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十有二年春，用田賦。何以書？譏。何譏爾？譏始用田賦也。 |
| | In spring of the twelfth year, land taxes were used. Why is this recorded? It was a censure. What exactly is being censured? It is a censure for the beginning of the use of land taxes.
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夏，五月甲辰，孟子卒。孟子者何？昭公之夫人也。其稱孟子何？諱娶同姓，蓋吳女也。 |
| | In summer, on the Jiachen day of the fifth month, Mengzi died. Who was Mengzi? She was the consort of Duke Zhao. Why is she referred to as Mengzi? Because it was taboo to marry within the same clan; she was probably a woman from Wu.
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| | 哀公十二... : |
公會吳于橐皋。 |
| | The duke met with Wu at Tuogao.
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| | 哀公十二... : |
秋，公會衛侯、宋皇瑗于運。 |
| | In autumn, the duke met with Duke Wei and Song Huangyuan at Yun.
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| | 哀公十二... : |
宋向巢帥師伐鄭。 |
| | Song Xiangchao led troops to attack Zheng.
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| | 哀公十二... : |
冬，十有二月，螽。何以書？記異也。何異爾？不時也。 |
| | In winter, on the twelfth day of the twelfth month, locusts appeared. Why is this recorded? To record an unusual occurrence. What was the unusual occurrence? It occurred at an abnormal time.
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