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二十有三年春，公至自齊。桓之盟不日，其會不致，信之也；此之桓國何以致？危之也。何危爾？公一陳佗也。 |
| | In spring of the twenty-third year, the Duke returned from Qi. The alliances of Huan are not dated, and his meetings are not recorded as arriving, because they were trustworthy; How could this be the state of Huan? It is dangerous. What danger is there in that? The Duke was merely repeating something else.
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蔡叔來聘。 |
| | Cai Shu came to pay a visit of courtesy.
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夏，公如齊觀社。何以書？譏。何譏爾？諸侯越竟觀社，非禮也。 |
| | In summer, the Duke went to Qi to observe the ancestral rites. Why is this recorded? It is a censure. What is being censured? It was not in accordance with ritual for a feudal lord to cross the border to observe ancestral rites.
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公至自齊。 |
| | The Duke returned from Qi.
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荊人來聘。荊何以稱人？始能聘也。 |
| | People from Jing came to pay a visit of courtesy. Why are the people from Jing referred to as "people"? Because this was their first time sending a courtesy visit.
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公及齊侯遇于穀。蕭叔朝公。其言朝公何？公在外也。 |
| | The Duke met with the Marquis of Qi at Gu. Xiao Shu paid a visit to the Duke. Why is it said that he "paid homage to the Duke"? Because the Duke was outside [the capital].
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秋，丹桓宮楹。何以書？譏。何譏爾？丹桓宮楹，非禮也。 |
| | In autumn, the pillars of the Huan Palace in Dan were painted red. Why is this recorded? It is a censure. What is being censured here? Painting the pillars of Huan Palace red was not in accordance with ritual.
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冬，十有一月，曹伯射姑卒。 |
| | In winter, on the eleventh month, the Marquis Cao Bo Shegu died.
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十有二月甲寅，公會齊侯盟于扈。桓之盟不日，此何以日？危之也。何危爾？我貳也。魯子曰：「我貳者，非彼然，我然也。」 |
| | On the Jia Yin day of the twelfth month, the Duke met with the Marquis of Ji and formed an alliance at Hu. The alliances of Huan were not dated; why is this one dated? Because it was dangerous. What danger is there in that? Because we were disloyal. The Master of Lu said: "To be disloyal, it is not because of them, but because of me."
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