釋氏稽古略 1.230

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泰伯弟虞仲之後也。初古公亶父（大王也）。長子曰泰伯。次曰虞仲。少曰季歷（王季也）。季歷生昌（文王也）。昌生有聖瑞。泰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。是曰勾吳。號為吳泰伯。無子。虞仲生季簡。季簡生叔達。叔達生周章。武王克殷求其後得周章。時已君吳矣。因封之於吳（今浙西道平乃路揚州之域也）。十三世至去齊年不可考。去齊子壽夢立。吳始大稱王而後可紀。始武王元年己卯終元王三年戊辰。二十君六百五十年。越勾踐滅之。

They were the descendants of Yu Zhong, the younger brother of Taibo. Formerly, the Old Duke Danfu (King Tai) had as his eldest son Taibo, his second son Yu Zhong, and his youngest son Jili (King Ji). Jili fathered Chang (King Wen). When Chang was born, there were sage omens. Taibo and Yu Zhong knew that the Old Duke wished to establish Jili in order to pass the succession to Chang, so they fled to the Jing barbarians, tattooing their bodies and cutting their hair so as to yield to Jili. This was called Gouwu, and he was styled Wu Taibo. He had no son. Yu Zhong fathered Ji Jian, Ji Jian fathered Shu Da, and Shu Da fathered Zhou Zhang. When King Wu conquered the Yin, he sought their descendants and found Zhou Zhang, who was already ruling over Wu; he thereupon enfeoffed him in Wu (now the territory of Pingjiang Route in Zhexi Circuit, ancient Yangzhou). For thirteen generations down to Quqi, the chronology cannot be verified. When Quqi's son Shoumeng acceded, Wu first grew great and claimed the title of king, after which it can be recorded. It began in the first year of King Wu, a jimao year, and ended in the third year of King Yuan, a wuchen year. There were twenty rulers and 650 years. Goujian of Yue extinguished it.