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劉恕周外紀曰。文武其先祖后稷名棄。其母有邰（音台）氏女曰姜原。為帝嚳元妃。出野見巨人跡。說而踐之。而身動如孕者。居期而生子。以為不祥。棄之隘巷。馬牛辟之不踐。徙置林中。多人遷之。又棄於渠中水上。飛鳥以翼覆之。姜原以為神。遂收養長之。初因棄之故曰棄。好耕農相地之宜穀者稼穡焉。民皆法則之。帝堯聞之舉為農師。天下得其利有功封於邰。號曰后稷。別姓姬氏。后稷卒不窟立。不窟卒子鞠立。鞠卒子公劉立。公劉雖在戎狄之間。復修后稷之業。百姓懷之。多從而保焉。周道之興。實由此。始公劉卒子慶節立國於豳（今陔西路佛州）。慶節卒子皇僕立。皇僕卒子羌弗立。羌弗卒子毀隃（容朱切）立。毀隃卒子公非立。公非卒子高圉立。高圉卒子亞圉立。亞圉卒子公叔祖立。公叔祖卒子古公亶父立（大王也）。古公亶父復修后稷公劉之業。積德行義。國人戴之。獯鬻戎狄攻焉。古公遂去豳。渡漆水踰梁山。止於岐山之下（山在扶風。今陝西風翔府）。豳人舉國扶老携弱。歸古公於岐下（皇甫諡曰。邑於周地故始改國曰周）。古公有長子曰太伯。次曰虞仲。其妃大姜生少子曰季歷。季歷娶太任皆賢婦人。太任生子曰昌。昌生有聖瑞。太伯虞仲知古公欲立季歷以傳昌。乃亡如荊蠻。文身斷髮以讓季歷。古公卒子季歷立。季歷篤於仁義。諸侯順之。王季卒子昌立（西伯）。

Liu Shu's Zhou waiji states: 'The ancestor of Wen and Wu was Houji, named Qi. His mother was a daughter of the Youtai clan named Jiang Yuan, who was the principal consort of Di Ku. Going out into the wilds, she saw the footprint of a giant; delighted, she trod upon it, whereupon her body moved as though pregnant. When her time came, she gave birth to a son, and deeming it inauspicious, abandoned him in a narrow lane, but horses and oxen avoided him and did not trample him. She moved him to a forest, but many people relocated him. She then abandoned him on the water in a ditch, but flying birds covered him with their wings. Jiang Yuan deemed him divine, and thereupon took him in, reared him, and brought him up. Because he was initially abandoned, he was named Qi ("the Abandoned"). He was fond of farming and tilling, discerning the suitability of the land and sowing crops where grains thrived; the people all modeled themselves after him. Emperor Yao heard of him and promoted him to Master of Agriculture; all under Heaven benefited from it, and for his merit he was enfeoffed at Tai and styled Houji ("Lord of Millet"), with the distinct surname Ji. When Houji died, Buku was established. When Buku died, his son Ju was established. When Ju died, his son Gongliu was established. Although Gongliu was among the Rong and Di, he restored the enterprise of Houji; the hundred surnames cherished him, and many followed and protected him. The rise of the Zhou Way truly began from this. When Gongliu died, his son Qingjie was established, founding his state in Bin (present-day Fuzhou in Shaanxi Circuit). When Qingjie died, his son Huangpu was established. When Huangpu died, his son Qiangfu was established. When Qiangfu died, his son Huiyu was established. When Huiyu died, his son Gongfei was established. When Gongfei died, his son Gaoyu was established. When Gaoyu died, his son Yayu was established. When Yayu died, his son Gongshu Zu was established. When Gongshu Zu died, his son Gugong Danfu was established (he was the Great King). Gugong Danfu again restored the enterprise of Houji and Gongliu, accumulating virtue and practicing righteousness; the people of the state supported him. When the Xunyu, Rong, and Di attacked him, Gugong thereupon left Bin, crossed the Qi River, went over Mount Liang, and halted at the foot of Mount Qi (the mountain is in Fufeng, present-day Fengxiang Prefecture in Shaanxi). The people of Bin, supporting the elderly and carrying the weak, throughout the whole state submitted to Gugong at the foot of Mount Qi (Huangfu Mi states: "Because he settled in the land of Zhou, he first changed the name of the state to Zhou"). Gugong had an eldest son named Taibo, the second was named Yuzhong, and his consort Dajiang bore his youngest son named Jili. Jili married Tairen, both being virtuous women. Tairen gave birth to a son named Chang. When Chang was born, there were sage omens. Taibo and Yuzhong knew that Gugong wished to establish Jili in order to pass the succession to Chang, so they fled to the Jing-Man barbarians, tattooing their bodies and cutting their hair in order to yield to Jili. When Gugong died, his son Jili was established. Jili was devoted to benevolence and righteousness; the feudal lords complied with him. When Wang Ji died, his son Chang was established (the Western Earl).'