should decide on a plan quickly." Prince Yin stormed the Vermilion Gate. Mutineers scaled walls toward the crown prince. Hong countered from Consultation Hall with armory troops and eastern palace guards. Blocked, they torched the Vermilion Gate. Yao Xing dragged himself to court and ordered Bi dead. Palace guards rallied at sight of their emperor. Yao Hedou smashed the coup; Yin fled toward Li Mountain. Yao Xing named regents on his deathbed. He died Yixi twelfth year at fifty-one after twenty-two years ruling. Histories record him as Emperor Wen Huan, temple Gaozu, buried at Ou Ridge.
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尹緯，字景亮，天水人也。 少有大志，不營產業。 身長八尺，腰帶十圍，魁梧有爽氣。 每覽書傳至宰相立勳之際，常輟書而歎。 苻堅以尹赤之降姚襄，諸尹皆禁錮不仕。 緯晚乃為吏部令史，風志豪邁，郎皆憚之。 堅末年，祅星見於東井，緯知堅將滅，喜甚，向天再拜，既而流涕長歎。 友人略陽桓識怪而問之，緯曰：「天時如此，正是霸王龍飛之秋，吾徒杖策之日。 然知己難遭，恐不得展吾才志，是以欣懼交懷。」
Yin Wei of Tianshui, courtesy Jingliang. Ambitious youth, no taste for land grabbing. Eight chi tall, ten-girth belt, towering presence. Reading of founding ministers he closed the text and sighed. Fu Jian blacklisted the Yin clan after Yin Chi defected to Yao Xiang. Demoted to a clerk, Yin Wei still intimidated his superiors. When omens foretold Fu Jian's fall Yin Wei laughed then wept. Friend Lüeyang Huan Shi wondered questioning him Wei said: "Season thus precisely hegemon-king dragon-soaring autumn we fellows staff-striding day. Yet intimate lord hard encounter fear unable stretch Our talents aspiration therefore joy fear mingle breast."
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及姚萇奔馬牧，緯與尹詳、龐演等扇動群豪，推萇為盟主，遂為佐命元功。 萇既敗苻堅，遣緯說堅，求禪代之事。 堅問緯曰：「卿于朕何官？」 緯曰：「尚書令史。」 堅歎曰：「宰相之才也，王景略之儔。 而朕不知卿，亡也不亦宜乎！」
At Ma pasture Yin Wei helped hoist Yao Chang as alliance chief. After Chang broke Fu Jian, Yin Wei urged abdication. Jian asked Wei: "What office held you toward Us?" Wei said: "Secretariat clerk." Jian sighed: "Chancellor's talent Wang Meng's match. Yet We knew not Your demise not also fitting!"
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緯性剛簡清亮，慕張子布之為人。 馮翊段鏗性傾巧，萇愛其博識，引為侍中。 緯固諫以為不可，萇不從。 緯屢眾中辱鏗，鏗心不平之。 萇聞而謂緯曰：「卿性不好學，何為憎學者？」 緯曰：「臣不憎學，憎鏗不正耳。」 萇因曰：「卿好不自知，每比蕭何，真何如也？」 緯曰：「漢祖與蕭何俱起布衣，是以相貴。 陛下起貴中，是以賤臣。」 萇曰：「卿實不及，胡為不也？」 緯曰：「陛下何如漢祖？」 萇曰：「朕實不如漢祖，卿遠蕭何，故不如甚也。」 緯曰：「漢祖所以勝陛下者，以能遠段鏗之徒故耳。」 萇默然，乃出鏗為北地太守。
Blunt and upright, Yin Wei modeled himself on Wu's Zhang Zhao. Yao Chang favored erudite courtier Duan Keng. Yin Wei warned against Duan Keng; Chang ignored him. Yin Wei shamed Duan Keng in open court. Chang hearing told Wei: "Your nature dislikes learning why hate scholars?" Wei said: "Your servant does not hate learning hates Keng's lack of rectitude." Chang therefore said: "You fond lacking self-knowledge always comparing Xiao He truly how so?" Wei said, "The Han founder and Xiao He both rose from common cloth, and for that reason each honored the other. Your Majesty rose among nobility therefore despises Your servant." Chang said: "You truly fall short why deny?" Wei said: "Your Majesty how compare Han founder?" Chang said: "We truly fall short Han founder Your far from Xiao He therefore falling short extreme." Wei said: "Han founder's reason exceeding Your Majesty lies in ability distance Duan Keng sorts." Silenced, Chang banished Duan Keng to Beidi.
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萇死，緯與姚興滅苻登，成興之業，皆緯之力也。 曆輔國將軍、司隸校尉、尚書左右僕射、清河侯。
Yin Wei anchored Yao Xing's victory over Fu Deng. He rose to Qinghe baron and twin servants-in-chief.
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緯友人隴西牛壽率漢中流人歸興，謂緯曰：「足下平生自謂：'時明也，才足以立功立事； 道消也，則追二疏、硃雲，發其狂直，不能如胡廣之徒洿隆隨俗。 '今遇其時矣，正是垂名竹素之日，可不勉歟！」 緯曰：「吾之所庶幾如是，但未能委宰衡於夷吾，識韓信於羈旅，以斯為愧耳。 立功立事，竊謂未負昔言。」 興聞而謂緯曰：「君之與壽言也，何其誕哉！ 立功立事，自謂何如古人？」 緯曰：「臣實未愧古人。 何則？ 遇時來之運，則輔翼太祖，建八百之基。 及陛下龍飛之始，翦滅苻登，蕩清秦、雍，生極端右，死饗廟庭，古之君子，正當爾耳。」 興大悅。 及死，興甚悼之，贈司徙，諡曰忠成侯。
Wei's friend Longxi Niu Shou leading Hanzhong displaced persons returning Xing told Wei: "Sir flat life self-called bright season talent suffices establish merit affairs; When the Way faded he would follow the two Shu models and Zhu Yun, unleashing blunt integrity rather than men like Hu Guang who wallowed with the tide. Now meeting its season precisely hanging name bamboo silk day can not strive!" Wei said: "Our hopes nearly thus only unable delegate chief minister ship to Yi Wu recognize Han Xin in traveler bonds holding this shame. Establishing merit affairs privately deem not betraying former words." Xing hearing told Wei: "Lord's speech with Shou how wildly boastful! Establishing merit affairs self-deem how toward ancients?" Wei said: "Your servant truly not ashamed ancients. Why? Meeting timely fortune arriving then aiding wings Taizu establishing eight hundred foundation. At the beginning of Your Majesty's rise, you cut down and destroyed Fu Deng and swept Qin and Yong clear. In life they reached the highest offices on the right, and in death they feast in the temple courtyard. This is precisely how ancient gentlemen should be treated." Yao Xing glowed. When he died Yao Xing mourned him deeply, awarding posthumous rank as minister of education and the marquis title Zhongcheng—Loyal Accomplisher.