In the autumn of the first year of Zhangwu, Liu Bei leads his great army to Kui Pass and stays at Baidi. When Zhuge Jin comes as envoy from Wu, Liu Bei says not to let him in, but Huang Quan says that since his brother is chancellor of Shu, they should hear what he has to say. Zhuge Jin speaks. What happened to Lord Guan was Lu Meng’s doing, raising troops on his own because he and Lord Guan were at odds, and now Lu Meng is dead. Lord Wu will send back Lady Sun, return the generals who surrendered in bonds, and give back Jing Province as before.
When Liu Bei grows angry, Zhuge Jin goes on. Your Majesty is the Imperial Uncle of Han, yet you give no thought to the emperor of Han having his throne seized by Cao Pi. Instead you bend the person of the Son of Heaven for a relative of another surname. That is abandoning great righteousness for small. Fighting only over Jing Province while leaving the central plain is also throwing away the heavy and taking the light.
Liu Bei is furious. I will not share the sky with the enemy who killed my brother. If you want me to halt my troops, only death will halt them. If not for the chancellor’s face, I would have your head first. Go back and tell Sun Quan to wash his neck and wait. Sun Quan calls himself a subject of Cao Pi and receives the title of King of Wu.