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Treatise 19
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Portents and Anomalies 5
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The Great Plan states, "Earth is defined as bringing forth the harvest." When earth fails in this office, the result is a sign of cosmic blame." Persistent unseasonable wind and haze, unnatural darkness, floral prodigies, insect plagues, bovine calamities, earthquakes, mountain collapses, fiber-like rain, hair sprouting from the soil, famine years, and yellow portents of every kind all belong to the element of earth.
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In the seventh month of the second year of Shunzhi, a violent wind at Huzhou uprooted trees. In the second month of the third year, a violent wind at Xiaogan uprooted trees. In the sixth month of the fifth year, a violent wind at Wuwei Prefecture destroyed houses and uprooted trees. In the eighth month, a typhoon at Haifeng destroyed countless dwellings. In the first month of the sixth year, a raging squall swept Lu'an. In the fifth month, a violent wind at Wuhe raged day and night without cease, uprooting every large tree. In the eighth month, a fierce typhoon at Huilai raged for four days and nights without abating, destroying government offices and private homes. In the second month of the seventh year, violent winds at Fuyang, Xiangyang, and Zhangnan uprooted trees and collapsed houses. In the fifth month of the ninth year, a violent wind at Dongyang uprooted trees. In the eighth month of the tenth year, a typhoon of unprecedented violence struck Chenghai, blowing boats onto dry land and houses through the air, leveling every government office and private dwelling, and crushing countless men and women to death—no typhoon within living memory had ever been so devastating. In the second month of the eleventh year, a violent wind at Taihu destroyed the memorial arches within the city walls. In the sixth month, a fierce typhoon at Quanjiao tore every roof tile from its moorings. In the sixth month of the twelfth year, a violent wind at Shimen uprooted trees. In the fifth month of the thirteenth year, a violent wind at Zhangqiu uprooted trees. In the third month of the fourteenth year, a fierce typhoon at Pingle sent stones flying and uprooted trees, and many private homes were toppled. In the sixth month, a violent wind at Shimen destroyed private homes. On the twenty-eighth day of the first month of the sixteenth year, a violent wind at Jiaying Prefecture uprooted trees. In the fifth month of the seventeenth year, a typhoon at Qingyuan uprooted trees.
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On the third day of the eighth month of the first year of Kangxi, a typhoon at Ninghai raged for three days and nights, while at Yixing violent wind and rain uprooted trees. In the second year, a typhoon at Suixi uprooted trees. In the fourth month of the third year, a violent wind at Lincheng injured people. In the seventh month, a typhoon at Qinghe destroyed countless dwellings; at Cixi, violent wind and rain uprooted every large tree. In the eighth month, a fierce typhoon at Jiaxing uprooted trees and tore roof tiles from their places. In the second month of the fourth year, a violent wind at Jiangyin uprooted trees. In the fifth month, Dongyang was struck simultaneously by violent wind and thunderstorm, which uprooted trees and destroyed houses. In the seventh month, a violent wind at Jiaying Prefecture uprooted trees. In the eighth month, a violent wind at Changle uprooted trees. In the fifth month of the fifth year, a typhoon at Haiyang uprooted trees. In the eighth month, a typhoon at Chenghai damaged the standing grain. In the fourth month of the sixth year, a violent wind at Xinyi collapsed every wall. In the fourth month of the seventh year, violent wind and rain at Dongyang crushed seven private homes and uprooted trees beyond number. In the sixth month, a violent wind at Taiping uprooted trees. In the seventh month, a violent wind at Ruian destroyed the city walls and private homes. In the fourth month of the eighth year, a violent wind at Daye uprooted trees. In the sixth month, a violent wind at Haining uprooted trees. In the spring of the ninth year, a violent wind at Chongyang uprooted trees. In the fifth month, a violent wind at Quanjiao uprooted trees. In the sixth month, a violent wind at An County uprooted trees and raged for three days and nights before subsiding. In the seventh month, a violent wind at Wuding uprooted trees.
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In the first month of the tenth year, a violent wind at Pingyuan uprooted trees. In the seventh month of the eleventh year, a violent wind at Yushe destroyed the standing grain; at Qiongzhou a fierce typhoon leveled every government office and private dwelling without exception and destroyed fifteen zhang of city wall. In the ninth month, a typhoon at Wuchuan damaged the city walls and private homes. In the first month of the twelfth year, a typhoon at Haiyang uprooted trees and destroyed houses. On the sixteenth day of the eighth month, a fierce typhoon struck Chenghai. In the second month of the thirteenth year, a violent wind at Tonglu uprooted trees. In the second month of the fourteenth year, a violent wind at Wuqiang destroyed the standing grain. In the third month, a violent wind at Yutian whipped up sand and uprooted trees. In the sixth month, a violent wind at Xincheng uprooted trees. From the fourth through the sixth month of the fifteenth year, typhoons struck Chenghai repeatedly, destroying houses and uprooting trees. In the fourth month of the sixteenth year, a violent wind at Yicheng uprooted trees. In the sixth month, a violent wind at Dongyang tore every roof tile from its place. In the sixth month of the seventeenth year, a violent wind at Wuqiang uprooted trees. In the sixth month of the eighteenth year, a violent wind at Huizhou damaged the summit of the Wénxīng Pagoda. In the autumn of the nineteenth year, a violent wind at Qiongzhou uprooted trees.
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In the third month of the twenty-first year, a violent wind at Wangjiang uprooted trees. In the seventh month, a violent wind at Xinyi uprooted trees. On the fifth day of the second month of the twenty-second year, a violent wind at Shan County raised dust that blotted out the sky, which in an instant shifted through five colors. In the first month of the twenty-third year, a violent wind at Qinghe uprooted trees. In the third month of the twenty-fourth year, a violent wind at Wendeng uprooted trees. In the fourth month of the twenty-fifth year, violent winds at Hanzhong and Dingyuan uprooted trees. In the fifth month, violent winds at Xichong and Nanchong uprooted trees. In the sixth month, a violent wind at Yueyang uprooted trees. In the third month of the twenty-sixth year, a violent wind at Taihu uprooted trees. In the sixth month, violent winds at Pingle and Cangwu uprooted trees and destroyed houses. In the seventh month, violent winds at Suzhou, Kunshan, and Wujin damaged the standing grain. In the fifth month of the twenty-seventh year, violent winds at Changle and Shouguang uprooted trees. In the sixth month, a violent wind at Qinshui uprooted trees. In the fifth month of the twenty-eighth year, an unnatural wind at En County damaged the city gate tower and toppled a stone memorial arch. In the fourth month of the twenty-ninth year, a violent wind at Yunyang uprooted trees. On the night of the twenty-sixth day of the fifth month, a raging gale burst upon Lu'an, tearing every roof tile from its place and uprooting every large tree. In the eighth month, a violent wind at Huangyan uprooted trees.
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In the third month of the thirtieth year, a violent wind at Ningyang uprooted trees. In the fourth month, a violent wind at Jiangpu tore every roof tile from its place. In the first month of the thirty-first year, a violent wind at Penglai uprooted trees and destroyed houses. In the second month, a violent wind at Pei County uprooted trees and destroyed houses. In the fifth month, violent winds at Dongchang and Qiu County uprooted trees. In the sixth month, a violent wind at Gaomi uprooted trees. In the sixth month of the thirty-second year, a violent wind at Yingshan uprooted trees, and after it had passed the vegetation looked as though it had been scorched by fire. On the sixteenth day of the tenth month of the thirty-third year, an unnatural wind at Zouping toppled six sections of the city parapet. In the autumn of the thirty-fourth year, a violent wind at Changning uprooted trees. On the twenty-second day of the seventh month of the thirty-fifth year, violent winds at Qingpu and Zezhou uprooted trees. On the twenty-third day, fierce typhoons struck Tongxiang, Shimen, Jiaxing, and Huzhou, toppling private homes and crushing or injuring a great many people and livestock. On the eleventh day of the eighth month, violent wind and rain at Haizhou leveled every private dwelling. In the fourth month of the thirty-seventh year, a violent wind at Jinan uprooted trees. In the seventh month, a violent wind at Suzhou uprooted trees. In the spring of the thirty-eighth year, a violent wind at Qingzhou uprooted trees. In the sixth month, a violent wind at Nanle uprooted trees.
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In the eighth month of the forty-first year, a typhoon at Kaiping uprooted trees and collapsed walls. On the yiyou day of the tenth month, a violent wind at Dongming uprooted trees. In the fifth month of the forty-second year, a violent wind at Zhijiang uprooted trees. In the sixth month, a typhoon at Chaoyang damaged the standing grain. In the fourth month of the forty-fourth year, a violent wind at Chongyang uprooted trees. In the fifth month, violent winds at Licheng, Zhanhua, and Qiu County uprooted trees. On the night of the twentieth day of the sixth month of the forty-fifth year, a violent wind from the northeast struck Shifang, sending roof tiles flying and uprooting trees. In the third month of the forty-sixth year, violent winds at Zouping and Changshan uprooted trees. In the fifth month of the forty-seventh year, a fierce typhoon at Huimin destroyed countless private homes. In the seventh month, a violent wind at Taizhou uprooted trees. In the fourth month of the forty-eighth year, a violent wind at Taiyuan destroyed memorial arches. In the eighth month, violent wind and rain at Dinghai collapsed both the Confucius Temple and the Imperial Calligraphy Pavilion. In the third month of the forty-ninth year, a violent wind at Zhongwei uprooted trees.
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In the third month of the fiftieth year, a violent wind at Qizhou destroyed the south gate tower. In the fifth month, violent winds at Anqiu and Zhucheng uprooted trees. In the fourth month of the fifty-first year, a typhoon at Xiangshan uprooted trees. In the eighth month, violent winds at Zaicheng and Fuchuan uprooted trees. In the ninth month, a violent wind at Beiliu uprooted trees. In the third month of the fifty-second year, violent wind, rain, and hail at Quanzhou sent every roof tile flying and uprooted every large tree. In the sixth month, a violent wind at Chaoyang destroyed the north bridge. In the fifth month of the fifty-third year, a violent wind at Gu'an uprooted trees. In the sixth month, a violent wind at Shunyi uprooted every tree. On the first day of the sixth month of the fifty-fourth year, a typhoon at Chaoyang uprooted trees. On the first day of the intercalary third month of the fifty-fifth year, a violent wind at Jiezhou uprooted trees. On the xinhai day of the fourth month, a violent wind at Jingning Prefecture uprooted trees. On the nineteenth day of the seventh month of the fifty-sixth year, a storm at Ye County raged for a full day and night and uprooted every large tree. In the fifth month of the fifty-seventh year, a typhoon at Chenghai uprooted trees. In the sixth month, a violent wind at Tangxi uprooted massive trees and destroyed private homes. In the seventh month, violent wind and rain at Rizhao and Huang County raged for a full day and night and uprooted every large tree. In the fifth month of the fifty-eighth year, a violent wind at Qianzhou uprooted trees. In the sixth month, a violent wind at Baodi uprooted trees. On the night of the nineteenth day of the eighth month, a fierce typhoon struck Jieyang; the wind carried phosphorescent fire, and every tree withered; At Chenghai a fierce typhoon likewise raged, toppling private homes and crushing countless men and women. In the first month of the fifty-ninth year, a typhoon at Yangchun damaged the standing grain. In the eighth month of the sixtieth year, a fierce typhoon at Chenghai carried phosphorescent fire and destroyed the city walls. In the fourth month of the sixty-first year, a violent wind at Ganquan uprooted trees. In the fifth month, a violent wind at Qingyun uprooted trees. In the twelfth month, violent wind and rain at Qinzhou collapsed more than twenty zhang of city wall.
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In the fourth month of the first year of Yongzheng, a violent wind at Pingxiang uprooted trees. In the sixth month, a violent wind at Cenxi uprooted trees. In winter, a violent wind at Wuning uprooted trees. In the second month of the second year of Yongzheng, violent winds at Yangxin and Zhanhua carried fire within them. In the fifth month of the fourth year of Yongzheng, violent winds at Gaochun and Dangtu uprooted trees. In the sixth month, violent wind and rain at Wei County destroyed twelve private homes. In the seventh month of the fifth year of Yongzheng, a fierce typhoon at Zhenhai destroyed the county yamen's main hall. In the second month of the ninth year of Yongzheng, violent wind and rain at Lianzhou uprooted trees and destroyed houses. In the sixth month, a violent wind at Yangxin uprooted trees. In the seventh month of the tenth year of Yongzheng, a violent wind at Nanhui uprooted trees. In the eighth month, a violent wind at Haiyang uprooted trees. In the tenth month, a violent wind at Taizhou uprooted trees. In the eighth month of the eleventh year of Yongzheng, a violent wind at Yizhou raged for four days and nights. In the seventh month of the twelfth year of Yongzheng, a violent wind at Taizhou uprooted trees and destroyed houses. In the eighth month of the thirteenth year of Yongzheng, a violent wind at Gaochun raged for three days and nights.
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In the fifth month of the first year of Qianlong, a violent wind at Yicheng uprooted trees. On the fifteenth day of the eighth month of the second year of Qianlong, a violent wind struck Pingyang. In the seventh month of the third year of Qianlong, a violent wind at Zhongxiang uprooted trees. In the third month of the fifth year of Qianlong, a violent wind at Tongzhou uprooted trees. In the sixth month, a violent wind at Ye County uprooted trees. In the fourth month of the sixth year of Qianlong, violent winds at Pingding, Leping, and Meng County uprooted trees. In the fifth month of the eighth year of Qianlong, a violent wind at Guanghua uprooted trees. In the third month of the tenth year of Qianlong, a violent wind at Qixia uprooted trees. On the fifteenth day of the seventh month of the eleventh year of Qianlong, a violent wind at Gaoyou uprooted trees. In the seventh month of the twelfth year of Qianlong, violent winds at Kunshan, Yancheng, Qinghe, Fushan, Qixia, and Wendeng uprooted trees and collapsed houses. In the third month of the thirteenth year of Qianlong, a violent wind at Heqing uprooted trees. In the fourth month, violent wind and rain at Qinghe collapsed countless private homes. In the fifth month, violent winds at Taizhou and Tongzhou uprooted trees. In the fourth month of the fourteenth year of Qianlong, a violent wind at Chizhou uprooted trees. In the sixth month, a violent wind at Gaoyi uprooted trees. In the third month of the fifteenth year of Qianlong, a violent gale rose from the river at Wuchang and capsized countless boats. In the sixth month, a violent wind at Wuning uprooted trees. In the seventh month of the sixteenth year of Qianlong, a violent wind struck Heqing. On the eleventh day of the fifth month of the seventeenth year of Qianlong, wind and thunder struck Wangpo Village in Changzi County; the standing grain looked scorched, and roof tiles and cart wheels were blown miles away. In the sixth month of the eighteenth year of Qianlong, a violent wind at Chaoyang uprooted trees. In the seventh month, a violent wind at Jize uprooted trees. In the seventh month of the nineteenth year of Qianlong, a violent wind at Lingchuan damaged the standing grain. In the third month of the twentieth year of Qianlong, a violent wind at Qichun destroyed more than two hundred private homes and killed more than ten people. In the fifth month, a violent wind at Gaoping uprooted trees. In the seventh month, a violent wind at Changle uprooted trees. In the sixth month of the twenty-second year of Qianlong, a typhoon at Wuchuan uprooted trees and destroyed houses. In the seventh month, violent winds at Meng County and Leping damaged the standing grain. On the twenty-ninth day of the sixth month of the twenty-third year of Qianlong, a violent wind at Jimo uprooted every large tree in a single night. In the eighth month of the twenty-fourth year of Qianlong, a violent wind at Pingding damaged the standing grain. In the third month of the twenty-sixth year of Qianlong, a violent wind at Qianshan uprooted trees and destroyed houses. On the eighteenth day of the third month of the twenty-seventh year of Qianlong, a typhoon at Xunzhou destroyed the city gate tower. In the seventh month, a violent wind at Jiashan uprooted trees and destroyed houses. In the second month of the twenty-eighth year of Qianlong, a violent wind at She County uprooted trees and collapsed houses, killing a great many people and livestock. In the third month of the thirtieth year of Qianlong, a violent wind at Linyi uprooted trees. In the seventh month of the thirty-first year of Qianlong, a violent wind at Huang County uprooted trees. In the third month of the thirty-second year of Qianlong, violent winds at Wendeng and Rongcheng uprooted trees. In the fifth month, a violent wind at Jining Prefecture uprooted trees. In the second month of the thirty-third year of Qianlong, a violent wind at Anqiu damaged the wheat crop. On the eighteenth day of the sixth month, a fierce typhoon at Qiongzhou destroyed countless government offices and private homes. In the fifth month of the thirty-fourth year of Qianlong, a violent wind at Dongping uprooted trees. In autumn, a violent wind at Jiashan flattened every standing crop. In the sixth month of the thirty-fifth year of Qianlong, a violent wind at Qi County uprooted trees. In the second month of the thirty-sixth year of Qianlong, violent winds at Wendeng and Rongcheng uprooted trees. On the seventeenth day of the eighth month of the thirty-seventh year of Qianlong, an unnatural wind rose at night in Qingyun and uprooted countless trees. In the autumn of the thirty-eighth year of Qianlong, violent wind and rain at Yongnian and Jizhou uprooted trees and flattened every ripened crop. In the second month of the thirty-ninth year of Qianlong, violent winds at Huang County, Wendeng, and Rongcheng blew for days on end and destroyed the wheat crop. In the seventh month, a violent wind at Xingyang uprooted trees. In the forty-first year of Qianlong, a violent wind at Anqiu blotted out the sun, and firelight glowed within the gale. In the fourth month of the forty-second year of Qianlong, a violent wind at Shanyang uprooted trees. In the second month of the forty-third year of Qianlong, a violent wind at Guanghua uprooted trees. In the fifth month of the forty-fourth year of Qianlong, a violent gale with thunder and rain at Nangong uprooted many trees. In the sixth month of the forty-sixth year of Qianlong, violent winds at Jinhua and Jiashan uprooted trees. In the sixth month of the forty-seventh year of Qianlong, a violent wind at Xincheng uprooted trees. In the second month of the forty-eighth year of Qianlong, violent winds at Wendeng and Rongcheng uprooted trees. On the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month, a fierce typhoon at Wuchuan destroyed government offices, private homes, and the city walls. In the second month of the forty-ninth year of Qianlong, a violent wind at Pingyin uprooted trees. In the second month of the fiftieth year of Qianlong, a violent wind at Yongchang uprooted trees. In the first month of the fifty-first year of Qianlong, violent winds at Wendeng and Rongcheng uprooted trees. On the renxu day of the seventh month of the fifty-seventh year of Qianlong, a violent wind at Suzhou destroyed private homes. In the seventh month of the fifty-ninth year of Qianlong, violent wind and rain at Tongxiang raged all night and uprooted two cypress trees before the Dacheng Hall; at Huzhou and Jiashan, violent wind uprooted trees and destroyed houses. In the sixth month of the sixtieth year of Qianlong, a violent wind at Shimen uprooted trees.
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On the first day of the eighth month of the first year of Jiaqing, a violent wind at Ruian toppled private homes and crushed ninety-one men and women to death. In the sixth month of the second year of Jiaqing, a violent wind at Wujin uprooted trees. In the fourth month of the third year of Jiaqing, a violent wind at Yicheng uprooted trees. In the seventh month of the fourth year of Jiaqing, a violent wind at Wendeng uprooted trees. In the fourth month of the fifth year of Jiaqing, a violent wind at Huang County uprooted trees and destroyed houses. On the fifth day of the second month of the sixth year of Jiaqing, a violent wind at Teng County turned the sky yellow and then black as ink. In the second month of the eighth year of Jiaqing, a violent wind at Huang County uprooted trees and destroyed houses. In the second month of the ninth year of Jiaqing, a violent wind at Wendeng damaged the wheat crop. In the sixth month of the tenth year of Jiaqing, a violent wind at Qingyun uprooted trees. On the seventeenth day of the second month of the twelfth year of Jiaqing, a violent squall at Feicheng made the sky flash red and then black, and did not abate until dawn. In the eighth month, a violent wind at Xingtai uprooted trees. On the twelfth day of the sixth month of the sixteenth year of Jiaqing, a violent wind at Jinghai uprooted trees and snapped the masts of countless grain transport boats. In the second month of the seventeenth year of Jiaqing, a violent wind at Lishui uprooted trees. In the sixth month of the twenty-second year of Jiaqing, a violent wind at Zaoyang uprooted trees. In the fourth month of the twenty-third year of Jiaqing, a violent wind at Linyu uprooted trees. In the sixth month, a violent wind at Yongjia uprooted trees. On the eighth day of the seventh month of the twenty-fourth year of Jiaqing, an unnatural wind with rain swept into Pinggu from the south, leveling every dwelling, flattening the entire crop, and leaving the fields smooth as if swept bare. In the seventh month of the twenty-fifth year of Jiaqing, a violent wind at Yueqing uprooted trees.
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In the sixth month of the second year of Daoguang, a violent wind at Jinhua destroyed houses. In the seventh month, a violent wind at Qichun uprooted trees and destroyed private homes. On the twelfth day of the eleventh month of the fourth year of Daoguang, a violent wind at Taizhou uprooted trees and raged without cease for two days and nights. In the sixth month of the fifth year of Daoguang, a violent wind at Luotian uprooted trees. On the twenty-sixth day of the second month of the sixth year of Daoguang, a violent wind at Huang County uprooted trees. In the fifth month, a violent gale at Suzhou Prefecture uprooted trees. In the seventh month, a violent wind at Huangyan uprooted trees and smashed houses. On the twenty-sixth day of the fifth month of the eighth year of Daoguang, a violent wind at Huang County uprooted trees and sent every roof tile flying. In the summer of the twelfth year of Daoguang, a violent wind at Gong'an blew for three days and nights and uprooted trees beyond number. In the fourth month of the fourteenth year of Daoguang, a violent wind at Linqu damaged the standing grain. In the sixth month, a violent wind at Huangyan uprooted trees and damaged most private homes. In the seventh month of the fifteenth year of Daoguang, violent winds at Penglai, Huang County, Qixia, and Zhaoyuan blew for three days and uprooted every large tree. In the eighth month, a violent wind at Quyang damaged the standing grain. On the twenty-ninth day of the sixth month of the sixteenth year of Daoguang, an unnatural wind at Luanzhou destroyed the southern gate tower. In the eighth month of the seventeenth year of Daoguang, a violent wind at Changping uprooted trees. On the nineteenth day of the sixth month of the twentieth year of Daoguang, a violent wind swept into Teng County from the northwest and uprooted several hundred large trees. In the eighth month of the twenty-second year of Daoguang, a raging gale at Qianjiang sent stones flying, uprooted trees, and destroyed countless private homes. In the seventh month of the twenty-third year of Daoguang, a violent squall at Ninghai damaged the standing grain. In the sixth month of the twenty-sixth year of Daoguang, a violent wind at Qingpu uprooted trees. On the first day of the third month of the twenty-seventh year of Daoguang, a violent wind at Penglai uprooted trees. In the sixth month, a violent wind at Rizhao uprooted trees. On the renxu day of the sixth month of the twenty-eighth year of Daoguang, a fierce typhoon at Tongzhou destroyed houses. On the fourteenth day of the seventh month, violent wind and rain at Yongjia blew for ten days on end and destroyed the Confucius temple and the county yamen. On the eighteenth day, a violent wind at Jinyun uprooted trees. In the tenth month, a violent gale rose from the river at Wuchang, capsizing boats and drowning many people. In the spring of the thirtieth year of Daoguang, a violent wind at Luanzhou damaged the standing grain.
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On the fifth day of the fifth month of the second year of Xianfeng, a violent wind at Suzhou Prefecture uprooted more than a thousand trees. In the sixth month, a violent wind at Zhanhua uprooted trees. On the third day of the third month of the third year of Xianfeng, a violent wind at Yichang uprooted trees, smashed countless private homes, and blew away oxen and horses whose whereabouts were never found. In the fifth month, a violent wind at Suizhou uprooted trees. In the seventh month, violent winds at Penglai and Huang County uprooted trees. In the fourth month of the seventh year of Xianfeng, violent winds at Qingyuan and Wangdu uprooted trees. In the sixth month, a violent wind at Ningjin damaged the standing grain. In the fourth month of the eighth year of Xianfeng, a violent wind at Hua County uprooted trees. In the second month of the tenth year of Xianfeng, an unnatural wind at Changping injured people. In the sixth month, a violent wind at Fang County uprooted trees. In the fourth month of the eleventh year of Xianfeng, a violent wind at Xining uprooted trees. In the seventh month, a violent wind at Xiangyang uprooted trees.
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On the seventh day of the second month of the first year of Tongzhi, a violent wind at Yidu uprooted trees. On the wushen day of the third month, a violent wind at Huimin uprooted trees. In the second month of the second year of Tongzhi, a violent wind at Zhijiang capsized countless boats. In the fifth month, a raging gale at Ningjin uprooted trees. In the fifth month of the third year of Tongzhi, a violent wind at Fang County uprooted trees. In the sixth month, violent winds at Jiaxing and Tongxiang uprooted trees. In the first month of the fourth year of Tongzhi, a violent wind at Yicheng collapsed houses and uprooted trees. In the fifth month of the sixth year of Tongzhi, a violent wind at Gaochun uprooted trees. In the seventh month, violent winds at Heze and Cao County uprooted trees. In the third month of the ninth year of Tongzhi, a violent wind in Jiaxing Prefecture destroyed houses. In the fourth month, a violent wind at Baixiang destroyed houses. In the third month of the tenth year of Tongzhi, a raging gale and sudden downpour at Huzhou uprooted trees and capsized boats. On the night of the twenty-seventh day of the sixth month of the eleventh year of Tongzhi, violent wind and rain at Rizhao flattened the crops and uprooted trees. In the autumn, a violent wind at Tangshan uprooted trees and damaged the standing grain. On the sixth day of the fifth month of the twelfth year of Tongzhi, a violent wind at Guyuan destroyed the city's Hui mosque. In the fifth month of the thirteenth year of Tongzhi, a violent wind at Anlu uprooted trees and collapsed the wall of the prefectural school.
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In the sixth month of the first year of Guangxu, violent winds at Gaolan and Junzhou uprooted trees. In the seventh month, violent winds at Rizhao and Linqu damaged the standing grain. In the sixth month of the second year of Guangxu, a violent wind at Huangyan uprooted trees. In the eighth month of the third year of Guangxu, a violent wind at Heze uprooted trees. In the fourth month of the fourth year of Guangxu, a violent wind at Linjiang capsized countless boats. In the fifth month of the fifth year of Guangxu, a violent wind at Qichun uprooted trees. On the fourteenth day of the sixth month, violent winds at Ninghai, Wendeng, Haiyang, and Rongcheng uprooted trees and destroyed houses. On the twenty-fourth day, an unnatural wind suddenly struck Laiyang, sending every roof tile flying, stripping the beams, rafters, and pillars from private homes so that no one knew where they had gone, and uprooting large trees beyond number. In the seventh month of the seventh year of Guangxu, a violent wind at Yongjia uprooted trees. In the third month of the eighth year of Guangxu, a violent wind at Xiaoyi Subprefecture uprooted trees. On the eighth day of the third month of the ninth year of Guangxu, a violent wind at Anlu uprooted trees. In the fifth month of the eleventh year of Guangxu, a violent wind at Guanghua uprooted trees. In the sixth month of the twelfth year of Guangxu, a violent wind at Jing Prefecture uprooted trees. On the thirteenth day of the sixth month of the fifteenth year of Guangxu, a violent wind at Luanzhou uprooted trees and destroyed houses. On the fifteenth day of the eighth month of the sixteenth year of Guangxu, a violent wind at Guyuan uprooted trees. In the fifth month of the twenty-second year of Guangxu, a violent wind at Nanle uprooted trees. In the eighth month of the twenty-third year of Guangxu, a violent wind at Jingyuan uprooted trees. In the sixth month of the twenty-seventh year of Guangxu, a violent wind at Jin County uprooted trees. On the fourth day of the fourth month of the twenty-eighth year of Guangxu, a violent wind at Quyang uprooted trees. On the seventeenth day of the sixth month of the twenty-ninth year of Guangxu, a violent wind at Taozhou uprooted trees. On the twenty-second day of the seventh month of the thirtieth year of Guangxu, a violent wind at Dongle uprooted trees.
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In the seventh month of the first year of Shunzhi, a furious wind at Pingyuan turned day to darkness. In the tenth month of the second year, unnatural daytime darkness fell over Quanjiao. In the ninth month of the fifth year, a violent wind at Hanyang brought daytime darkness. In the fourth month of the sixth year, wind-driven haze at Zhuanglang destroyed the standing grain. In the ninth month, wind and haze at Fugu darkened the day. In the tenth month of the seventh year, daytime darkness fell over Dongming. In the spring of the twelfth year, wind-driven haze at Leting brought daytime darkness. In the seventh month of the thirteenth year, violent wind and haze at Gaoyi darkened the day. In the eighth month, wind-driven haze swept Xingtai. In the second month of the fourteenth year, yellow haze at Yangcheng blotted out the sky and sent every roof tile flying. On the first day of the fourth month of the sixteenth year, daytime darkness fell over Wanzhou.
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On New Year's Day of the first year of Kangxi, daytime darkness fell over Changxing. In the ninth month, wind-driven haze swept Changli. In the first month of the second year, unnatural daytime darkness fell over Qichun. On the first day of the first month of the fourth year, daytime darkness fell over Xiao County. On the xinhai day of the fourth month, daytime darkness fell over Linyi. In the second month of the seventh year, daytime darkness fell over Xianning. In the seventh month of the twelfth year, wind-driven haze swept Leting. In the second month of the thirteenth year, violent wind and haze at Xianyang persisted for more than ten days. In the third month, daytime darkness fell over Chaocheng. On the twenty-sixth day of the third month of the fourteenth year, an unnatural wind rose at Jizhou; from the si hour to the xu hour, yellow haze blotted out the sky and sent every roof tile flying; at Huai'an and Xining, violent wind and haze brought daytime darkness; at Yutian, a violent wind raised sand and uprooted trees, and murky haze shrouded the land for the entire day. In the fifth month of the fifteenth year, Guizhou was dark as night at midday. In the spring of the sixteenth year, wind-driven haze at Qinghe persisted for more than forty days. On the first day of the fourth month of the twenty-third year, daytime darkness fell over Chaocheng. On the full moon of the seventh month, daytime darkness fell over Bishan. On the twenty-third day of the first month of the twenty-fourth year, violent wind and haze at Wen'an brought a darkness at midday like night; at Wuyi, a black wind brought daytime darkness. On the twenty-seventh day of the second month of the twenty-fifth year, a black wind at Yuncheng darkened the day. On the first day of the fourth month of the twenty-seventh year, Xining, Longmen, Yan'an, and Wen County all suffered daytime darkness on the same day. On the nineteenth day of the third month of the twenty-ninth year, wind-driven haze at Guangzong shifted among red, yellow, black, and white. On the fifth day of the fourth month, daytime darkness fell over Xining. On the fourth day of the third month of the thirtieth year, a violent wind at Ningyang brought daytime darkness. On New Year's Day of the thirty-first year, daytime darkness fell over Guangzong; a violent wind at Qingzhou, Pei County, and Qiu County brought daytime darkness. On the first day of the second month, a violent wind and red haze at Qiu County darkened the day, and Guangzong again suffered daytime darkness. On the seventeenth day of the second month of the thirty-second year, violent wind and haze at Qiu County made the sky above look like fire. On the eighteenth day, violent wind and haze swept Tongxiang. On the nineteenth day, violent wind and haze swept Huzhou. On the first day of the fourth month of the thirty-third year, daytime darkness fell over Bao'an Prefecture. In the fourth month of the thirty-fourth year, daytime darkness fell over Suzhou Prefecture. In the first month of the thirty-fifth year, daytime darkness fell over Jingle. On the eighteenth day of the second month, a black wind at Dingtao made objects spark on contact, and travelers could not make out anything an arm's length away. On the first day of the third month of the thirty-sixth year, daytime darkness fell over Jingyuan. In the fourth month of the thirty-seventh year, daytime darkness fell over Longmen. On the twenty-second day of the fifth month of the forty-second year, a violent wind at Gong County brought daytime darkness. On the eighteenth day of the fifth month of the forty-fourth year, daytime darkness fell over Lijin and Yangxin. On the twelfth day of the first month of the forty-fifth year, a furious wind at Shanghe brought daytime darkness. On the twenty-fifth day of the sixth month of the forty-seventh year, Liangzhou was dark as night at midday. In the sixth month of the forty-eighth year, violent wind and haze at Dongchang blotted out the sky. On the seventh day of the third month of the forty-ninth year, Zhongwei suffered daytime darkness for four days. On the second day of the sixth month, daytime darkness fell over Shifang. On the renzi day of the fifth month of the fiftieth year, daytime darkness fell over Zhucheng. On the guihai day of the second month of the fifty-first year, violent winds at Dongping and Dong'e blew red and black; from the shen hour to the hai hour they finally abated; at Yanggu, a black wind brought daytime darkness; at Tancheng and Shen County, violent wind and haze swept the land. On the sixteenth day of the third month, wind-driven haze at Julu looked like fire, and the day was dark as night. On the tenth day of the sixth month, red haze at En County blotted out the sky, and one could not make out a person an arm's length away. On the twenty-first day of the eleventh month, daytime darkness fell over Suzhou. On the twenty-first day of the second month of the fifty-third year, wind-driven haze at Jingxing blotted out the sky and darkened the day. In the fifth month of the fifty-fifth year, violent winds at Shouguang and Linqu brought daytime darkness. On the twenty-second day of the fifth month of the fifty-seventh year, a violent wind at Xinle brought daytime darkness. On the twenty-sixth day of the fifth month of the fifty-ninth year, a violent wind at Qingcheng brought daytime darkness. In the sixth month, violent wind and haze swept Taiping. In the summer of the sixtieth year, violent wind and haze at Qiu County persisted day after day. In the seventh month of the sixty-first year, violent wind and haze swept Yuanshi and Qin Prefecture.
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In the third month of the first year of Yongzheng, wind-driven haze swept Qingzhou. On the seventh day of the fourth month, wind and haze at Xian County brought daytime darkness; at En County a violent wind rose at night, hurling stones and uprooting trees; soon black haze thick as ink descended, then shifted to red haze, flickering between light and dark until dawn before it finally abated; at Tai'an, violent wind and haze brought daytime darkness. On the eleventh day, violent wind and haze at Gaomi and Gaoyuan darkened the day. On the seventeenth day, violent wind and haze at Xingtai and Yuanshi uprooted trees. On the eighth day of the eighth month, violent wind and haze at Ye County brought daytime darkness. On the sixth day of the second month of the second year, violent wind and haze swept Yuanshi. On the eleventh day of the first month of the eighth year, violent wind and haze at Gaoyuan darkened the day.
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On the fifth day of the second month of the second year of Qianlong, wind and haze at Jining and Ju County brought daytime darkness. On the fourteenth day of the first month of the third year, daytime darkness fell over Wuning. In the fifth month of the fifth year, violent wind and haze swept Gaoyou. In the third month of the eighth year, daytime darkness fell over Ganzhou. In the third month of the tenth year, a violent wind at Putai brought daytime darkness. On the eighteenth day of the fourth month of the seventeenth year, wind-driven haze at Qizhou and Xinle damaged the standing grain. On the first day of the third month of the nineteenth year, daytime darkness fell over Qingyang. In the autumn of the twenty-fourth year, violent wind and haze swept Ruicheng. On the tenth day of the second month of the twenty-fifth year, daytime darkness fell over Yichang. On the first day of the fifth month, daytime darkness fell over Changle. On the twenty-eighth day of the fifth month of the twenty-ninth year, daytime darkness fell over Nanling. On the second day of the second month of the thirty-second year, daytime darkness fell over Fan County. On the twenty-fourth day, a violent wind at Nangong brought daytime darkness. In the second month of the thirty-third year, a violent wind at Lu'an brought daytime darkness. On the first day of the second month of the thirty-sixth year, a violent wind at Taiyuan brought daytime darkness. On the second day, violent wind and haze at Gaoyi darkened the day. On the eighth day of the second month of the thirty-eighth year, violent wind and haze of five colors at Teng County darkened the day. In the spring of the thirty-ninth year, wind-driven haze repeatedly swept Nangong. On the second day of the second month of the forty-ninth year, wind and haze at Heze brought daytime darkness. On the twenty-fifth day of the second month of the fiftieth year, daytime darkness fell over Linqing. On the eighteenth day of the fourth month, violent wind and haze at Nangong and Zaoqiang darkened the day.
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On the twenty-sixth day of the third month of the first year of Jiaqing, daytime darkness fell over Yicheng. On the fourteenth day of the fourth month of the second year, violent wind and haze at Luanzhou darkened the day. On the twenty-ninth day of the second month of the third year, daytime darkness fell over Luanzhou and Changli. In the eleventh month of the eleventh year, a violent wind of five colors at Teng County brought daytime darkness. In the second month of the twelfth year, violent wind and haze at Wuqiang blew yellow, then black and red. On the twelfth day of the third month, violent wind and haze swept Dongguang. On the seventeenth day of the first month of the fifteenth year, wind and haze at Linyi, Zhangqiu, and Xincheng brought daytime darkness. On the twenty-seventh day, daytime darkness fell over Teng County; at Nanle, violent wind and haze piled sand on level ground to a depth of about two inches. In the fourth month of the twenty-third year, violent wind and haze at Qingyuan, Dingzhou, Wuqiang, Wuji, Tangshan, and Linyu brought daytime darkness. At the you double-hour on the first day of the fourth month of the twenty-fourth year, the capital suffered daytime darkness.
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On the first day of the sixth month of the third year of Daoguang, daytime darkness fell over Zaoyang. On the jisi day of the sixth month of the fourth year, daytime darkness fell over Yishui. On the twenty-second day of the second month of the sixth year, violent wind and haze at Wuqiang brought a darkness at midday like night. On the twenty-fourth day, violent wind and haze at Nangong brought daytime darkness for three days in all; at Jinan, wind and haze darkened the day. On the twenty-eighth day of the third month of the tenth year, daytime darkness fell over Zhongwei. On the eighteenth day of the seventh month of the eleventh year, daytime darkness fell over Cao County. On the twelfth day of the fifth month of the fourteenth year, violent wind and haze swept Jimo. On the first day of the first month of the sixteenth year, wind-driven haze swept Leting. On the jiazi day of the second month of the seventeenth year, daytime darkness fell over Luanzhou. On the sixth day of the third month of the nineteenth year, violent wind and haze swept Yuanshi. In the sixth month of the twentieth year, daytime darkness fell over Funing. On the first day of the sixth month of the twenty-second year, daytime darkness fell over Taiping, Huangyan, and Huzhou. In the twenty-ninth year, Yunmeng suffered daytime darkness from the first month through the fifth—a span of five months in all. In the first month of the thirtieth year, wind-driven haze at Sheng County persisted for more than ten days.
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On the bingwu day of the fifth month of the first year of Xianfeng, a violent wind at Luanzhou brought daytime darkness. In the second month of the second year, a violent wind at Penglai brought daytime darkness. On the fourteenth day of the third month of the third year, daytime darkness fell over Ling Prefecture, and daylight did not return until the next day. In the fourth month of the fifth year, a furious wind at Luanzhou brought daytime darkness. In the fourth month of the sixth year, daytime darkness fell over Nanle. On the second day of the fourth month of the seventh year, a violent wind at Jingning brought daytime darkness. On the fourth day of the fourth month of the eleventh year, red haze at Cao County brought daytime darkness.
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On the twenty-sixth day of the second month of the first year of Tongzhi, wind-driven haze at Zhanhua obscured the sun. On the third day of the third month, wind and haze at Wuqiang brought daytime darkness. In the second month of the second year, a violent wind at Chongyang brought daytime darkness. In the sixth month of the third year, a violent wind at Heze brought daytime darkness. On the fourteenth day of the first month of the fourth year, daytime darkness fell over Zaoyang. On the twenty-eighth day of the first month of the fifth year, violent wind and haze swept Zhanhua. On the twenty-fifth day of the first month of the ninth year, violent wind and haze at Zhanhua obscured the sun. In the seventh month of the eleventh year, violent wind and haze swept Luanzhou. In the fourth month of the thirteenth year, a violent wind at Cao County brought daytime darkness.
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On the fifteenth day of the eighth month of the third year of Guangxu, violent winds at Heze and Cao County brought daytime darkness. On the thirteenth day of the fifth month of the tenth year, daytime darkness fell over Xingshan. On the twenty-seventh day of the second month of the twentieth year, a violent wind at Ganzhou brought daytime darkness. On the fourth day of the fourth month of the twenty-eighth year, a violent wind at Quyang brought daytime darkness. In the thirty-first year, daytime darkness fell over Xingtai.
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In the ninth month of the fourth year of Shunzhi, peach and plum trees blossomed at Xin'an. In the autumn of the fifth year, peach and plum trees blossomed at Taigu. In the winter of the sixth year, peach and plum trees blossomed at Deping. In the ninth month of the seventh year, peach trees at Jie Prefecture blossomed again. In the tenth month, peach and plum trees blossomed at Tongling. In the ninth month of the eleventh year, peach and plum trees blossomed at Guangping. In the winter of the thirteenth year, peach and plum trees blossomed at Huzhou. In the tenth month of the fifteenth year, peach and plum trees blossomed at Ningxiang. In the winter of the seventeenth year, peonies blossomed at Tangshan.
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In the tenth month of the second year of Kangxi, peach and plum trees blossomed at Tongzhou. In the twelfth month of the fourth year, several stalks of peony opened at Jixiang Temple in Deqing. In the winter of the sixth year, peach and plum trees blossomed at Ningjin. In the autumn of the seventh year, peach and plum trees blossomed at Feixiang. In the eleventh month of the eighth year, peach and plum trees blossomed at Xichong. In the eighth month of the tenth year, crab apple blossomed at Tangshan, and lilac blossomed at Gaoyi. In the ninth month of the eleventh year, peach and plum trees blossomed at Huzhou. In the tenth month of the seventeenth year, peach and plum trees blossomed at Yanggao. In the eighth month of the twenty-sixth year, peach, plum, and crab apple blossomed at Xincheng. In the winter of the thirtieth year, peach and plum trees blossomed at Qianjiang. In the seventh month of the thirty-sixth year, peach and plum trees blossomed at Meng County and Pingding. In the third month of the thirty-eighth year, osmanthus at the Shiqian Prefecture Confucian school blossomed again. In the winter of the forty-third year, peach and apricot blossomed at Quwo. In the tenth month of the forty-sixth year, crab apple at Qiongzhou blossomed again. In the winter of the fifty-fourth year, plum trees blossomed at Putai. In the tenth month of the fifty-sixth year, peonies blossomed at Ningjin. In the winter of the sixtieth year, peach and plum trees blossomed at Jieyang.
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In the winter of the third year of Yongzheng, peach and plum trees blossomed at Shunde. In the winter of the eighth year, peach and plum trees blossomed at Tongzhou. In the winter of the ninth year, peach and plum trees blossomed at Gaochun. In the eighth month of the tenth year, peach and plum trees blossomed at Tongzhou. In the seventh month of the thirteenth year, plum trees at Qinghe blossomed again.
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In the autumn of the third year of Qianlong, peach and plum trees blossomed at Quwo. On the winter solstice of the seventh year, peonies opened at Chongming. In the winter of the ninth year, peach and plum trees blossomed at Tongxiang. In the eighth month of the tenth year, peach and plum trees blossomed at Ningjin. In the fifth month of the thirteenth year, plum blossoms opened profusely at Yuping. In the eighth month of the fourteenth year, apricot at Zhenhai blossomed again. In the ninth month of the sixteenth year, peonies opened at Gaolin Temple in Fenyi. In the ninth month of the eighteenth year, a single peony bloomed at the Xin'an county magistrate's yamen; in the tenth month ten more blossoms opened and did not wither for a month. In the ninth month, peach and plum trees blossomed at Taiyuan. In the spring of the twentieth year, osmanthus bloomed profusely at Pu'an Prefecture. In the ninth month of the twenty-fourth year, peach and plum trees blossomed at Lu'an. In the ninth month of the thirtieth year, peach and plum trees blossomed at Gaoyi. In the ninth month of the thirty-third year, peach and plum trees blossomed at Heshun. In the ninth month of the forty-third year, peach and plum trees blossomed at Xincheng. In the winter, peach and plum trees blossomed at Shimen. In the ninth month of the forty-sixth year, peach and plum trees blossomed at Linyi. In the tenth month of the forty-ninth year, two single-petaled purple peonies opened at Fengming Temple in Tongxiang. In the eleventh month, peach and plum trees blossomed at Jinhua. In the autumn of the fiftieth year, apricot at Tongzhou blossomed again. In the twelfth month of the sixtieth year, peach and plum trees blossomed at Yueqing.
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In the ninth month of the fourth year of Jiaqing, peach and plum trees blossomed at Xingtai. In the eighth month of the sixth year, peach and plum trees blossomed at Luchuan.
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In the ninth month of the third year of Daoguang, peach trees at Xingguo blossomed profusely. In the tenth month of the ninth year, peach and plum trees blossomed at Yicheng. In the winter of the seventeenth year, peach and apricot blossomed at Wangdu and Qingyuan. In the tenth month of the twenty-second year, peach and plum trees blossomed at Chongyang. In the ninth month of the twenty-fourth year, peach and plum trees blossomed at Teng County. In the tenth month of the twenty-fifth year, peach trees at Zhongxiang blossomed again. In the autumn of the twenty-ninth year, peach trees at Yuyao blossomed profusely. In the ninth month of the thirtieth year, peach, plum, and peony blossomed at Zhushan.
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In the autumn of the first year of Xianfeng, peach and plum trees blossomed at Guixi. In the tenth month, peach and plum trees blossomed at Yun County. In the winter of the fourth year, peach and plum trees blossomed at Songzi. In the eleventh month of the fifth year, peach and plum trees blossomed at Wuchang. In the autumn of the ninth year, peach trees at Chongyang blossomed again. In the tenth month, peach and plum trees blossomed at Yichang. In the ninth month of the tenth year, peach and plum trees blossomed at Jiaxing. In the eleventh month, peach trees at Macheng blossomed again.
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In the tenth month of the first year of Tongzhi, peach and plum trees blossomed at Xiangyang. In the winter of the second year, peach and plum trees blossomed at Tongzhou. In the winter of the fourth year, peach and plum trees blossomed at Fang County. In the winter of the eighth year, peach trees at Huang'an blossomed again. In the ninth month of the twelfth year, peach and plum trees blossomed at Huimin.
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In the eleventh month of the first year of Guangxu, peach and apricot blossomed at Zhuanglang. In the winter of the fourth year, peach and plum trees blossomed at Wuchang and Guanghua. At the winter solstice of the fifth year, flowers of every kind opened together at Gaochun, as though spring had returned. In the seventh month of the sixth year, peach and plum trees blossomed at Guizhou. In the ninth month, peach trees at Cangxi blossomed again. In the winter of the ninth year, peach and plum trees blossomed at Xingshan. In the ninth month of the twelfth year, apricot trees at Nanle blossomed again. In the tenth month of the twenty-fourth year, peach and plum trees blossomed at Nanle. In the autumn of the thirty-second year, peach and plum trees blossomed at Jingyuan. In the eighth month of the thirty-fourth year, peach and plum trees blossomed at Guyuan.
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In the eighth month of the seventeenth year of Shunzhi, black insects at Yuping swarmed over the mountains and stripped the land bare of vegetation.
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In the autumn of the tenth year of Kangxi, Chaozhou was infested with five-colored insects as large as a finger and three inches long, which devoured the standing grain. In the seventh month of the eleventh year, insects rained down on Hangzhou and devoured the grain ears. In the seventh month of the twelfth year, insects at Wanzi devoured the standing grain. In the third month of the thirteenth year, black insects appeared on rooftops at Ningdu, and contact with them caused intense pain. In the seventh month of the seventeenth year, Chongming was beset by two-headed insects with beaks at both ends that gnawed the grass as if a scythe had passed over it. In the sixth month of the nineteenth year, green insects at Wuyuan damaged the standing grain. In the second month of the twentieth year, Yunyang suffered an insect plague. In the fifth month of the twenty-first year, Jinhua suffered an insect plague. In the fourth month of the twenty-second year, Enshi suffered an insect plague. In the fifth month of the twenty-third year, Quxian was overrun by insects numbering in the tens of thousands of hu—locust-like, black, sharp-headed, and winged, and foul-smelling beyond measure. In the seventh month of the twenty-seventh year, Suzhou and Qingpu suffered an insect plague. In the fourth month of the twenty-ninth year, white and black insects at Qinshui devoured the grain and spun cocoons. In the third month of the thirtieth year, green insects at Wanzi devoured the standing grain. In the thirty-sixth year, Zunhua Prefecture was infested with black insects resembling locust-tree worms that nearly devoured the entire harvest. In the thirty-ninth year, insects at Guixian devoured the bean crop. In the forty-second year, silkworm-like insects at Zhaohua devoured the standing grain. In the second month of the forty-fifth year, insects at Fang County devoured the standing grain. That summer, Zhanhua was visited by golden, mantis-like insects that the learned identified as cangzhu—creatures whose appearance presaged a year of famine. In the fifth month of the forty-ninth year, five-colored insects appeared at Jingxing. In the fifty-sixth year, insects at Heqing devoured the standing grain. In the summer of the fifty-seventh year, green insects at Xinle damaged the standing grain.
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In the seventh month of the second year of Yongzheng, wheat stalks at Zhenhai sprouted red-headed, black-bodied worms shaped like silkworms. In the autumn of the tenth year, the grain at Qinghe was afflicted with hairy red maggot-like insects.
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In the eighth month of the seventeenth year of Qianlong, insects at Renhe devoured the standing grain. In the spring of the twentieth year, Lin'an suffered an insect plague. In the sixth month of the twenty-first year, countless white insects swept into Jingning from the south. In the autumn of the twenty-third year, silkworms rained down on Haining. In the eighth month of the twenty-fourth year, worms at Wuyi devoured the roots of the standing grain. In the tenth month of the thirtieth year, Jiaxing suffered an insect plague. In the spring of the thirty-eighth year, red centipede-like insects three or four inches long appeared in the river at Qingpu, visible only at dusk. In the first month of the sixtieth year, Pingdu suffered an insect plague.
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In the summer of the ninth year of Jiaqing, insects at Luochuan damaged the standing grain. In the seventh month of the fifth year of Daoguang, five-colored insects at Teng County nearly devoured the entire harvest.
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In the sixth month of the first year of Xianfeng, Chongyang suffered an insect plague. In the fifth month of the ninth year, insects called daobie appeared in the rice fields at Suzhou.
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In the autumn of the fourth year of Tongzhi, Xiushui was plagued by green silkworm-like insects with black mouthparts that rolled leaves into webs. In the ninth month of the thirteenth year, root-eating insects appeared in the grain fields at Jiaxing—black-ant-like creatures with pinched waists, six legs, and antennae. In the eighth month of the second year of Guangxu, insects at Ningjin damaged the standing grain. In the spring of the fourteenth year, Tai'an suffered an insect plague.
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In the second month of the first year of Shunzhi, a farmer's ox at Laiyang bore a calf with one body and two heads. In the second month of the second year, a farmer's ox at Jiaocheng bore a calf covered from head to tail in scales. In the tenth year, a farmer's ox at Wen County bore two qilin. In the sixteenth year, a farmer's ox at Dingzhou bore a qilin.
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In the fifth year of Kangxi, a farmer's ox at Nanchang bore a qilin. In the seventh month of the thirteenth year, a farmer's ox at Wushan bore a calf with three eyes and four ears, a hook at the tip of its tongue, four hooves on its chest, and a spine that divided into two bodies, each with two hooves and a tail. In the fifteenth year, a farmer's ox at Chizhou bore a calf with two heads and eight legs. In the sixth month of the seventeenth year, a farmer's ox at Zhenyang bore a two-headed calf. In the ninth month of the twenty-eighth year, a farmer's ox in northern Yuyao bore a qilin with a wolf's neck, horse's legs, and a deer-like body, its hide entirely scaly in mingled gold and purple. In the thirty-eighth year, a farmer's ox at Jingning bore a qilin.
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In the seventh year of Yongzheng, a farmer's ox at Zhenhai bore a calf covered in blue-black scales, bearded beneath the jaw and fine-scaled along the neck. In the fifth month of the eleventh year, a farmer's ox at Yanting bore a qilin two feet five inches tall, with a fleshy horn an inch long, crystal-clear eyes, and scales from head to tail studded with golden bean-sized nodules along the spine; deer-bodied and eight-legged with ox hooves, it was born amid driving wind and rain as golden light flooded the courtyard and turned grass and trees yellow in its glow. In the second month of the thirteenth year, a farmer's ox at Mianzhou bore a hairless, dragon-headed calf covered in scale patterns; it died the moment it touched the ground.
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In the fourth year of Qianlong, a farmer's ox at Shengjing bore a qilin. In the fifth year, a farmer's ox at Shouzhou bore a qilin amid a blaze of light that filled the room; the crowd, deeming it monstrous, killed it, and when the hide was stripped away, scales covered its entire body and the head and horns were still faintly visible; A farmer's ox at Jingzhou bore a qilin covered from head to tail in scales. In the twenty-second year, a three-legged ox was sighted at Chongming, with one foreleg and two hind legs.
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In the first year of Jiaqing, a farmer's ox at Suian bore a qilin. In the second year, a farmer's ox at Pingdu Prefecture bore a qilin. In the fifth year, a farmer's ox at Baihe County bore a two-headed calf with double necks; when the belly was opened, two red hearts were found within. In the twelfth year of Daoguang, a farmer's ox at Yongjia bore a two-headed calf.
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In the second year of Xianfeng, a farmer's ox at Qianjiang bore a two-headed calf. In the seventh year, a farmer's ox at Huangyan bore a four-headed calf. In the ninth year of Tongzhi, a farmer's ox at Shen County bore a two-headed calf.
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In the nineteenth year of Guangxu, a farmer's ox at Taiping bore a qilin. In the seventh year, a farmer's ox at Jingshan bore a three-legged calf, with two forelegs and one hind leg, which the knowledgeable identified as a yuan. In the thirty-fourth year, a farmer's ox at Gaolan bore a two-headed calf.
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In the ninth month of the first year of Shunzhi, an earthquake struck Yicheng. That winter, an earthquake struck Shishou. In the twenty-second year, Qixian was struck by earthquake three times. On the tenth day of the tenth month of the third year, an earthquake struck Shidi. In the fourth month of the fourth year, an earthquake struck Quanjiao. On jiachen day of the third month of the fifth year, an earthquake struck Jingyang, Sanyuan, Lintong, and Fengxiang; on wuchen day the ground shook again. On the twenty-fourth day of the fourth month, Yushe was shaken by earthquake. In the eighth month, an audible earthquake struck Lu'an. In the first month of the sixth year, Nanle was shaken by earthquake. On the sixth day of the second month, Luchuan was shaken by earthquake. In the fourth month, Gaoping and Yangcheng were shaken by earthquake. On the tenth day of the eighth month of the seventh year, Gaochun was shaken by earthquake. On dingmao day of the first month of the eighth year, an earthquake struck Suzhou and Kunshan. In the sixth month, Gaoping was shaken by earthquake. On New Year's Day of the ninth year, an earthquake struck Qianjiang and Taihu. On the fifteenth day, Guichi was shaken by earthquake; roof tiles flew off and the river surged like a swell. On the fifteenth day of the second month, an earthquake struck Chizhou, Yingshang, Fuyang, Wuhe, and Quanjiao. On the twenty-fourth day, Susong was shaken by earthquake. On the twenty-sixth day, Tongling was shaken by earthquake. In the seventh month, Ganyu was shaken by earthquake. In the ninth month, an earthquake struck Huoshan and Lu'an. In the first month of the tenth year, Lujiang was shaken by earthquake. On yimao day of the sixth month, Zhenyang was shaken by earthquake. In the seventh month, Haifeng was shaken by earthquake. In the ninth month, Leling was shaken by earthquake. On the twenty-first day of the tenth month, Guichi was shaken by earthquake; on the twenty-fourth day the ground shook again. On the twenty-third day of the eleventh month, Wuhe was shaken by earthquake. On the first day of the first month of the eleventh year, an earthquake struck Qianshan, Wangjiang, Shilou, Guichi, Tongling, Shucheng, and Lujiang. In the fifth month, Lujiang was shaken again. On the sixth day of the fourth month, Xiaoshan was shaken by earthquake. On the eighth day of the fifth month, an earthquake struck Baoji, Dingyuan, and Mian County; houses collapsed and people were crushed. In the sixth month, Xing'an, Ankang, Baihe, Ziyang, Xunyang, Lanzhou, Gongchang, Qingyang, and other places were shaken by earthquake; the sound was like thunder, dwellings were destroyed, and a great many people and livestock were crushed to death. On the fifth day of the eighth month, Yanggu and Dongchang were shaken by earthquake, and the ground shook again the next day. On the eighth day at the chen hour, Chaocheng was shaken by earthquake, and shook again at the shen hour. On the seventh day of the first month of the twelfth year, an earthquake struck Yanghu and Yingshan. On gengshen day of the second month, an earthquake struck Kunshan and Lou County. On the eighth day of the third month of the thirteenth year, Zhongbu was shaken by earthquake. On the first day of the third month of the fourteenth year, an earthquake struck Chengdu, Weizhou, and Wenchuan. On the twenty-fifth day, Xichong was shaken by earthquake, and the ground shook again the next day. In the seventh month, Fuyang was shaken by earthquake. On the twenty-fourth day of the second month of the fifteenth year, Huilai was shaken by earthquake. On the twenty-third day of the fifth month, Wujin was shaken by earthquake. On the twenty-third day of the eighth month, an earthquake struck Suzhou, Kunshan, Shanghai, and Qingpu. In the eleventh month, an audible earthquake struck Ansai. On the twenty-eighth day of the first month of the sixteenth year, Zhenping was shaken by earthquake. On the eighth day of the second month, Jieyang was shaken by earthquake. On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, Shidi and Guichi were shaken by earthquake with a sound like thunder. In the eighth month of the seventeenth year, an earthquake struck Caoxian and Yanzhou. On the twenty-third day of the twelfth month, an earthquake struck Luonan and Shangnan. In the first month of the eighteenth year, the ground at Yanzhou shook repeatedly.
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On the twenty-fifth day of the first month of the first year of Kangxi, Fuxiang was shaken by earthquake. On the fourth day of the third month, Xining, Longmen, Xuanhua, Chicheng, Bao'an Prefecture, and other places were shaken by a great earthquake until people grew dizzy and fell. On the seventeenth day of the sixth month, Taiping was shaken by earthquake. On the eleventh day of the seventh month, an earthquake struck Cangwu, Rong County, and Cenxi. On the twenty-second day of the eleventh month, Wei County was shaken by earthquake. On the twenty-fifth day of the first month of the second year, Zhongxiang was shaken by earthquake, and the ground shook again the next day. On the twenty-first day of the fifth month, Xianning was shaken by earthquake. On the full moon of the sixth month, Dong'an was shaken by earthquake. In the twelfth month, Heqing was shaken by earthquake. On the second day of the third month of the third year, an earthquake struck Bao'an Prefecture and Longmen. On the third day, an earthquake struck Huailai and Luanzhou. In the fifth month, Kaiping was shaken by earthquake. On the seventeenth day of the eighth month, Laiyang was shaken by earthquake. On the twenty-third day, an earthquake struck Anyi and Jie Prefecture. On bingzi day of the ninth month, Kunshan was shaken by earthquake. On the twenty-first day of the eleventh month, Shunde was shaken by earthquake. On the fourth day of the second month of the fourth year, Pingyin was shaken by earthquake. On the second day of the third month, an audible earthquake struck the capital. On the fourth day, Jing Prefecture was shaken by earthquake. On the fifteenth day of the fourth month, Luanzhou, Dong'an, Changping, and Shunyi were shaken twice by earthquake, and all houses and walls collapsed. On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, Dacheng was shaken by earthquake. On the twenty-second day of the second month of the fifth year, Kaiping was shaken by earthquake, and the ground shook again the next day. On the eighth day of the third month, Jiaohe was shaken by earthquake. On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, an earthquake at Hong County collapsed several tens of zhang of the city wall and destroyed every private dwelling. On the twenty-sixth day of the ninth month, Jieyang was shaken by earthquake. On dingwei day of the twelfth month, Suzhou was shaken by earthquake. On the fourth day of the first month of the sixth year, Yangchun was shaken by earthquake. On the twelfth day of the fourth month, Jieyang was shaken by earthquake. On the seventeenth day of the sixth month, Qingyun was shaken by earthquake. On the fourteenth day of the eighth month, Xingtai and Neiqiu were shaken by earthquake with a sound like thunder. On the twenty-third day of the ninth month, an earthquake struck Yongnian and Wei County. In the fourth month of the seventh year, Jinhua was shaken by earthquake. At the zi hour on guichou day of the fifth month, an earthquake struck the capital; the ground shook again on the seventh, ninth, tenth, and thirteenth. On the seventeenth day of the sixth month, Shanghai and Haiyan were shaken by earthquake, and windows and corridors rang throughout; Huzhou and Shaoxing were shaken by earthquake, crushing people and livestock to death, and the ground shook again the next day; Tongxiang and Sheng County were shaken by earthquake, and every roof tile fell. On the eighteenth day, Xianghe, Wuji, and Nanle were shaken by earthquake; beginning from the northwest with a crackling sound, houses swayed. On the nineteenth day, an audible earthquake struck Qinghe and Deqing, and all dwellings collapsed. On the twentieth day of the seventh month, Qiantang was shaken by earthquake. On the twenty-fifth day, Qianjiang was shaken by earthquake. At the yin hour on jiawu day of the ninth month of the eighth year, an audible earthquake struck the capital. On the sixth day of the fourth month of the ninth year, An County was shaken by earthquake. On the seventh day of the fifth month, Jieyang was shaken by earthquake. On jiwei day of the seventh month, an audible earthquake struck Wujiang and Zhenze. On the seventh day of the eighth month, an earthquake struck Kaijian and Anqiu. On the day before the winter solstice of the eleventh month, Zou County was shaken by earthquake.
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On the ninth day of the ninth month of the tenth year, Bao'an Prefecture was shaken by earthquake. On the third day of the third month of the eleventh year, Yangqu was shaken by earthquake. On bingyin day of the fifth month, an earthquake struck Pei County and Gaomi. On the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month, Gaotang was shaken by earthquake. On the twenty-eighth day of the seventh month, Guangping was shaken by earthquake. On guihai day of the eighth month, Suzhou was shaken by earthquake. On dinghai day of the ninth month, Pingle was shaken by earthquake. On the twelfth day of the second month of the twelfth year, an earthquake struck Luzhou with thunderous sound, and dwellings collapsed. On the fourth day of the fourth month, an earthquake struck Lin County and Gaochun. On the twenty-third day of the seventh month, an earthquake struck Baodi, Bazhou, and Wanquan. On the ninth day of the ninth month, an earthquake struck Huai'an, Chicheng, Xining, Tianzhen, Shao[□], and Deyang. In the twelfth month, Huzhou was shaken by earthquake. On the seventh day of the second month of the thirteenth year, Baode Prefecture was shaken by earthquake. On the thirtieth day of the eighth month, an earthquake struck Longzhou and Huai'an. On the ninth day of the ninth month, Fugu was shaken by earthquake. On the twelfth day of the sixth month of the fourteenth year, every prefecture and county under Caozhou Prefecture was shaken by earthquake at once. On the fifteenth day of the seventh month of the fifteenth year, Wuyuan was shaken by earthquake. On the fourth day of the eleventh month, an audible earthquake struck Suzhou. On the fourteenth day of the fifth month of the sixteenth year, Hepu was shaken by earthquake. In the sixth month, Jiezhou was shaken by earthquake, and the tremors lasted several days before stopping. On the fifth day of the fourth month of the seventeenth year, an earthquake struck Suzhou, Zhenyang, Shanghai, Qingpu, and Chongming. On the seventh day, an earthquake at Haiyan overturned roof tiles. On the twenty-eighth day of the seventh month, the capital was shaken by earthquake. On the fifth day of the tenth month, Anping was shaken by earthquake. On the twenty-third day of the third month of the eighteenth year, Zhenyang was shaken by earthquake. On the first day of the sixth month, an earthquake struck Rongcheng, Ninghai, and Wendeng. On the twenty-eighth day, an earthquake struck Binzhou, Xinyang, Haifeng, and Zhanhua. On the ninth day of the seventh month, an earthquake struck the capital; Tongzhou, Sanhe, Pinggu, Xianghe, Wuqing, Yongqing, Baodi, and Gu'an were struck by a great earthquake. The roar was like galloping chariots and sudden thunder; day turned dark as night. Dwellings collapsed, crushing countless men and women to death. The ground split open, and foul black water gushed forth. On the twenty-eighth day, an earthquake struck Xuanhua, Julu, Wuyi, Changli, Xincheng, Tangshan, Jingzhou, Shahe, Ningjin, Dongguang, Qingyun, and Wuji. In the eighth month, the ground at Wanquan, Baoding, and Ansu trembled repeatedly. In the ninth month, Xiangyuan, Wuxiang, and Xugou were shaken by repeated earthquakes, and every dwelling collapsed. In the tenth month, Lu'an was shaken by earthquake. In the eleventh month, an earthquake at Zunhua Prefecture roared like thunder. On the twenty-fifth day of the fourth month of the nineteenth year, Qiongzhou was shaken by earthquake. In the eleventh month, an earthquake at Luling roared like thunder.
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In the spring of the twentieth year, an earthquake struck Yongjia and Yueqing. On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, Qiongzhou was shaken by earthquake. On the eleventh day of the eighth month, an audible earthquake struck Dongliu. In the ninth month, Guizhou was shaken by earthquake. On the tenth day of the tenth month, an earthquake struck Pingyuan Prefecture and Lucheng. On the third day of the eleventh month, an earthquake struck Dongliu and Fugu. On the fifth day of the tenth month of the twenty-first year, Xiangyuan was shaken by earthquake. On the sixth day, Lu'an was shaken by earthquake. On the tenth day, an earthquake at Jiexiu collapsed many dwellings. On the fifteenth day of the fifth month of the twenty-second year, Longmen was shaken by earthquake. On the fifth day of the seventh month, an earthquake at Dingxiang crushed more than a thousand people to death. On the fifth day of the tenth month, an earthquake at Baode Prefecture killed some people by crushing. On the first day of the eleventh month, Qiongzhou was shaken by earthquake. In the fifth month of the twenty-third year, Fengchuan was shaken by earthquake. On the fifth day of the tenth month, Puzhou was shaken by earthquake. On the seventh day of the eleventh month, Hepu was shaken by earthquake. On gengzi day of the second month of the twenty-fourth year, an earthquake struck Yong'an Prefecture and Pingle. On the twenty-fourth day of the twelfth month, Penglai, Fushan, and Wendeng were shaken by earthquake, and the ground shook again two days later. On the seventeenth day of the seventh month of the twenty-fifth year, an earthquake struck Yidu and Yichang. On the fifth day of the tenth month, Jingxing was shaken by earthquake. At the chou hour on dinghai day of the ninth month of the twenty-sixth year, an earthquake struck the capital. On the sixteenth day of the tenth month, an earthquake at Penglai and Qixia roared like thunder and continued for more than a month before stopping. On the first day of the twelfth month, Wuwei was shaken by earthquake. In the fourth month of the twenty-seventh year, an earthquake struck Lintong and Xianyang. On the eighteenth day of the first month of the twenty-eighth year, an earthquake struck Qiongzhou and Luchuan; the ground shook again on the tenth day of the third month. On the first day of the sixth month, an earthquake struck Rongcheng and Wendeng. In the second month of the twenty-ninth year, Hangzhou was shaken by earthquake. In the seventh month, an earthquake struck Linfen and Xiangyuan. In the ninth month, Xiangling was shaken by earthquake.
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On the sixteenth day of the third month of the thirtieth year, Qingyun was shaken by earthquake. On the nineteenth day of the third month of the thirty-second year, Haifeng was shaken by earthquake; on the twentieth day the ground shook again in a great earthquake that destroyed dwellings. On the eighth day of the second month of the thirty-third year, Chaoxian was shaken by earthquake. In the eighth month, Jize was shaken by earthquake. On the first day of the first month of the thirty-fourth year, an earthquake struck Qiongzhou, Leizhou, Quanzhou, and Liucheng. On the fifteenth day, Chaoxian was shaken by earthquake. On the sixth day of the fourth month, a great earthquake struck Guanghua, Teng County, En County, Qiu County, Xugou, Taiping, Zhenyang, Yu County, and Jiaocheng; at Linfen, Yicheng, Fushan, Anyi, and Pinglu the tremors were worst of all: half the dwellings were destroyed and more than ten thousand people were crushed to death. In the eighth month, Pingyuan was shaken by earthquake. On the twenty-first day of the first month of the thirty-fifth year, Chaoxian was shaken by earthquake. On the fifteenth day of the third month, Nanling was shaken by earthquake. On jiawu day of the fourth month, Pei County was shaken by earthquake. On xinsi day of the ninth month, the capital was shaken by earthquake. On the first day of the first month of the thirty-sixth year, Chaoxian was shaken by earthquake; the ground shook again on the third day of the third month. On the sixteenth day of the third month of the thirty-ninth year, Guizhou was shaken by earthquake. On the eighteenth day, Huanggang was shaken by earthquake. In the fourth month, Yangjiang was shaken by earthquake.
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On the twelfth day of the third month of the fortieth year, Changzi was shaken by earthquake. In the first month of the forty-first year, Heqing was shaken by earthquake. On yiyou day of the eleventh month, the ground at the capital trembled slightly. On the twenty-third day of the twelfth month, Qiongzhou was shaken by earthquake. On the thirteenth day of the seventh month of the forty-third year, an earthquake at Jingyang crushed countless people and livestock to death. On the twentieth day of the eighth month, Dongguang was shaken by earthquake. On the thirteenth day of the first month of the forty-fourth year, Pingyao was shaken by earthquake. On dingyou day of the eighth month, the capital was shaken by earthquake. On the night of the sixteenth day of the ninth month, Qingyun was shaken by earthquake. On bingchen day of the second month of the forty-fifth year, the ground at the capital trembled slightly. On the fourth day of the seventh month of the forty-sixth year, Suzhou was shaken by earthquake. In the tenth month, Xingning was shaken by earthquake; the ground shook again in the eleventh month. On the first day of the first month of the forty-seventh year, Quwo was shaken by earthquake. On the seventeenth day of the fifth month, Jiading was shaken by earthquake. On the twelfth day of the sixth month, Fengxiang was shaken by earthquake. On the twelfth day of the ninth month, Ningshan Department was shaken by earthquake. On the thirteenth day, Yongnian was shaken by earthquake. On the eleventh day of the tenth month, Qiu County was shaken by earthquake. On the second day of the ninth month of the forty-eighth year, Baode Prefecture was shaken by earthquake. On the twelfth day, an earthquake at Liangzhou, Xining, Guyuan, Ningxia, and Zhongwei injured people; At Jingyuan a great earthquake collapsed more than two thousand dwellings, brought down over six hundred and sixty zhang of city wall, and crushed a great many residents to death. On the fourteenth day of the third month of the forty-ninth year, an earthquake struck Lingtai and Huan County. On the third day of the eighth month, Huanggang was shaken by earthquake.
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On the eleventh day of the ninth month of the fiftieth year, Jingning was shaken by earthquake. On the eleventh day of the tenth month, Pingle was shaken by earthquake. On the twelfth day of the ninth month of the fifty-first year, an earthquake struck Qingyuan and Jiangpu; the ground shook again in the eleventh month. On the twenty-fifth day, an earthquake struck Gaochun, Yizheng, and Danyang. In the fourth month of the fifty-second year, Qixia was shaken by earthquake. In the seventh month, an earthquake struck all of Sichuan. On the fourteenth day of the third month of the fifty-third year, Ningzhou was shaken by earthquake. On the eighth day of the ninth month, Huzhou was shaken by earthquake. On the fourteenth day of the first month of the fifty-fourth year, Zhenhai was shaken by earthquake. On the twenty-first day of the fifth month, Qishan was shaken by earthquake. In the second month of the fifty-fifth year, Quwo was shaken by earthquake. In the eighth month, Zhijiang was shaken by earthquake. On the twenty-eighth day of the fifth month of the fifty-sixth year, an earthquake struck Gong'an, Shishou, and Zhijiang. On the twenty-seventh day of the fifth month of the fifty-seventh year, Yicheng was shaken by earthquake. On the eighth day of the sixth month, Haiyang was shaken by earthquake. In the spring of the fifty-eighth year, Tai'an was shaken by earthquake. On the eleventh day of the fifth month, an earthquake struck Zhouzhi and Danyang. On the first day of the sixth month, an earthquake struck Dezhou, Yangxin, Zhanhua, and Guangling. On the sixteenth day of the seventh month, an earthquake struck Yuci and Huailai; in the eighth month the ground shook again, collapsing countless dwellings; An earthquake at Miyun and Dong'an roared like thunder. On the eighth day of the sixth month of the sixtieth year, Qingcheng was shaken by earthquake. On the fourth day of the eighth month of the sixty-first year, Jiang'an was shaken by earthquake. In the eleventh month, Shunde was shaken by earthquake.
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In the tenth month of the third year of the Yongzheng era, an earthquake at Huan County destroyed dwellings. On the twenty-first day of the sixth month of the fourth year, Yichang was shaken by earthquake. In the eighth month, Pingxiang was shaken by earthquake. On the twentieth day of the fifth month of the fifth year, Zhongxiang was shaken by earthquake. On the fifth day of the second month of the sixth year, Wuchuan was shaken by earthquake. In the fifth month, Hengzhou was shaken by earthquake. In the eighth month, Yu Prefecture was shaken by earthquake. On the seventeenth day of the sixth month of the seventh year, Dezhou was shaken by earthquake. On the thirteenth day of the eighth month, an earthquake at Fuchuan roared like thunder. On the sixteenth day of the fourth month of the eighth year, Yichang was shaken by earthquake. On the nineteenth day of the eighth month, an earthquake struck the capital, Ninghe, Qingyun, Ningjin, Linyu, Ji Prefecture, Xingtai, Wanquan, Rongcheng, Laishui, Xin'an, Dongguang, Cangzhou, and other places simultaneously. On the twenty-sixth day of the tenth month, Shanghai was shaken by earthquake. On the twenty-eighth day, an earthquake struck Suzhou, Zhenze, Lou County, and Qingpu. On the twenty-eighth day of the eleventh month, an earthquake struck Jiaxing, Huzhou, and Tongxiang. On the second day of the ninth month of the ninth year, Haiyang was shaken by earthquake; the ground shook again on the twenty-second day. In the tenth month, Taizhou was shaken by earthquake. On the eighth day of the eleventh month, Haizhou was shaken by earthquake. On the twenty-first day, Puxuan was shaken by earthquake. On the third day of the first month of the tenth year, an earthquake struck Xichang County, Huili Prefecture, and the three garrisons of Dechang, Hexi, and Miyi. In the eleventh month, Tongzhou was shaken by earthquake. On the eighteenth day of the seventh month of the eleventh year, Haiyang was shaken by earthquake; in the eleventh month, Huanggang was shaken by earthquake. In the twelfth month, Yichang was shaken by earthquake. In the second month of the twelfth year, Pujiang was shaken by earthquake. On the sixteenth day of the sixth month, Tongling was shaken by earthquake. On the thirteenth day of the tenth month, an earthquake struck Chaoyang and Haiyang. On the first day of the twelfth month, Qingyuan was shaken by earthquake. On the night of the seventeenth day of the seventh month of the thirteenth year, Fuchuan was shaken by earthquake. On the twentieth day, an earthquake at Tongxiang roared like thunder. In the ninth month, every prefecture under Qingyuan Prefecture was shaken by earthquake. In the eleventh month, Guanghua was shaken by earthquake.
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On the first day of the seventh month of the first year of the Qianlong era, Linqing was shaken by earthquake. On the seventh day, Dingtao was shaken by earthquake. On the fifteenth day, an earthquake struck Pingyuan and Xiajin. On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, an earthquake struck Huangxian, Fushan, Wendeng, and Rongcheng. On the tenth day of the fifth month of the second year, an audible earthquake struck Yichang. On the twenty-fifth day of the seventh month, an audible earthquake struck Jize. On the seventh day of the ninth month, Gaoping was shaken by earthquake. On the twenty-fourth day of the tenth month, Changzi was shaken by earthquake. On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month of the third year, an earthquake struck Ruicheng, Xiangyuan, Anyi, Anding, Suide Prefecture, and Tianzhen. On the twenty-fifth day, Jingyuan, Qingyang, Ningxia, Pingluo, and Zhongwei were shaken by earthquake as if the ground were leaping. Earth mounded up everywhere; fissures opened several chi or a full zhang wide; the air grew very hot, and more than fifty thousand people were crushed to death. On the twenty-fourth day of the third month of the fourth year, Changhua was shaken by earthquake. On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, Qishan was shaken by earthquake. In the third month of the fifth year, Wanquan was shaken by earthquake. In the eighth month, an earthquake struck Chicheng and Huai'an. On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, an earthquake at Qingjian roared like thunder; that night the ground shook eight or nine times in succession, and dwellings collapsed. In the eleventh month of the sixth year, an audible earthquake struck Zhengning. On the twenty-fourth day of the eighth month, Changhua was shaken by earthquake. In the first month of the ninth year, Guanghua was shaken by earthquake. On the fourth day of the fourth month of the tenth year, Fushan was shaken by earthquake. On the sixth day of the fifth month, Gaochun was shaken by earthquake. In the fifth month of the eleventh year, an audible earthquake struck Zengcheng. On dingchou day of the sixth month, the capital was shaken by earthquake. In the tenth month, an audible earthquake struck Guangji. On the ninth day of the third month of the twelfth year, Heqing was shaken by earthquake. On rewu day of the tenth month, Tongguan was shaken by earthquake. In the fifth month of the thirteenth year, an earthquake struck Licheng and Changshan. In the tenth month, Huan County was shaken by earthquake. On the third day of the first month of the fourteenth year, Heqing was shaken by earthquake; the ground shook again on the thirteenth day; the ground shook again on the twenty-ninth day. On the twenty-eighth day of the third month, Cangwu was shaken by earthquake. On gengwu day of the twelfth month of the fifteenth year, Tongguan was shaken by earthquake. In the second month of the sixteenth year, Fengyi Prefecture was shaken by earthquake. In the second month of the seventeenth year, Yazhou was shaken by earthquake; the ground shook again in the fourth month. On the fourth day of the fourth month, an earthquake struck Jiaxing, Huzhou, and Tongxiang. On the twelfth day of the ninth month, Huilai was shaken by earthquake. In the eighth month of the eighteenth year, Yanzhou was shaken by earthquake. In the fourth month of the nineteenth year, an earthquake struck Qingyuan and Taiyuan. In the fifth month, Cangwu was shaken by earthquake. In the eleventh month of the twentieth year, an earthquake struck Lou County and Qingpu. On gengzi day of the twelfth month, an earthquake at Suzhou, Huzhou, and Tongxiang set every roof tile ringing. On the twenty-second day of the second month of the twenty-first year, Jingmen Prefecture was shaken by earthquake with a sound like thunder. On the fourteenth day of the fifth month, Qingcheng was shaken by earthquake with a sound like thunder. On the first day of the ninth month, Yangxin was shaken by earthquake. On the sixteenth day of the tenth month, an earthquake struck Qingpu and Tongxiang. On the sixteenth day of the eleventh month of the twenty-second year, She County was shaken by earthquake; The ground shook again the next day. On the twenty-seventh day of the third month of the twenty-third year, Yongping was shaken by earthquake with a sound like thunder. On the fifth day of the ninth month of the twenty-fourth year, Xiangzhou was shaken by earthquake. On the twentieth day of the eleventh month of the twenty-fifth year, an earthquake struck Lu'an and Changzi. On the eleventh day of the third month of the twenty-sixth year, an audible earthquake struck Jiaxing. On jiashen day of the fifth month of the twenty-eighth year, an earthquake struck Suzhou and Huzhou. On dingsi day of the first month of the twenty-ninth year, an earthquake struck Suzhou and Huzhou. On the twenty-eighth day of the fifth month, Lishui was shaken by earthquake. On the second day of the tenth month, Nangong was shaken by earthquake. On jiayin day of the first month of the thirtieth year, Suzhou was shaken by earthquake. On the eleventh day of the second month, an earthquake struck Wendeng and Rongcheng. On the first day of the seventh month, Fengxiang was shaken by earthquake; The ground shook again on the eighteenth day. A major earthquake at Fuxiang collapsed more than twenty-eight thousand seven hundred dwellings and crushed more than seven hundred seventy people to death. On the second day of the eleventh month of the thirty-first year, Nangong was shaken by earthquake. On the twenty-second day of the fifth month of the thirty-second year, Lintong was shaken by earthquake. On the twentieth day of the sixth month, an earthquake struck Wendeng and Rongcheng. On the twenty-fifth day of the seventh month, Nangong was shaken by earthquake. On the sixteenth day of the tenth month, Wuyuan was shaken by earthquake. In the second month of the thirty-third year, Nanling was shaken by earthquake. On the twenty-fifth day of the sixth month of the thirty-fourth year, Cangwu was shaken by earthquake. On the eleventh day of the seventh month, Wuchuan was shaken by earthquake. On the seventh day of the eighth month, the ground at Cangwu shook again. On the twentieth day of the twelfth month, an earthquake struck Wujin, Qianshan, and Hefei. In the first month of the thirty-fifth year, Lishui was shaken by earthquake. On the twenty-second day of the twelfth month, Macheng was shaken by earthquake. On the fifteenth day of the seventh month of the thirty-sixth year, Qingyun was shaken by earthquake. On the twenty-eighth day of the seventh month of the thirty-eighth year, Linqing was shaken by earthquake. On the twenty-ninth day, Lingchuan was shaken by earthquake. In the ninth month of the thirty-ninth year, Qingpu was shaken by earthquake. In the tenth month, Dong'e was shaken by earthquake. On the eleventh day of the eleventh month of the fortieth year, Lingchuan was shaken by earthquake. On the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth month, Pingshan was shaken by earthquake. On the seventh day of the fourth month of the forty-second year, Qixian was shaken by earthquake. In the third month of the forty-third year, Guanghua was shaken by earthquake. On the ninth day of the ninth month, Wuchuan was shaken by earthquake with a sound like thunder. On the tenth day, Luchuan was shaken by earthquake, and the ground shook again the next day. On the twentieth day of the eighth month of the forty-fourth year, Huzhou was shaken by earthquake. On the sixteenth day of the third month of the forty-sixth year, Yueqing was shaken by earthquake. On the sixteenth day of the fourth month, Ruian was shaken by earthquake. On gengyin day of the sixth month of the forty-seventh year, Suzhou was shaken by earthquake. In the eleventh month of the forty-ninth year, Guanghua was shaken by earthquake. On the eighth day of the third month of the fiftieth year, Yongchang was shaken by earthquake. On the fifth day of the sixth month, Wucheng was shaken by earthquake. On the tenth day of the eighth month, an earthquake struck Huang County and Wendeng. On the eleventh day of the fifth month of the fifty-first year, an earthquake struck Yanting and Suining. On the seventeenth day of the third month of the fifty-fourth year, Jiaxing was shaken by earthquake; The ground shook again on the twentieth day. On the twentieth day of the ninth month, an earthquake at Tongguan destroyed private homes and crushed some people to death. On the eighth day of the first month of the fifty-fifth year, Jinan was shaken by earthquake. On the twenty-fourth day of the eighth month, Yueqing was shaken by earthquake. On the sixth day of the tenth month, an earthquake struck Wendeng and Rongcheng. On the ninth day of the first month of the fifty-sixth year, Jinan was shaken by earthquake. On the twenty-first day of the second month, an audible earthquake struck Wuchuan. On guimao day of the fifth month of the fifty-seventh year, an earthquake struck Suzhou and Huzhou. In the first month of the fifty-ninth year, Wuqiang was shaken by earthquake. In the third month, Linyi was shaken by earthquake. On the twenty-fifth day of the eleventh month of the sixtieth year, Jiashan was shaken by earthquake.
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In the first month of the first year of Jiaqing, an earthquake at Yueqing split the ground and sent black water gushing forth. In the second month, Zhucheng was shaken by earthquake. On the thirteenth day of the sixth month of the second year, Luanzhou was shaken by earthquake. In the eighth month of the third year, Jiashan was shaken by earthquake. On the twenty-fifth day of the first month of the fourth year, an earthquake struck Wendeng and Rongcheng. In the twelfth month, Linyu was shaken by earthquake. On the twenty-sixth day of the second month of the fifth year, Changli was shaken by earthquake. In the ninth month of the seventh year, Chongyang was shaken by earthquake. In the second month of the eighth year, Ziyang was shaken by earthquake. In the eleventh month, Yichun was shaken by earthquake. On the twelfth day of the second month of the tenth year, Luanzhou was shaken by earthquake. On the sixth day of the sixth month, Xingtai was shaken by earthquake with a sound like thunder. On the fourteenth day of the eleventh month of the eleventh year, Huang County was shaken by earthquake. The ground shook again on the eighteenth day. On the tenth day of the fourth month of the twelfth year, an earthquake struck Ningjin and Dongguang. On the twelfth day of the ninth month, Macheng was shaken by earthquake. In the ninth month of the thirteenth year, Qingyuan was shaken by earthquake. On the fifteenth day of the tenth month of the fifteenth year, Jinyun was shaken by earthquake. On the twenty-third day of the second month of the sixteenth year, an earthquake struck Yongjia and Yueqing. On the ninth day of the fourth month, Wendeng was shaken by earthquake. On the tenth day of the eighth month, an earthquake at Dajianlu, Baili, Ganzi, and Zhuowai killed four hundred eighty-one Yi and Han people. In the sixth month of the eighteenth year, Anding was shaken by earthquake. In the eighth month, Yun County was shaken by earthquake. On the eleventh day of the ninth month, Yongjia was shaken by earthquake. On the second day of the tenth month, an audible earthquake struck Pingle. On the nineteenth day of the fourth month of the twentieth year, Guanghua was shaken by earthquake. On the first day of the seventh month, an earthquake struck Ningjin and Dongguang. On the eleventh day of the ninth month, Leling was shaken by earthquake; Ten days later the ground shook again; An earthquake struck Xuanping and Sanyuan. On the twenty-first day of the tenth month, Huzhou was shaken by earthquake. On the fourteenth day of the sixth month of the twenty-first year, Dongguang was shaken by earthquake. That autumn, Junzhou was shaken by earthquake. On the eighth day of the fourth month of the twenty-second year, Wendeng and Rongcheng were shaken by earthquake with a sound like thunder. On the fifteenth day of the eleventh month of the twenty-third year, Teng County was shaken by earthquake. On the twenty-fifth day of the seventh month of the twenty-fourth year, Guiyang was shaken by earthquake. In the ninth month, Jinyun was shaken by earthquake. On the twelfth day of the tenth month, Huang County was shaken by earthquake; The ground shook again on the sixteenth day. On the nineteenth day of the first month of the twenty-fifth year, Zhenfan was shaken by earthquake with a sound like thunder. In the fourth month, Guiyang was shaken by earthquake. On the twenty-second day of the sixth month, Nangong was shaken by earthquake.
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On the last day of the third month of the first year of Daoguang, Funing was shaken by earthquake. In the sixth month, Ziyang was shaken by earthquake. In the third month of the third year, Yidu was shaken by earthquake. In the sixth month, Wendeng was shaken by earthquake. In the seventh month, Dingyuan was shaken by earthquake. On the fourteenth day of the eleventh month of the fourth year, Zhijiang was shaken by earthquake. In the sixth month of the fifth year, Baokang was shaken by earthquake. On the last day of the first month of the sixth year, Zhangqiu was shaken by earthquake. On the twenty-fourth day of the second month, Zhijiang was shaken by earthquake. On the fourth day of the fourth month, the ground at Yanjiaping in Yichang split open about five feet deep and more than four yards wide. In the sixth month, Guiyang was shaken by earthquake. In the second month of the seventh year, Yun County was shaken by earthquake. In the seventh month, Ningjin was shaken by earthquake. In the tenth month, an earthquake struck Zhangqiu, Xincheng, and Changqing. In the eighth month of the eighth year, Xingshan was shaken by earthquake. On the twenty-third day of the tenth month, Huang County was shaken by earthquake. On the fourth day of the fifth month of the ninth year, Yicheng was shaken by earthquake. On the twenty-second day of the tenth month, an earthquake struck Boping and Shen County; An earthquake at Qingzhou and Linqu lasted more than ten days, collapsing private homes and crushing several hundred people to death. On the twenty-third day, an earthquake struck Huang County, Jimo, Pingdu, Teng County, Changqing, and Zhangqiu. On the twenty-second day of the fourth month of the tenth year, an earthquake struck Nangong and Pingxiang. On the twenty-second day of the intercalary fourth month, Yuanshi, Xinle, Heze, Cao County, and other places were shaken by earthquake simultaneously, collapsing houses and crushing some people to death. On the sixteenth day of the tenth month, Wuding was shaken by earthquake; The ground shook again on the twenty-fourth day. On the first day of the eleventh month, an audible earthquake struck Huang'an. In the third month of the eleventh year, Funing was shaken by earthquake. In the fourth month, Linyi was shaken by earthquake. In the ninth month, Wujin was shaken by earthquake. On the twenty-third day of the ninth month of the twelfth year, Linyi was shaken by earthquake. On the eighteenth day of the fourth month of the thirteenth year, Yudu Dam in Dingyuan Subprefecture sank more than ten zhang. On the twenty-fourth day of the tenth month, Yun County was shaken by earthquake. On the third day of the seventh month of the fifteenth year, Gaochun was shaken by earthquake. On xinhai day of the tenth month of the seventeenth year, Linqu was shaken by earthquake. In the second month of the eighteenth year, the ground at Xing'an sank and water gushed forth like a pond. On yimao day of the ninth month of the nineteenth year, Qingpu was shaken by earthquake. On wuxu day, Wujin was shaken by earthquake. On the twenty-third day of the first month of the twentieth year, an earthquake at Suizhou set every roof tile shaking. On the fourteenth day of the first month of the twenty-second year, Gaochun was shaken by earthquake. In the ninth month, Jimo was shaken by earthquake. On the eighth day of the third month of the twenty-third year, Qixia was shaken by earthquake. On the twenty-fifth day of the eighth month of the twenty-fourth year, Ninghai was shaken by earthquake. On renxu day of the tenth month, Qingpu was shaken by earthquake. On xinchou day of the sixth month of the twenty-fifth year, an earthquake struck Qingpu and Suzhou. On the fourteenth day of the tenth month, an earthquake at Sheng County set dwellings swaying. On the eleventh day of the fifth month of the twenty-sixth year, Sheng County was shaken by earthquake. On the twelfth day of the sixth month, an earthquake struck Huzhou and Dinghai. On dingsi day of the tenth month, Qingpu was shaken by earthquake. On xinhai day of the tenth month of the twenty-seventh year, Suzhou was shaken by earthquake. On the fourteenth day of the sixth month of the twenty-eighth year, Yongjia was shaken by earthquake. On the seventh day of the eleventh month, Jinyun was shaken by earthquake. On the fifth day of the third month of the twenty-ninth year, Funing was shaken by earthquake. On the twenty-eighth day of the third month of the thirtieth year, an earthquake struck Zhijiang and Songzi.
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On jiachen day of the first month of the first year of Xianfeng, Qingpu was shaken by earthquake. In the second month, an earthquake struck Jiangling and Gong'an. In the fifth month, Huang'an was shaken by earthquake. On the first day of the sixth month, Luxi was shaken by earthquake. On the twelfth day of the fourth month of the second year, Yingshan was shaken by earthquake. On the eighteenth day, an earthquake at Zhongwei sent black sand gushing forth and crushed several hundred people to death. On the sixth day of the tenth month, an earthquake struck Huangyan, Taiping, and Sheng County. On renzi day of the eleventh month, an earthquake struck Suzhou and Qingpu. In the first month of the third year, Huangyan was shaken by earthquake, and earthquakes recurred throughout the year. On xinhai and renzi days of the third month, Suzhou was shaken by earthquake; The ground shook again on xinyou day. On the fifth day of the fourth month, the ground at Tongzhou shook repeatedly. On the twenty-third day, Yuanshi was shaken by earthquake. In the seventh month, Jingzhou was shaken by earthquake. In the fifth month of the fourth year, the ground at Anfu sank several yards across to a depth beyond measure. On the first day of the ninth month, Jiangling was shaken by earthquake. On the fourth day of the twelfth month, Zhongxiang was shaken by earthquake. On xinyou day of the first month of the fifth year, Qingpu was shaken by earthquake; The ground shook again on wuyin day of the ninth month; The ground shook again on xinmao day of the tenth month. On the first day of the twelfth month, Qixia was shaken by earthquake. On the fifth day, Huang County was shaken by earthquake. On the sixth day of the fifth month of the sixth year, an earthquake at Laifeng split the ground at Baizifan in Wuchang County. In the fourth month of the seventh year, Xingguo was shaken by earthquake. In the ninth month, Qianshan was shaken by earthquake. In the tenth month, Yongfeng was shaken by earthquake. On the twenty-sixth day of the twelfth month, Penglai was shaken by earthquake with a sound like thunder, and earthquakes recurred thereafter. On the twenty-seventh day of the first month of the eighth year, the ground at Penglai shook again for more than ten days before stopping; From the seventh year to the eighth year, there were more than thirty earthquakes in all. In the twelfth month, Yihuang was shaken by earthquake. In the third month of the ninth year, Enshi was shaken by earthquake. On the eighth day of the seventh month of the tenth year, Zhijiang was shaken by earthquake. On the twenty-fifth day of the fifth month of the eleventh year, Qixia was shaken by earthquake. On the first day of the eighth month, Ningyuan was shaken by earthquake.
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On the twelfth day of the sixth month of the first year of Tongzhi, an audible earthquake struck Yingcheng. On gengwu day of the third month of the third year, Qingpu was shaken by earthquake. On the twenty-ninth day of the first month of the fourth year, Zhongxiang was shaken by earthquake; The ground shook again on the fourth day of the second month. On the thirteenth day of the eighth month of the fifth year, Jingning was shaken by earthquake. On the fourteenth day of the ninth month, Qingtian was shaken by earthquake. On the first day of the second month of the sixth year, Zhongxiang was shaken by earthquake. On the fifteenth day of the third month, Jiangling was shaken by earthquake. In the eighth month, Taiping was shaken by earthquake; In the twelfth month the ground shook again. On the third day of the sixth month of the seventh year, Junzhou, Guanghua, and Yun County were shaken by earthquake. On the third day of the seventh month, the ground at Anquanyan in Suizhou subsided and water gushed up. In the fourth month of the tenth year, Xiangyang was shaken by earthquake. On the nineteenth day of the sixth month of the eleventh year, Gaochun was shaken by earthquake. On the nineteenth day of the eighth month, Jiaxing and Baixiang were shaken by earthquake. On the twenty-sixth day of the first month of the twelfth year, Suzhou was shaken by earthquake. On the twentieth day of the third month of the thirteenth year, Zhanhua was shaken by earthquake.
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In the ninth month of Guangxu 1, Gaolan was shaken by earthquake. On the dinghai day of the sixth month of the third year, Qingpu was shaken by earthquake. On the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth month of the fourth year, Xiangyang was shaken by earthquake. On the tenth day of the fifth month of the fifth year, the prefectures and counties of Longyou were shaken by earthquake simultaneously. On the twelfth day, Guanghua was shaken by earthquake. On the thirteenth day, Jingshan was shaken by earthquake. In the tenth month of the sixth year, Guanghua was shaken by earthquake. In the fourth month of the seventh year, Taiping was shaken by earthquake; In the fifth month the ground shook again. On the twentieth day of the tenth month, Dongguang was shaken by earthquake; On the twenty-fifth day the ground shook again. Li County was shaken by earthquake, killing four hundred and eighty people. More than four thousand private homes collapsed, and countless livestock perished. On the second day of the eleventh month, Danggar Department in Xining was shaken by earthquake. On the eighth day of the second month of the eighth year, Xili was shaken by earthquake. In the seventh month, Nanle and Wangdu were shaken by earthquake. On the twenty-second day of the twelfth month of the ninth year, Ningjin was shaken by earthquake. On the twenty-second day of the tenth month of the tenth year, Dongguang was shaken by earthquake. On the twenty-ninth day of the eleventh month, Xili was shaken by earthquake. On the twenty-seventh day of the ninth month of the eleventh year, Wuchang was shaken by earthquake. On the jiaxu day of the twelfth month of the thirteenth year, Hezhou was shaken by earthquake. On the fifth day of the fifth month of the fourteenth year, Zhanhua and Luanzhou were shaken by earthquake. In the eighth month of the fifteenth year, Lingchuan was shaken by earthquake; In the ninth month the ground shook again. On the twenty-eighth day of the first month of the sixteenth year, Xining was shaken by earthquake. On the nineteenth day of the fourth month of the nineteenth year, Xining was shaken by earthquake. More than two hundred private homes collapsed, and many people were crushed to death. On the fourth day of the twelfth month of the twenty-first year, Shandan was shaken by earthquake. On the twenty-fourth day of the first month of the twenty-third year, Lanzhou was shaken by earthquake. In the spring of the twenty-seventh year, Jingning Prefecture was shaken by earthquake. On New Year's Eve of the twelfth month of the twenty-eighth year, Yongchang was shaken by earthquake. On the twenty-ninth day of the fifth month of the twenty-ninth year, Quyang was shaken by earthquake.
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On the twelfth day of the eleventh month of Shunzhi 1, the mountain at Yanting collapsed. In the fourth month of the third year, Guishan at Heyuan collapsed. In the fourth month of the sixth year, the mountain at Liangdang collapsed, crushing countless people and livestock; Daci Mountain at Lanxi collapsed. In the sixth month of the seventh year, Mashan at Wuchang collapsed. On the twenty-sixth day of the fourth month of the eighth year, a great boulder at Laishan in Huang County collapsed with a sound heard for several li. In the sixth month, an earthen hill at Anqiu split open more than one zhang long and over two chi wide to an unfathomable depth, then closed again the next day. On the jisi day of the eighth month, Wangyi Mountain at Tongguan collapsed. In the fifth month of the ninth year, Chashan at Maping collapsed. In the autumn of the sixteenth year, after incessant rain at Chengdu, Jinping Mountain collapsed.
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In the autumn of Kangxi 1, after heavy rain at Xiaoshan, a small mountain collapsed; the mountain at Pinglu collapsed; after incessant rain, Siming Mountain collapsed; At Liangdang a violent rainstorm brought a mountain collapse. In the seventh month of the second year, a great thunderstorm at Hezhou caused Jinggou Mountain to collapse, crushing more than twenty residents to death. In the ninth month, Daying Mountain at Guanyang collapsed. On the twenty-first day of the fourth month of the sixth year, Dazi Mountain at Kaijian collapsed; Heavy rain at Linhai in Taizhou caused a mountain collapse. On the xinchou day of the seventh month of the fifteenth year, Jisai Mountain at Tongguan collapsed, crushing more than forty people to death. On the second day of the eighth month of the nineteenth year, Yayan at Pinghu split open. In the first month of the twentieth year, Fang Mountain at Tiantai collapsed. On the twelfth day of the fifth month, Dalai Mountain at Xuanping subsided. On the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month of the thirty-fifth year, Kangjia Mountain at Baode Prefecture collapsed. In the autumn of the forty-first year, after incessant rain at Baoji, a mountain collapsed. On the sixth day of the fourth month of the forty-second year, the mountain at Fangsheng Temple in Taiyuan shifted several paces. In the forty-seventh year, Xionger Mountain at Bao County collapsed.
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In the third month of Yongzheng 7, the southern mountain at Yazhou collapsed. In the fifth month of the eighth year, heavy rain at Xing'an caused a mountain collapse; Fengtai Mountain at Didao collapsed. In the sixth month of the tenth year, Xiling Mountain at Fuchuan collapsed in several places.
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On the fourteenth day of the eleventh month of Qianlong 4, the northern mountain at Tai'an County collapsed. On the twelfth day of the seventh month of the tenth year, Baiquan Mountain collapsed, crushing twenty-five people to death. In the fifth month of the fifteenth year, the cliff at Yingshan split and collapsed. In the sixth month, heavy rain at Tangyin caused the northwestern mountain to collapse. In the second month of the sixteenth year, the mountain at Dongbulu Village in Fengyi Prefecture split and collapsed with a sound like thunder. On the twelfth day of the sixth month, Renshou Mountain at Qinzhou collapsed. In the second month of the seventeenth year, the mountain at Xincheng collapsed with a sound like thunder. In the eighth month of the twenty-first year, Gui Mountain at Qinzhou collapsed. In the fifth month of the thirty-eighth year, Baima Mountain at Qingyuan collapsed. In the sixth month of the thirty-ninth year, heavy rain at Yunhe caused a mountain collapse that crushed four people to death. In the twelfth month of the forty-first year, the mountain at Wushuzhuang in Yunhe split open for several hundred zhang. In the fifth month of the fifty-seventh year, the mountain at Yihuang collapsed, crushing dozens of people to death. In the fourth month of the sixtieth year, Gaizhu Mountain at Qingyuan collapsed.
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On the twenty-first day of the sixth month of Jiaqing 5, after incessant rain at Yiwu, a mountain collapsed. On the twenty-third day, heavy rain at Jinhua caused a mountain collapse. In the first month of the ninth year, Beitu Mountain at Xincheng collapsed. On the fifth day of the seventh month of the twenty-third year, the eastern mountain at Didao Prefecture collapsed, burying more than thirty mu of farmland. In the eighth month, heavy rain at Yongjia caused the western mountain to collapse and the ground to subside about one zhang. In the fifth month of the twenty-fourth year, the mountain at Donghu collapsed.
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In the summer of Daoguang 1, Shangfangyuan Mountain at Xinchang split open. On the jiaxu day of the seventh month of the third year, Yuzhe Mountain at Suzhou split open. In the sixth month of the fourth year, Wukuaishi Mountain at Dingyuan Department collapsed, destroying market stalls and private homes. In the sixth month of the sixth year, heavy rain at Yichang caused a mountain collapse. In the sixth month of the eleventh year, Lijiawa Mountain at Didao Prefecture collapsed, crushing more than twenty people to death. In the seventh month of the twelfth year, Huaimugou Cliff at Hancheng collapsed. On the eighteenth day of the fourth month of the thirteenth year, a corner of Luoyan at Zhaoyuan collapsed with a sound heard for several li. On the fifteenth day of the first month of the fourteenth year, a great boulder at Moshigang in Macheng split into several pieces with a sound like thunder. In the sixth month of the fifteenth year, after incessant rain at Dingyuan Department, Muzhudong Mountain collapsed. In the eleventh month of the eighteenth year, the mountain at Enshi collapsed. In the ninth month of the twenty-fourth year, the cliff to the right of Wulaofeng at Xingzi collapsed and fell with a sound like thunder. On the seventeenth day of the sixth month of the twenty-seventh year, Guojiataer Mountain in Xining County's northern valley collapsed, and Tianjiazhai Mountain in the southern valley collapsed. In the seventh month, a mountain at Gaolan County collapsed. In the tenth month, the mountain at Yi collapsed. On the twenty-fourth day of the fifth month of the twenty-ninth year, Daqi Mountain at Huanggang split open for several tens of zhang, then gradually closed again after more than a year.
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In the sixth month of Xianfeng 1, after incessant rain at Li County, a mountain collapsed; Yuanjiaya Mountain split and collapsed with a thunderous roar, the fissure running about two chi deep and two hundred zhang across. In the tenth month, Xianlu Mountain at Xingshan collapsed. On the first day of the sixth month of the second year, Maxian Mountain at Didao split open; Heavy rain at Pinghe caused a mountain collapse that crushed countless private homes. On the sixteenth day of the third month of the third year, a mountain at Yunhe split open for two hundred zhang. On the twenty-sixth day of the sixth month, heavy rain at Jingning caused a mountain collapse that crushed seventy-three people to death. Qingyan at Yun County split and collapsed for more than ten zhang; The great mountain at Baokang collapsed and shifted about ten li, destroying countless fields and dwellings; Heavy rain at Yongjia caused a mountain at Longquan Village to collapse onto dwellings, injuring nineteen people. In the seventh month of the fourth year, a mountain at Yunhe collapsed, crushing more than thirty people to death. In the fourth month of the fifth year, Tapo Mountain at Datong County collapsed. On the eighth day of the fifth month of the sixth year, Geshen Mountain on the Daba Road at Laifeng collapsed, crushing more than three hundred people to death. In the ninth month, a great thunderstorm at Songyang caused a mountain collapse spanning several tens of zhang.
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In the seventh month of Tongzhi 4, a mountain at Guyuan collapsed; At Hanyangpu a flat stone more than one zhang wide and long and four chi high suddenly moved on its own for about one li before stopping. On the twelfth day of the seventh month of the thirteenth year, the mountain at the north gate of Xuanping collapsed. On the eleventh day of the eighth month, the western mountain at Xihe collapsed into the city, crushing more than two hundred and forty zhang of city wall and more than ninety private homes, and killing forty-nine people.
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On the first day of the first month of Guangxu 1, Yin Mountain in Xining's western valley collapsed. In the seventh month, Dongming Mountain at Old Taozhou collapsed. In the sixth month of the third year, Hongya Mountain at Hezhou collapsed, crushing more than two hundred people to death and killing countless livestock. In the fifth month of the fifth year, a mountain at Wen County collapsed. In the third month of the ninth year, Makushan at Guanghua split open. In the sixth month of the twelfth year, Caoling Mountain at Hezhou collapsed. In the fifth month of the nineteenth year, Huanghougou Mountain at Didao Prefecture collapsed, crushing thirteen people to death. On the twenty-seventh day of the second month of the twentieth year, Babulan Mountain east of Hezhou collapsed. In the second month of the twenty-second year, Hajia Mountain at Hezhou collapsed. In the eighth month of the twenty-third year, Dafugou Mountain at Ningyuan collapsed. In the sixth month of the twenty-sixth year, Huanshan at Zhang County collapsed, Wutai Mountain south of Jingning Prefecture collapsed, and Wangjia Mountain at Hezhou collapsed. In the sixth month of the twenty-seventh year, the cliffs of Wuquan Mountain and Santai Pavilion at Gaolan collapsed. On the twenty-fourth day of the seventh month of the thirty-first year, Quangu Mountain at Taozhou collapsed. In the fifth month of the thirty-second year, Mangwan Mountain at Taozhou collapsed. In the seventh month, Yapo Mountain collapsed. In the fifth month of the thirty-third year, Xiaocuncao Mountain at Ningyuan collapsed.
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On the fifteenth day of the sixth month of Xuantong 1, the southern mountain at Luojiachuan in Qinzhou collapsed.
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In the third month of Shunzhi 5, white hair sprouted from the ground throughout Shanghai. In the fourth month, white hair sprouted from the ground at Lou County. In the sixth month of the sixth year, white hair sprouted from the ground at Hangzhou and Jiaxing. On the third day of the eighth month, white hair fell like rain at Laiyang. In the sixth month of the seventh year, the ground split open at Suzhou, Zhenyang, Zhenze, and Qingpu, and white hair sprouted from the fissures. On the fourth day of the tenth month of the ninth year, cotton-like fluff fell like rain at Yongjia.
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In the sixth month of Kangxi 7, white hair about one chi long sprouted from the ground at Shanghai, Haiyan, Huzhou, Pinghu, and Ningbo. In the seventh month, white hair about one chi long sprouted from the ground at Lin'an and Yuyao. In the eighth month, white hair sprouted from the ground at Yongjia and Tongxiang. In the eighth month of the eighth year, white hair sprouted from the ground at Kaihua County. In the tenth month, white hair sprouted from the ground at Yiwu. In the third month of the fourteenth year, white hair more than one cun long sprouted from the ground at Qiongzhou. On the twenty-sixth day of the tenth month of the seventeenth year, white hair fell like snowflakes at Zhenyang. In the forty-sixth year, hair sprouted from the ground at Taiping.
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In Qianlong 28, hair sprouted from the ground at Nanling, white in body with black tips. In the fifth month of the twenty-ninth year, white hair several cun long sprouted from the ground at Wujin. In the forty-first year, white hair sprouted from the ground at Wuyuan.
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In the seventh month of Jiaqing 19, white hair like strands of human hair sprouted from the ground throughout Qingpu. In the third month of the twenty-third year, hair more than one chi long, white or black, sprouted from the ground at Yicheng.
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In Xianfeng 1, white hair about three cun long sprouted from the ground at Jiangling. In the fifth month of the second year, white hair sprouted from the ground at Qingpu. In the fourth month of the third year, hair sprouted from the ground at Wujin. In the summer of the sixth year, hair sprouted from the ground at Qingpu. In the seventh month, hair sprouted from the ground at Wujin. In the ninth month, white hair sprouted from the ground at Tongxiang. In the tenth month of the ninth year, hair sprouted from the ground at Wuchang.
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In the seventh month of Tongzhi 1, hair sprouted from the ground at Gaoyang. In the sixth month of the fourth year, pale white hair about three cun long sprouted from the ground throughout Luotian; Hair sprouted from the ground at Jimo. In the eleventh month of the fifth year, black hair three cun long sprouted from the ground at Qianjiang; Hair sprouted from the ground at Jiangling. In the third month of the sixth year, hair sprouted from the ground at De'an. In the eighth month, hair more than one chi long, black or white, sprouted from the ground at Jingshan. In the tenth month, white hair sprouted from the ground at Suizhou. In the spring of the seventh year, hair sprouted from the ground at Yingshan. In the summer, hair sprouted from the ground at Huang'an.
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In the winter of Guangxu 4, hair sprouted from the ground at Guanghua.
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In the spring of Shunzhi 1, Jingmen suffered severe famine. That winter, Yun County suffered severe famine. In the second year, Zaoyang, Xiangyang, Guanghua, and Yicheng suffered severe famine, and people resorted to cannibalism. In the third year, Taiping, Ruian, and Chongyang suffered severe famine. In the fourth year, Suzhou, Zhenze, Jiading, Taihu, Qianshan, Shidi, Jiande, Susong, Jiangshan, and Changshan suffered severe famine. In the spring of the fifth year, Guangzhou, Heqing, and Songming suffered severe famine, and people resorted to cannibalism. In the summer, Huilai, Dapu, Jiaying Prefecture, Xingning, Yangchun, Wuzhou, and Beiliu suffered severe famine, and a dou of rice could buy a child. That winter, all of Shu suffered famine; In the sixth year, all of Shu still suffered famine; Guanyang and Pingyang suffered severe famine. In the summer of the seventh year, Yulin and Qingtian suffered famine. That autumn, Yongning Prefecture, Xiangyuan, and Pingxiang suffered severe famine. That winter, Fuping suffered famine. In the spring of the eighth year, Pinghu, Yuanzhou, Pingxiang, and Wanzai suffered famine. In the summer, Shouyang and Jingle suffered famine. In the spring of the ninth year, Suzhou suffered severe famine. In the summer, Huangpi, Xiaogan, and Tianmen suffered famine, and many people turned to banditry. In the summer of the tenth year, Xingning, Changle, Boluo, Yangjiang, and Yangchun suffered famine. That winter, Lu'an suffered famine. In the eleventh year, Linyu, Leting, and Xinle suffered famine. In the summer of the twelfth year, Linchuan and Qinzhou suffered famine. That autumn, Wuyi and Ningjin suffered famine. That winter, the five counties of Jinhua, Dongyang, Yongkang, Wuyi, and Tangxi suffered famine. In the spring of the thirteenth year, Qiongzhou suffered famine. That autumn, Dong'an suffered famine. That winter, Wucheng and Shouguang suffered famine. Famine struck Laoting in the fourteenth year. Famine struck Yongnian, Funing, Changli, Qingyun, Jize, and Wei County in the fifteenth year. In the spring of the sixteenth year, severe famine struck Yangxin, Haifeng, and Ju Prefecture. That summer, Jiaozhou suffered famine. Famine struck Zunhua Prefecture in the seventeenth year. That autumn, severe famine at Dushan Prefecture left many people dead of starvation. That winter, Luanzhou suffered famine. Famine struck Xingning in the eighteenth year. That summer, Nanlong Prefecture suffered severe famine. That autumn, Lin'an suffered famine.
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During the first year of the Kangxi reign, Wuchuan suffered severe famine. Famine struck Hefei in the second year. Famine struck Jieyang in the third year. That autumn, Jiaohe and Ningjin suffered famine. Famine struck Caozhou, Yanzhou, and Dongchang in the fourth year. That summer, Huilai suffered famine. That autumn, Huaiyuan suffered famine. That winter, Wucheng suffered famine. Famine struck Yingshan in the sixth year. Famine struck Wuji in the seventh year. Famine struck Haiyan in the tenth year. That autumn, Lin'an and Dongyang suffered severe famine. Famine struck Yongkang, Xiajiang, and Daye in the eleventh year. That autumn, Sui'an and Tangxi suffered severe famine. Famine struck Laoting in the twelfth year. Famine struck Xingning, Zhenping, and Jingshan in the thirteenth year. Famine struck Dongguang in the fourteenth year. Famine struck Daye in the fifteenth year. That summer, Lianping suffered famine. Famine struck Jiaying Prefecture in the sixteenth year. That summer, Yun County, Yunyang, and Yunxi suffered severe famine. Famine struck Qujiang in the seventeenth year. In the spring of the eighteenth year, famine struck every district of Zhengding Prefecture. That summer, Xingning, Changle, Jiaying Prefecture, and Pingyuan suffered famine. That autumn, Wuwei, Hefei, Lujiang, Chao County, Boxing, Le'an, Linqu, Gaoyuan, Changle, and Shouguang suffered severe famine. That winter, Mancheng suffered famine. Famine struck Jiangxia in the nineteenth year. That summer, Datong and Tianzhen suffered famine. That winter, Wanquan, Zunhua Prefecture, and Cangzhou suffered famine. Famine struck Danzhou and Yongjia in the twentieth year. Famine struck Tongxiang in the twenty-first year. That winter, Xinyi, Zhending, and Bao'an Prefecture suffered famine. Famine struck Yixing in the twenty-second year. That autumn, Shan County suffered famine. Famine struck Jining Prefecture, Shanzhou, and Fei County in the twenty-third year. That autumn, Ba County, Jiang'an, and Luotian suffered famine. Famine struck Pei County in the twenty-fourth year. Famine struck Gongcheng in the twenty-fifth year. That winter, Mancheng suffered severe famine. Famine struck Boxing in the twenty-sixth year. Famine struck Yu Prefecture in the twenty-seventh year. Famine struck Gaoyi and Wendeng in the twenty-eighth year. That summer, Qianjiang suffered severe famine. That autumn, Longmen suffered famine. Famine struck Huanggang, Huang'an, Luotian, Qizhou, Huangmei, and Guangji in the twenty-ninth year. That autumn, Xiangyuan, Changzi, and Pingshun suffered famine. Famine struck Changyi in the thirtieth year. That autumn, Shuntian Prefecture, Bao'an Prefecture, and Zhending suffered famine. Famine struck Hongtong, Linfen, and Xiangling in the thirty-first year. That summer, Fuping, Zhouzhi, and Jingyang suffered famine. That autumn, Shaanxi suffered famine. Famine struck Qingyang in the thirty-second year. That autumn, Huzhou suffered famine. Famine struck Shahe in the thirty-third year. Famine struck Bijie in the thirty-fourth year. Famine struck Changning, Xin'an, and Gaocheng in the thirty-fifth year. That autumn, Dapu suffered famine. Famine struck Guangning, Lianping, Longchuan, Haiyang, Jieyang, Chenghai, and Jiaying Prefecture in the thirty-sixth year. That autumn, Qingyuan, Longnan, Qianjiang, Youyang, Jiangling, Yuan'an, Jingzhou, Yunxi, and Jianli all suffered famine. In the spring of the thirty-seventh year, great famine at Pingding and Leping drove people to cannibalism. That summer, Jinan, Ningyang, Ju Prefecture, and Yishui suffered severe famine. Famine struck Lingchuan in the thirty-eighth year. That summer, Wuyuan and Fei County suffered famine. That autumn, Jinhua suffered famine. Famine struck Xi'an, Jiangshan, and Changshan in the thirty-ninth year. Famine struck Jingyuan in the fortieth year. Famine struck Wuchuan in the forty-first year. That summer, Yizhou, Shancheng, and Fei County suffered severe famine. That winter, Qingyun suffered famine. Famine struck Yongnian and Dongming in the forty-second year. That autumn, Pei County, Bozhou, Dong'e, Qufu, Pu County, and Teng County suffered severe famine. That winter, great famine at Wenshang, Yizhou, Ju Prefecture, Yanzhou, Dongchang, and Yuncheng drove people to cannibalism. In the spring of the forty-third year, great famine at Tai'an drove people to cannibalism, and the dead lay piled in the streets; Great famine at Feicheng and Dongping drove people to cannibalism; Famine also afflicted Wuding, Binzhou, Shanghe, Yangxin, Lijin, and Zhanhua; Yanzhou and Dengzhou were struck by great famine; more than half the people died, reduced to eating thatch from their roofs; Great famine at Changyi, Jimo, Ye County, Gaomi, and Jiaozhou drove people to cannibalism. Famine struck the districts of Fengyang Prefecture in the forty-fourth year. Famine struck Hanchuan, Zhongxiang, Jingmen, Jiangling, Jianli, Jingshan, Qianjiang, Mianyang, Yun County, and Yunxi in the forty-fifth year. Famine struck Dongliu and Suzhou in the forty-sixth year. Famine struck Pingxiang, Shahe, and Julu in the forty-seventh year. Famine struck Wuwei and Suzhou in the forty-eighth year. That summer, Yicheng, Shancheng, Xingtai, and Pingxiang suffered famine. That autumn, Wujin and Qinghe suffered famine. Famine struck Fuyang in the forty-ninth year. Famine struck Tongzhou in the fiftieth year. Famine struck Gulang in the fifty-first year. In the spring of the fifty-second year, famine at Cangwu left thousands dead. That summer, Changning, Lianping, Hepu, Xinyi, Yazhou, and Liucheng suffered famine. In the spring of the fifty-third year, Yangjiang was stricken with famine. That winter, Hanyang, Hanchuan, and Xiaogan suffered famine. Famine struck Linyu in the fifty-fourth year. Great famine at Zunhua Prefecture drove people to eat tree bark. Famine struck Shuntian and Laoting in the fifty-fifth year. Famine struck Tiantai in the fifty-sixth year. Famine struck Guangji in the fifty-seventh year. Famine struck Rizhao in the fifty-eighth year. That summer, Jingning and Huan County suffered famine. Famine struck Lintong and Sanyuan in the fifty-ninth year. That summer, Pu County suffered famine. Famine struck Pingle and Fuchuan in the sixtieth year. That summer, Xingtai suffered famine. That autumn, Xianyang suffered severe famine. That winter, the districts of Yanzhou Prefecture suffered famine. Famine struck Jingxing, Quyang, Pingxiang, and Xingtai in the sixty-first year. That summer, Mengyin and Yishui suffered famine. That autumn, Jiaxing and Jinhua suffered famine. That winter, Huaiji suffered famine.
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During the first year of the Yongzheng reign, Tongzhou suffered famine. That autumn, Jiaxing suffered famine. Famine struck Putai in the second year. That summer, Yueqing, Jinhua, and Sheng County suffered famine. That winter, Yingshan suffered famine. Famine struck Shunde and Jiaozhou in the third year. That winter, Huilai suffered famine. Famine struck Jiaying Prefecture in the fourth year. That autumn, Chengyangjiang suffered famine. Famine struck Jiangling and Chongyang in the fifth year. Famine struck Shou Prefecture in the seventh year. Famine struck Feicheng and Wucheng in the eighth year. That winter, Tongling suffered severe famine. Famine struck Feicheng in the ninth year. Ju Prefecture, Fan County, Huang County, Zhaoyuan, and Wendeng was stricken with famine. That summer, Zhangqiu and Zouping suffered severe famine. That winter, Jinan suffered severe famine. Famine struck Chongming and Haining in the tenth year. Famine struck Shanghai and Jiaxing in the eleventh year. Famine struck Wujin in the twelfth year. Famine struck the districts of Qingyuan Prefecture in the thirteenth year. That winter, Yuanqu suffered famine.
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During the first year of the Qianlong reign, Haiyang suffered famine. Famine struck Pingyang in the third year. Famine struck Jia Prefecture in the fourth year. That summer, Dangshan suffered famine. In the fifth year, famine struck Gongchang, Qinzhou, Qingyang, and other places. Famine struck all prefectures and counties of Longyou in Gansu in the sixth year. Famine struck Shanyang in the seventh year. That summer, Yidu suffered famine. That autumn, Bozhou suffered famine. In the spring of the eighth year, severe famine struck Nanchang, Raozhou, Guangxin, Fuzhou, Ruizhou, Yuanzhou, and Ganzhou prefectures. That summer, twenty-eight prefectures and counties including Tianjin and Shen Prefecture suffered famine. Famine struck Gaoyi in the ninth year. In the tenth year, famine struck Zhengding, Zanhuang, Wuji, Gaocheng, Yuanshi, and other counties. Famine struck Zhanhua in the eleventh year. That summer, Qingyun and Ningjin suffered famine. Famine struck Caozhou, Boshan, Gaoyuan, Changle, Anqiu, Zhucheng, and Linqu in the twelfth year. Famine struck Qufu, Ningyang, Jining, Rizhao, and Yishui in the thirteenth year. That summer, Fushan, Qixia, Wendeng, and Rongcheng suffered famine; at Qixia the distress was worst, and people sold their sons and daughters. In the spring of the fourteenth year, great famine at Anqiu, Zhucheng, and Huang County filled the roads with starving dead, and countless families sold their children. Famine struck Guangxin in the fifteenth year. In the spring of the sixteenth year, famine at Fushan and Qixia left many people dead of starvation. That summer, Nanchang and Guangxin suffered famine. That winter, Jiande suffered famine. Famine struck Quanzhou in the seventeenth year. That summer, Tongguan, Xunyang, and Baihe suffered famine. That winter, Fang County suffered famine. Famine struck Qingyuan in the eighteenth year. That autumn, Yun County suffered famine. Famine struck Luotian in the nineteenth year. Famine struck Lishui and Tongzhou in the twentieth year. Famine struck Qingpu, Dongliu, Huzhou, Shimen, and Jinhua in the twenty-first year. That summer, Yizhou and Wucheng suffered famine. That winter, Jinan Prefecture suffered famine. Famine struck Bobai in the twenty-second year. That autumn, Ye County suffered famine. Famine struck Wengyuan and Cangwu in the twenty-third year. That summer, Rizhao suffered famine. Famine struck all prefectures and counties of Longyou in the twenty-fourth year. Famine struck Pingding, Lu'an, Changzi, Changzhi, Heshun, and Tianmen in the twenty-fifth year. Famine struck Jiangxia, Suizhou, and Zhijiang in the twenty-sixth year. Famine struck Jinan in the twenty-seventh year. That summer, Zaoqiang and Qingyun suffered famine. Famine struck Yongnian and Yongchang in the twenty-eighth year. Famine struck Dongguang in the twenty-ninth year. Famine struck Tonglu in the thirtieth year. That autumn, Ji'an Prefecture, Guangxin, Yuanzhou, and Fuzhou suffered famine. That winter, Weiyuan suffered famine. Famine struck Jinan, Xincheng, Dezhou, and Yucheng in the thirty-first year. Famine struck Chizhou in the thirty-second year. Famine struck Yishui and Rizhao in the thirty-third year. Famine struck Lishui, Taihu, and Gaochun in the thirty-fourth year. In the thirty-fifth year, severe famine struck all subordinate districts of Lanzhou, Gongchang, and Qinzhou. Famine struck Huining and Feicheng in the thirty-sixth year. That autumn, Xincheng and Ningshan Subprefecture suffered famine. Famine struck Wendeng and Rongcheng in the thirty-eighth year. Famine struck Qinzhou and Zhenfan in the thirty-ninth year. Famine struck Lishui, Wujin, Gaoyou, and Nanling in the fortieth year. Famine struck Luchuan in the forty-second year. In the forty-third year, all of Shu was struck by great famine, and markets were established where people sold their children; Famine also afflicted Jiangxia, Wuchang, and thirty-one other prefectures and counties. Famine struck Nanzhang, Guanghua, Fang County, Suizhou, and Zhijiang in the forty-fourth year. That summer, the subordinate districts of Qinzhou suffered famine. Famine struck Jiangling and Baokang in the forty-fifth year. Famine struck Luanzhou, Changli, and Linyu in the forty-seventh year. Famine struck Huang County in the forty-eighth year. That autumn, Suide Prefecture suffered famine. Famine struck Jia Prefecture in the forty-ninth year. That summer, Laifeng suffered famine. In the spring of the fiftieth year, great famine at Yicheng, Guanghua, Suizhou, and Zhijiang drove people to eat tree bark. That summer, Zhangqiu, Zouping, Linyi, Dong'e, and Feicheng suffered famine. That autumn, great famine at Shouguang, Changle, Anqiu, and Zhucheng drove fathers and sons to cannibalism. In the spring of the fifty-first year, great famine across Shandong drove people to cannibalism. Famine struck Linyu in the fifty-second year. Famine struck Wendeng and Rongcheng in the fifty-third year. Famine struck Yidu in the fifty-fourth year. Famine struck Yucheng in the fifty-fifth year. In the fifty-sixth year, famine struck Xingtai and eight other counties. In the fifty-seventh year, famine at Tangshan, Ningjin, Wuqiang, and Pingxiang left many people dead of starvation. Famine struck Changshan in the fifty-eighth year. Famine struck Qingyuan, Wangdu, and Li County in the fifty-ninth year. Famine struck Penglai, Huang County, and Qixia in the sixtieth year. That summer, Macheng suffered famine.
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Haiyang was stricken with famine. Famine struck Wendeng and Rongcheng in the sixth year. Famine struck Laoting in the seventh year. Famine struck the subordinate districts of Qinzhou in the eighth year. Famine struck Teng County in the ninth year. Famine struck Huang County and Xingtai in the tenth year. Famine struck Zhongbu and Tongwei in the eleventh year. That winter, Anlu suffered famine. In the twelfth year, famine struck Jizhou, Changli, and Yong'an Prefecture. Famine struck Huang County in the thirteenth year. Famine struck Ningjin, Dongguang, and Zhangqiu in the fifteenth year. In the summer of the sixteenth year, famine struck Bazhou, Baoding, Wen'an, Dacheng, Gu'an, Yongqing, Dong'an, Wanping, Zhuozhou, Liangxiang, Xiong County, An Prefecture, Xin'an, Renqiu, Luanzhou, and Jizhou. In the spring of the seventeenth year, severe famine struck the districts of Dengzhou Prefecture, while the subordinate districts of Qinzhou together with Zhenfan, Yongchang, and other places were also ravaged by great famine. That summer, Linyu suffered famine. That winter, Yueqing suffered famine. Famine struck Feicheng, Dong'e, Teng County, Jining, Cao County, and Zhucheng in the eighteenth year. That winter, Yicheng, Fang County, Zhuxi, Jun Prefecture, and Baokang suffered famine. Famine struck Yicheng, Anlu, Baokang, Macheng, and Yun County in the nineteenth year. That summer, Xiangyang, Hanyang, Zaoyang, and Nanzhang suffered famine. That autumn, Gaochun suffered famine. Famine struck Qingyuan in the twentieth year. In the twenty-first year. Famine struck Gu'an, Wuqiang, and Neiqiu in the twenty-second year. Famine struck Yueqing and Yongjia in the twenty-fifth year.
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During the first year of the Daoguang reign, Rongcheng suffered famine. Famine struck Luanzhou in the second year. Famine struck Dong'e in the third year. That autumn, Quyang suffered famine. Famine struck Gaolan, Jingning, Xining, Gongchang, and Qinzhou and other places in the fourth year. Famine struck Nanle, Jinghai, Wen'an, Dacheng, and Baodi in the fifth year. Famine struck Rizhao in the seventh year. Famine struck Taiping in the eighth year. Famine struck Jiangling in the tenth year. Famine struck Changping in the twelfth year. That summer, great famine at Ziyang drove people to cannibalism. That winter, Zhongxiang, Qianjiang, Hancheng, Qichuan, Huangmei, Jiangling, Gong'an, Jianli, and Songzi suffered famine. In the spring of the thirteenth year, great famine at Zhucheng and Rizhao drove the people into exile. That summer, famine at Baokang, Yun County, and Fang County drove people to cannibalism. That autumn, Luanzhou and Funing suffered famine. In the spring, great famine at Guizhou Prefecture and Xingshan drove people to cannibalism. That summer, Zhuanglang and the subordinate districts of Qinzhou suffered famine. That autumn, Qingpu suffered famine. That winter, Dinghai suffered famine. Famine struck Zhucheng in the fifteenth year. That autumn, Xiaoyi Subprefecture suffered severe famine. Famine struck the districts of Dengzhou Prefecture in the sixteenth year. That winter, Taiping suffered famine. Famine struck Jimo in the seventeenth year. Famine struck Yongnian in the eighteenth year. Famine struck Luanzhou, Laoting, and Funing in the twentieth year. Famine struck Gaochun in the twenty-first year. That winter, Zhijiang suffered famine. Famine struck Qizhou in the twenty-second year. Famine struck Huzhou in the twenty-third year. Famine struck Pingliang County in the twenty-sixth year. In the twenty-seventh year, famine at Nanle drove people to cannibalism. That summer, great famine at Jiangling, Gong'an, Shishou, Songzi, Zhijiang, and Yidu left untold thousands dead of starvation. That winter, Qingpu suffered famine. Famine struck Huzhou, Xian'ning, and Chongyang in the thirtieth year.
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Rizhao suffered severe famine. That summer, Quan County suffered severe famine. Famine struck Huang County and Linqu in the sixth year. In the spring, great famine at Feicheng and Dongping left the dead piled in the streets; Yutai, Rizhao, and Linqu were also stricken with famine, and people resorted to cannibalism. That summer, Qingyuan, Yuanshi, Wuji, and Xingtai suffered severe famine. Famine struck Xingshan in the eighth year.
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During the first year of the Tongzhi reign, Laoting suffered famine. Famine struck Xiaoyi Subprefecture in the second year. That autumn, Jiangshan and Changshan suffered famine. Famine struck Baokang in the third year. Famine struck Qishui in the fourth year; and people sold their children. In the fifth year, famine at Lanzhou drove people to cannibalism. Famine struck Zhuanglang, Jin County, and Gaolan in the sixth year. Famine struck Jimo, Xiaoyi Subprefecture, Lantian, and Mian County in the seventh year. That summer, great famine at Jingzhou drove people to cannibalism. That winter, severe famine struck Pingliang, Jingning, Gulang, Guyuan, Lingtai, Qinzhou, Yongchang, and other places. Famine struck Rizhao in the eighth year. Famine struck Shangrao in the ninth year. Famine struck Wangdu and Laoting in the tenth year. Famine struck Xiong County in the thirteenth year. That winter, Shandan suffered famine.
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During the first year of the Guangxu reign, Haizhou suffered famine. Famine struck Rizhao, Haiyang, and Luanzhou in the second year. In the third year, great famine at Gaoling left more than three thousand men and women dead of starvation; Great famine also ravaged Jingyuan, Pingliang, Jingzhou, Lingtai, Li County, Wen County, and Heshui. Famine struck Tang County and forty other prefectures and counties in the fourth year. Famine struck Xingtai in the sixth year. Famine struck Tongzhou and other prefectures and counties in the seventh year. Famine struck Hefeng Prefecture in the ninth year. Famine struck Zhanhua in the eleventh year. Famine struck Tao Prefecture and Yongchang in the thirteenth year. Famine struck Yutai in the fifteenth year. Famine struck Xingtai and Luanzhou in the twenty-first year. Famine struck Taiping in the twenty-second year. Famine struck Ningjin in the twenty-third year. Famine struck Jingyuan, Jingning, Zhuanglang, and Danggar in the twenty-fourth year. Famine struck Wen County in the twenty-fifth year. Famine struck Jingyuan in the twenty-sixth year. Famine struck Tao Prefecture, Jingning, and Lingtai in the twenty-seventh year. In the twenty-ninth year, famine continued to afflict Tao Prefecture. Famine struck Gaolan in the thirty-third year.
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In the sixth month of the fifteenth year of the Shunzhi reign, yellow sand fell as rain over Sui'an.
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In the eleventh month of the first year of the Kangxi reign, soil fell as rain over Cao County for several days. In the first month of the thirty-first year, soil fell as rain over Xiangyuan. In the fourth month of the thirty-seventh year, yellow sand fell as rain over Longmen. In the ninth month of the forty-eighth year, yellow dust blotted out the sky at Qiu County. In the spring of the sixtieth year, soil fell as rain over Anding.
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In the third month of the fourth year of the Qianlong reign, soil fell as rain over Ganquan. On the fifteenth day of the third month of the sixteenth year, yellow soil rained at night over Zhongzhou, staining people and objects yellow. On the seventh day of the second month of the twenty-fourth year, yellow soil fell as rain over Jizhou. In the third month, yellow soil fell as rain over Yongnian. On the fourteenth day of the third month of the forty-eighth year, soil fell as rain over Ningshan Subprefecture. On the fifteenth day of the second month of the fiftieth year, soil fell as rain over Linqing. In the first month of the fifty-first year, soil fell as rain over Wendeng and Rongcheng. On the twenty-sixth day of the second month of the fifty-ninth year, soil fell as rain over Yicheng.
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In the winter of the fourteenth year of the Jiaqing reign, soil fell as rain over Taizhou. In the fourth month of the twenty-third year, about two inches of soil fell as rain at Tangshan. In the spring of the fourth year of the Daoguang reign, soil fell as rain over Zhanhua.
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In the second month of the third year of the Xianfeng reign, soil fell as rain over Qixia. In the third month, soil fell as rain over Yichang. On the twenty-third day of the third month of the sixth year of the Xianfeng reign, soil fell as rain over Xian'ning. In the spring of the third year of the Tongzhi reign, soil fell as rain over Macheng.
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On the twenty-ninth day of the second month of the fourth year of the Guangxu reign, yellow sand fell as rain over Yicheng. In the third month, soil fell as rain over Penglai.
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