Duke Xuan's Thirteenth Year

In the thirteenth year, in spring, the army of Qi attacked Ju.

In summer, the Chu ruler attacked Song.

In autumn, there was a plague of locusts. In winter, Jin killed its own grandee Xian Hu.

In the thirteenth year, in spring, the army of Qi attacked Ju because Ju relied on Jin's support and did not serve Qi.

In summer, the Chu ruler attacked Song because Song had gone to the aid of Xiao. The noble man said: "Of the covenant of Qingqiu, only Song can be exempted from blame."

In autumn, the Red Di attacked Jin, reaching the place Qing; this was because Xian Hu had lured them there.

In winter, the men of Jin investigated the responsibility for the defeat at Bi and the affair at Qing, laid the blame on Xian Hu, killed him, and exterminated his entire clan. The noble man said: "The arrival of calamity is something one brings upon oneself—this surely refers to Xian Hu."

Regarding the covenant of Qingqiu, Jin, because Wei had gone to the aid of Chen, called Wei to account for it. The envoy sent would not leave, saying: "If guilt has no one to be ascribed to, we will send an army against you." Kong Da said: "If it benefits the state, please hand me over as an explanation; the fault arose from me. I hold the government, yet I am to resist the great state's punitive action—to whom else can the blame be shifted? I will die for it."