[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [釋氏稽古略](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037) › 2.115 # 釋氏稽古略 2.115 釋氏稽古略 2.115 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.2.115) 八月吐谷渾威王阿柴卒。有子二十人。疾病召諸子弟謂之曰。我死汝曹當奉慕瑰為主。瑰阿柴母弟也。又命諸子各獻一箭取一箭授其弟慕利延使折之。又取十九箭一束使折之不能折。阿柴諭之曰。孤則易折。眾則難摧。汝曹當戮力一心。可以保國安家。言終而卒。慕瑰撫納秦涼失業之民。部眾轉盛。續漢書曰。阿柴羌三苗姜姓之別種也。 > In the eighth month, King Wei of Tuyuhun, Achai, died. He had twenty sons. Falling ill, he summoned the sons and brothers and addressed them, saying, 'When I die, you all must honor Mugui as ruler.' Gui was Achai's younger maternal brother. He also ordered the sons each to present an arrow; taking one arrow, he handed it to his younger brother Muliyan and told him to snap it. He then took a bundle of nineteen arrows and told him to snap them, but he could not snap them. Achai instructed them, saying, 'A solitary one is easy to snap, but a crowd is difficult to destroy. You all must unite your efforts with one mind, so that you may preserve the state and safeguard your families.' Finishing his words, he died. Mugui welcomed and sheltered the displaced people of Qin and Liang, and the tribe grew increasingly prosperous. The Continued Book of Han states: 'Achai Qiang was a separate branch of the Sanmiao, surnamed Jiang.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.2.114) - [Next: 2.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.2.116) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037~en-mt.2.115) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.2.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.2.115) · Pramāṇa