釋氏稽古略 1.197

1.197

姬姓昌名。受殷命為西伯。凡九年卒。壽九十七歲。高辛氏之後也。伯夷叔齊者孤竹君之子。讓國不仕。聞西伯善養老歸焉。太顛閑夭散宜生鬻子辛甲之徒皆歸之。呂望年八十餘釣渭水。西伯獵載之歸。尊為太公。虞苪爭田質於西伯。入境見耕者讓畔行者讓路。慚而還。以所爭之田讓而不取。漢南諸侯聞而歸者四十餘國。西伯卒子發嗣位。

Of the Ji surname, named Chang. He received the mandate of Yin to be the Western Earl, and after nine years in all, he died at the age of ninety-seven. He was a descendant of the Gaoxin clan. Boyi and Shuqi were the sons of the ruler of Guzhu; yielding the state and refusing to serve, they heard that the Western Earl was good at caring for the aged, and submitted to him. The likes of Taidian, Hongyao, San Yisheng, Yuzi, and Xin Jia all submitted to him. Lü Wang, over eighty years old, was fishing by the Wei River; the Western Earl, while hunting, carried him back in his carriage and honored him as Taigong. When the lords of Yu and Rui disputed fields, they sought an arbitration from the Western Earl; entering his borders, they saw plowers yielding the boundary ridges and travelers yielding the road, and returned in shame, yielding the disputed fields without taking them. Hearing of this, more than forty states among the feudal lords south of the Han River submitted to him. When the Western Earl died, his son Fa succeeded to the throne.