Qin and Han · Ruler

Emperor 皇帝

Attested BC 117 - BC 117

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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 60House of the Three Kings · 18 passages
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宜專邊塞之思慮，暴骸中野無以報，乃敢惟他議以干用事者，誠見陛下憂勞天下，哀憐百姓以自忘，虧膳貶樂，損郎員。 By rights, I ought to devote all my thoughts to the frontier, and even if I left my bones bleaching in the wilderness I could never repay Your Majesty's grace. Yet I dare raise another matter and trouble those who conduct affairs of state, for I have truly witnessed Your Majesty toiling on behalf of the realm, pitying the common people until you forget your own well-being, cutting your meals, forgoing your pleasures, and reducing the number of court attendants.
六年三月戊申朔，乙亥，御史臣光守尚書令、丞非，下御史書到，言：丞相臣青翟、御史大夫臣湯、太常臣充、大行令臣息、太子少傅臣安行宗正事昧死上言：大司馬去病上疏曰：『陛下過聽，使臣去病待罪行閒。 In the sixth year, third month, on the wushen day which was the first of the month, and on the yihai day, the Imperial Censor Guang, serving as Prefect of the Imperial Secretariat, together with his Aide Fei, transmitted the document and reported: The Chancellor Qing Di, the Grandee Secretary Tang, the Grand Master of Ceremonies Chong, the Grand Herald Xi, and the Junior Tutor to the Crown Prince An, acting as Director of the Imperial Clan, at the risk of death submit the following: The Grand Marshal Qubing has presented a memorial stating: 'Your Majesty has shown me far too much favor, allowing your servant Qubing to hold an undeserved position among the ranks of honor.
宜專邊塞之思慮，暴骸中野無以報，乃敢惟他議以干用事者，誠見陛下憂勞天下，哀憐百姓以自忘，虧膳貶樂，損郎員。 By rights, I ought to devote all my thoughts to the frontier, and even if I left my bones bleaching in the wilderness I could never repay Your Majesty's grace. Yet I dare raise another matter and trouble those who conduct affairs of state, for I have truly witnessed Your Majesty toiling on behalf of the realm, pitying the common people until you forget your own well-being, cutting your meals, forgoing your pleasures, and reducing the number of court attendants.
臣謹與中二千石、二千石臣賀等議：古者裂地立國，并建諸侯以承天于，所以尊宗廟重社稷也。 We, your servants, have respectfully deliberated with the officials of the central two-thousand-shi and two-thousand-shi ranks, including He and others, and submit the following: In ancient times territory was divided and states were established, and feudal lords were invested to uphold the Son of Heaven, thereby honoring the ancestral temples and safeguarding the altars of soil and grain.
「丞相臣青翟、御史大夫臣湯昧死言：臣謹與列侯臣嬰齊、中二千石二千石臣賀、諫大夫博士臣安等議曰：伏聞周封八百，姬姓并列，奉承天子。 "The Chancellor Qing Di and the Grandee Secretary Tang, at the risk of death, state: We, your servants, have respectfully deliberated with the Marquis Ying Qi, the officials of two-thousand-shi and central two-thousand-shi rank including He, and the Remonstrant Official and Erudite An, among others, and submit the following: We have heard that the Zhou dynasty enfeoffed eight hundred lords, and those of the Ji surname were ranged alongside them, all serving and upholding the Son of Heaven.