歷代三寶紀 1.30

1.30

（乙卯）始皇帝政元（莊襄子治三十七年。呂不韋為相。佛入涅槃來至　此三百六十五年）　（丙辰）二　（丁巳）三　（戊午）四　（己未）五　（庚申）六　（辛酉）七　（壬戌）八（封嫪毒為長信侯）　（癸亥）九（辛冠誅嫪毐徙其家於蜀）　（甲子）十（呂不韋免相徙太后於南宮后任李斯）　（乙丑）十一（徙呂不韋於河南）　（丙寅）十二　（丁卯）十三　（戊辰）十四　（己巳）十五　（庚午）十六　（辛未）十七（是歲滅韓。以其地為穎川郡）　（壬申）十八　（癸酉）十九　（甲戌）二十　（乙亥）二十一　（丙子）二十二（其歲滅魏以其地置梁郡）　（丁丑）二十三　（戊寅）二十四（是歲滅楚定江東置會稽郡）　（己卯）二十五（是歲滅燕。又滅趙）　（庚辰）二十六（是歲滅齊。六國并吞為一國。乃自立為皇帝。改正朔以建亥為歲首）　（辛巳）二十七（名河為德水。名民曰黔首。分天下為三十六郡同一文軌）　（壬午）二十八（東巡登泰山封禪刻石紀功。遭大風雨。遣徐氏入海求三神山。使千人沒泗水求周鼎不得）　（癸未）二十九　（甲申）三十（改臘曰嘉平。甞夜微行至蘭池遇見盜甚窘迫武子擊殺乃獲免）　（乙酉）三十一　（丙戌）三十二（使蒙恬將二十萬人。北擊胡。取河南地築長城）　（丁亥）三十三（傍河以來。至陰山。為四十四縣。以河為塞。起臨洮訖遼水）　（戊子）三十四（讁治獄吏不直助以築長城李斯奏焚諸典籍坑儒士）　（己丑）三十五　（庚寅）三十六　（辛卯）三十七

(Yi-mao) First year of First Emperor Zheng (son of Zhuangxiang; reigned thirty-seven years; Lü Buwei served as counselor-in-chief; 365 years since the Buddha entered nirvāṇa). (Bing-chen) Year 2. (Ding-si) Year 3. (Wu-wu) Year 4. (Ji-wei) Year 5. (Geng-shen) Year 6. (Xin-you) Year 7. (Ren-xu) Year 8 (enfeoffed Lao Ai as Marquis of Changxin). (Gui-hai) Year 9 (the capping year; executed Lao Ai and exiled his family to Shu). (Jia-zi) Year 10 (Lü Buwei dismissed as counselor-in-chief; moved the Queen Dowager to the Southern Palace; later Li Si was employed). (Yi-chou) Year 11 (exiled Lü Buwei to Henan). (Bing-yin) Year 12. (Ding-mao) Year 13. (Wu-chen) Year 14. (Ji-si) Year 15. (Geng-wu) Year 16. (Xin-wei) Year 17 (in this year Han was destroyed, and its territory was made Yingchuan Commandery). (Ren-shen) Year 18. (Gui-you) Year 19. (Jia-xu) Year 20. (Yi-hai) Year 21. (Bing-zi) Year 22 (in that year Wei was destroyed, and its territory was established as Liang Commandery). (Ding-chou) Year 23. (Wu-yin) Year 24 (in this year Chu was destroyed, Jiangdong was pacified, and Kuaiji Commandery was established). (Ji-mao) Year 25 (in this year Yan was destroyed, and Zhao was also destroyed). (Geng-chen) Year 26 (in this year Qi was destroyed; the six states were swallowed up into a single realm; he thereupon established himself as Emperor, revised the calendar, and took the hai-establishing month as the start of the year). (Xin-si) Year 27 (named the Yellow River the 'Virtuous Water'; named the common people the 'Black-Headed People'; divided the realm into thirty-six commanderies and unified writing and axle widths). (Ren-wu) Year 28 (toured eastward and ascended Mount Tai to perform the feng and shan sacrifices, carving stone to record achievements; encountered a great storm; dispatched the Xu clan to the sea to seek the three divine mountains; had a thousand men dive into the Si River seeking the Zhou tripods, but did not obtain them). (Gui-wei) Year 29. (Jia-shen) Year 30 (changed the la sacrifice to Jiaping; once went on an incognito night outing to Lan Pond, where he encountered bandits and was in dire peril; [his guard] Wuzi struck and killed them, and thus he escaped). (Yi-you) Year 31. (Bing-xu) Year 32 (dispatched Meng Tian leading two hundred thousand men north to strike the Hu, take the Ordos region, and construct the Great Wall). (Ding-hai) Year 33 (skirting the river up to the Yin Mountains, established forty-four counties, using the river as a barrier, stretching from Lintao to the Liao River). (Wu-zi) Year 34 (banished crooked prison officials to assist in constructing the Great Wall; Li Si memorialized to burn the various classics and records and bury the Confucian scholars alive). (Ji-chou) Year 35. (Geng-yin) Year 36. (Xin-mao) Year 37.