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魯莊公乘丘Duke Zhuang of Lu fought a battle with the men of Song at Sheng-qiu.
縣賁父 Xian Ben-fu was driving,
卜國 and Bu Guo was spearman on the right.
The horses got frightened,
and the carriage was broken,
so that the duke fell down.
They handed the strap of a relief chariot (that drove up) to him,
when he said,
。」 'I did not consult the tortoise-shell (about the movement).'
縣賁父 Xiun Ben-fu said,
'On no other occasion did such a disaster occur;
that it has occurred to-day
。」 is owing to my want of courage.
Forthwith he died (in the fight).
When the groom was bathing the horses,
a random arrow was found (in one of them), sticking in the flesh under the flank;
and (on learning this), the duke said,
。」 'It was not his fault;
and he conferred on him an honorary name.
The practice of giving such names to (ordinary) officers
began from this.


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