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New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 66Volume 66: Hereditary House of Chu · 21 passages
希範卒，常數勸希廣以位奉其兄希萼，希廣不從。
After Xifan's death, Chang repeatedly urged Xiguang to yield the throne to his elder brother Ma Xie, but Xiguang refused.
希萼為朗州節度使，希範之卒，希萼自朗州來奔喪。
Ma Xie held Langzhou as military commissioner. When Xifan died, Xie came from Langzhou to mourn.
希廣將劉彥瑫謀曰：「武陵之來，其意不善，宜出兵迎之，以備非常，使其解甲釋兵而後入。」
Xiguang's general Liu Yantang advised, "Xie's arrival from Wuling bodes ill. Meet him with troops, guard against surprise, and make him disarm before he enters the city."
乃以兵迎希萼於砆石，止之於碧湘宮，厚賂以遣之。
He met Xie with troops at Fushi, lodged him at the Bixiang Palace, lavished gifts on him, and sent him home.
希萼憤然而去，乃遣使詣京師求封爵，請置邸稱藩。
Xie left in a fury and sent envoys to court seeking titles, a liaison office, and recognition as a vassal state.
希萼怒，送款於李景，舉兵攻長沙。
Enraged, Xie pledged allegiance to Li Jing of Southern Tang and marched on Changsha.
彥瑫敗希萼於僕射洲。
Yantang defeated Xie at Pushe Islet.
希萼去，誘溪洞諸蠻寇益陽。
Xie withdrew and stirred the stream-dwelling tribes to raid Yiyang.
劉彥瑫以舟兵趨武陵，攻希萼。
Liu Yantang sailed upriver toward Wuling to strike at Xie.
希萼舟兵沿江而上，自號「順天將軍」，攻岳州，刺史王赟堅城不戰，希萼呼赟曰：「吾昔約君同行，今何異心乎？」
Xie's fleet moved upriver under the title "General Who Follows Heaven" and besieged Yuezhou. Prefect Wang Yun held the walls and refused battle. Xie shouted, "We once agreed to march together—why have you turned against me?"
希萼引兵去，下湘鄉，止長沙，屯水西。
Xie withdrew, moved through Xiangxiang, halted at Changsha, and camped on the west bank of the river.
希廣以為可，而可瓊已陰送款於希萼，遂沮其議。
Xiguang agreed, but Keqiong had already secretly defected to Xie, and the plan was shelved.
希萼攻長樂門，牙將吳宏、楊滌戰於門中，希萼少衄，已而許可瓊奔於希萼，宏、滌聞之皆潰。
Xie assaulted the Changle Gate. Guardsmen Wu Hong and Yang Di fought inside the gate and briefly checked him, but when Xu Keqiong defected to Xie, Hong and Di's forces melted away.
希萼見之惻然曰：「此鈍夫也，豈能為惡？
Seeing him, Xie said with pity, "This fool could never have meant harm.
其下皆不對，遂縊死之。
No one answered, and Xie had him strangled.
乾祐三年，希萼自立。
In the third year of Qianyou (950), Xie declared himself ruler.
明年，漢隱帝崩，京師大亂，希萼遂臣於李景，景冊封希萼楚王，希萼悉以軍政事任其弟希崇。
The next year Emperor Yin of Han died and the capital plunged into chaos. Xie then submitted to Li Jing, who enfeoffed him as King of Chu. Xie entrusted all military and civil affairs to his younger brother Xichong.
希萼置酒端陽門，希崇辭以疾，威等縱惡馬十餘匹，以壯士執檛隨之，突入其府，劫庫兵，縛希萼，迎希崇以立。
Xie held a feast at Duanyang Gate. Xichong pleaded illness. Wei and the others turned loose more than ten vicious horses with armed men following, burst into the residence, seized the armory, bound Xie, and installed Xichong.
希崇遣彭師暠、廖偃囚希萼於衡山，師暠奉希萼為衡山王，臣於李景。
Xichong sent Peng Shigao and Liao Yan to imprison Xie at Hengshan. Shigao set Xie up as King of Hengshan under Li Jing.
封希萼楚王，居洪州；
He enfeoffed Xie as King of Chu at Hongzhou;
進逵少為靜江軍卒，事希萼為指揮使。
Jinkui had been a soldier in the Jingjiang army and served Xie as a commander.