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五年春，王正月辛亥朔，日有食之。 |
| | In spring of the fifth year, on the first day of the first lunar month, which was a Xinhai day, there was a solar eclipse.
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| | 定公五年: |
夏，歸粟於蔡。諸侯無粟，諸侯相歸粟，正也。孰歸之？諸侯也。不言歸之者，專辭也，義邇也。於越入吳。 |
| | In summer, millet was returned to Cai (Cai). The feudal lords had no millet; the feudal lords returning millet to each other is proper. Who returned it? The feudal lords did. It does not mention who returned it, because the wording is concise and the meaning is clear. Yu Yue entered Wu.
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| | 定公五年: |
六月丙申，季孫意如卒。 |
| | On the Bingshen day of the sixth month, Ji Sun Yiru died.
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秋，七月壬子，叔孫不敢卒。 |
| | In autumn, on the Renzi day of the seventh month, Shu Sun Bu Gan died.
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| | 定公五年: |
冬，晉士鞅帥師圍鮮虞。 |
| | In winter, Jin Shi Yang led an army to besiege Xianyu.
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