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五帝本纪 - Annals of the Five Emperors

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23 五帝本纪:
昔帝鸿氏有不才子,掩义隐贼,好行凶慝,天下谓之浑沌。少暤氏有不才子,毁信恶忠,崇饰恶言,天下谓之穷奇。颛顼氏有不才子,不可教训,不知话言,天下谓之梼杌。此三族世忧之。至于尧,尧未能去。缙云氏有不才子,贪于饮食,冒于货贿,天下谓之饕餮。天下恶之,比之三凶。舜宾于四门,乃流四凶族,迁于四裔,以御螭魅,于是四门辟,言毋凶人也。
Annals of the Five...:
In ancient days the Emperor Hong (Huangdi) had a son devoid of ability, who shut himself off from duty, and was a villain in secret, delighting in the practice of the worst vices, and all men called him Hundun (Chaos). (The Emperor) Shaohao had a descendant devoid of ability, who overthrew good faith, hated loyalty, extolled specious and evil talk, and all the people called him Qiongji (Monster). Zhuanxu had a son devoid of ability, who would receive no instruction and acknowledge no good words, and all the people called him Taowu (Block). These three men everyone was distressed about until the time of Yao, but Yao could not send them away. Jinyun had a son devoid of ability, who was greedy in eating and drinking, and pursued wealth blindly. All the people called him Taotie (Glutton), hated and compared him to the three other wicked men. Shun received visitors at the four gates, but banished these four wicked ones to the four borders of the empire to manage hobgoblins; and those at the four gates rightly said there were no wicked men among them.

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