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太公望生冀州。其先出於神農氏。甞為四嶽伯益佐禹治水有功。賜姓姜氏封於呂。至太公望為文王武王師。號尚父。封於齊。都營丘（今山東益都路古青州也）。武王命太公曰。五侯九伯汝得征之。齊由此得征伐為上國。自尚父七世至獻公年不可考。獻公子武公立年始可紀。始武王元年己卯至安王二十三年壬寅。康公薨於海上。國為田氏。秦始皇帝二十六年庚辰王建降于秦。通三十一主合七百四十四年國亡。初陳敬仲十一世孫完。周惠王五年奔齊。以陳氏為田氏。五世生桓子。始大於齊。又三世成子得齊政。田常生襄子盤。盤生莊子白。白生太公和。相齊。齊康公淫於酒色不聽政。安王十一年田和遷康公於海上。使食一城以奉其先祀。安王十三年田和會魏文侯楚人衛人於濁澤求為諸侯。魏文侯為之請於王及諸侯。王許之。十六年王命和為侯王十七年和薨。子桓公午立。王二十三年。齊康公薨於海上無子。田氏遂并齊而國之。是歲桓公午亦薨子。威王田齊立。田氏冐齊入戰國。

Grand Duke Wang was born in Jizhou. His ancestors originated from the Shennong clan. Having formerly served as the Four Mountains, Boyi had rendered meritorious service in assisting Yu in regulating the waters, and was bestowed the surname Jiang and enfeoffed at Lü. Down to Grand Duke Wang, he became the teacher of King Wen and King Wu, was styled Shangfu, and was enfeoffed in Qi, with his capital at Yingqiu (now the ancient Qingzhou in Yidu Route, Shandong). King Wu commanded the Grand Duke, saying: 'The five classes of lords and the nine chiefs—you may launch punitive expeditions against them.' Qi thereby obtained the authority to conduct punitive expeditions and became a premier state. From Shangfu for seven generations down to Duke Xian, the chronology cannot be verified. It can only be recorded beginning from the accession year of Duke Xian's son, Duke Wu. It began in the first year of King Wu, a jimao year, down to the twenty-third year of King An, a renyin year, when Duke Kang died on the seacoast and the state fell to the Tian clan. In the twenty-sixth year of the First Emperor of Qin, a gengchen year, King Jian surrendered to Qin. In all, there were thirty-one rulers, spanning a total of 744 years until the state fell. Earlier, Wan, an eleventh-generation descendant of Jingzhong of Chen, fled to Qi in the fifth year of King Hui of Zhou, changing the Chen surname to the Tian clan. Five generations later, Huanzi was born, and the family first grew great in Qi. Another three generations later, Chengzi took control of the government of Qi. Tian Chang fathered Xiangzi, Pan; Pan fathered Zhuangzi, Bai; Bai fathered Grand Duke He, who served as chancellor of Qi. Duke Kang of Qi was dissolute in wine and women and did not attend to governance. In the eleventh year of King An, Tian He relocated Duke Kang to the seacoast, giving him the revenue of a single city to maintain his ancestral sacrifices. In the thirteenth year of King An, Tian He met with Marquis Wen of Wei and the men of Chu and Wei at Zhuoze to request recognition as a feudal lord. Marquis Wen of Wei petitioned the King and the feudal lords on his behalf, and the King granted it. In the sixteenth year, the King appointed He as a marquis, and in the seventeenth year, He died. His son, Duke Huan, Wu, acceded. In the King's twenty-third year, Duke Kang of Qi died on the seacoast without an heir. The Tian clan thereupon annexed Qi and made it their state. That year, Duke Huan, Wu, also died, and his son, King Wei, Tian Qi, acceded. The Tian clan usurped Qi and entered the Warring States period.