Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Annals: a Standard history source. Covers 2600 BC – 97 BC, with 195 events in chronological order. Text license and provenance included.
| Type | Standard history |
|---|---|
| Viewpoint | Insider account |
| Years covered | 2600 BC – 97 BC |
| Events | 195 events, 151 placed on the map |
| Author | 司馬遷 |
| Original title | 史記 本紀 |
Regions: China 186
| Year | Place | Event | Passage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2600 BC – 2500 BC | 阪泉 | Huangdi led the feudal lords and fought Yandi three times on the Banquan plains, and achieved his aim. Fiction | 史記卷001 五帝本紀 |
| 2600 BC – 2500 BC | 涿鹿 | When Chiyou rose in rebellion, Huangdi summoned the armies of the feudal lords, fought at the Zhuolu plains, and captured and killed Chiyou. Fiction | 史記卷001 五帝本紀 |
| 2600 BC – 2500 BC | 涿鹿 | Huangdi drove the Xunyu northward, convened the lords and matched tallies at Fushan, and made his capital at the foot of Zhuolu. Fiction | 史記卷001 五帝本紀 |
| 2600 BC – 2500 BC | 橋山 | Huangdi died and was buried at Qiaoshan. Fiction | 史記卷001 五帝本紀 |
| 2250 BC – 2200 BC | 羽山 | Shun punished the Four Villains and executed Gun at Yushan. Fiction | 史記卷001 五帝本紀 |
| 2250 BC – 2200 BC | 岱宗 | In the second month Shun made a tour east, reached Mount Tai (Daizong), sacrificed there, and offered rites to the mountains and rivers. Fiction | 史記卷001 五帝本紀 |
| 2200 BC – 2190 BC | 九疑山 | Shun died on a tour to the south, in the wilds of Cangwu, and was buried at Jiuyi in Jiangnan (Lingling). Fiction | 史記卷001 五帝本紀 |
| 2200 BC – 2100 BC | Yu spent thirteen years away from home managing the floods and did not enter his own house even when he passed its door. Fiction | 史記卷002 夏本紀 | |
| 2070 BC – 2060 BC | 陽城 | After Shun died and the three-year mourning ended, Yu withdrew to Yangcheng to avoid Shun's son Shangjun; the lords came to court Yu and he ascended the throne. Tradition | 史記卷002 夏本紀 |
| 2062 BC – 2060 BC | 會稽 | In the tenth year of his reign Yu made a tour east, reached Kuaiji, and died there. Fiction | 史記卷002 夏本紀 |
| 2050 BC – 2000 BC | 甘 | When the Youhu clan refused to submit, Qi fought a great battle with the Youhu at Gan and destroyed them (the Gan Oath). Tradition | 史記卷002 夏本紀 |
| 1990 BC – 1950 BC | 洛汭 | When Taikang lost the kingdom, his five brothers waited at Luorui and composed the Five Songs of the Sons. Tradition | 史記卷002 夏本紀 |
| 1750 BC – 1700 BC | 豳 | Gong Liu revived the agriculture of Hou Ji among the Rong and Di, crossed the Qi and Ju rivers and the Wei, and sought timber; later Qingjie founded a state at Bin. Tradition | 史記卷004 周本紀 |
| 1620 BC – 1600 BC | 夏臺 | Jie summoned Tang and confined him at Xiatai, and later released him. Tradition | 史記卷002 夏本紀 |
| 1600 BC – 1590 BC | Tang, with Yi Yin, raised an army, attacked Kunwu and then attacked Jie (the Tang Oath). Tradition | 史記卷003 殷本紀 | |
| 1600 BC – 1590 BC | 鳴條 | Jie was defeated at the ruins of Youxiong and fled to Mingtiao, and the Xia army collapsed. Tradition | 史記卷003 殷本紀 |
| 1560 BC – 1540 BC | 桐宮 | Taijia violated the laws, so Yi Yin confined him for three years in Tonggong, then received him back again. Tradition | 史記卷003 殷本紀 |
| 1420 BC – 1400 BC | 相 | Hedan Jia lived in Xiang. Tradition | 史記卷003 殷本紀 |
| 1400 BC – 1380 BC | 邢 | Zu Yi moved the capital to Xing. Tradition | 史記卷003 殷本紀 |
| 1300 BC – 1290 BC | 亳 | Pan Geng crossed the Yellow River and returned to the old site of Cheng Tang in the south, ruling from Bo; the way of Yin was revived. Tradition | 史記卷003 殷本紀 |
| 1250 BC – 1230 BC | 傅險 | Wu Ding found in Fuyan the sage he had seen in a dream, obtained Yue, who was labouring there, and made him chancellor. Tradition | 史記卷003 殷本紀 |
| 1200 BC – 1150 BC | 岐下 | To escape the invasions of the Rong and Di, Gugong Danfu left Bin with his people, crossed the Qi and Ju, went over Liangshan, and settled at the foot of Qi Mountain. Tradition | 史記卷004 周本紀 |
| 1075 BC – 1046 BC | 羑里 | Chong Houhu reported, and Zhou (Zhou of Shang) imprisoned the Xibo (King Wen) at Youli. Tradition | 史記卷003 殷本紀 |
| 1060 BC – 1050 BC | 豐 | King Wen attacked the Quanrong, Mixu, Qi, Yu and Chong Houhu in turn, built the city of Feng, and moved the capital from the foot of Qi to Feng. Tradition | 史記卷004 周本紀 |
| 1047 BC | 盟津 | On the twelfth month, day wuwu, of the eleventh year, the army crossed Mengjin together, and the feudal lords gathered and composed and proclaimed the Taishi. Tradition | 史記卷004 周本紀 |
| 1046 BC | 牧野 | King Wu of Zhou led the feudal lords to attack Zhou; Zhou resisted at Muye, but was defeated on the day jiazi. | 史記卷003 殷本紀 |
| 1046 BC | 鹿臺(朝歌) | Defeated, Zhou climbed the Lutai, wrapped himself in jewels and leapt into the fire to die; King Wu hung his head from a great white banner. Tradition | 史記卷003 殷本紀 |
| 1046 BC | 牧野 | At dawn on the second month, day jiazi, King Wu reached the outskirts of Shang, Muye, and made his oath; four thousand war chariots of the feudal lords attacked the camp. Tradition | 史記卷004 周本紀 |
| 1046 BC | 朝歌 | Zhou's soldiers turned their spears and welcomed King Wu, and Zhou burned to death on the Lutai; King Wu entered Shang and hung Zhou's head from a great white banner. Tradition | 史記卷004 周本紀 |
| 1045 BC | 營丘 | When King Wu enfeoffed his meritorious officials, he enfeoffed Shi Shangfu at Yingqiu, which became Qi. Tradition | 史記卷004 周本紀 |
| 1045 BC | 曲阜 | He enfeoffed his younger brother Zhou Gong Dan at Qufu, which became Lu. Tradition | 史記卷004 周本紀 |
| 1045 BC | 燕 | He enfeoffed Shao Gong Shi in Yan. Tradition | 史記卷004 周本紀 |
| 1045 BC | 雒邑 | King Wu viewed the area from the bend of the Luo River to the bend of the Yi River as the old site of Xia, built the Zhou residence at Luoyi, and departed. Tradition | 史記卷004 周本紀 |
| 1042 BC | 宋 | When King Wu died, Wu Geng rebelled with Guan Shu and Cai Shu; King Cheng had the Duke of Zhou suppress them and then enfeoffed Viscount Wei in Song. Tradition | 史記卷003 殷本紀 |
| 1042 BC – 1040 BC | Guan Shu and Cai Shu rebelled with Wu Geng; by the order of King Cheng, the Duke of Zhou attacked Wu Geng and Guan Shu and exiled Cai Shu, and enfeoffed Viscount Wei in Song. Tradition | 史記卷004 周本紀 | |
| 1038 BC – 1030 BC | 洛邑 | King Cheng, while at Feng, had Shao Gong once again manage Luoyi in accordance with King Wu's intention; the Duke of Zhou divined and placed the Nine Ding tripods there. | 史記卷004 周本紀 |
| 1035 BC – 1030 BC | 奄 | Shao Gong and the Duke of Zhou attacked the Huaiyi in the east, destroyed Yan, and moved its ruler Bogu. Tradition | 史記卷004 周本紀 |
| 977 BC | 江 | King Zhao did not return from a southern tour and died on the river (his death was not announced). Tradition | 史記卷004 周本紀 |
| 960 BC – 945 BC | King Mu wanted to attack the Quanrong; Ji Gong Mou Fu tried to stop him, but he attacked and returned with four white wolves and four white deer; from then on the Huangfu no longer came to court. Tradition | 史記卷004 周本紀 | |
| 900 BC – 880 BC | 汧渭之間 | Feizi was skilled at raising horses; King Xiao put him in charge of horses between the Qian and Wei rivers, and enfeoffed him in Qin territory as 'Qin Ying' (a vassal). Tradition | 史記卷005 秦本紀 |
| 841 BC | 彘 | The people of the capital rebelled and attacked King Li, who fled to Zhi. | 史記卷004 周本紀 |
| 841 BC – 828 BC | The two chancellors Shao Gong and Zhou Gong took charge of government, calling it 'Gonghe'; in the fourteenth year King Li died at Zhi. Tradition | 史記卷004 周本紀 | |
| 822 BC | 犬丘 | King Xuan gave Zhuang Gong and his four brothers seven thousand troops to attack the Western Rong; they routed them, annexed Quanqiu, and became Grand Officers of the Western Border. Tradition | 史記卷005 秦本紀 |
| 789 BC | 千畝 | In the thirty-ninth year of King Xuan, at Qianmu, the royal army was defeated by the Jiang Rong. Tradition | 史記卷004 周本紀 |
| 780 BC | 岐山 | In the second year of King You, the three rivers region of Western Zhou had an earthquake; that year the Three Rivers dried up and Mount Qi collapsed. | 史記卷004 周本紀 |
| 771 BC | 驪山 | Marquis Shen, with Zeng and the western Quanrong, attacked King You; the beacon fires were lit but no army came, so they killed King You at the foot of Mount Li and captured Bao Si. Tradition | 史記卷004 周本紀 |
| 770 BC | 雒邑 | King Ping ascended the throne and, to escape the Rong invaders, moved the capital east to Luoyi. | 史記卷004 周本紀 |
| 770 BC | 岐 | Duke Xiang escorted King Ping with his army to Luoyi, and King Ping enfeoffed Duke Xiang as a feudal lord and gave him the lands west of Qi. Tradition | 史記卷005 秦本紀 |
| 762 BC | 汧渭之會 | Duke Wen, with seven hundred men, went out on an eastern hunt; in his fourth year he reached the confluence of the Qian and Wei rivers, consulted the divination, and found it auspicious, so he began to build a town. Tradition | 史記卷005 秦本紀 |
| 714 BC | 平陽 | Duke Ning moved his residence to Pingyang. | 史記卷005 秦本紀 |
| 677 BC | 雍 | Duke De first took up residence in the Great Zheng Palace in Yong city. Tradition | 史記卷005 秦本紀 |
| 675 BC | 溫 | Five great officers including Bian Bo rebelled and summoned the armies of Yan and Wei to attack King Hui, who fled to Wen and stayed at Li of Zheng; Prince Tui became king. | 史記卷004 周本紀 |
| 655 BC | 宛 | Baili Xi fled from Qin to Wan, but was seized by people of Chu; Duke Mu redeemed him for five sheepskins and entrusted him with the state's affairs. Tradition | 史記卷005 秦本紀 |
| 645 BC | 韓 | Duke Mu fought Duke Hui of Jin at Han and was in danger; but three hundred men who had eaten horsemeat under the Qi mountain rescued him and captured Duke Hui. | 史記卷005 秦本紀 |
| 636 BC – 635 BC | 汜 | The Di entered Zhou, King Xiang fled to Zheng and stayed at Fan; in the seventeenth year Duke Wen of Jin brought King Xiang back and executed Shu Dai. | 史記卷004 周本紀 |
| 632 BC | 踐土 | Duke Wen of Jin summoned King Xiang and gathered at Heyang and Jiantu; all the feudal lords paid court, and he wrote that the 'Heavenly King hunted at Heyang.' | 史記卷004 周本紀 |
| 627 BC | 滑 | A Qin army, on its way to surprise Zheng, passed the north gate of Zhou and reached Hua; but the merchant Xian Gao of Zheng offered the troops cattle as a gift, which exposed the surprise, and Qin destroyed Hua. | 史記卷005 秦本紀 |
| 627 BC | 殽 | Duke Xiang of Jin stopped the Qin army at Yao, defeated it heavily, and captured three generals. | 史記卷005 秦本紀 |
| 626 BC | 彭衙 | Duke Mu sent Meng Mingshi again to attack Jin, but was at a disadvantage at Pengya and withdrew. | 史記卷005 秦本紀 |
| 624 BC | 茅津 | Duke Mu had Meng Mingshi and others cross the Yellow River, burned the boats, greatly defeated Jin, and took Wangguan and Hao; they crossed at Maojin, buried the dead in Yao and mourned them. Tradition | 史記卷005 秦本紀 |
| 623 BC | On You Yu's plan, Duke Mu attacked the Rong King, enlarged his state by twelve places, opened a thousand li of land, and dominated the Western Rong. Tradition | 史記卷005 秦本紀 | |
| 621 BC | 鳳翔 | Duke Mu died and was buried in Yong; a hundred and seventy-seven people were sacrificed with him ('The Yellow Birds Song'). | 史記卷005 秦本紀 |
| 606 BC | 洛 | In the first year of King Ding, King Zhuang of Chu attacked the Luhun Rong, remained at the Luo River and asked about the weight of the Nine Tripods; Wang Sunman's answer made him withdraw his army. Tradition | 史記卷004 周本紀 |
| 506 BC | 郢 | When Wu entered Chu's Ying, Shen Baoxu wept for seven days begging for aid; Qin sent five hundred war chariots, defeated the Wu army, and King Zhao of Chu returned to Ying. | 史記卷005 秦本紀 |
| 403 BC | 周 | In the twenty-third year of King Weilie, the Nine Tripods shook, and he invested Han, Wei and Zhao as feudal lords. | 史記卷004 周本紀 |
| 362 BC | 少梁 | He fought Wei and Jin at Shaoliang and captured Wei's general Gongsun Cuo. | 史記卷005 秦本紀 |
| 359 BC | Wei Yang persuaded Duke Xiao to adopt reforms, and the law was finally put into use; the people were at peace within three years, and Wei Yang became Left Shuzhang. | 史記卷005 秦本紀 | |
| 352 BC | 安邑 | As Da Liangzao, Wei Yang besieged Anyi of Wei and made it surrender. | 史記卷005 秦本紀 |
| 350 BC | 咸陽 | He built Xianyang and raised the Jique towers; Qin moved its capital. | 史記卷005 秦本紀 |
| 340 BC | Wei Yang attacked Wei, captured the Wei prince Ang, was enfeoffed as a Marquis of the Lieh, and was called Lord Shang. | 史記卷005 秦本紀 | |
| 316 BC | 蜀 | In the ninth year of Genyuan, Sima Cuo attacked and destroyed Shu. | 史記卷005 秦本紀 |
| 312 BC | 漢中 | Shuzhang Zhang attacked Chu at Danyang, captured Qu Gai, took six hundred li of Hanzhong land, and established Hanzhong Commandery. | 史記卷005 秦本紀 |
| 307 BC | 宜陽 | Qin captured Yiyang, beheaded sixty thousand, crossed the Yellow River and built a city at Wusui. | 史記卷005 秦本紀 |
| 297 BC | King Huai of Chu went to Qin to pay court, and Qin detained him. | 史記卷005 秦本紀 | |
| 293 BC | 伊闕 | Bai Qi attacked Han and Wei at Yique, beheaded 240,000 men and captured Gongsun Xi. | 史記卷005 秦本紀 |
| 278 BC | 郢 | Da Liangzao Bai Qi took Chu's Ying and established Nanjun, and the king of Chu fled. | 史記卷005 秦本紀 |
| 260 BC | 長平 | Bai Qi heavily defeated Zhao at Changping and killed all over four hundred thousand men. | 史記卷005 秦本紀 |
| 259 BC – 257 BC | 邯鄲 | Qin attacked Zhao's Handan, but could not take it and withdrew. | 史記卷005 秦本紀 |
| 259 BC | 邯鄲 | The First Emperor was born in Handan in the first month of the forty-eighth year of King Zhao, and his name was Zheng. | 史記卷006 秦始皇本紀 |
| 256 BC | 西周 | When Western Zhou rebelled against Qin and moved to join the alliance to go out through Yique, King Zhao of Qin sent General Jiu to attack; the Lord of Western Zhou went to Qin and offered thirty-six cities and thirty thousand people. | 史記卷004 周本紀 |
| 255 BC | 周 | When King Nan died, the people of Zhou fled east; Qin took the Nine Tripods and other treasures and moved the Lord of Western Zhou to Danhu. | 史記卷004 周本紀 |
| 249 BC | 東周 | Seven years later, King Zhuangxiang of Qin destroyed Eastern Zhou; both Eastern and Western Zhou entered Qin, and the sacrifices of Zhou ceased. | 史記卷004 周本紀 |
| 247 BC | 太原 | Meng Ao took thirty-seven walls including Gaodu and Ji of Wei and Yuci, Xincheng and Langmeng of Zhao, and established Taiyuan Commandery. | 史記卷005 秦本紀 |
| 241 BC | 野王 | Han, Wei, Zhao, Wei and Chu together attacked Qin, but withdrew; Qin attacked Wei and the ruler Jiao was moved to Yewang. | 史記卷006 秦始皇本紀 |
| 238 BC | 咸陽 | Lao Ai plotted rebellion at Qinian Palace; Changping Jun and Changwen Jun fought in Xianyang, beheaded several hundred and routed them, and all were captured. | 史記卷006 秦始皇本紀 |
| 237 BC | 雍 | Lü Buwei was dismissed, and on Mao Jiao's remonstrance the First Emperor received the Empress Dowager from Yong and had her reside again at the Ganquan Palace in Xianyang. | 史記卷006 秦始皇本紀 |
| 230 BC | 新鄭 | Neishi Teng attacked Han and captured King An of Han; that land was made Yingchuan Commandery. | 史記卷006 秦始皇本紀 |
| 228 BC | 邯鄲 | Wang Jian and Qiang Hui pacified Zhao's Dongyang and captured the King of Zhao; the First Emperor went to Handan and buried his old enemies in a pit. | 史記卷006 秦始皇本紀 |
| 227 BC | 易水 | Crown Prince Dan of Yan sent Jing Ke to stab the King of Qin but failed; Wang Jian and Xin Sheng attacked Yan and broke them west of the Yi River. | 史記卷006 秦始皇本紀 |
| 226 BC | 薊 | They defeated the Crown Prince's army, took Ji, the city of Yan, and obtained the head of Crown Prince Dan. | 史記卷006 秦始皇本紀 |
| 225 BC | 大梁 | Wang Ben attacked Wei and diverted the course of the Yellow River into Daliang; the city collapsed, the King of Wei surrendered, and all his land was taken. | 史記卷006 秦始皇本紀 |
| 224 BC – 223 BC | 平輿 | Wang Jian took from south of Chen to Pingyu, captured the King of Chu; in the twenty-fourth year Xiang Yan set up Changping Jun and was defeated, so Changping Jun died and Xiang Yan committed suicide. | 史記卷006 秦始皇本紀 |
| 222 BC | 遼東 | Wang Ben attacked Liaodong of Yan, captured King Xi of Yan, returned and attacked Dai, capturing the King of Dai, Jia. | 史記卷006 秦始皇本紀 |
| 221 BC | 臨淄 | Qin attacked Qi from the land of Yan to the south, captured King Jian of Qi, and unified the world. | 史記卷006 秦始皇本紀 |
| 221 BC | 咸陽 | He divided the world into thirty-six commanderies, gathered the weapons of the world in Xianyang to melt them, and moved 120,000 households of the wealthy to Xianyang. | 史記卷006 秦始皇本紀 |
| 219 BC | 嶧山 | The First Emperor toured the eastern commanderies and counties, climbed Mount Zouyi, set up a stele, and discussed the feng-shan sacrifice with the Confucian scholars of Lu. | 史記卷006 秦始皇本紀 |
| 219 BC | 泰山 | He climbed Mount Tai, set up a stele, and performed the feng sacrifice; caught in a storm, he rested under a tree and enfeoffed the tree as a Grand Officer Five. | 史記卷006 秦始皇本紀 |
| 219 BC | 之罘 | He followed the Bohai eastward, passed Huang and Chui, went to the tip of Chengshan, climbed Zhifu, and set up a stele. | 史記卷006 秦始皇本紀 |
| 219 BC | 瑯邪 | He climbed Langya and stayed three months, moved thirty thousand households to the foot of Langya Terrace and built the terrace; Xu Fu asked to take thousands of boys and girls to sea to seek immortals. | 史記卷006 秦始皇本紀 |
| 218 BC | 陽武 | While touring the east, he was attacked by bandits at Bolangsha in Yangwu, and ordered a ten-day search across the empire. | 史記卷006 秦始皇本紀 |
| 215 BC | 碣石 | The First Emperor went to Jieshi and had Lu Sheng, a man of Yan, seek immortals; receiving the prophecy 'The one who will destroy Qin is Hu,' he had Meng Tian lead three hundred thousand men against the Hu and took the lands of the Henan. | 史記卷006 秦始皇本紀 |
| 214 BC | Fugitives, sons-in-law of poor families and merchants took the Luliang lands, and Guilin, Xiangjun and Nanhai were established; Meng Tian crossed the Yellow River, took Gaoque, Yangshan and Beijia, and built fortifications. | 史記卷006 秦始皇本紀 | |
| 213 BC | 咸陽 | At a banquet in the Xianyang Palace, Li Si rebutted Chunyu Yue's call for enfeoffment and proposed that all the Shi, Shu and hundred-school writings except the court's historical records (Qin Ji) be burned; the proposal was approved by imperial edict (the Burning of the Books). | 史記卷006 秦始皇本紀 |
| 212 BC | 渭南 上林苑(阿房) | Since Xianyang was too narrow, they began building the court palace in the Shanglin Park south of the Wei River, first raising the front hall of Epang, and conscripted more than seven hundred thousand convicts for the Epang Palace and Mount Li works. | 史記卷006 秦始皇本紀 |
| 212 BC | 咸陽 | When Lu Sheng and Hou Sheng fled, the Xianyang Confucians were investigated; more than four hundred and sixty who violated the ban were buried alive in pits at Xianyang, and Fusu, who had remonstrated, was sent to Meng Tian at Shangjun. | 史記卷006 秦始皇本紀 |
| 210 BC | 九疑山 | The First Emperor reached Yunmeng and sacrificed to Yu Shun from afar at Mount Jiuyi. | 史記卷006 秦始皇本紀 |
| 210 BC | 會稽 | He passed Qiantang and the Zhe River, climbed Kuaiji, sacrificed to the Great Yu, looked out over the South Sea, and erected a stele. | 史記卷006 秦始皇本紀 |
| 210 BC | 之罘 | Going north from Langya to Rongcheng Mountain, he shot a big fish at Zhifu, and afterward went west along the seashore. | 史記卷006 秦始皇本紀 |
| 210 BC | 沙丘 | When the sick First Emperor died at Shaqiu Pingtai on the bingyin day of the seventh month, Li Si, Zhao Gao and Hu Hai concealed his death and forged a last edict to kill Fusu and Meng Tian. | 史記卷006 秦始皇本紀 |
| 210 BC | 咸陽 | Going by the Straight Road to Xianyang, they began mourning; Hu Hai ascended the throne, and in the ninth month the First Emperor was buried at Mount Li. | 史記卷006 秦始皇本紀 |
| 209 BC | 陳 | In the seventh month, the garrison soldier Chen Sheng and others rose in rebellion in the old land of Chu; at Chen Chen became King of Chu and called his state 'Zhangchu'. | 史記卷006 秦始皇本紀 |
| 209 BC | 吳 | Two months after Chen Sheng's cavalry, Xiang Liang killed Yin Tong, Commandant of Kuaiji, and raised eight thousand soldiers of Wuzhong. | 史記卷007 項羽本紀 |
| 209 BC | 沛 | When the magistrate of Pei changed his mind and closed the gates, Liu Ji shot a letter wrapped in silk over the wall; the elders killed the magistrate, welcomed Liu Ji and made him Duke of Pei. | 史記卷008 高祖本紀 |
| 208 BC | 戲 | Zhou Zhang, sent by Chen Sheng, reached Xi with several hundred thousand troops; Zhang Han pardoned the convicts of Mount Li, armed them, defeated Zhou Zhang's army and killed him at Caoyang. | 史記卷006 秦始皇本紀 |
| 208 BC | 下邳 | Xiang Liang crossed the river with eight thousand men and marched west; when he crossed the Huai, Ying Bu and General Pu joined him, and together they stationed at Xiapi with sixty to seventy thousand. | 史記卷007 項羽本紀 |
| 208 BC | 盱台 | On Fan Zeng's advice, Xiang Liang sought among the common people a grandson of King Huai of Chu named Xin, made him King Huai of Chu, and set the capital at Xutai. | 史記卷007 項羽本紀 |
| 208 BC | 東阿 | Xiang Liang routed the Qin army heavily at Dong'e. | 史記卷007 項羽本紀 |
| 208 BC | 定陶 | Zhang Han mobilized all the Qin army and heavily routed the Chu army at Dingtao; Xiang Liang was killed. | 史記卷007 項羽本紀 |
| 207 BC | 咸陽 | Zhao Gao presented a deer and called it a horse, testing the loyalty of the officials; he harmed by law those who called it a deer ('pointing at a deer and calling it a horse'). | 史記卷006 秦始皇本紀 |
| 207 BC | 望夷宮 | Zhao Gao had his son-in-law Yan Le attack the Wangyi Palace, forcing the Second Emperor to kill himself, and set up Prince Ying as King of Qin. | 史記卷006 秦始皇本紀 |
| 207 BC | 安陽 | Song Yi stayed forty-six days at Anyang without advancing; at dawn Xiang Yu beheaded Song Yi, became Shangjiang Jun, and set out to relieve Zhao. | 史記卷007 項羽本紀 |
| 207 BC | 鉅鹿 | Xiang Yu sank the boats, broke the cooking pots, fought the Qin army nine times at Julu, routed it heavily and captured Wang Li (sinking the boats and breaking the cauldrons). | 史記卷007 項羽本紀 |
| 207 BC | 殷虛 | At Yinxu, south of the Huan River, Zhang Han made a covenant with Xiang Yu; Xiang Yu made Zhang Han King of Yong. | 史記卷007 項羽本紀 |
| 207 BC | 新安 | At Xin'an, the feudal lords' armies mistreated the surrendered Qin soldiers; Xiang Yu, fearing a backlash, buried more than two hundred thousand Qin troops in pits south of Xin'an city. | 史記卷007 項羽本紀 |
| 207 BC | 高陽 | When Duke Pei passed Gaoyang, the gatekeeper Li Yiji had an audience and advised a raid on Chenliu; then he defeated Qin armies at Kaifeng and Baima, and so on. | 史記卷008 高祖本紀 |
| 207 BC | 宛 | When Duke Pei besieged Wan, on the persuasion of Chen Hui he enfeoffed the Governor of Nanyang as Marquis Yin and made him surrender, and then advanced west. | 史記卷008 高祖本紀 |
| 207 BC | 武關 | After sending Li Sheng and Lu Jia to win over the Qin general, he attacked Wuguan and broke it, and heavily defeated the Qin army south and north of Lantian. | 史記卷008 高祖本紀 |
| 206 BC | 鴻門 | Xiang Yu broke through Hangu Pass and reached west of Xi, meaning to attack Duke Pei; but through Xiang Bo's mediation a banquet was held at Hongmen (the Hongmen Banquet). | 史記卷007 項羽本紀 |
| 206 BC | 咸陽 | Xiang Yu went west and slaughtered Xianyang, killed the King of Qin Ziying and burned the palaces; the fire did not go out for three months. | 史記卷007 項羽本紀 |
| 206 BC | 彭城 | Xiang Yu divided the world, set up feudal lords, made himself Xichu Hegemon-King, governed nine commanderies and made Pengcheng his capital. | 史記卷007 項羽本紀 |
| 206 BC | 南鄭 | He made Duke Pei King Han and gave him Ba, Shu and Hanzhong, making Nanzheng his capital, and divided Guanzhong among three surrendered Qin generals. | 史記卷007 項羽本紀 |
| 206 BC | 郴縣 | Xiang Yu moved the Righteous Emperor to Chenxian in Changsha, and later had the Kings of Hengshan and Linjiang kill him by drowning him in the river. | 史記卷007 項羽本紀 |
| 206 BC | 霸上 | Duke Pei was the first to reach Bashang, and King Ziying of Qin surrendered beside the Zhidao; Duke Pei sealed the palaces of Xianyang, returned to Bashang, and with the elders agreed on the 'Three Laws of Law'. | 史記卷008 高祖本紀 |
| 206 BC | 蝕中 | As the King of Han went to Nanzheng, entering the Shizhong, he burned and cut off the plank roads; Han Xin urged him to contend for the world eastward. | 史記卷008 高祖本紀 |
| 206 BC | 陳倉 | On Han Xin's strategy the King of Han returned by the old road, defeated Zhang Han, King of Yong, at Chencang, drove him to Feiqiu, and pacified Guanzhong. | 史記卷008 高祖本紀 |
| 205 BC | 彭城 | The King of Han entered Pengcheng with the forces of five lords, fifty-six myriads; Xiang Yu attacked at dawn near Xiao and routed him heavily, and more than a hundred thousand Han soldiers fell into the Sui River, so the water stopped flowing. | 史記卷007 項羽本紀 |
| 205 BC | 雒陽 | The King of Han crossed the Yellow River from Linjin, made Wei follow him, reached Luoyang, proclaimed the mourning for the Righteous Emperor, and appealed to the feudal lords to attack Chu. | 史記卷008 高祖本紀 |
| 205 BC | 廢丘 | By diverting the water of the Yellow River to flood Feiqiu, the city surrendered; Zhang Han killed himself, and Feiqiu was renamed Huaili. | 史記卷008 高祖本紀 |
| 204 BC | 滎陽 | When Xingyang was besieged, Ji Xin impersonated the King of Han to deceive the Chu army; the King of Han escaped by the west gate to Chenggao, while Ji Xin was burned to death. | 史記卷007 項羽本紀 |
| 204 BC | 滎陽 | Through Chen Ping's divisive scheme, Xiang Yu came to suspect Fan Zeng; Fan Zeng resigned and died of a back boil before reaching Pengcheng. | 史記卷007 項羽本紀 |
| 204 BC | 修武 | The King of Han escaped from the Chenggao prison gate, and at Xiuwu entered the camps of Zhang Er and Han Xin, taking their armies from them. | 史記卷008 高祖本紀 |
| 204 BC | 井陘 | Han Xin went down the Jingxing with Zhang Er, attacked Zhao, and killed Chen Yu and King Xie of Zhao. | 史記卷008 高祖本紀 |
| 203 BC | 廣武 | At Guangwu the two sides faced each other; Xiang Yu threatened to boil the Taigong on a high chopping block, and the King of Han replied, 'Please share me a bowl of soup'; a crossbow shot by Xiang Yu wounded the King of Han in the chest. | 史記卷007 項羽本紀 |
| 203 BC | 濰水 일대 | Long Ju, sent by Xiang Yu, was utterly defeated by Han Xin and Guan Ying at the Wei River region and died, and Han Xin made himself King of Qi. | 史記卷007 項羽本紀 |
| 203 BC | 鴻溝 | Chu and Han agreed to divide the world along the Hong Canal; Xiang Yu returned the King of Han's parents and wife and children, and then went back east. | 史記卷007 項羽本紀 |
| 202 BC | 固陵 | The King of Han pursued Xiang Yu to Guling, but Han Xin and Peng Yue did not come, and Chu heavily defeated Han; by Zhang Liang's plan, when land was promised, the two men joined. | 史記卷007 項羽本紀 |
| 202 BC | 垓下 | Xiang Yu's army camped at Gaixia was surrounded by Han troops in several layers, and at night Chu songs rose from all sides; Xiang Yu was startled and sang 'My strength uproots mountains' (the Gaixia Song). | 史記卷007 項羽本紀 |
| 202 BC | 烏江 | Xiang Yu lost his way at Yinling; at Dongcheng only twenty-eight horsemen remained, and after fighting at Wu River he refused a boat and cut his own throat. | 史記卷007 項羽本紀 |
| 202 BC | 汜水之陽 | At the urging of the feudal lords and great officers, the King of Han ascended the throne as emperor north of the Si River, and the world was settled. | 史記卷008 高祖本紀 |
| 202 BC | 雒陽 | Gaozu intended to make Luoyang his capital, but on the advice of Liu Jing and Zhang Liang he rode off that very day and made Guanzhong his capital. | 史記卷008 高祖本紀 |
| 201 BC | 陳 | Using Chen Ping's stratagem, he feigned a tour to Yunmeng, gathered the lords at Chen and seized Han Xin, King of Chu. | 史記卷008 高祖本紀 |
| 200 BC | 平城 | Gaozu set out to attack King Xin of Han and reached Pingcheng, but was besieged by the Xiongnu for seven days. | 史記卷008 高祖本紀 |
| 200 BC | 長安 | Passing through Zhao and Luoyang, he reached Chang'an; when the Changle Palace was completed, the chancellor and the others moved to Chang'an to handle government affairs. | 史記卷008 高祖本紀 |
| 197 BC | 邯鄲 | Chen Xi, Chancellor of Zhao, rebelled at Dai; Gaozu went east and reached Handan, and said that Chen Xi was incompetent because he did not block the Zhang River. | 史記卷008 高祖本紀 |
| 196 BC | 東垣 | Gaozu besieged Donghuan, held by Chen Xi's general Zhao Li, for over a month and forced its surrender; he beheaded soldiers who had insulted him and made his son Heng King of Dai, with his capital at Jinyang. | 史記卷008 高祖本紀 |
| 196 BC | Marquis Huaiyin, Han Xin, was accused of plotting rebellion in Guanzhong, and his three generations of relatives were destroyed. | 史記卷008 高祖本紀 | |
| 196 BC | 中都 | In spring of Gaozu's 11th year, after defeating Chen Xi and pacifying Dai, Liu Heng was made King of Dai and set up his capital at Zhongdu. | 史記卷010 孝文本紀 |
| 195 BC | Ying Bu, King of Huainan, rebelled and annexed the land of King Liu Jia of Jing; Gaozu went in person and in the tenth month of the twelfth year defeated Ying Bu's army at Huizui. | 史記卷008 高祖本紀 | |
| 195 BC | 沛 | On his return Gaozu stopped at Pei and held a banquet at the Pei Palace; he sang 'The great wind rises', and made Pei his bath-fief (tangmu yi). | 史記卷008 高祖本紀 |
| 195 BC | 長樂宮(長安) | Gaozu died in the Changle Palace (Chang'an); the mourning was not announced for four days, and on the dingwei day it was announced; Lu Wan fled to the Xiongnu. | 史記卷008 高祖本紀 |
| 194 BC | 長安 | Emperor Hui went out to Bashang to meet King Ruyi of Zhao and kept him at his side; but in the twelfth month, at dawn, while Hui was out hunting, Empress Lü had him poisoned with wine, and the King of Zhao died. | 史記卷009 呂太后本紀 |
| 188 BC | 長安 | When Emperor Hui died, Empress Lü wept but did not shed tears; on Zhang Bi Qiang's advice she placed Lü kinsmen in the Northern and Southern Armies, and Lü power began. | 史記卷009 呂太后本紀 |
| 181 BC | 長安 | Empress Lü imprisoned King You of Zhao in a lodging in Chang'an and starved him to death. | 史記卷009 呂太后本紀 |
| 180 BC | 軹道 | At Zhidao something like a blue dog bit Empress Lü under the arm; divination said it was the spirit of King Ruyi of Zhao, and she fell ill from the wound. | 史記卷009 呂太后本紀 |
| 180 BC | 長安 | Before she died, Empress Lü made Lü Lu in charge of the Northern Army and Lü Chan in charge of the Southern Army, and admonished them to 'guard the palace and not go to the funeral'; she died on the xinsi day. | 史記卷009 呂太后本紀 |
| 180 BC | 齊(臨淄) | Liu Zhang, Marquis of Zhuxu, told his brother the King of Qi, who raised troops to march west against the Lü clan, killing Chancellor Shao Ping and seizing the Langya King's army. | 史記卷009 呂太后本紀 |
| 180 BC | 滎陽 | Guan Ying, sent by Chancellor Lü Chan, reached Xingyang, learned of the plan to attack the Lü clan, halted his advance and allied with Qi. | 史記卷009 呂太后本紀 |
| 180 BC | 長安(北軍) | Zhou Bo entered the Northern Army and ordered: those who support the Lü clan bare the right sleeve, those who support the Liu clan bare the left. All bared the left, taking control of the Northern Army; then the Marquis of Zhuxu killed Lü Chan in the Weiyang Palace. | 史記卷009 呂太后本紀 |
| 180 BC | 長安(代邸) | The great officials welcomed the King of Dai, who arrived at the Dai residence in Chang'an on the last day of the second ninth month, and presented him with the imperial seal to ascend the throne. | 史記卷009 呂太后本紀 |
| 180 BC | 長安(代邸) | The King of Dai received the officials at Weiqiao; after declining three times at the Dai residence, he ascended the throne. | 史記卷010 孝文本紀 |
| 177 BC | 高奴 | The Right Worthy King of the Xiongnu raided Henan, so Emperor Wen sent border officers and 85,000 cavalry to Gaonu, ordering Chancellor Guan Ying to attack. | 史記卷010 孝文本紀 |
| 177 BC | 太原 | Emperor Wen went from Ganquan through Gaonu to Taiyuan, rewarded his old officials, and stayed there over ten days. | 史記卷010 孝文本紀 |
| 177 BC | 滎陽 | Xingju, King of Jibei, rebelled upon hearing that Emperor Wen had gone to Dai and tried to attack Xingyang, but in the eighth month he was defeated and captured. | 史記卷010 孝文本紀 |
| 167 BC | 長安 | When Chunyu Gong was sentenced to corporal punishment, his youngest daughter Tiying came to Chang'an and petitioned to become a government slave in place of her father; Emperor Wen was moved and abolished bodily mutilation punishments. | 史記卷010 孝文本紀 |
| 158 BC | 細柳 | With 30,000 Xiongnu entering Shangjun and another 30,000 entering Yunzhong, Zhou Yafu camped at Xiliu, Liu Li at Bashang, and Xu Li at Jimen to defend. | 史記卷010 孝文本紀 |
| 157 BC | 長安(未央宮) | Emperor Wen died in the Weiyang Palace at Chang'an, leaving an edict calling for simple burial. | 史記卷010 孝文本紀 |
| 154 BC | 梁(睢陽) | The seven states, including Wu and Chu, rebelled and executed Chao Cuo. Yuan Ang tried to dissuade them, but they did not stop and marched west to besiege Liang at Suiyang. | 史記卷011 孝景本紀 |
| 154 BC | 梁(睢陽) | Grand General Dou Ying and Grand Commandant Zhou Yafu were sent to attack the seven states, and in the sixth month a general pardon and merit rewards were granted. | 史記卷011 孝景本紀 |
| 144 BC | 雍 | Emperor Jing visited Yong and performed the suburban sacrifices to the Five Thearchs. | 史記卷011 孝景本紀 |
| 141 BC | 長安 | Emperor Jing died and the crown prince took the throne, becoming Emperor Wu (Xiaowu). | 史記卷011 孝景本紀 |
| 140 BC | 長安 | Emperor Wu followed Confucian learning and made Zhao Wan and Wang Zang ministers, planning to build a Mingtang; but Empress Dowager Dou opposed it, Zhao Wan and Wang Zang committed suicide, and the project was abandoned. | 史記卷012 孝武本紀 |
| 133 BC | Li Shaojun, with techniques of hearth sacrifice, abstinence from grain and warding off old age, met Emperor Wu and spoke of gold, the immortals of Penglai, and the feng and shan sacrifices for immortality. | 史記卷012 孝武本紀 | |
| 122 BC | 雍 | Emperor Wu sacrificed at Yong and obtained a one-horned beast (lin), which he presented at the Five Shrines, and he granted white metal (silver) to the feudal lords. | 史記卷012 孝武本紀 |
| 120 BC – 119 BC | 甘泉宮 | Shao Weng had the Ganquan Palace built to summon spirits; when no spirit came, he was executed over a false silk-letter affair. Some years later, the ailing Emperor Wu went from Dinghu to Ganquan, recovered, and worshipped the Divine Lord. Tradition | 史記卷012 孝武本紀 |
| 113 BC | 汾陰 | Emperor Wu traveled east, built a Houtu Shrine atop the mound at Fenyin, and personally offered sacrifices as he would to the Lord on High. | 史記卷012 孝武本紀 |
| 113 BC | 雲陽(甘泉) | On the first day of the eleventh month, a winter solstice falling on a xinsi day at dawn, Emperor Wu first worshipped Taiyi at Ganquan in Yunyang. | 史記卷012 孝武本紀 |
| 110 BC | 橋山 | Emperor Wu toured Shuofang to the north, reviewed over 100,000 troops, and on his return sacrificed at the Yellow Emperor's tomb at Qiaoshan. | 史記卷012 孝武本紀 |
| 110 BC | 太室 | In the third month, at Gouzhi, he ascended Taishi on the Central Peak, performed the rites and built the town of Chonggao. | 史記卷012 孝武本紀 |
| 110 BC | 泰山·梁父 | From Fenggao he reached Liangfu; on the fourth month, day yimao, he performed the feng sacrifice at the foot of Mount Tai and, with the attendant Ziheou, climbed the mountain and secretly performed the feng. | 史記卷012 孝武本紀 |
| 110 BC | 九原 | After the feng, he returned along the coast to Jieshi, crossed the northern frontier through Liaoxi to Jiuyuan, and in the fifth month went back to Ganquan, changing the era name to Yuanfeng. | 史記卷012 孝武本紀 |
| 109 BC | 瓠子 | At Huzi, where the Yellow River dike had burst, he personally oversaw the sealing of the breach, stayed two days, sank jade as a sacrifice, and had two ministers seal it. | 史記卷012 孝武本紀 |
| 108 BC | 朝鮮 | After campaigning against Gojoseon, a summer drought came; Gongsun Qing called it a 'dry sealing' (qian feng), so a sacrifice to the Lingxing star was offered. | 史記卷012 孝武本紀 |
| 106 BC | 天柱山 | Touring the southern commanderies, he went east from Jiangling, climbed Tianzhu Mountain in Qian and named it the Southern Marchmount, followed the Yangtze past Xunyang, Zongyang and Pengli, passed Langya, and in the fourth month at Fenggao repaired the feng rites. | 史記卷012 孝武本紀 |
| 104 BC | 長安 | When fire broke out at the Bailiang Terrace, following Yongzhi's advice, he built a grander Jianzhang Palace with a thousand gates and ten thousand doors, with models of Taiye Pond and the immortal islands Penglai, Fangzhang and Yingzhou. | 史記卷012 孝武本紀 |
| 98 BC – 97 BC | 泰山 | He returned to Mount Tai to repair the feng rites and, on the way back, passed Changshan and performed sacrifices. | 史記卷012 孝武本紀 |
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