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資治通鑑第286卷
Zizhi Tongjian, Volume 286
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【後漢紀一】起強圉協洽正月，盡四月，不滿一年。
[Later Han Records 1] Spanning from the first month of the sexagenary year Qiangyu Xiejia through the fourth month—less than a full year.
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高祖睿文聖武昭肅孝皇帝上天福十二年（ 丁未，公元九四七年）
The late Emperor Gaozu, posthumously styled Sagely in Culture and Martial in Holiness, Illustrious, Solemn, and Filial—in the twelfth year of the Tianfu era ( dingwei, 947 CE)
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春，正月，丁亥朔，百官遙辭晉主於城北，乃易素服紗帽，迎契丹主，伏路側請罪。 契丹主貂帽、貂裘，衷甲，駐馬高阜，命起，改服，撫慰之。 左衛上將軍安叔千獨出班胡語，契丹主曰：「汝安沒字邪？ 汝昔鎮邢州，已累表輸誠，我不忘也。」 叔千拜謝呼躍而退。
In spring, on the first day of the first month (dinghai), the officials bade farewell to the Jin emperor from a distance north of the city, then put on plain dress and gauze caps to welcome the Khitan emperor, kneeling by the road to plead for mercy. The Khitan emperor came in sable cap and coat, armor underneath, and reined up on a height. He told them to rise, change clothes, and reassured them. Left Guard General An Shuqian alone stepped out of the ranks and spoke in Khitan. The Khitan emperor said, "Aren't you An Mozi? You once held Xing Prefecture and sent memorial after memorial pledging loyalty. I have not forgotten." Shuqian bowed his thanks, cried out with joy, and bounded back to his place.
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晉主與太后已下迎於封丘門外，契丹主辭不見。
The Jin emperor, the empress dowager, and the court went out to welcome him beyond the Fengqiu Gate, but the Khitan emperor refused to receive them.
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契丹主入門，民皆驚呼而走。 契丹主登城樓，遣通事諭之曰：「我亦人也，汝曹勿懼！ 會當使汝曹蘇息。 我無心南來，漢兵引我至此耳。」 至明德門，下馬拜而後入宮。 以其樞密副使劉密權開封尹事。 日暮，契丹主復出，屯於赤岡。
As the Khitan emperor entered the gate, the populace screamed and scattered. The Khitan emperor climbed the city tower and had an interpreter call out, "I am a man like you—do not be afraid! In time I will let you live and recover. I did not mean to march south; Han soldiers brought me here." At the Gate of Illustrious Virtue he dismounted, bowed, and only then entered the palace. He put his vice commissioner of military affairs, Liu Mi, in charge of Kaifeng as acting mayor. At dusk the Khitan emperor left the city again and camped at Red Mound.
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戊子，執鄭州防禦使楊承勳至大梁，責以殺父叛契丹，命左右臠食之。 未幾，以其弟右羽林將軍承信為平盧節度使，悉以其父舊兵授之。
On wuzi, Yang Chengxun, military governor of Zheng, was brought to Daliang, accused of murdering his father and betraying the Khitan, and the emperor had his attendants carve up his flesh and devour it. Soon afterward his brother Chengxin, a general of the Right Forest of Feathers, was made governor of Pinglu and given all their father's old soldiers.
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高勳訴張彥澤殺其家人於契丹主，契丹主亦怒彥澤剽掠京城，並傅住兒鎖之。 以彥澤之罪宣示百官，問：「應死否？」 皆言：「應死。」 百姓亦投牒爭疏彥澤罪。 己丑，斬彥澤、住兒於北市，仍命高勳監刑。 彥澤前所殺士大夫子孫，皆絰杖號哭，隨而詬詈，以杖撲之。 勳命斷腕出鎖，剖其心以祭死者。 市人爭破其腦取髓，臠其肉而食之。
Gao Xun accused Zhang Yanzhe before the Khitan emperor of slaughtering his household. The emperor was also furious that Yanzhe had looted the capital; he and Fu Zhu'er were shackled together. Yanzhe's crimes were read out to the officials, who were asked, "Does he deserve death?" All answered, "He should die." Commoners too flooded in with petitions detailing his offenses. On jichou, Yanzhe and Zhu'er were executed in the north market, with Gao Xun ordered to oversee the killing. Sons and grandsons of the scholar-officials he had murdered came in mourning, wailing and cursing, striking his corpse with their staffs. Xun had his wrist cut free of the chains, opened his chest, and offered his heart to the dead. Crowds in the market fought to crack his skull for marrow and slice his flesh to eat.
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契丹送景延廣歸其國，庚寅，宿陳橋，夜，伺守者稍怠，扼吭而死。
The Khitan sent Jing Yanguang homeward. On gengyin he stopped at Chen Bridge; in the night, when the guards relaxed, he seized his own throat and died.
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辛卯，契丹以晉主為負義侯，置於黃龍府。 黃龍府，即慕容氏和龍城也。 契丹主使謂李太后曰：「聞重貴不用母命以至於此，可求自便，勿與俱行。」 太后曰：「重貴事妾甚謹。 所失者，違先君之志，絕兩國之歡耳。 今幸蒙大恩，全生保家，母不隨子，欲何所歸！」 癸巳，契丹遷晉主及其家人於封禪寺，遣大同節度使兼侍中河內崔廷勳以兵守之。 契丹主數遣使存問，晉主每聞使至，舉家憂恐。 時雨雪連旬，外無供億，上下凍餒。 太后使人謂寺僧曰：「吾嘗於此飯僧數萬，今日獨無一人相念邪！」 僧辭以「虜意難測，不敢獻食。」 晉主陰祈守者，乃稍得食。
On xinmao the Khitan demoted the Jin emperor to Marquis Who Broke Faith and sent him to Huanglong Prefecture. Huanglong was the Murong capital Helong. The Khitan emperor sent word to Empress Dowager Li: "I hear Chonggui ignored your counsel and brought ruin on himself. You may stay behind if you wish—do not travel with him." The dowager replied, "Chonggui has always treated me with devotion. His fault was only to abandon our late lord's policy and break the peace between our realms. Now that we owe our lives to your mercy, where would a mother go if she did not follow her son? On guisi the Khitan moved the Jin emperor and his household to Fengchan Temple and posted Cui Tingxun of Henei—governor of Datong and palace attendant—with soldiers to guard them. The Khitan emperor sent envoys again and again to inquire after them; each time one arrived, the whole household trembled with fear. Snow and rain fell for ten days straight; no supplies reached them from outside, and everyone above and below went cold and hungry. The dowager sent word to the monks: "I once fed tens of thousands of you here—has not one of you a thought for me now?" The monks refused: "The invaders' intentions are unpredictable—we dare not bring food." The Jin emperor quietly begged the guards, and only then did they receive a little food."
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是日，契丹主自赤岡引兵入宮，都城諸門及宮禁門，皆以契丹守衛，晝夜不釋兵仗。 磔犬於門，以竿懸羊皮於庭為厭勝。 契丹主謂晉群臣曰：「自今不修甲兵，不市戰馬，輕賦省役，天下太平矣。」 廢東京，降開封府為汴州，尹為防禦使。 乙未，契丹主改服中國衣冠，百官起居皆如舊制。 趙延壽、張礪共薦李崧之才。 會威勝節度使馮道自鄧州入朝，契丹主素聞二人名，皆禮重之。 未幾，以崧為太子太師，充樞密使，道守太傅，於樞密院祗候，以備顧問。
That day the Khitan emperor marched from Red Mound into the palace. Khitan soldiers held every city gate and palace gate, weapons in hand day and night. Dogs were torn apart at the gates; sheepskins hung on poles in the courtyard as charms against evil. The Khitan emperor told the Jin ministers, "Henceforth cease repairing arms, cease buying war horses, lighten taxes and labor—and the realm will be at peace." He abolished the Eastern Capital, reduced Kaifeng to Bian Prefecture, and made its mayor a defense commissioner. On yiwei the Khitan emperor donned Chinese dress; court ceremony resumed as before. Zhao Yanshou and Zhang Li jointly praised Li Song's ability. Feng Dao, governor of Weisheng, arrived from Deng Prefecture to pay court. The Khitan emperor had long known both names and treated them with high honor. Soon Song was made grand preceptor of the heir apparent and commissioner of military affairs; Dao remained grand tutor and waited at the bureau for consultation.
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契丹主分遣使者，以詔書賜晉之籓鎮。 晉之籓鎮爭上表稱臣，被召者無不奔馳而至。 惟彰義節度使史匡威據涇州不受命。 匡威，建瑭之子也。 雄武節度使何重建斬契丹使者，以秦、成、階三州降蜀。
The Khitan emperor sent envoys bearing edicts to Jin's military governors. Jin's governors rushed to submit pledges of allegiance; every man summoned raced to court. Only Shi Kuangwei of Zhangyi held Jing Prefecture and refused to obey. Kuangwei was Jiantang's son. He Chongjian of Xiongwu killed the Khitan envoy and surrendered Qin, Cheng, and Jie to Shu.
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初，杜重威既以晉軍降契丹，契丹主悉收其鎧仗數百萬貯恆州，驅馬數萬歸其國，遣重威將其眾從己而南。 及河，契丹主以晉兵之眾，恐其為變，欲悉以胡騎擁而納之河流。 或諫曰：「晉兵在他所者尚多，彼聞降者盡死，必皆拒命為患。 不若且撫之，徐思其策。」 契丹主乃使重威以其眾屯陳橋。 會久雪，官無所給，士卒凍餒，鹹怨重威，相聚而泣。 重威每出，道旁人皆罵之。
When Du Chongwei surrendered the Jin army, the Khitan emperor seized millions of arms and armor for storage at Hengzhou, drove tens of thousands of horses north, and ordered Chongwei to march his men south with him. At the Yellow River, fearing mutiny from so many Jin soldiers, the Khitan emperor meant to have his horsemen drive them all into the water. An adviser objected: "Many Jin troops remain elsewhere. If they hear every surrendering man was killed, they will resist—and become a plague. Better pacify them now and plan more slowly." The Khitan emperor then had Chongwei camp his men at Chen Bridge. Snow fell for days; the state gave them nothing; the men froze and starved, cursed Chongwei, and wept together. Whenever Chongwei appeared in public, passersby cursed him.
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契丹主猶欲誅晉兵。 趙延壽言於契丹主曰：「皇帝親冒矢石以取晉國，欲自有之乎，將為他人取之乎？」 契丹主變色曰：「朕舉國南征，五年不解甲，僅能得之，豈為他人乎！」 延壽曰：「晉國南有唐，西有蜀，常為仇敵，皇帝亦知之乎？」 曰：「知之。」 延壽曰：「晉國東自沂、密，西及秦、鳳，延袤數千里，邊於吳、蜀，常以兵戍之。 南方暑濕，上國之人不能居也。 他日車駕北歸，以晉國如此之大，無兵守之，吳、蜀必相與乘虛入寇，如此，豈非為他人取之乎？」 契丹主曰：「我不知也。 然則奈何？」 延壽曰：「陳橋降卒，可分以戍南邊，則吳、蜀不能為患矣。」 契丹主曰：「吾昔在上黨，失於斷割，悉以唐兵授晉。 既而返為仇讎，北向與吾戰，辛勤累年，僅能勝之。 今幸入吾手，不因此時悉除之，豈可復留以為後患乎？」 延壽曰：「曏留晉兵於河南，不質其妻子，故有此憂。 今若悉徙其家於恆、定、雲、朔之間，每歲分番使戍南邊，何憂其為變哉！ 此上策也。」 契丹主悅曰：「善！ 惟大王所以處之。」 由是陳橋兵始得免，分遣還營。
The Khitan emperor still meant to slaughter the Jin soldiers. Zhao Yanshou asked the Khitan emperor, "You braved battle to seize Jin—do you mean to keep it yourself, or let another take it? The emperor flushed. "I marched the whole nation south, wore armor five years, and barely won it—how could it be for another!" Yanshou said, "Tang lies south of Jin, Shu west—they are your constant enemies. You know this?" He said, "I know." Yanshou went on: "From Yi and Mi in the east to Qin and Feng in the west, Jin stretches thousands of li along Wu and Shu—troops must guard it always. The south is hot and damp—your people cannot live there. When you ride north someday, who will hold so vast a realm? Wu and Shu will strike together—is that not giving Jin away?" The emperor said, "I had not thought of that. What should we do?" Yanshou said, "Divide the Chen Bridge surrenderers to guard the south, and Wu and Shu will not trouble you." The emperor said, "At Shangdang I failed to finish the job and handed Tang's army to Jin. They became my enemies, fought me for years, and I barely beat them. Now they are in my grasp—if I do not destroy them now, how can I leave a future threat? Yanshou said, "Last time you left Jin troops south of the river without holding their families hostage—that is why you worry. Move every family to Heng, Ding, Yun, and Shuo, rotate them south by turns each year—what fear of mutiny then! That is the best plan. That is the best course. The Khitan emperor was pleased. "Good! Great King, handle it as you will." Thus the Chen Bridge men were spared and sent back to their camps."
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契丹主殺右金吾衛大將軍李彥紳、宦者秦繼旻，以其為唐潞王殺東丹王故也。 以其家族貲財賜東丹王之子永康王兀欲。 兀欲眇一目，為人雄健好施。
The Khitan emperor executed Li Yanshen of the Right Golden Crow Guard and the eunuch Qin Jimin for their part in the Tang Prince of Lu's murder of the Eastern Dān prince. Their families' goods were given to the Eastern Dān prince's son, Prince Yongkang Wuyu. Wuyu was blind in one eye, a bold and generous man.
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癸卯，晉主與李太后、安太妃、馮后及弟睿、子延煦、延寶俱北遷，後宮左右從者百餘人。 契丹遣三百騎援送之，又遣晉中書令趙瑩、樞密使馮玉、馬軍都指揮使李彥韜與之俱。 晉主在塗，供饋不繼，或時與太后俱絕食，舊臣無敢進謁者。 獨磁州刺史李穀迎謁於路，相對泣下。 穀曰：「臣無狀，負陛下。」 因傾貲以獻。 晉主至中度橋，見杜重威寨，歎曰：「天乎！ 我家何負，為此賊所破！」 慟哭而去。
On guimao the Jin emperor, Empress Dowager Li, Consort Tai An, Empress Feng, his brother Rui, and sons Yanshu and Yanbao marched north with more than a hundred palace women and attendants. The Khitan sent three hundred horsemen as escort, and ordered Zhao Ying, Feng Yu, and Li Yantao of Jin to accompany them. On the road supplies failed; sometimes he and the dowager went without food; no former minister dared visit. Only Li Gu, prefect of Cizhou, met them on the road and wept face to face. Gu said, "I am unworthy—I have failed Your Majesty." He poured out his wealth as a gift. At Zhongdu Bridge the Jin emperor saw Du Chongwei's camp and cried, "Heaven! What did my house do to deserve ruin by this traitor!" He wept bitterly and passed on.
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癸丑，蜀主以左千牛衛上將軍李繼勳為秦州宣慰使。
On guichou the Shu emperor named Li Jixun of the Left Thousand-Ox Guard commissioner to console Qin Prefecture.
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契丹主以前燕京留守劉晞為西京留守，永康王兀欲之弟留珪為義成節度使，族人郎五為鎮寧節度使，兀欲姊婿潘聿撚為橫海節度使，趙延壽之子匡贊為護國節度使，漢將張彥超為雄武節度使，史佺為彰義節度使，客省副使劉晏僧為忠武節度使，前護國節度使侯益為鳳翔節度使，權知鳳翔府事焦繼勳為保大節度使。 晞，涿州人也。 既而何重建附蜀，史匡威不受代，契丹勢稍沮。
The Khitan emperor appointed Liu Xi, former Yanjing commander, western capital commander; Wuyu's brother Liugui governor of Yicheng; clansman Langwu of Zhenning; Wuyu's brother-in-law Pan Yuzhen of Henghai; Yanshou's son Kuangzan of Huguo; Han general Zhang Yanchao of Xiongwu; Shi Quan of Zhangyi; reception vice commissioner Liu Yanseng of Zhongwu; former Huguo governor Hou Yi of Fengxiang; and acting Fengxiang prefect Jiao Jixun of Baoda. Xi was from Zhuo Prefecture. Soon He Chongjian went over to Shu, Shi Kuangwei refused transfer, and Khitan momentum faltered.
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晉昌節度使趙在禮入朝，其裨將留長安者作亂，節度副使建人李肅討誅之，軍府以安。
Zhao Zaili of Jinchang came to court; subordinates left at Chang'an mutinied; vice governor Li Su of Jian suppressed them, and the command was pacified.
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晉主之絕契丹也，匡國節度使劉繼勳為宣徽北院使，頗預其謀。 契丹主入汴，繼勳入朝，契丹主責之。 時馮道在殿上，繼勳急指道曰：「馮道為首相，與景延廣實為此謀。 臣位卑，何敢發言！」 契丹主曰：「此叟非多事者，勿妄引之！」 命鎖繼勳，將送黃龍府。 趙在禮至洛陽，謂人曰：「契丹主嘗言莊宗之亂由我所致。 我此行良可憂。」 契丹主遣契丹將述軋、奚王拽刺、勃海將高謨翰戍洛陽，在禮入謁，拜於庭下，拽刺等皆踞坐受之。 乙卯，在禮至鄭州，聞繼勳被鎖，大驚，夜，自經於馬櫪間。 契丹主聞在禮死，乃釋繼勳，繼勳憂憤而卒。 劉晞在契丹嘗為樞密使、同平章事，至洛陽，詬奚王曰：「趙在禮漢家大臣，爾北方一酋長耳，安得慢之如此！」 立於庭下以挫之。 由是洛人稍安。
When the Jin emperor broke with the Khitan, Liu Jixun of Kuangguo, northern palace commissioner, had helped plan it. When the Khitan emperor entered Bian, Jixun presented himself and was rebuked. Feng Dao stood in the hall; Jixun pointed at him and said, "Chief Minister Feng Dao and Jing Yanguang truly devised this plot. I am too low in rank to speak! The Khitan emperor said, "This old man is no troublemaker—do not drag him in falsely!" He ordered Jixun shackled for transport to Huanglong. When Zhao Zaili reached Luoyang he told others, "The Khitan emperor once said Zhuangzong's turmoil was my doing. This trip of mine is deeply worrying." The Khitan emperor posted Shuzha, Xi king Zhuaici, and Bohai general Gao Mohan at Luoyang. Zaili came to court and bowed in the courtyard; Zhuaici and the others received him sprawled on their seats. On yimao Zaili reached Zhengzhou; learning Jixun was shackled, he was terrified and hanged himself that night in the stable. Hearing of Zaili's death, the Khitan emperor released Jixun, who died of grief and rage. Liu Xi, once Khitan commissioner of military affairs and grand councilor, reached Luoyang and berated the Xi king: "Zhao Zaili is a Han minister—you are only a northern chieftain—how dare you insult him so!" He stood in the courtyard to put them in their place. After that the people of Luoyang felt somewhat safer."
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契丹主廣受四方貢獻，大縱酒作樂，每謂晉臣曰：「中國事，我皆知之； 吾國事，汝曹弗知也。」
The Khitan emperor took tribute from every quarter and feasted endlessly. He often told Jin ministers, "I know all affairs of China; but you know nothing of our state's affairs."
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趙延壽請給上國兵廩食，契丹主曰：「吾國無此法。」 乃縱胡騎四出，以牧馬為名，分番剽掠，謂之「打草穀」。 丁壯斃於鋒刃，老弱委以溝壑，自東、西南畿及鄭、滑、曹、濮，數百里間，財畜殆盡。
Zhao Yanshou asked for grain rations for Khitan troops. The Khitan emperor said, "We have no such custom. Instead he sent Khitan horsemen in every direction under the pretense of grazing horses, rotating bands to loot—called "beating the grass for grain." Able men died by the sword; the old and weak were left in ditches. From the capital districts east and west through Zheng, Hua, Cao, and Pu, for hundreds of li, property and livestock were stripped bare.
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契丹主謂判三司劉昫曰：「契丹兵三十萬，既平晉國，應有優賜，速宜營辦。」 時府庫空竭，昫不知所出，請括借都城士民錢帛，自將相以下皆不免。 又分遣使者數十人詣諸州括借，皆迫以嚴誅，人不聊生。 其實無所頒給，皆蓄之內庫，欲輦歸其國。 於是內外怨憤，始患苦契丹，皆思逐之矣。
The Khitan emperor told Liu Xu, director of the three offices, "Three hundred thousand Khitan soldiers have conquered Jin and deserve rich rewards—prepare them at once." The treasuries were empty. Xu knew no source and proposed forced loans from the capital's people—from ministers and generals down, no one was spared. He sent dozens of envoys to every prefecture to levy loans under threat of death; the people could not live. In fact nothing was distributed; everything went to the inner treasury to be carted north. Inside and outside alike turned bitter; people first felt the Khitan as a plague and all began to dream of expelling them.
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初，晉主與河東節度使、中書令、北平王劉知遠相猜忌，雖以為北面行營都統，徒尊以虛名，而諸軍進止，實不得預聞。 知遠因之廣募士卒。 陽城之戰，諸軍散卒歸之者數千人，又得吐谷渾財畜，由是河東富強冠諸鎮，步騎至五萬人。
Earlier the Jin emperor and Liu Zhiyuan of Hedong—secretariat director and Prince of Beiping—mistrusted each other. Though named overall commander of the northern armies, it was an empty title; he was never told when troops marched or halted. Zhiyuan used the interval to recruit widely. After Yangcheng, thousands of scattered soldiers rallied to him; Tuyuhun wealth and herds followed. Hedong became the richest command, with fifty thousand foot and horse.
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晉主與契丹結怨，知遠知其必危，而未嘗論諫。 契丹屢深入，知遠初無邀遮、入援之志。 及聞契丹入汴，知遠分兵守四境以防侵軼。 遣客將安陽王峻奉三表詣契丹主：一，賀入汴； 二，以太原夷、夏雜居，戍兵所聚，未敢離鎮； 三，以應有貢物，值契丹將劉九一軍自土門西入屯於南川，城中憂懼，俟召還此軍，道路始通，可以入貢。 契丹主賜詔褒美，及進書，親加「兒」字於知遠姓名之上，仍賜以木柺。 胡法，優禮大臣則賜之，如漢賜幾仗之比，惟偉王以叔父之尊得之。 知遠又遣北都副留守太原白文珂入獻奇繒名馬，契丹主知知遠觀望不至，及文珂還，使謂知遠曰：「汝不事南朝，又不事北朝，意欲何所俟邪？」 蕃漢孔目官郭威言於知遠曰：「虜恨我深矣！ 王峻言契丹貪殘失人心，必不能久有中國。」 或勸知遠舉兵進取。 知遠曰：「用兵有緩有急，當隨時制宜。 今契丹新降晉軍十萬，虎據京邑，未有他變，豈可輕動哉！ 且觀其所利止於貨財，貨財既足，必將北去。 況冰雪已消，勢難久留，宜待其去，然後取之，可以萬全。」
When the Jin emperor broke with the Khitan, Zhiyuan knew disaster was coming but never spoke against it. As the Khitan raided deep, Zhiyuan at first showed no will to block them or send aid. When he heard the Khitan had entered Bian, he posted troops on every border against incursion. He sent Wang Jun of Anyang with three memorials to the Khitan emperor: first, congratulations on entering Bian; second, that Taiyuan mixes barbarian and Chinese and holds many garrisons, so he dared not leave his post; third, that tribute was due but General Liu Jiuyi's Khitan force had entered from Tumen and camped at Nanchuan, frightening the city—once that army was recalled and roads cleared, tribute could be sent. The Khitan emperor sent a commendatory edict, wrote the character for "son" above Zhiyuan's name on his letter, and gave him a wooden staff. By Khitan custom such a staff honored great ministers, as Han armrests and staffs did—only the Prince of Wei, as the emperor's uncle, had received one before. Zhiyuan also sent Bai Wenke of Taiyuan with rare silks and fine horses. Knowing Zhiyuan was holding back, when Wenke returned the Khitan emperor asked Zhiyuan, "You serve neither south nor north—what are you waiting for?" Guo Wei, his Khitan-Han clerk, told Zhiyuan, "The barbarians hate us deeply! Wang Jun says the Khitan are greedy and cruel, have lost the people's hearts, and cannot long hold China." Some urged Zhiyuan to march and seize power. Zhiyuan said, "War has its seasons—one must suit the moment. Now a hundred thousand surrendered Jin troops bolster them in the capital—nothing else has shifted—how can we move rashly! Besides, they care only for loot; once they have enough, they will go north. The ice has melted—they cannot stay long. Wait until they leave, then take it—that is the sure course."
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昭義節度使張從恩，以地迫懷、洛，欲入朝於契丹，遣使謀於知遠。 知遠曰：「我以一隅之地，安敢抗天下之大！ 君宜先行，我當繼往。」 從恩以為然。 判官高防諫曰：「公晉室懿親，不可輕變臣節。」 從恩不從。 左驍衛大將軍王守恩，與從恩姻家，時在上黨，從恩以副使趙行遷知留後，牒守恩權巡檢使，與高防佐之，遂行。 守恩，建立之子也。
Zhang Cong'en of Zhaoyi, pressed by Huai and Luo, wished to pay court to the Khitan and sent an envoy to consult Zhiyuan. Zhiyuan said, "With my little corner, how dare I resist the realm! You should go first; I will follow." Cong'en agreed. His judge Gao Fang objected: "You are close kin to the Jin house—you must not lightly abandon your loyalty. Cong'en would not listen. Wang Shou'en of the Left Martial Guard, Cong'en's in-law, was at Shangdang. Cong'en left Zhao Xingqian as acting commander, made Shou'en acting inspector with Gao Fang to assist, and departed. Shou'en was Jianli's son.
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荊南節度使高從誨遣使入貢於契丹，契丹遣使以馬賜之。 從誨亦遣使詣河東勸進。 唐主立齊王景遂為皇太弟。 徙燕王景達為齊王，領諸道兵馬元帥。 徙南昌王弘冀為燕王，為之副。 景遂嘗與宮僚燕集，贊善大夫元城張易有所規諫，景遂方與客傳玩玉懷，弗之顧，易怒曰：「殿下重寶而輕士。」 取杯抵地碎之，眾皆失色。 景遂斂容謝之，待易益厚。 景達性剛直，唐主與宗室近臣飲，馮延己、延魯、魏岑、陳覺輩，極傾諂之態，或乘酒喧笑。 景達屢訶責之，復極言諫唐主，以不宜親近佞臣。 延己以二弟立非己意，欲以虛言德之。 嘗宴東宮，陽醉，撫景達背曰：「爾不可忘我！」 景達大怒，拂衣入禁中白唐主，請斬之。 唐主諭解，乃止。 張易謂景達曰：「群小交構，禍福所繫。 殿下力未能去，數面折之，使彼懼而為備，何所不至！」 自是每游宴，景達多辭疾不預。
Gao Conghui of Jingnan sent tribute to the Khitan; the Khitan sent horses in return. Conghui also sent envoys to Hedong urging Zhiyuan to take the throne. The Tang emperor named Prince of Qi Jing Sui imperial younger brother heir. He moved Prince of Yan Jing Da to Prince of Qi and made him commander-in-chief of all circuits. He moved Prince of Nanchang Hong Ji to Prince of Yan as his deputy. Jing Sui once feasted with palace staff. Zhang Yi of Yuancheng remonstrated while Jing Sui passed a jade cup among guests and ignored him. Yi snapped, "Your Highness treasures gems and slight scholars. He dashed the cup to the floor and shattered it; everyone blanched. Jing Sui composed himself and apologized, treating Yi with even greater respect. Jing Da was blunt by nature. When the Tang emperor drank with kin and close ministers, Feng Yanji, Yanlu, Wei Qin, Chen Jue, and their circle fawned extravagantly and sometimes shouted with drink. Jing Da repeatedly scolded them and bluntly warned the Tang emperor not to keep flatterers close. Yanji, unhappy that his two younger brothers had been elevated, tried to win them with empty praise. At an Eastern Palace feast he pretended drunkenness, patted Jing Da's back, and said, "You must not forget me! Jing Da flew into a rage, strode into the inner palace, and asked the Tang emperor to execute him. The Tang emperor calmed him and let the matter drop. Zhang Yi told Jing Da, "Petty men weave plots—your fortune hangs on how you treat them. You are not strong enough to remove them yet; shaming them to their faces only makes them fear you and prepare—what might they not do! After that Jing Da usually pleaded illness and skipped banquets."
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唐主遣使賀契丹滅晉，且請詣長安修復唐室諸陵。 契丹不許，而遣使報之。
The Tang emperor sent envoys to congratulate the Khitan on destroying Jin and asked permission to restore the Tang imperial tombs at Chang'an. The Khitan refused but sent envoys in reply.
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晉密州刺史皇甫暉，棣州刺史王建，皆避契丹，帥眾奔唐。 淮北賊帥多請命於唐。
Huangfu Hui of Mizhou and Wang Jian of Dizhou, fleeing the Khitan, led their men to Tang. Bandit leaders north of the Huai mostly submitted to Tang.
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唐虞部員外郎史館修撰韓熙載上疏，以為：「陛下恢復祖業，今也其時。 若虜主北歸，中原有主，則未易圖也。」 時方連兵福州，未暇北顧。 唐人皆以為恨，唐主亦悔之。
Han Xizai, Tang vice director of rites and historiographer, memorialized: "Your Majesty can restore the ancestral enterprise—now is the time. If the Khitan emperor goes north and the central plains find a ruler, the chance will be gone." But Tang was tied up campaigning at Fuzhou and could not look north. Tang subjects mourned the missed chance; the Tang emperor regretted it too.
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契丹主召晉百官悉集於庭，問曰：「吾國廣大，方數萬里，有君長二十七人。 今中國之俗異於吾國，吾欲擇一人君之，如何？」 皆曰：「天無二日。 夷、夏之心，皆願推戴皇帝。」 如是者再。 契丹主乃曰：「汝曹既欲君我，今茲所行，何事為先？」 對曰：「王者初有天下，應大赦。」 二月，丁巳朔，契丹主服通天冠、絳紗袍，登正殿，設樂懸、儀衛於庭。 百官朝賀，華人皆法服，胡人仍胡服，立於文武班中間。 下制稱大遼會同十年，大赦。 仍云：「自今節度使、刺史，毋得置牙兵，市戰馬。」
The Khitan emperor summoned all Jin officials to the courtyard and asked, "Our realm spans tens of thousands of li with twenty-seven rulers. China's customs differ from ours—I wish to choose someone to rule it—what say you? All said, "Heaven has but one sun. Barbarian and Chinese alike wish to acclaim Your Majesty." They said so twice. The Khitan emperor then said, "Since you wish me as ruler, what should come first? They answered, "A new ruler should proclaim a great amnesty." In the second month, on the first day dingsi, the Khitan emperor wore the penetrating-heaven cap and crimson gauze robe, entered the main hall, and set bells and guards in the courtyard. Officials paid homage; Chinese wore court dress, Khitan kept Khitan dress, standing between the civil and military ranks. An edict proclaimed Great Liao, year ten of Huitong, with a great amnesty. It also decreed that henceforth governors and prefects must not keep guard troops or buy war horses."
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趙延壽以契丹主負約，心怏怏，令李崧言於契丹主曰：「漢天子所不敢望，乞為皇太子。」 崧不得已為言之。 契丹主曰：「我於燕王，雖割吾肉，有用於燕王，吾無所愛。 然吾聞皇太子當以天子兒為之，豈燕王所可為也！」 因令為燕王遷官。 時契丹以恆州為中京，翰林承旨張礪奏擬燕王中京留守、大丞相、錄尚書事、都督中外諸軍事，樞密使如故。 契丹主取筆塗去「錄尚書事都督中外諸軍事」而行之。
Zhao Yanshou, angry that the Khitan emperor had broken his word, had Li Song ask to be made crown prince—more than any Han emperor would dare request. Song had no choice but to relay the request. The Khitan emperor said, "For the Prince of Yan I would cut my own flesh if it served him—I withhold nothing. But I hear the crown prince must be the emperor's own son—how could the Prince of Yan qualify! He ordered new offices for the Prince of Yan instead. The Khitan had made Hengzhou the central capital. Zhang Li proposed the Prince of Yan as central capital commander, grand chancellor, recorder of the Masters of Writing, and commander of all armies, retaining his post as commissioner of military affairs. The Khitan emperor crossed out "recorder of the Masters of Writing" and "commander of all armies" and issued the rest.
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壬戌，蜀李繼勳與興州刺史劉景攻固鎮，拔之。 乙丑，何重建請出蜀兵與階成兵共扼散關以取鳳州，丙寅，蜀主發山南兵三千七百赴之。
On renxu Li Jixun of Shu and Liu Jing of Xingzhou attacked Gu Town and captured it. On yichou He Chongjian asked to send Shu troops with Jie and Cheng forces to hold Sans Pass and take Fengzhou. On bingyin the Shu emperor sent thirty-seven hundred southern Shannan troops.
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劉知遠聞何重建降蜀，歎曰：「戎狄憑陵，中原無主，令籓鎮外附，吾為方伯，良可愧也！」 於是將佐勸知遠稱尊號，以號令四方，觀諸侯去就。 知遠不許。 聞晉主北還，聲言欲出兵井陘，迎歸晉陽。 丁卯，命武節都指揮使滎澤史弘肇集諸軍於球場，告以出師之期。 軍士皆曰：「今契丹陷京城，執天子，天下無主。 主天下者，非我王而誰！ 宜先正位號，然後出師。」 爭呼萬歲不已。 知遠曰：「虜勢尚強，吾軍威未振，當且建功業。 士卒何知！」 命左右遏止之。
Hearing He Chongjian had gone over to Shu, Liu Zhiyuan sighed, "Barbarians overrun us, the central plains have no ruler, and frontier commands turn elsewhere—a regional lord like me should be ashamed! His officers urged him to take the throne, command the realm, and watch which lords would follow. Zhiyuan refused. Hearing the Jin emperor was marching north, he announced he would march through Jingxing Pass to welcome him home to Jinyang. On dingmao he ordered Shi Hongzhao of Rongze, commander of martial discipline, to rally the armies on the drill ground and announce the campaign date. The soldiers cried, "The Khitan hold the capital and the emperor—the realm has no ruler. Who should rule if not our lord! Take the throne first, then march." They shouted "Long live the emperor!" without end. Zhiyuan said, "The barbarians are still strong and our army's prestige is not yet established—we must win victories first. What do common soldiers know!" He ordered his attendants to silence them.
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己巳，行軍司馬潞城張彥威等三上箋勸進，知遠疑未決。 郭威與都押牙冠氏楊邠入說知遠曰：「今遠近之心，不謀而同，此天意也。 王不乘此際取之，謙讓不居，恐人心且移，移則反受其咎矣。」 知遠從之。
On jisi Zhang Yanwei of Lucheng and others thrice urged him to take the throne; Zhiyuan still hesitated. Guo Wei and Yang Bin of Guanshi urged Zhiyuan, "Hearts near and far agree without collusion—this is heaven's will. If you do not seize this moment through modesty, hearts will shift—and you will pay for it." Zhiyuan agreed.
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契丹以其將劉願為保義節度副使，陝人苦其暴虐。 奉國都頭王晏與指揮使趙暉、都頭侯章謀曰：「今胡虜亂華，乃吾屬奮發之秋。 河東劉公，威德遠著，吾輩若殺願，舉陝城歸之，為天下唱，取富貴如反掌耳。」 暉等然之。 晏與壯士數人，夜逾牙城入府，出庫兵以給眾。 庚午旦，斬願首，懸諸府門，又殺契丹監軍，奉暉為留後。 晏，徐州； 暉，澶州； 章，太原人也。
The Khitan made their general Liu Yuan vice governor of Baoyi; the people of Shaan groaned under his cruelty. Wang Yan of Fengguo, Zhao Hui, and Hou Zhang plotted together: "The barbarians ravage China—this is our hour to act. Lord Liu of Hedong is famed far and wide. Kill Yuan, surrender Shaan to him, lead the realm—and fortune will be ours in a stroke." Hui and the others agreed. Yan and a few bold men scaled the yamen wall by night, entered the headquarters, and issued arms from the storehouse. At dawn on gengwu they beheaded Yuan and hung his head at the gate, killed the Khitan supervisor, and made Hui acting commander. Yan was from Xuzhou; Hui from Danzhou; Zhang was from Taiyuan.
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辛未，劉知遠即皇帝位。 自言未忍改晉國，又惡開運之名，乃更稱天福十二年。 壬申，詔：「諸道為契丹括錢率帛者，皆罷之。 其晉臣被迫脅為使者勿問，令詣行在。 自餘契丹，所在誅之。」
On xinwei Liu Zhiyuan took the throne. He said he could not bear to abolish Jin and hated the era name Kaiyun, so he proclaimed the twelfth year of Tianfu. On renshen an edict abolished all forced Khitan levies of money and silk in every circuit. Jin officials forced to serve as Khitan envoys were pardoned and ordered to the mobile court. All other Khitan found anywhere were to be killed."
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何重建遣宮苑使崔延琛將兵攻鳳州，不克，退保固鎮。
He Chongjian sent Cui Yanchen to attack Fengzhou but failed and fell back to Gu Town.
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甲戌，帝自將東迎晉主及太后。 至壽陽，聞已過恆州數日，乃留兵戍承天軍而還。
On jiaxu the emperor marched east in person to welcome the Jin emperor and dowager. At Shouyang he learned they had passed Hengzhou days before; he garrisoned Chengtian Army and turned back.
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晉主既出寨，契丹無復供給，從官、宮女，皆自采木實、草葉而食之。 至錦州，契丹令晉主及后妃拜契丹主阿保機墓。 晉主不勝屈辱，泣曰：「薛超誤我！」 馮后陰令左右求毒藥，欲與晉主俱自殺，不果。
Once the Jin emperor left camp, the Khitan gave nothing more; attendants and palace women gathered wild fruit and leaves to eat. At Jinzhou the Khitan forced the Jin emperor and his consorts to bow at Abaoji's tomb. The Jin emperor wept under the humiliation: "Xue Chao ruined me! Empress Feng secretly sought poison to die with him but failed.
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契丹主聞帝即位，以通事耿崇美為昭義節度使，高唐英為彰德節度使，崔廷勳為河陽節度使，以控扼要害。
Hearing of the enthronement, the Khitan emperor posted Geng Chongmei at Zhaoyi, Gao Tangying at Zhangde, and Cui Tingxun at Heyang to hold key points.
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初，晉置鄉兵，號天威軍。 教習歲餘，村民不閒軍旅，竟不可用。 悉罷之，但令七戶輸錢十千，其鎧仗悉輸官。 而無賴子弟，不復肯復農業，山林之盜，自是而繁。 及契丹入汴，縱胡騎打草穀。 又多以其子弟及親信左右為節度使、刺史，不通政事，華人之狡獪者多往依其麾下，教之妄作威福，掊斂貨財，民不堪命。 於是所在相聚為盜，多者數萬人，少者不減千百，攻陷州縣，殺掠吏民。 滏陽賊帥梁暉，有眾數百，送款晉陽求效用，帝許之。 磁州刺史李穀密通表於帝，令暉襲相州。 暉偵知高唐英未至，相州積兵器，無守備。 丁丑夜，遣壯士逾城入，啟關納其眾，殺契丹數百，其守將突圍走，暉據州自稱留後，表言其狀。
Jin had once raised local militia called the Army of Heavenly Prestige. After a year of drill the villagers were still unfit for war and proved useless. They were all disbanded; every seven households paid ten thousand cash and surrendered all arms to the state. Idle young men refused farming; mountain bandits multiplied from then on. When the Khitan entered Bian they let horsemen loot under the name of grazing. They installed sons and favorites as governors and prefects who knew no governance; crafty Han flocked to them, taught them to abuse power and squeeze the people past endurance. Everywhere bands formed—some tens of thousands strong, none fewer than hundreds—storming counties, killing officials, and looting the people. Liang Hui of Fuyang, with several hundred men, submitted to Jinyang for service and the emperor accepted. Li Gu of Cizhou secretly urged the emperor to have Hui seize Xiangzhou. Hui learned Gao Tangying had not yet arrived and that Xiangzhou held arms but no garrison. On the night of dingchou his men scaled the wall, opened the gates, killed hundreds of Khitan, and drove the defender out. Hui seized the city, declared himself acting commander, and reported to court.
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戊寅，帝還至晉陽，議率民財以賞將士，夫人李氏諫曰：「陛下因河東創大業，未有以惠澤其民，而先奪其生生之資，殆非新天子所以救民之意也。 今宮中所有，請悉出之以勞軍，雖復不厚，人無怨言。」 帝曰：「善！」 即罷率民，傾內府蓄積以賜將士，中外聞之，大悅。 李氏，晉陽人也。
On wuyin the emperor returned to Jinyang and planned to levy the people's wealth for the army. Lady Li objected: "You built your enterprise in Hedong without yet blessing the people—seizing their livelihood first is hardly how a new emperor saves his subjects. Give all we have in the palace to reward the troops—even if it is not much, no one will complain." The emperor said, "Well said! He dropped the levy, emptied the inner treasury for the troops, and all rejoiced. Lady Li was from Jinyang.
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吳越內都監程昭悅，多聚賓客，畜兵器，與術士游。 吳越王弘佐欲誅之，謂水丘昭券曰：「汝今夕帥甲士千人圍昭悅第。」 昭券曰：「昭悅，家臣也，有罪當顯戮，不宜夜興兵。」 弘佐曰：「善！」 命內牙指揮使儲溫伺昭悅歸第，執送東府，己卯，斬之。 釋錢仁俊之囚。
Cheng Zhaoyue, Wuyue's inner capital supervisor, gathered guests, hoarded arms, and consorted with occultists. King Hongzuo of Wuyue meant to kill him and told Shuiqiu Zhaoquan, "Tonight lead a thousand soldiers to surround Zhaoyue's house. Zhaoquan replied, "Zhaoyue is a household servant; if guilty he should be executed openly—not by night attacks." Hongzuo said, "Good! He had Inner Guard Commander Chu Wen seize Zhaoyue when he returned home and sent him to the eastern headquarters; on jimao he was executed. He freed Qian Renjun from prison.
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武節都指揮使史弘肇攻代州，拔之，斬王暉。
Shi Hongzhao attacked Daizhou, captured it, and beheaded Wang Hui.
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建雄留後劉在明朝於契丹，以節度副使駱從朗知州事。 帝遣使者張晏洪等如晉州，諭以己即帝位，從朗皆囚之。 大將藥可儔殺從朗，推晏洪權留後，庚辰，遣使以聞。
Liu Zaili of Jianxiong went to Khitan court and left Luo Conglang as acting prefect. The emperor sent Zhang Yanhong and others to Jinzhou to announce his enthronement; Conglang imprisoned them all. General Yao Keyou killed Conglang, made Yanhong acting commander, and on gengchen reported to court.
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契丹主遣右諫議大夫趙熙使晉州，括率錢帛，征督甚急。 從朗既死，民相帥共殺熙。 契丹主賜趙暉詔，即以為保義留後。 暉斬契丹使者，焚其詔，遣支使河間趙矩奉表詣晉陽。 契丹遣其將高模翰攻暉，不克。 帝見矩，甚喜，曰：「子挈咽喉之地以歸我，天下不足定也！」 矩因勸帝早引兵南向以副天下之望，帝善之。
The Khitan emperor sent Zhao Xi to Jinzhou to levy money and silk with brutal urgency. After Conglang's death the people rose together and killed Xi. The Khitan emperor issued an edict making Zhao Hui acting governor of Baoyi. Hui killed the Khitan envoy, burned the edict, and sent Zhao Ju of Hejian to Jinyang with a pledge of allegiance. The Khitan sent Gao Mohan against him but failed to take the city. The emperor received Ju with delight and said, "You bring the throat of the realm back to me—the empire is half won! Ju urged an early march south to meet the realm's hopes, and the emperor agreed.
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辛巳，以暉為保義節度使，侯章為鎮國節度使、保義軍馬步都指揮使，王晏為絳州防禦使、保義軍馬步副指揮使。
On xinsi Hui was made governor of Baoyi; Hou Zhang governor of Zhenguo and commander of Baoyi forces; Wang Yan defense commissioner of Jiangzhou and vice commander.
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高防與王守恩謀，遣指揮使李萬超白晝帥眾大噪入府，斬趙行遷，推守恩權知昭義留後。 守恩殺契丹使者，舉鎮來降。
Gao Fang and Wang Shou'en sent Li Wanchao to storm the headquarters in daylight, kill Zhao Xingqian, and make Shou'en acting Zhaoyi commander. Shou'en killed the Khitan envoy and surrendered the whole command.
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鎮寧節度使耶律郎五，性殘虐，澶州人苦之。 賊帥王瓊帥其徒千餘人，夜襲據南城，北度浮航，縱兵大掠，圍郎五於牙城。 契丹主聞之，甚懼，始遣天平節度使李守貞、天雄節度使杜重威還鎮，由是無久留河南之意。 遣兵救澶州，瓊退屯近郊，遣其弟超奉表來求救。 癸未，帝厚賜超，遣還。 瓊兵敗，為契丹所殺。
Yelü Langwu of Zhenning was cruel; the people of Danzhou suffered terribly. Bandit chief Wang Qiong led more than a thousand men in a night raid on the south city, crossed the pontoon bridge, looted freely, and besieged Langwu in his headquarters. The Khitan emperor was alarmed and sent Li Shouzhen and Du Chongwei back to their posts—he no longer meant to linger south of the Yellow River. He sent troops to relieve Danzhou; Qiong withdrew to the suburbs and sent his brother Chao to plead for aid. On guimao the emperor richly rewarded Chao and sent him home. Qiong was defeated and killed by the Khitan.
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蜀主加雄武節度使何重建同平章事。
The Shu emperor made He Chongjian of Xiongwu a grand councilor.
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延州錄事參軍高允權，萬金之子也。 彰武節度使周密，暗而貪，將士作亂，攻之。 密敗，保東城。 眾以允權家世延帥，推為留後，據西城。 密，應州人也。
Gao Yunquan, recording adjutant of Yanzhou, was Wan Jin's son. Zhou Mi of Zhangwu was dull and greedy; his troops mutinied and attacked him. Mi was beaten back and held the east city. The troops, knowing Yunquan's family had long ruled Yan, made him acting commander and held the west city. Mi was from Yingzhou.
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丹州都指揮使高彥珣殺契丹所署刺史，自領州事。
Gao Yanxun of Danzhou killed the Khitan-appointed prefect and took command himself.
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契丹述律太后遣使以其國中酒饌脯果賜契丹主，賀平晉國。 契丹主與群臣宴於永福殿，每舉酒，立而飲之，曰：「太后所賜，不敢坐飲。」
Empress Dowager Shulü sent wine, delicacies, dried meats, and fruit from home to congratulate the Khitan emperor on conquering Jin. The Khitan emperor feasted his ministers in the Hall of Eternal Blessings; each time he raised his cup he stood and said, "A gift from the empress dowager—I dare not drink seated."
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唐王淑妃與郇公從益居洛陽。 趙延壽娶明宗女為夫人，淑妃詣大梁會禮。 契丹主見而拜之曰：「吾嫂也。」 統軍劉遂凝因淑妃求節鉞，契丹主以從益為許王、威信節度使，遂凝為安遠節度使。 淑妃以從益幼，辭不赴鎮，復歸於洛。 契丹主以張礪為右僕射兼門下侍郎、同平章事，左僕射和凝兼中書侍郎、同平章事。 司空兼門下侍郎、同平章事劉昫，以目疾辭位，罷為太保。
Tang Honored Consort Wang and Duke of Xun Congyi lived in Luoyang. Zhao Yanshou had married a daughter of Emperor Mingzong; the honored consort went to Daliang for the rites. The Khitan emperor bowed to her and said, "She is my sister-in-law." Army commander Liu Suining sought a command through her; the Khitan emperor made Congyi Prince of Xu and governor of Weixin, and Suining governor of Anyuan. The honored consort declined the post for young Congyi and returned to Luoyang. The Khitan emperor made Zhang Li right vice director of the Masters of Writing with grand councilor rank, and He Ning left vice director with the same. Liu Xu, minister of works and grand councilor, resigned for eye disease and was made grand guardian.
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東方群盜大起，陷宋、亳、密三州。 契丹主謂左右曰：「我不知中國之人難制如此！」 亟遣泰寧節度使安審琦、武寧節度使符彥卿等歸鎮，仍以契丹兵送之。 彥卿至埇橋，賊帥李仁恕帥眾數萬急攻徐州。 彥卿與數十騎至城下，揚鞭欲招諭之，仁恕控彥卿馬，請從相公入城。 彥卿子昭序，自城中遣軍校陳守習縋而出，呼於賊中曰：「相公已陷虎口，聽相公助賊攻城，城不可得也。」 賊知不可劫，乃相帥羅拜於彥卿馬前，乞赦其罪。 彥卿與之誓，乃解去。
Bandits rose across the east and seized Song, Bo, and Mizhou. The Khitan emperor told his attendants, "I never knew Chinese were so hard to control! He hastily sent An Shenqi of Taining, Fu Yanqing of Wuning, and others back to their posts with Khitan escorts. At Yong Bridge Yanqing found Li Renshu leading tens of thousands in a furious assault on Xuzhou. Yanqing rode to the walls with a few dozen men and raised his whip to parley; Renshu seized his horse and asked him to enter the city. Yanqing's son Zhaoxu lowered Chen Shouxi by rope from the city and shouted to the bandits, "My father is in your hands—if he helps you attack, you will never take the city. Knowing they could not hold him, the bandits bowed in a ring before Yanqing's horse and begged forgiveness. Yanqing swore an oath with them and they dispersed.
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三月，丙戌朔，契丹主服赭袍，坐崇元殿，百官行入閣禮。
In the third month, on the first day bingxu, the Khitan emperor wore an ochre robe, sat in the Hall of Exalted Origin, and officials performed the entering-pavilion ceremony.
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戊子，帝遣使以詔書安集農民保聚山谷避契丹之患者。
On wuzi the emperor sent edicts to reassure farmers who had fled to the hills from the Khitan.
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辛卯，高允權奉表來降。 帝諭允權聽周密詣行在，密遂棄東城來奔。
On xinmao Gao Yunquan submitted his allegiance. The emperor told Yunquan to let Zhou Mi come to court; Mi abandoned the east city and fled to him.
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壬辰，高彥詢以丹州來降。
On renchen Gao Yanxun surrendered Danzhou.
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蜀翰林承旨李昊謂樞密使王處回曰：「敵復據固鎮，則興州道絕，不復能救秦州矣。 請遣山南西道節度使孫漢韶將兵急攻鳳州。」 癸巳，蜀主命漢韶詣鳳州行營。
Li Hao of Shu told Wang Chuhui, commissioner of military affairs, "If the enemy holds Gu Town again, the road to Xingzhou will be cut and Qinzhou cannot be saved. Send Sun Hanshao of Shannan West Circuit to strike Fengzhou at once." On guisi the Shu emperor ordered Hanshao to the Fengzhou front.
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契丹主復召晉百官，諭之曰：「天時向暑，吾難久留，欲暫至上國省太后。 當留親信一人於此為節度使。」 百官請迎太后。 契丹主曰：「太后族大，如古柏根，不可移也。」 契丹主欲盡以晉之百官自隨。 或曰：「舉國北遷，恐搖人心，不如稍稍遷之。」 乃詔有職事者從行，餘留大梁。 復以汴州為宣武軍，以蕭翰為節度使。 翰，述律太后之兄子，其妹復為契丹主後。 翰始以蕭為姓，自是契丹後族皆稱蕭氏。
The Khitan emperor summoned the Jin officials again and said, "Summer is coming—I cannot stay long. I will visit the empress dowager in the north. I will leave a trusted man here as governor." The officials asked him to bring the empress dowager south. The Khitan emperor said, "The empress dowager's clan is vast, like the roots of an ancient cypress—it cannot be moved." The Khitan emperor wanted to take all Jin officials with him. Someone said, "Moving the whole court north would shake hearts—better to move them gradually." He ordered officials with duties to accompany him and left the rest at Daliang. He restored Bianzhou as the Xuanwu command and made Xiao Han its governor. Han was a nephew of Empress Dowager Shulü; his sister again became the Khitan emperor's consort. Han first took the surname Xiao; thereafter Khitan consort clans all bore the name Xiao.
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吳越復發水軍，遣其將余安將之，自海道救福州。 己亥，至白蝦浦。 海岸泥淖，須布竹簀乃可行，唐之諸軍在城南者，聚而射之，簀不得施。 馮延魯曰：「城所以不降者，恃此救也。 今相持不戰，徒老我師，不若縱其登岸盡殺之，則城不攻自降矣。」 裨將孟堅曰：「浙兵至此已久，不能進退，求一戰而死不可得。 若聽其登岸，彼必致死於我，其鋒不可當，安能盡殺乎！」 延魯不聽，曰：「吾自擊之。」 吳越兵既登岸，大呼奮擊，延魯不能御，棄眾而走，孟堅戰死。 吳越兵乘勝而進，城中兵亦出，夾擊唐兵，大破之。 唐城南諸軍皆遁，吳越兵追之。 王崇文以牙兵三百拒之，諸軍陳於崇文之後，追者乃還。
Wuyue sent another fleet under Yu An to relieve Fuzhou by sea. On jihai they reached White Shrimp Creek. The coast was mud; they had to lay bamboo matting to advance. Tang troops south of the city shot at them and prevented it. Feng Yanlu said, "The city holds out only because it expects this relief. If we stand idle we only weary our army—let them land and slaughter them all, and the city will fall without a siege." Vice general Meng Jian objected, "The Zhe troops have been stuck here so long they would die fighting— if we let them land they will fight to the death and we cannot withstand them—how could we kill them all! Yanlu would not listen. "I will attack them myself." When the Wuyue troops landed they charged with a roar. Yanlu could not hold them, fled, and Meng Jian was killed. The Wuyue troops pressed their advantage; garrison troops sallied out, and together they shattered the Tang army. Tang forces south of the city fled; the Wuyue troops pursued. Wang Chongwen held them off with three hundred guards; the other armies formed behind him and the pursuers withdrew."
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或言浙兵欲棄福州，拔李達之眾歸錢唐。 東南守將劉洪進等白王建封，請縱其盡出而取其城。 留從效不欲福州之平，建封亦忿陳覺等專橫，乃曰：「吾軍敗矣，安能與人爭城！」 是夕，燒營而遁，城北諸軍亦相顧而潰。 馮延魯引佩刀自刺，親吏救之，不死。 唐兵死者二萬餘人，委棄軍資器械數十萬，府庫為之耗竭。 余安引兵入福州，李達舉所部授之。
Some said the Zhe troops meant to abandon Fuzhou, take Li Da's men, and return to Qiantang. Southeast garrison generals Liu Hongjin and others told Wang Jianfeng they should let the enemy leave and then take the city. Liu Congxiao did not want Fuzhou pacified; Jianfeng also resented Chen Jue's arrogance and said, "We are beaten—how can we fight for the city! That night they burned camp and fled; northern armies broke and ran as well. Feng Yanlu tried to kill himself with his dagger; attendants saved him. More than twenty thousand Tang soldiers died; they abandoned vast stores of arms and supplies and emptied the treasury. Yu An entered Fuzhou and Li Da surrendered his entire command.
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留從效引兵還泉州，謂唐戍將曰：「泉州與福州世為仇敵，南接嶺海瘴癘之鄉，地險土瘠。 比年軍旅屢興，農桑廢業，冬征夏斂，僅能自贍，豈勞大軍久戍於此！」 置酒餞之，戍將不得已引兵歸。 唐主不能制，加從效檢校太傅。
Liu Congxiao returned to Quanzhou and told the Tang garrison, "Quanzhou and Fuzhou have been enemies for generations. South lies the malarial coast; the land is rugged and poor. Years of war have ruined farming; we barely feed ourselves with winter campaigns and summer levies—why should a great army linger here! He feasted them farewell; the garrison had no choice but to withdraw. The Tang emperor could not restrain him and made him acting grand mentor."
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壬寅，契丹主發大梁，晉文武諸司從者數千人，諸軍吏卒又數千人，宮女、宦官數百人，盡載府庫之實以行，所留樂器儀仗而已。 夕宿赤岡，契丹主見村落皆空，命有司發榜數百通，所在招撫百姓，然竟不禁胡騎剽掠。 丙午，契丹〔主〕自白馬渡河，謂宣徽使高勳曰：「吾在上國，以射獵為樂，至此令人悒悒。 今得歸，死無恨矣。」
On renyin the Khitan emperor left Daliang with thousands of Jin officials and soldiers, hundreds of palace women and eunuchs, and all the treasury goods—leaving only instruments and ceremonial regalia. They camped at Red Mound; seeing empty villages, the Khitan emperor posted hundreds of notices to reassure the people—but still did not stop Khitan looting. On bingwu the Khitan emperor crossed the Yellow River at White Horse and told Gao Xun, "At home I take pleasure in the hunt—here I am heartsick. Now that I can go home, I can die without regret."
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蜀孫漢韶將兵二萬攻鳳州，軍於固鎮，分兵扼散關以絕援路。
Sun Hanshao of Shu led twenty thousand men against Fengzhou, camped at Gu Town, and blocked Sans Pass to cut off relief.
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張筠、余安皆還錢唐，吳越王弘佐遣東南安撫使鮑修讓將兵戍福州，以東府安撫使錢弘倧為丞相。
Zhang Yun and Yu An returned to Qiantang; King Hongzuo of Wuyue sent Bao Xiurang to garrison Fuzhou and made Qian Hongzong chancellor.
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庚戌，以皇弟北京馬步都指揮使崇行太原尹，知府事。
On gengxu the emperor's brother Chong, commander of the northern capital forces, was made mayor of Taiyuan.
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辛亥，契丹主將攻相州，梁暉請降，契丹主赦之，許以為防禦使。 暉疑其詐，復乘城拒守。 夏，四月，己未，未明，契丹主命蕃、漢諸軍急攻相州，食時克之，悉殺城中男子，驅其婦女而北，胡人擲嬰孩於空中，舉刃接之以為樂。 留高唐英守相州。 唐英閱城中，遺民男女得七百餘人。 其後節度使王繼弘斂城中髑髏瘞之，凡得十餘萬。 或告磁州刺史李穀謀舉州應漢，契丹主執而詰之，谷不服，契丹主引手於車中，若取所獲文書者。 谷知其詐，因請曰：「必有其驗，乞顯示之。」 凡六詰，谷辭氣不屈，乃釋之。
On xinhai, as the Khitan emperor prepared to attack Xiangzhou, Liang Hui offered to surrender; the Khitan emperor pardoned him and promised to make him defense commissioner. Hui suspected a trick and held the walls again. In summer, the fourth month, before dawn on jiwei, Khitan and Han armies stormed Xiangzhou and took it by breakfast. They killed every man, drove the women north, and Khitan soldiers tossed infants in the air and caught them on their blades for sport. He left Gao Tangying to hold Xiangzhou. Tangying counted barely seven hundred survivors in the city. Later Governor Wang Jihong gathered and buried more than a hundred thousand skulls from the city. Someone accused Li Gu of Cizhou of plotting to surrender to the Han emperor. The Khitan emperor seized and questioned him; Gu denied it, and the emperor reached into his carriage as if for evidence. Gu knew it was a bluff and asked, "If there is proof, show it. Through six rounds of questioning Gu never yielded, and they released him.
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帝以從弟北京馬軍都指揮使信領義成節度使，充侍衛馬軍都指揮使，武節都指揮使史弘肇領忠武節度使，充步軍都指揮使，右都押牙楊邠權樞密使，蕃漢兵馬都孔目官郭威權副樞密使，兩使都孔目官南樂王章權三司使。
The emperor made his cousin Xin governor of Yicheng and commander of the imperial horse guard; Shi Hongzhao governor of Zhongwu and commander of the foot guard; Yang Bin acting commissioner of military affairs; Guo Wei acting vice commissioner; and Wang Zhang of Nanle acting director of the three offices.
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癸亥，立魏國夫人李氏為皇后。
On guihai Lady Li of Wei was made empress.
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契丹主見所過城邑丘墟，謂蕃、漢群臣曰：「致中國如此，皆燕王之罪也。」 顧張礪曰：「爾亦有力焉。」
Seeing ruined cities along the way, the Khitan emperor told his ministers, "Reducing China to this is all the Prince of Yan's fault. He turned to Zhang Li and said, "You had a hand in it too."
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甲子，帝以河東節度判官長安蘇逢吉、觀察判官蘇禹珪為中書侍郎、同平章事。 禹珪，密州人也。
On jiazi the emperor made Su Fengji of Chang'an and Su Yugui of Hedong secretariat attendants and grand councilors. Yugui was from Mizhou.
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振武節度使、府州團練使折從遠入朝，更名從阮，置永安軍於府州，以從阮為節度使。 又以河東左都押牙劉銖為河陽節度使。 銖，陝人也。
She Congyuan of Zhenwu and Fuzhou came to court, renamed himself Congruan, established the Yong'an command at Fuzhou, and made him its governor. He also made Liu Zhu of Hedong governor of Heyang. Zhu was from Shaan.
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契丹昭義節度使耿崇美屯澤州，將攻潞州。 乙丑，詔史弘肇將步騎萬人救之。
Geng Chongmei of Zhaoyi camped at Zezhou and prepared to attack Luzhou. On yichou the emperor ordered Shi Hongzhao to march ten thousand foot and horse to the relief.
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丙寅，以王守恩為昭義節度使，高允權為彰武節度使，又以岢嵐軍使鄭廉為忻州刺史，領彰國節度使兼忻、代二州義軍都部署。 丁卯，以緣河巡檢使閻萬進為嵐州刺史，領振武節度使兼嵐、憲二州義軍都制置使。 帝聞契丹北歸，欲經略河南，故以弘肇為前驅，又遣謙萬進出北方以分契丹兵勢。 萬進，并州人也。
On bingyin Wang Shou'en was made governor of Zhaoyi, Gao Yunquan of Zhangwu; Zheng Lian of Kelan was made prefect of Xinzhou and governor of Zhangguo with command of the Xi and Dai righteous armies. On dingmao Yan Wanjin, river-border inspector, was made prefect of Lanzhou and governor of Zhenwu with command of the Lan and Xian righteous armies. Hearing the Khitan were going north, the emperor planned to recover the central plains, sent Hongzhao as vanguard, and posted Lian and Wanjin northward to divide Khitan strength. Wanjin was from Bingzhou.
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契丹主以船數十艘載晉鎧仗，將自汴溯河歸其國，命寧國都虞候榆次武行德將士卒千餘人部送之。 至河陰，行德與將士謀曰：「今為虜所制，將遠去鄉里。 人生會有死，安能為異域之鬼乎！ 虜勢不能久留中國，不若共逐其黨，堅守河陽，以俟天命之所歸者而臣之，豈非長策乎！」 眾以為然。 行德即以鎧仗授之，相與殺契丹監軍使。 會契丹河陽節度使崔廷勳以兵送耿崇美之潞州，行德遂乘虛入據河陽，眾推行德為河陽都部署。 行德遣弟行友奉蠟表間道詣晉陽。
The Khitan emperor loaded dozens of ships with Jin arms to sail upriver from Bian homeward, with Wu Xingde of Yuci escorting a thousand men. At Heyin, Xingde told his men, "We are prisoners of the barbarians, bound for a foreign land. Men must die—how can we become ghosts in a foreign land! The barbarians cannot stay long in China—let us drive them off, hold Heyang, and serve whoever heaven chooses—is that not the wise course! All agreed. Xingde armed them and together they killed the Khitan supervisor. Cui Tingxun of Heyang was escorting Geng Chongmei to Luzhou; Xingde seized Heyang and the troops made him overall commander. Xingde sent his brother Xingyou by a secret route to Jinyang with a sealed memorial."
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契丹遣武定節度使方太詣洛陽巡檢，至鄭州。 州有戍兵，共迫太為鄭王。 梁嗣密王朱乙逃禍為僧，嵩山賊帥張遇得之，立以為天子，取嵩岳神袞冕以衣之，帥眾萬餘襲鄭州，太擊走之。 太以契丹尚強，恐事不濟，說諭戍兵，欲與之俱西，眾不從，太自西門逃奔洛陽。 戍兵既失太，反譖太於契丹，雲脅我為亂。 太遣子師朗自訴於契丹，契丹將麻荅殺之，太無以自明。 會群盜攻洛陽，契丹留守劉晞棄城奔許州，太乃入府行留守事，與巡檢使潘環擊群盜卻之，張遇殺朱乙請降。 伊闕賊帥自稱天子，誓眾於南郊壇，將入洛陽，太逆擊，走之。 太欲自歸於晉陽，武行德使人誘太曰：「我裨校也，公舊鎮此地，今虛位相待。」 太信之，至河陽，為行德所殺。
The Khitan sent Fang Tai of Wuding to inspect Luoyang; he reached Zhengzhou. Garrison troops forced him to become Prince of Zheng. Zhu Yi, heir prince of Simi, had fled as a monk; bandit chief Zhang Yu of Mount Song made him emperor, dressed him in sacred robes from Mount Song, and led ten thousand men against Zhengzhou; Tai drove them off. Fearing the Khitan were still too strong, Tai tried to persuade the garrison to march west with him; they refused, and he fled through the west gate to Luoyang. After he fled, the garrison slandered him to the Khitan, claiming he had forced them into rebellion. Tai sent his son Shilang to plead his case; the Khitan general Mada killed him, and Tai could not clear his name. Bandits attacked Luoyang; Liu Xi abandoned the city for Xuzhou; Tai took over as acting commander, and with Pan Huan repelled the bandits; Zhang Yu killed Zhu Yi and surrendered. A bandit chief at Yique declared himself emperor and swore his men at the southern suburban altar before marching on Luoyang; Tai routed him. Tai wished to submit to Jinyang; Wu Xingde sent word: "I am your subordinate—you once held this post, and the seat awaits you." Tai believed him; reaching Heyang, Xingde killed him.
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蕭翰遣高謨翰援送劉晞自許還洛陽，晞疑潘環構其眾逐己，使謨翰殺之。
Xiao Han sent Gao Mohan to escort Liu Xi from Xu back to Luoyang; Xi suspected Pan Huan had turned the troops against him and had Mohan kill Pan.
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戊辰，武行友至晉陽。
On wuchen Wu Xingyou reached Jinyang.
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庚午，史弘肇奏遣先鋒將馬誨擊契丹，斬首千餘級。 時耿崇美，崔廷勳至澤州，聞弘肇兵已入潞州，不敢進，引眾而南。 弘肇遣誨追擊，破之，崇美、廷勳與奚王拽剌退保懷州。
On gengwu Shi Hongzhao reported that vanguard Ma Hui had struck the Khitan and taken more than a thousand heads. Geng Chongmei and Cui Tingxun had reached Zezhou; hearing Hongzhao had entered Luzhou, they dared not advance and withdrew south. Hongzhao sent Hui in pursuit, routed them, and Chongmei, Tingxun, and Xi king Zhuaici fell back to Huaizhou.
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辛未，以武行德為河陽節度使。
On xinwei Wu Xingde was made governor of Heyang.
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契丹主聞河陽亂，歎曰：「我有三失，宜天下之叛我也！ 諸道括錢，一失也； 令上國人打草穀，二失也； 不早遣諸節度使還鎮，三失也。」
Hearing of the revolt at Heyang, the Khitan emperor sighed, "I made three mistakes—no wonder the realm turned against me! Forced loans in every circuit—that was the first; letting my people loot as 'beating the grass for grain'—the second; and not sending the governors back to their posts sooner—the third."
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唐主以矯詔敗軍，皆陳覺、馮延魯之罪，壬申，詔赦諸將，議斬二人以謝中外。 御史中丞江文蔚對仗彈馮延己、魏岑曰：「陛下踐阼以來，所信任者，延己、延魯、岑、覺四人而已，皆陰狡弄權，壅蔽聰明，排斥忠良，引用群小，諫爭者逐，竊議者刑，上下相蒙，道路以目。 今覺、延魯雖伏辜，而延己、岑猶在，本根未殄，枝幹復生。 同罪異誅，人心疑惑。」 又曰：「上之視聽，惟在數人，雖日接群臣，終成孤立。」 又曰：「在外者握兵，居中者當國。」 又曰：「岑、覺、延魯，更相違戾，彼前則我卻，彼東則我西。 天生五材，國之利器，一旦為小人忿爭妄動之具。」 又曰：「征討之柄，在岑折簡，帑藏取與，系岑一言。」 唐主以文蔚所言為太過，怒，貶江州司士參軍。 械送覺、延魯至金陵。 宋齊丘以嘗薦覺使福州，上表待罪。 詔流覺於蘄州，延魯於舒州。 知制誥會稽徐鉉、史館修撰韓熙載上疏曰：「覺、延魯罪不容誅，但齊丘、延己為之陳請，故陛下赦之。 擅興者不罪，則疆場有生事者矣； 喪師者獲存，則行陳無效死者矣。 請行顯戮以重軍威。」 不從。
Blaming the forged edict and defeated army on Chen Jue and Feng Yanlu, the Tang emperor on renshen pardoned the generals and debated executing the two men to appease court and realm. Censor-in-chief Jiang Wenwei impeached Feng Yanji and Wei Qin at court: "Since Your Majesty took the throne you have trusted only Yanji, Yanlu, Qin, and Jue—four men who secretly manipulate power, blind your judgment, drive out the loyal, elevate petty men, exile remonstrators, punish whisperers, and leave the realm afraid to speak. Jue and Yanlu are punished, but Yanji and Qin remain—the root is not cut, and the branches will grow again. Equal guilt but unequal punishment breeds doubt. He added, "Your eyes and ears rest on a few men; though you meet ministers daily, you stand alone. Those abroad hold armies; those at the center run the state. Qin, Jue, and Yanlu feud with one another—when one advances, another retreats; when one goes east, another goes west. Heaven gave five talents to serve the state—yet they became tools for petty men's quarrels. The power to wage war rests in Qin's folded note; treasury disbursements hang on his word. The Tang emperor thought Wenwei had gone too far, grew angry, and demoted him to registrar aide at Jiangzhou. Jue and Yanlu were sent in chains to Jinling. Song Qiqiu, who had once recommended Jue for the Fuzhou mission, submitted a confession. An edict exiled Jue to Qizhou and Yanlu to Shuzhou. Xu Xuan of Kuaiji and Han Xizai memorialized: "Jue and Yanlu deserved death, but Qiqiu and Yanji pleaded for them, so Your Majesty spared them. If those who launch wars unpunished go free, the frontiers will breed trouble; if defeated commanders survive, no soldier will die trying. Execute them publicly to restore military discipline." "The emperor refused.
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中書侍郎、同平章事馮延己罷為太弟少保，貶魏岑為太子洗馬。
Feng Yanji was demoted from grand councilor to junior mentor of the imperial younger brother; Wei Qin was reduced to crown prince's stable groom.
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韓熙載屢言宋齊丘黨與必為禍亂。 齊丘奏熙載嗜酒猖狂，貶和州司士參軍。
Han Xizai repeatedly warned that Song Qiqiu's faction would bring disaster. Qiqiu accused Xizai of drunken arrogance and had him demoted to registrar aide at Hezhou.
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乙亥，鳳州防禦使石奉頵舉州降蜀。 奉頵，晉之宗屬也。
On yihai Shi Fengyun of Fengzhou surrendered the prefecture to Shu. Fengyun was a member of the Jin imperial clan.
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契丹主至臨城，得疾，及欒城，病甚，苦熱，聚冰於胸腹手足，且啖之。 丙子，至殺胡林而卒。 國人剖其腹，實鹽數鬥，載之北去，晉人謂之「帝□」。
The Khitan emperor fell ill at Lincheng; at Luancheng he grew desperately hot, packed ice on his chest, belly, hands, and feet, and even ate it. On bingzi he died at Kill-Barbarian Forest. His followers gutted him, packed his belly with pecks of salt, and carried the corpse north; Jin subjects called him the "Salted Emperor."
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趙延壽恨契丹主負約，謂人曰：「我不復入龍沙矣。」 即日，先引兵入恆州，契丹永康王兀欲及南北二王，各以所部兵相繼而入。 延壽欲拒之，恐失大援，乃納之。
Zhao Yanshou, bitter that the Khitan emperor had broken his word, said, "I will never return to the northern desert." That same day he marched into Hengzhou first; Prince Yongkang Wuyu and the northern and southern kings followed with their troops. Yanshou wanted to refuse them but feared losing Khitan support and let them in.
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時契丹諸將已密議奉兀欲為主，兀欲登鼓角樓受叔兄拜。 而延壽不之知，自稱受契丹皇帝遺詔，權知南朝軍國事，仍下教佈告諸道，所以供給兀欲與諸將同，兀欲銜之。 恆州諸門管鑰及倉庫出納，兀欲皆自主之。 延壽使人請之，不與。
Khitan generals had already secretly agreed to make Wuyu ruler; he mounted the drum tower to receive the elders' homage. Yanshou knew nothing of this and proclaimed himself regent of the southern realm by the late emperor's will, issuing orders to every circuit. He gave Wuyu no more than he gave other generals, and Wuyu resented it. Wuyu seized every gate key and treasury receipt in Hengzhou. When Yanshou sent to request them, Wuyu refused.
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契丹主喪至國，述律太后不哭，曰：「待諸部寧壹如故，則葬汝矣。」
When the Khitan emperor's coffin reached home, Empress Dowager Shulü did not weep. "When the tribes are calm again," she said, "then I will bury you."
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帝之自壽陽還也，留兵千人戍承天軍。 戍兵聞契丹北還，不為備。 契丹襲擊之，戍兵驚潰； 契丹焚其市邑，一日狼煙百餘舉。 帝曰：「此虜將遁，張虛勢也。」 遣親將葉仁魯將步騎三千赴之。 會契丹出剽掠，仁魯乘虛大破之，丁丑，復取承天軍。
When the emperor returned from Shouyang he left a thousand men to garrison Chengtian Army. The garrison, hearing the Khitan had gone north, took no precautions. The Khitan struck; the garrison broke in panic; the Khitan burned the market towns and raised more than a hundred beacon fires in a day. The emperor said, "The barbarians are about to flee—they are bluffing. He sent his trusted general Ye Renlu with three thousand foot and horse. When the Khitan went out to loot, Renlu struck their camp and routed them; on dingchou he retook Chengtian Army.
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冀州人殺契丹刺史何行通，推牢城指揮使張廷翰知州事。 廷翰，冀州人，符習之甥也。
The people of Jizhou killed the Khitan prefect He Xingtong and made Zhang Tinghan of Laocheng acting prefect. Tinghan was from Jizhou, nephew of Fu Xi.
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或說趙延壽曰：「契丹諸大人數日聚謀，此必有變。 今漢兵不減萬人，不若先事圖之。」 延壽猶豫不決。 壬午，延壽下令，以來月朔日於待賢館上事，受文武官賀。 其儀：宰相、樞密使拜於階上，節度使以下拜於階下。 李崧以虜意不同，事理難測，固請趙延壽未行此禮，乃止。
Someone warned Zhao Yanshou, "The Khitan lords have met in secret for days—something is brewing. You still have ten thousand Han troops—strike first." Yanshou hesitated. On renwu Yanshou ordered that on the first of next month he would hold court at the Lodge of Awaiting the Worthy and receive officials' congratulations. Chancellors and the commissioner of military affairs would bow on the upper steps; governors and below on the lower. Li Song, fearing unpredictable Khitan reactions, strongly urged Yanshou to abandon the ceremony, and he did.