晋景公三年,大夫屠岸贾要诛杀赵氏家族。当初,赵盾在世的时候,曾梦见叔带抱着他的腰痛哭,非常悲伤;之后又大笑,还拍着手唱歌。赵盾为此进行占卜,龟甲上烧出的裂纹中断,可后边又好了。赵国一位名叫援的史官判断说:“这个梦很凶,不是应验在您的身上,而是在您儿子身上,可也是由于您的过错。到您孙子那一代,赵氏家族将更加衰落。”屠岸贾这个人,起初受灵公的宠信,到景公的时候他就做了司寇,将要发难,就先惩治杀灵公的逆贼以便牵连出赵盾,同时遍告所有的将领说:“赵盾虽然不知情,但仍然是逆贼之首。做臣子的杀害了国君,他的子孙却还在朝为官,这还怎么能惩治罪人呢?请各位诛杀他们。”韩厥说:“灵公遇害的时候,赵盾在外地,我们的先君认为他无罪,所以没有杀他。如今各位将要诛杀他的后人,这不是先君的意愿而是随意滥杀,随意滥杀就是作乱。为臣的有大事却不让国君知道,这是目无君主。”屠岸贾不听。韩厥就告知赵朔赶快逃跑。赵朔不肯逃跑,他说:“您一定能不使赵氏的香火断绝,我死了也就没有遗恨了。”韩厥答应了他的要求,他谎称有病不出门。屠岸贾不请示国君就擅自和将领们在下宫攻袭赵氏,杀死了赵朔、赵同、赵括、赵婴齐,并且灭绝了他们的家族。
赵朔的妻子是成公的姐姐,有赵朔留下的身孕,她逃到景公宫里躲藏起来。赵朔的一位门客名叫公孙杵臼,杵臼对赵朔的朋友程婴说:“你为什么不死?”程婴说:“赵朔的妻子有身孕,如果有幸是男孩,我就奉养他;如果是女孩,我再慢慢去死。”过了不久,赵朔的妻子分娩,生下男孩。屠岸贾听到后,到宫中去搜查。大人把婴儿放在裤子里,祷告说:“赵氏宗族要是灭绝,你就大哭;如果不会灭绝,你就不要出声。”搜查到这里的时候,婴儿竟然没有声音。脱险以后,程婴对公孙杵臼说:“今天一次搜查没有找到,以后一定要再来搜查,怎么办呢?”公孙杵臼说:“扶立遗孤和死哪件事更难?”程婴说:“死很容易,扶立遗孤很难啊。”公孙杵臼说:“赵氏的先君待您不薄,您就勉为其难吧;我去做那件容易的,让我先死吧!”于是两人设法得到别人家的婴儿背着,给他包上漂亮的小花被,藏到深山里。程婴从山里出来,假意对将军们说:“我程婴没出息,不能扶养赵氏孤儿,谁能给我千金,我就告诉他赵氏孤儿藏在哪里。”将军们都很高兴,答应了他,就派兵跟随程婴去攻打公孙杵臼。杵臼假意说:“程婴,你这个小人哪!当初下宫之难你不能去死,跟我商量隐藏赵氏孤儿,如今你却出卖了我。即使你不能抚养,怎能忍心出卖他呢!”他抱着婴儿大叫道:“天哪!天哪!赵氏孤儿有什么罪?请你们让他活下来,只杀我杵臼可以吧。”将军们不答应,立刻杀了杵臼和孤儿。将军们以为赵氏孤儿确实已经死了,都很高兴。然而真的赵氏孤儿却仍然活着,程婴终于和他一起隐藏到深山里。
过了十五年,晋景公生病,进行占卜,占卜的结果说是大业的子孙后代不顺利,因而做怪。景公问韩厥,韩厥知道赵氏孤儿还在世,便说:“大业的后代子孙中如今已在晋国断绝香火的,不就是赵氏吗?从中衍传下的后代都是姓嬴的了。中衍人面鸟嘴,来到人世辅佐殷帝太戊,到他的后代辅佐的几位周天子,都有美好的德行。再往下到厉王、幽王时昏庸无道,叔带就离开周王朝来到晋国,侍奉先君文侯,一直到成公,他们世代都建立了功业,从未断绝过香火。如今只有君主您灭了赵氏宗族,晋国人都为他们悲哀,所以在占卜时就显示出来了。希望您考虑考虑吧!”景公问道:“赵氏还有后代子孙吗?”韩厥就把实情完全告诉了景公。于是景公就与韩厥商量立赵氏孤儿,先把他找来藏在宫中。将军们进宫问候景公的病情,景公依靠韩厥的众多随从迫使将军们同赵氏孤儿见面。赵氏孤儿名叫赵武。将军们不得已,只好说:“当初下宫那次事变,是屠岸贾策动的,他假传君命,并且向群臣发令,不然的话,谁敢发动变乱呢!如果不是您有病,我们这些大臣本来就要请赵氏的后代了。如今您有这个命令,正是群臣的心愿啊!”当时就让赵武、程婴一一拜谢各位将军,将军们又反过来与程婴、赵武攻打屠岸贾,诛灭了他的家族。景公重又把原属赵氏的封地赐给赵武。
到赵武行了冠礼,已是成人了,程婴就拜别了各位大夫,然后对赵武说:“当初下宫的事变,人人都能死难。我并非不能去死,我是想扶立赵氏的后代。如今赵武已经承袭祖业,长大成人,恢复了原来的爵位,我要到地下去报告给赵宣和公孙杵臼。”赵武啼哭叩头,坚持请求说:“我宁愿使自己筋骨受苦也要报答您一直到死,难道您忍心离开我去死吗?”程婴说:“不行。他认为我能完成大事,所以在我以前死去;如今我不去复命,就会以为我的任务没有完成。”于是就自杀了。赵武为程婴守孝三年,给他安排了祭祀用的土地,春秋祭祀,世代不绝
Chun King public three years, the doctor should Tuan Gu Zhu Sha Zhao family. At first, Zhao Dun was alive, had dreamed of tert-belt holding his waist crying, very sad; followed by laughter, but also Pai Zheshou singing. Zhao Dun divination to that end, burned out shells crack interrupts can be good at the back. The historian named Yuan Zhao a judge said: "This dream heavily, which is not fulfilled in your body, but your son may be also due to your fault. To your grandchildren's generation, Zhao family will be even more decline. "Tuan Gu this person, at first by the Chong Xin Ling, to the King, when the public did Sikou he will have to launch an attack on, then they punish the usurper in order to kill the spirit of public involvement out of Zhao Dun, while all of the generals over the divisions that : "Zhaodun Although aware of, it is still the head of the usurper. courtiers to do the killing of the monarch, and his descendants are still moving in the Crown, this also how can it punish a sinner? Zhusha please them." Han Jue said: "Ling was killed when Zhaodun in the field, we Xian-jun think he's guilty, we do not kill him. Now you will be Zhusha his descendants, this is not the will of Xian-jun but a random and indiscriminate killings, arbitrary killing is the rebellion. Tameomi of something big does not allow monarch knows that it is ignoring the monarchy. "Tuan Jia would not listen. Han Shuo Zhao Jue quickly on this flight. Shuo Zhao refused to flee, he said: "You will definitely not make the incense Zhao cut off, I am dead, there will be no trace behind of." Han Jue agreed to his request, he pretends he's sick not to go out. Tuan Gu did not ask for instructions monarch on the unauthorized and generals in the next Temple Assault Zhao, killing Zhao Shuo, Zhao Tong, Zhao Kuo, Zhao Ying Qi, and the extinction of their family.
Zhao Shuo's wife is into the public's sister, Zhao Shuo has left pregnant, she fled to the public and the palace King hiding. Shuo Zhao, a Menke named Gongsunchujiu, ball and socket of the Moon's friends Cheng Ying, Zhao said: "Why did you die?" Cheng Ying said: "Zhao Shuo's wife pregnant, if the privilege is a boy, I've been raising him; if a girl, I would slowly die. "Some time later, Zhao Shuo's wife childbirth, giving birth to a boy. Tuan Gu, after hearing, to the palace to search for. Adults and the baby on the pants, the prayer said: "The Zhao clan if extinction, you'll cry; if not extinct, you should not speak out." Searches here when the baby actually sound. After the escape, Cheng infant pairs Gongsunchujiu said: "Today a search did not find the future must be searched again, how do?" Gongsunchujiu said: "Fu Li orphans and dead things more difficult for what?" Cheng Ying said: " Death is easy, Fu Li-orphans hard ah. "Gongsunchujiu, said:" The Xian-jun Zhao to be that you do not thin, you'll bite the bullet bar; I do it easy, let me go die! "So the two trying to get someone's home carrying the baby and give him the flowers are wrapped in beautiful, hidden to the mountains. Cheng Ying from the mountains out of pretending that he wanted to the generals say: "I Cheng Ying good for nothing, not dependent Orphan of Zhao, who can give me daughter, I told him where the hidden Orphan." Generals are very happy and promised to him, and sent to follow the way to attack Gongsunchujiu infants. Ball and socket pretending said: "Cheng Ying, which you have the villain! Originally under the Palace of the difficulty that you can not die, I shall now discuss hidden Orphan, and now you have betrayed me. Even if you can not support, how can he bear to sell it ! "He's holding the baby cried:" God! God! Orphan what is the crime? ask you to let him survive, just kill me ball and socket can be it. "The generals did not agree, immediately killed the ball and socket and orphans . The generals thought that Orphan is indeed dead, very happy. Orphan of Zhao, however, is really still alive, Cheng Ying finally hiding with him into the mountains.
After a fifteen years, Chun King-related illness, for divination, fortune-telling result is the great cause of future generations did not go well, so do blame. Jing Gong asked Han Jue, Han Jue know Orphan still alive, he said: "The descendants of the great cause has now cut off in the State of Jin incense, and not that Zhao do? From Yan Chuan-win under the name of future generations are the a. in Yan's face beak, his assistant, Yan Di Tai Wu came to this world, to his descendants adjuvant several weeks the Son of Heaven, there is a good virtue. and then down to Li Wang, You Wang, when stupid is no way to, tert-band left the Zhou Dynasty to Jin, Xian-jun Wen Hou serve until into the public, they have established a meritorious generations, has never been cut off incense. now only monarch you eliminate the Zhao clan, Jin people are sad for them, Therefore, when reflected by the fortune-telling. hope you will think about bar! "King Kung asked:" Zhao also future generations it? "Han Jue put the facts fully informed the public of the King. King then discussed the public with Han Jue Li Orphan, first brought a hidden in the palace. The palace, King generals greeting the public's condition, King recognized the many followers to rely on his full commitment to South Korea to force the generals to meet with the Orphan of Zhao. Orphan named Wu Zhao. Generals last resort, had said: "Had that incident under the palace, is instigated Tuan Gu, and his fake Chuan Jun Ming, and the courtiers issuing the order, otherwise, would dare launch a social upheaval it! If not, you are sick, those of us who Secretary of State would have would be for the descendants of Zhao. Now that you have this command, it is the desire courtiers ah! "At the time let Wu Zhao, Cheng Ying 11 Bese you generals, the generals were, in turn, and Cheng Ying, Zhao Wu attacked Tuan Gu, Zhumie his family. King Kinshige again originally given to Wu Zhao Zhao's fiefs.
To Wu Zhao-line of the crown ceremony, is an adult, and Cheng Ying to take leave of you doctor, and then Wu Zhao said: "Had the incident under the palace, everyone dead. I am not not die, I want to Fu-li Zhao future generations. Today, Wu Zhao has inherited the ancestral property and brought up to restore the original title of nobility, I am going to to go report to Zhao Xuan and Gongsunchujiu. "kowtow crying Zhao Wu, adhere to the request, said:" I would prefer to bones themselves have to repay the suffering you have been to death, can you bear to leave me to die it? "Cheng Ying said:" No. he thought I could complete the event, so I had died; Now I do not re-ordered, it will thought that my task is not complete. "so he committed suicide. Zhao Wu Cheng Ying mourning for three years, arranged a ritual for him to use the land, the Spring and Autumn worship, from generation to generation is not absolutely