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Rulers of the Zhou period

Rulers of Cài (蔡)863 BC-447 BCRulers of Cáo (曹)1053 BC-487 BCRulers of Chén (陳)854 BC-478 BCRulers of Chǔ (楚)846 BC-202 BCRulers of Hán (韓)408 BC-230 BCRulers of Jìn (晉)1042 BC-349 BCRulers of Lǔ (魯)1043 BC-256 BCRulers of Qí (齊)999 BC-221 BCRulers of Qín (秦)900 BC-210 BCRulers of Qǐ (杞)750 BC-445 BCRulers of Sòng (宋)858 BC-286…

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Ssu-ma Kuang

髙梧谷口險阻之要宜先守之而奪其水彼既窮渇可 以坐制如以為逺伊吾闗亦可拒也度此二阨雖有子 房之䇿無所施矣熈弗聽美水令犍為張統謂熙曰今 闗中大亂京師存亡不可知吕光之來其志難測將軍 何以拒之熙曰憂之未知所出統曰光智略過人今擁 思歸之士乘戰勝之氣其鋒未易當也將軍世受大恩 忠誠夙著立勲王室宜在今日行唐公洛上之從弟勇 冠一時為將軍計莫若奉為盟主以收衆望推忠義以 帥羣豪則光雖至不敢有異心也資其精鋭東兼毛興 連王統楊璧合四州之衆掃𠒋逆寧王室此桓文之舉 也熈又弗聽殺洛于西海光聞楊翰之謀懼不敢進在 –司馬光, <資治通鑑>