《史記·項羽本紀》節選

作者：司馬遷

廣陵人召平於是為陳王徇廣陵，未能下。聞陳王敗走，秦兵又且至，乃渡江矯陳王命，拜梁為楚王上柱國。曰：“江東已定，急引兵西擊秦。”項梁乃以八千人渡江而西。聞陳嬰已下東陽，使使欲與連和俱西。

陳嬰者，故東陽令史，居縣中，素信謹，稱為長者。東陽少年殺其令，相聚數千人，欲置長，無適用，乃請陳嬰。嬰謝不能，遂強立嬰為長，縣中從者得二萬人。少年欲立嬰便為王，異軍蒼頭特起。

陳嬰母謂嬰曰：“自我為汝家婦，未嘗聞汝先古之有貴者。今暴得大名，不祥。不如有所屬，事成猶得封侯，事敗易以亡，非世所指名也。”

嬰乃不敢為王。謂其軍吏曰：“項氏世世將家，有名於楚。今欲舉大事，將非其人，不可。我倚名族，亡秦必矣。”於是眾從其言，以兵屬項梁。項梁渡淮，黥布、蒲將軍亦以兵屬焉。凡六七萬人，軍下邳。

當是時，秦嘉已立景駒為楚王，軍彭城東，欲距項梁。項梁謂軍吏曰：“陳王先首事，戰不利，未聞所在。今秦嘉倍陳王而立景駒，逆無道。”乃進兵擊秦嘉。秦嘉軍敗走，追之至胡陵。嘉還戰一日，嘉死，軍降。景駒走死梁地。項梁已並秦嘉軍，軍胡陵，將引軍而西。

章邯軍至慄，項梁使別將朱雞石、餘樊君與戰。餘樊君死。朱雞石軍敗，亡走胡陵。項梁乃引兵入薛，誅雞石。項梁前使項羽別攻襄城，襄城堅守不下。已拔，皆阬之。還報項梁。項梁聞陳王定死，召諸別將會薛計事。此時沛公亦起沛，往焉。

項羽

原創英譯

譯者：Lee Westwood

At that time Zhao Ping， a native of Guangling， attacked that county for Chen She but failed in capturing it。 When he heard the defeat and flight of Chen She as well as the approach of the Qin army， he crossed the Yangtze River。 He nominated Xiang Liang as the Prime Minster of Chu on the pretext of taking orders from Chen She。 “We have taken control of the east of the Yangtze River，” he said。 “Lead forces westwards to attack Qin at once。” Hence Xiang Liang with eight thousand soldiers crossed the Yangtze River westwords。 As he learned Chen Ying had occupied Dongyang， he sent a messenger to propose to combine their forces for joint operations to the west。

Chen Ying， known as the moral person of the county on account of his integrity and prudence， was a subordinate of the former magistrate of Dongyang。 When thousands of young men gathered together and killed the magistrate， they wanted to elect a leader but could not find a suitable one。 At first Cheng Ying was recommended， then he declined for the reason of his lack of ability。 However he was forced to be the head of insurgents finally， followed by twenty thousand men in the county。 They planned to make him the king and to form a special rebel force with cyan turbans on their heads。

Chen Ying‘s mother told him， “I have never heard that any of your ancestors had been members of nobility， since I married into your family。 It is risky to rise to fame overnight。 You’d better serve under a superior。 If everything goes well， you may be invested as a marquis； if it fails， it is easy for you to escape， because you are not the centre of attention in the world。”

Chen Ying dared not make himself king。 “The Xiang Clan has produced generals for generations。” He told his officers。 “They are well known in Chu。 It is crucial that we must depend on them to rise up against Qin。 With the help of such a distinguished family， Qin will definitely be destroyed。” They took his advice to be at Xiang Liang‘s command。 After Xiang Liang crossed the Huai River， Ying Bu and General Pu also led their forces to serve under Xiang Liang。 The strength of Xiang Liang’s forces had reached sixty or seventy thousand， and they were encamped at Xiapi。

Meanwhile Qin Jia， whose troops were garrisoned in the east of Peng county to block Xiang Liang‘s advance， had already conferred the title of vassal king of Chu on Jing Ju。 “It was Chen She who launched the first attack on Qin，” said Xiang Liang to his officers。 “But his whereabouts is still unknown since his defeat。 Now Qin Jia has betrayed him， investing Jing Ju as the king。 This is vile treachery。” Hence he ordered troops to attack Qin Jia and put him to flight。 Xiang Liang pursued him to Huling， where Qin Jia turned back to fight a battle， with the result that he was dead， his soldiers surrendering。 And Jin Ju fled to Liang region， perishing there。 Xiang Liang took control of Qin Jia’s forces。 Before beginning their march to the west， Xiang Liang‘s troops were encamped in Huling。

While Zhang Han’s army reached Li county， Xiang Liang commanded his generals， Zhu Jishi and Yu Fanjun respectively to battle with the enemies。 Yu Fanjun was killed， and Zhu Jishi‘s troop was defeated， retreating to Huling。 Then Xiang Liang led the forces to Xue and executed Zhu Jishi。 Previously he ordered Xiang Yu to storm Xiang county with another troop。 But the defenders there put up such a strong resistance that Xiang Yu was not capable of conquering them。 Finally he occupied the county， burying all of them alive， and he returned to report to Xiang Liang。 Xiang Liang heard that Chen She’s death had been confirmed， whereupon he convened a meeting of his generals to discuss this matter in Xue。 By this time Liu Bang， who had also risen in rebellion at Pei， went to attend the meeting。