Volume 26 Treatises 16: Astronomy 4

志第十六天文四

Treatise 16: Astronomy 4

永初元年十二月甲辰，月犯南斗。占曰：「大臣憂。」三年七月，長沙王薨。索虜寇青、司二州，大軍出救。

On a jiachen day in the twelfth month of Yongchu 1 (420 CE), the moon trespassed against the Southern Dipper asterism. The omen was read as follows: "High ministers will face grave concern." In the seventh month of the third year, the Prince of Changsha died. The Tuoba forces raided Qing and Si provinces, and imperial armies were dispatched in relief.

永初二年六月甲申，太白晝見。占：「為兵喪，為臣強。」三年五月，宮車晏駕。尋遣兵出救青、司。其後徐羨之等秉權，臣強之應也。永初二年六月乙酉，熒惑犯氐。乙巳，犯房。占曰：「氐為宿宮，房為明堂，人主有憂。房又為將相，將相有憂。氐、房又兗、豫分。」三年五月，宮車晏駕。七月，長沙王薨，王領兗州也。景平元年，廬陵王義真廢，王領豫州也。永初二年十月，太白犯填星於亢。亢，兗州分，又為鄭。占曰：「大星有大兵，金土合為內兵。」三年，索頭攻略青、冀、兗三州，禁兵大出，兗州失守，虎牢沒。

On a jiashen day in the sixth month of Yongchu 2, Venus shone by day. The omen read: "This foretells war and death in arms, and ministers growing strong." In the fifth month of the third year, the emperor died. Soon afterward armies were sent to relieve Qing and Si. Thereafter Xu Xianzhi and his faction seized power — the fulfillment of the omen of overmighty ministers. On a yiyou day in the sixth month of Yongchu 2, Mars trespassed against the Root asterism. On a yisi day, it trespassed against the Room asterism. The omen read: "Root signifies the ruler's lodging palace; Room signifies the Bright Hall — the sovereign will face grave concern. Room also governs generals and chancellors — they too will face grave concern. Root and Room also correspond to the territories of Yan and Yu provinces." In the fifth month of the third year, the emperor died. In the seventh month the Prince of Changsha died; he had held the governorship of Yan province. In Jingping 1 (423 CE), Prince Yizhen of Luling was deposed; he had held the governorship of Yu province. In the tenth month of Yongchu 2, Venus trespassed against Saturn in the Neck asterism. Neck corresponds to Yan province and also to the state of Zheng. The omen read: "When major stars clash, great armies arise; when the metal and earth stars unite, civil war follows." In the third year the Tuoba ruler overran Qing, Ji, and Yan; the palace guard armies marched out in force; Yan province fell and Hulao was lost.

永初三年正月丁卯，月犯南斗，占同元年。一曰：「女主當之。」二月辛卯，有星孛于虛危，向河津，掃河鼓。占曰：「為兵喪。」五月，宮車晏駕。明年，遣軍救青、司。二月，太后蕭氏崩。永初三年二月壬辰，填星犯亢。占曰：「諸侯有失國者，民多流亡。」一曰：「廷臣為亂。亢，兗州分，又為鄭。」其年，索頭攻圍司、兗，兗州刺史徐琰委守奔敗，司州刺史毛德祖距守陷沒，緣河吏民，多被侵略。永初三年三月壬戌，月犯南斗，占同正月。五月丙午，犯軒轅。占曰：「女主當之。」六月辛巳，月犯房。占曰：「將相有憂，豫州有災。」癸巳，犯歲星於昴。占曰：「趙、魏兵饑。」其年，虜攻略青、兗、司三州。廬陵王義真廢，王領豫州也。二月，太后蕭氏崩。元嘉三年，司徒徐羨之等伏誅。永初三年九月癸卯，熒惑經太微犯左執法。己未，犯右執法，占悉同上。十月癸酉，太白犯南斗。占曰：「國有兵事，大臣有反者。」辛巳，熒惑犯進賢。占曰：「進賢官誅。」明年，師出救青、司。景平二年，徐羨之等廢帝徙王。元嘉三年，羨之及傅亮、謝晦悉誅。永初三年十一月戊午，有星孛於室壁。占曰：「為兵喪。」明年，兵救青、司。二月，太后蕭氏崩。營室，內宮象也。永初三年十一月癸亥，月犯亢、氐。占曰：「國有憂。」十二月戊戌，熒惑犯房。房為明堂，王者惡之。一曰：「將相憂。」景平二年，羨之等廢帝，因害之。元嘉三年，羨之等伏誅。

On a dingmao day in the first month of Yongchu 3, the moon again trespassed against the Southern Dipper, with the same omen as in Yongchu 1. An alternate reading held: "The chief consort will bear the brunt of the omen." On a xinmao day in the second month, a comet blazed in the Emptiness and Rooftop asterisms, heading toward the River Ford and sweeping through the River Drum. The omen read: "This foretells war and death in arms." In the fifth month the emperor died. The following year armies were sent to relieve Qing and Si. In the second month Empress Dowager Xiao died. On a renchen day in the second month of Yongchu 3, Saturn trespassed against the Neck asterism. The omen read: "Some feudal lords will lose their domains and the people will flee in great numbers." An alternate reading held: "Court ministers will foment rebellion. Neck corresponds to Yan province and also to the state of Zheng." That year the Tuoba ruler besieged Si and Yan; Yan Inspector Xu Yan abandoned his post and fled in defeat; Si Inspector Mao Dezu held out until his city fell; officials and commoners along the river suffered widespread raids. On a renxu day in the third month of Yongchu 3, the moon again trespassed against the Southern Dipper, with the same omen as in the first month. On a bingwu day in the fifth month, it trespassed against the Yellow Thearch asterism. The omen read: "The chief consort will bear the brunt of the calamity." On a xinsi day in the sixth month, the moon trespassed against the Room asterism. The omen read: "Generals and chancellors will face grave concern, and Yu province will suffer disaster." On a guisi day, it trespassed against Jupiter in the Hairy Head asterism. The omen read: "The regions of Zhao and Wei will suffer war and famine." That year the invaders overran Qing, Yan, and Si provinces. Prince Yizhen of Luling was deposed; he had held the governorship of Yu province. In the second month Empress Dowager Xiao died. In the third year of Yuanjia (426 CE), Minister over the Masses Xu Xianzhi and his co-conspirators were executed. On a guimao day in the ninth month of Yongchu 3, Mars traversed the Supreme Palace Enclosure and trespassed against the Left Law Enforcer star. On a jiwei day it trespassed against the Right Law Enforcer; the omens were all as stated above. On a guiyou day in the tenth month, Venus trespassed against the Southern Dipper. The omen read: "The realm will see warfare, and some great ministers will turn traitor." On a xinsi day, Mars trespassed against the Advance the Worthy star. The omen read: "Officials of the Advance the Worthy rank will be put to death." The following year armies marched out to relieve Qing and Si. In Jingping 2 (424 CE), Xu Xianzhi and his faction deposed the emperor and reduced him to a princely rank. In the third year of Yuanjia, Xianzhi together with Fu Liang and Xie Hui were all put to death. On a wuwu day in the eleventh month of Yongchu 3, a comet blazed in the Encampment and Wall asterisms. The omen read: "This foretells war and death in arms." The following year armies were sent to relieve Qing and Si. In the second month Empress Dowager Xiao died. The Encampment asterism symbolizes the inner palace. On a guihai day in the eleventh month of Yongchu 3, the moon trespassed against the Neck and Root asterisms. The omen read: "The realm will face grave concern." On a wuxu day in the twelfth month, Mars trespassed against the Room asterism. Room signifies the Bright Hall — an ill omen for the sovereign. An alternate reading held: "Generals and chancellors will face grave concern." In Jingping 2, Xianzhi and his faction deposed the emperor and then had him murdered. In the third year of Yuanjia, Xianzhi and his co-conspirators were executed.

少帝景平元年正月乙卯，有星孛于東壁南，白色，長二丈餘，拂天苑，二十日滅。二月，太后蕭氏崩。十月戊午，有星孛於氐北，尾長四丈，西北指，貫攝提，向大角，東行，日長六七尺，十餘日滅。明年五月，羨之等廢帝。

On a yimao day in the first month of Jingping 1 under the deposed emperor, a white comet blazed south of the Eastern Wall, more than twenty feet long, sweeping through the Heavenly Park; it vanished after twenty days. In the second month Empress Dowager Xiao died. On a wuwu day in the tenth month, a comet blazed north of Root with a tail four zhang long, pointing northwest; it pierced Triumphant Arrival and headed toward the Great Horn, traveling east and lengthening six or seven feet per day; it vanished after more than ten days. In the fifth month of the following year, Xianzhi and his faction deposed the emperor.

文帝元嘉元年十月，熒惑犯心。元嘉三年正月甲寅夜，天東南有黑氣，廣一丈，長十餘丈。元嘉六年五月，太白晝見經天。元嘉七年三月，太白犯歲星於奎。六月，熒惑犯東井輿鬼，入軒轅。月犯歲星。十一月癸未，西南有氣，上下赤，中央黑，廣三尺，長三十餘丈，狀如旌旗。十二月丙戌，有流星頭如甕，尾長二十餘丈，大如數十斛船，赤色，有光照人面，從西行經奎北大星南過，至東壁止。其年，索虜寇青、司，殺刺史，掠居民。遣征南大將軍檀道濟討伐，經歲乃歸。

In the tenth month of the first year of Yuanjia (424 CE) under Emperor Wen, Mars trespassed against the Heart asterism. On the night of a jiayin day in the first month of the third year of Yuanjia, black vapor appeared in the southeast sky, ten feet wide and more than a hundred feet long. In the fifth month of the sixth year of Yuanjia (429 CE), Venus shone by day and traversed the heavens. In the third month of the seventh year of Yuanjia, Venus trespassed against Jupiter in the Striding Legs asterism. In the sixth month, Mars trespassed against the Eastern Well and Chariot-Ghost asterisms and entered the Yellow Thearch. The moon trespassed against Jupiter. On a guiwei day in the eleventh month, vapor appeared in the southwest, red at top and bottom with black in the center, three feet wide and more than three hundred feet long, shaped like a banner. On a bingxu day in the twelfth month, a meteor appeared with a head the size of a jar and a tail more than two hundred feet long, as large as a grain ship of several dozen hu capacity, glowing red with light that fell on people's faces; it traveled from the west, passed south of the northern great star of Striding Legs, and halted at the Eastern Wall. That year the Tuoba forces raided Qing and Si, killed the provincial inspectors, and plundered the populace. General Who Conquers the South Tan Daoji was dispatched on campaign; he did not return until a full year had passed.

元嘉八年四月辛未，太白晝見，在胃。五月，犯天關東井。六月庚午，熒惑入東井。七月壬戌夜，白虹見東方。丁醜，太白犯上將。八月癸未，太白入太微右掖門內，犯左執法。乙未，熒惑犯積屍。九月丙寅，流星大如鬥，赤色，發太微西蕃，北行，未至北斗沒，餘光長三丈許。十月丙辰，金土相犯，在須女，月奄天關東井。十二月，月犯房鉤鈐。十年，仇池氐寇漢中，梁州失戍。

On a xinwei day in the fourth month of the eighth year of Yuanjia (431 CE), Venus shone by day in the Stomach asterism. In the fifth month it trespassed against the Heavenly Gate and Eastern Well. On a gengwu day in the sixth month, Mars entered the Eastern Well asterism. On the night of a renxu day in the seventh month, a white rainbow appeared in the east. On a dingchou day, Venus trespassed against the Supreme General star. On a guiwei day in the eighth month, Venus entered within the Right Side Gate of the Supreme Palace Enclosure and trespassed against the Left Law Enforcer. On a yiwei day, Mars trespassed against the Heap of Corpses star. On a bingyin day in the ninth month, a meteor as large as the Big Dipper, glowing red, issued from the western rampart of the Supreme Palace Enclosure and traveled north; it vanished before reaching the Northern Dipper, its afterglow extending some thirty feet. On a bingchen day in the tenth month, Venus and Saturn clashed in the Maiden asterism, and the moon eclipsed the Heavenly Gate and Eastern Well. In the twelfth month the moon trespassed against the Room Sash and Hook stars. In the tenth year the Di of Chouchi raided Hanzhong and Liang province lost its frontier garrisons.

元嘉九年正月庚午，熒惑入輿鬼。三月，月犯軒轅。四月，犯左角，歲星入羽林。月犯房鉤鈐。己醜，太白入積屍。五月，犯軒轅，月掩南斗第六星。辛酉，熒惑入太微右掖門，犯右執法。七月丙午，月蝕左角。八月癸未，太白犯心前星。乙酉，犯心明堂星。元嘉十年十月，有流星大如甕，尾長二十餘丈。元嘉十一年二月庚子，月犯畢，入畢口而出，因暈昴、畢，西及五車，東及參。三月丙辰，太白晝見，在參。閏月戊寅，太白犯五諸侯。己醜，月入東井，犯太白。于時司徒彭城王義康專權。

On a gengwu day in the first month of the ninth year of Yuanjia (432 CE), Mars entered the Chariot-Ghost asterism. In the third month the moon trespassed against the Yellow Thearch. In the fourth month it trespassed against the Left Horn, and Jupiter entered the Feathered Forest. The moon trespassed against the Room Sash and Hook. On a jichou day, Venus entered the Heap of Corpses. In the fifth month it trespassed against the Yellow Thearch, and the moon eclipsed the sixth star of the Southern Dipper. On a xinyou day, Mars entered the Right Side Gate of the Supreme Palace Enclosure and trespassed against the Right Law Enforcer. On a bingwu day in the seventh month, the moon eclipsed the Left Horn. On a guiwei day in the eighth month, Venus trespassed against the front star of the Heart asterism. On a yiyou day, it trespassed against the Bright Hall star of the Heart asterism. In the tenth month of the tenth year of Yuanjia, a meteor appeared with a head the size of a jar and a tail more than two hundred feet long. On a gengzi day in the second month of the eleventh year of Yuanjia, the moon trespassed against the Net asterism, entered its mouth and emerged, producing a halo over the Hairy Head and Net that extended west to the Five Chariots and east to the Three Stars. On a bingchen day in the third month, Venus shone by day in the Three Stars asterism. On a wuyin day in the intercalary month, Venus trespassed against the Five Feudal Lords stars. On a jichou day, the moon entered the Eastern Well and trespassed against Venus. At that time Minister over the Masses Prince Yikang of Pengcheng held sole power at court.

元嘉十二年五月壬戌，月犯右執法。七月壬戌，熒惑犯積屍，奄上將。十月丙午，月犯右執法。十二月甲申，太白犯羽林。十七年，上將執法皆被誅。

On a renxu day in the fifth month of the twelfth year of Yuanjia, the moon trespassed against the Right Law Enforcer. On a renxu day in the seventh month, Mars trespassed against the Heap of Corpses and eclipsed the Supreme General star. On a bingwu day in the tenth month, the moon trespassed against the Right Law Enforcer. On a jiashen day in the twelfth month, Venus trespassed against the Feathered Forest. In the seventeenth year the Supreme General and Law Enforcer stars' omens were fulfilled when those officials were all put to death.

元嘉十三年正月庚午，月犯熒惑。二月，月犯太微東蕃第一星。十一月辛亥，歲星犯積屍。十二月戊子，熒惑入羽林。後年，廢大將軍彭城王義康及其黨與；凡所收掩，皆羽林兵出。

On a gengwu day in the first month of the thirteenth year of Yuanjia, the moon trespassed against Mars. In the second month the moon trespassed against the first star of the eastern rampart of the Supreme Palace Enclosure. On a xinhai day in the eleventh month, Jupiter trespassed against the Heap of Corpses. On a wuzi day in the twelfth month, Mars entered the Feathered Forest. Two years later Grand General Prince Yikang of Pengcheng and his faction were deposed; and all those arrested were seized by Feathered Forest guard troops.

元嘉十四年正月，有星晡前晝見東北維，在井左右，黃赤色，大如橘。月犯東井。四月丁未，太白犯輿鬼。五月丙子，太白晝見，在太微。七月辛卯，歲星入軒轅。八月庚申，熒惑犯上將。九月丙戌，熒惑犯左執法。其後，皇后袁氏崩，丹陽尹劉湛誅，尚書僕射殷景仁薨。

In the first month of the fourteenth year of Yuanjia, a star was visible by day before dusk in the northeast sky near the Well asterism, yellow-red in color and as large as an orange. The moon trespassed against the Eastern Well. On a dingwei day in the fourth month, Venus trespassed against the Chariot-Ghost asterism. On a bingzi day in the fifth month, Venus shone by day within the Supreme Palace Enclosure. On a xinmao day in the seventh month, Jupiter entered the Yellow Thearch. On a gengshen day in the eighth month, Mars trespassed against the Supreme General star. On a bingxu day in the ninth month, Mars trespassed against the Left Law Enforcer. Thereafter Empress Yuan died, Danyang Intendant Liu Zhan was executed, and Vice Director of the Masters of Writing Yin Jingren died.

元嘉十五年四月己卯，月犯氐。十月壬戌，流星大如鴨子，出文昌，入紫宮，聲如雷。十一月癸未，熒惑入羽林。丁未，月犯東井鉞星。其後，誅丹陽尹劉湛等。

On a jimao day in the fourth month of the fifteenth year of Yuanjia, the moon trespassed against the Root asterism. On a renxu day in the tenth month, a meteor as large as a duck issued from Prosperity's Terrace, entered the Purple Palace Enclosure, and thundered as it passed. On a guiwei day in the eleventh month, Mars entered the Feathered Forest. On a dingwei day, the moon trespassed against the Battle-axe star of the Eastern Well. Thereafter Danyang Intendant Liu Zhan and his associates were executed.

元嘉十六年二月，歲星逆行犯左執法。五月丁卯，太白晝見胃、昴間。月入羽林，太白犯畢，歲星犯左執法。七月，月會填星。八月，太白犯軒轅。明年，皇后袁氏崩。熒惑犯太微西上將，太白晝見，在翼。九月，熒惑同入太微相犯。太白犯左執法，熒惑犯右執法。十月，歲星熒惑相犯，在亢。十一月，熒惑犯房北第一星。明年，大將軍義康出徙豫章，誅其黨與。尚書僕射、揚州刺史殷景仁薨。

In the second month of the sixteenth year of Yuanjia, Jupiter moved retrograde and trespassed against the Left Law Enforcer. On a dingmao day in the fifth month, Venus shone by day between the Stomach and Hairy Head asterisms. The moon entered the Feathered Forest; Venus trespassed against the Net; and Jupiter trespassed against the Left Law Enforcer. In the seventh month the moon conjoined with Saturn. In the eighth month Venus trespassed against the Yellow Thearch. The following year Empress Yuan died. Mars trespassed against the Western Supreme General of the Supreme Palace Enclosure; Venus shone by day in the Wings asterism. In the ninth month Mars likewise entered the Supreme Palace Enclosure and clashed with other stars there. Venus trespassed against the Left Law Enforcer, and Mars trespassed against the Right Law Enforcer. In the tenth month Jupiter and Mars clashed in the Neck asterism. In the eleventh month Mars trespassed against the first northern star of the Room asterism. The following year Grand General Yikang was exiled to Yuzhang and his faction was put to death. Vice Director of the Masters of Writing and Yang Inspector Yin Jingren died.

元嘉十九年九月，客星見北斗，漸為彗星，至天苑末滅。元嘉二十年二月二十四日乙未，有流星大如桃，出天津，入紫宮；須臾，有細流星或五或三相續，又有一大流星從紫宮出，入北斗魁；須臾，又一大流星出，貫索中，經天市垣，諸流星並向北行，至曉不可稱數。流星占並雲：「天子之使。」又曰：「庶民惟星。星流，民散之象。」至二十七年，索虜殘破青、冀、徐、兗、南兗、豫六州，民死太半。

In the ninth month of the nineteenth year of Yuanjia, a guest star appeared at the Northern Dipper, gradually became a comet, and vanished only after reaching the end of the Heavenly Park. On the twenty-fourth day of the second month of the twentieth year of Yuanjia, a yiwei day, a meteor as large as a peach issued from the Celestial Ford and entered the Purple Palace Enclosure; moments later fine meteors followed in groups of five or three; then another great meteor issued from the Purple Palace Enclosure and entered the Dipper's Ladle; moments later yet another great meteor issued, pierced the Coiled Thong, passed through the Heavenly Market Enclosure; all the meteors traveled north together until dawn in numbers beyond counting. Prognostications on meteors all state: "They signify the sovereign's envoys." It is also said: "The common people are as stars. When stars stream across the sky, it is an image of the people scattering." By the twenty-seventh year the Tuoba forces had ravaged Qing, Ji, Xu, Yan, Southern Yan, and Yu — six provinces — and more than half the populace perished.

元嘉二十二年二月，金火木合東井。四月，月犯心，太白入軒轅。七月，太白晝見。其冬，太子詹事范曄謀反伏誅。元嘉二十三年正月，金火相爍。其月，索虜寇青州，驅略民戶。元嘉二十四年正月，月犯心大星。天星並西流，多細，大不過如雞子，尾有長短，當有數百。至旦，日光定乃止，有入北斗紫宮者。占：「流星群趨所之者，兵聚其下，有大急。」又占：「眾星並流，將軍並舉兵。隨星所之，以應天氣。」又占：「流星入紫宮，有喪，水旱不調。」又占：「流星入北斗，大臣有系者。」又占：「流星為民，大星大臣流，小星小民流。」四月，太白晝見。八月，征北大將軍衡陽王義季薨；豫章民胡誕世率其宗族破郡縣，殺太守及縣令

In the second month of the twenty-second year of Yuanjia, Venus, Mars, and Jupiter conjoined in the Eastern Well. In the fourth month the moon trespassed against Heart, and Venus entered the Yellow Thearch. In the seventh month Venus shone by day. That winter Heir Apparent Household Steward Fan Ye plotted rebellion and was executed. In the first month of the twenty-third year of Yuanjia, Venus and Mars flared against each other. That month the Tuoba forces raided Qing province and drove off the populace. In the first month of the twenty-fourth year of Yuanjia, the moon trespassed against the great star of the Heart asterism. Stars all streamed westward, mostly small, none larger than a chicken egg, with tails of varying length — there must have been several hundred. By dawn, when the sunlight steadied, they ceased; some entered the Northern Dipper and Purple Palace Enclosure. The omen read: "When meteors swarm toward a place, armies gather beneath it and grave urgency arises." Another omen read: "When many stars stream together, generals all raise armies. Events follow where the stars go, responding to Heaven's signs." Another omen read: "When a meteor enters the Purple Palace Enclosure, mourning follows; floods and droughts fall out of balance." Another omen read: "When a meteor enters the Northern Dipper, great ministers will be imprisoned." Another omen read: "Meteors signify the people; great stars mean great ministers flee, small stars mean common folk flee." In the fourth month Venus shone by day. In the eighth month General Who Conquers the North Prince Yiji of Hengyang died; and the commoner Hu Danshi of Yuzhang led his clan to overrun commanderies and counties, killing the grand administrators and county magistrates.

元嘉二十五年正月，火、水入羽林。月犯歲星，太白晝見經天。元嘉二十六年十月，彗星入太微。十一月，白氣貫北斗。二十七年夏，太白晝見經天。九月，太白犯歲星。十月，熒惑入太微。元嘉二十八年五月，彗星見捲舌，入太微，逼帝座，犯上相，拂屏，出端門，滅翼、軫。翼、軫，荊州分。太白晝見犯哭星。三十年，太子巫蠱咒詛事覺，遂殺害朝臣。孝建元年，荊、江二州反，皆夷滅。捲舌，咒詛之象。彗之所起，是其應也。元嘉二十九年正月，太白晝見，經天。明年，東宮弑逆。

In the first month of the twenty-fifth year of Yuanjia, Mars and Mercury entered the Feathered Forest. The moon trespassed against Jupiter; Venus shone by day and traversed the heavens. In the tenth month of the twenty-sixth year of Yuanjia, a comet entered the Supreme Palace Enclosure. In the eleventh month white vapor pierced through the Northern Dipper. In the summer of the twenty-seventh year Venus shone by day and traversed the heavens. In the ninth month Venus trespassed against Jupiter. In the tenth month Mars entered the Supreme Palace Enclosure. In the fifth month of the twenty-eighth year of Yuanjia, a comet appeared at Curled Tongue, entered the Supreme Palace Enclosure, pressed the Imperial Seat, trespassed against the Upper Chancellor, brushed the Screen, issued from the End Gate, and vanished at the Wings and Chariot Shaft. The Wings and Chariot Shaft correspond to Jing province. Venus shone by day and trespassed against the Weeping star. In the thirtieth year the crown prince's witchcraft and curse plot was exposed, and court ministers were put to death. In Xiaojian 1, Jing and Jiang provinces rebelled and were utterly destroyed. Curled Tongue symbolizes curses and imprecations. Where the comet arose was the fulfillment of that omen. In the first month of the twenty-ninth year of Yuanjia, Venus shone by day and traversed the heavens. The following year the Eastern Palace committed regicide.

孝建二年五月乙未，熒惑入南斗。十月甲辰，又入南斗。大明元年夏，京師疾疫。

On a yiwei day in the fifth month of Xiaojian 2, Mars entered the Southern Dipper. On a jiachen day in the tenth month, it again entered the Southern Dipper. In the summer of the first year of Daming, the capital suffered a plague.

孝建三年四月戊戌，太白犯輿鬼。占曰：「民多疾。」明年夏，京邑疫疾。孝建三年八月甲午，太白入心。占曰：「後九年，大饑至。」大明八年，東土大饑，民死十二三。

On a wuxu day in the fourth month of Xiaojian 3, Venus trespassed against the Chariot-Ghost asterism. The omen read: "The people will suffer widespread illness." The following summer the capital region suffered plague. On a jiawu day in the eighth month of Xiaojian 3, Venus entered the Heart asterism. The omen read: "After nine years great famine will arrive." In the eighth year of Daming the eastern lands suffered great famine, and one or two in ten of the people perished.

大明元年三月癸亥，太白在奎南，犯歲星。占曰：「有滅諸侯。」三年，司空竟陵王誕反誅。大明元年六月丙申，月在東壁，掩熒惑。占曰：「將軍有憂，期不出三年。」至三年，司空竟陵王誕反。

On a guihai day in the third month of the first year of Daming, Venus stood south of Striding Legs and trespassed against Jupiter. The omen read: "Some feudal lords will be destroyed." In the third year Minister of Works Prince Dan of Jingling rebelled and was executed. On a bingshen day in the sixth month of the first year of Daming, the moon stood in the Eastern Wall and eclipsed Mars. The omen read: "Generals will face grave concern, within a term not exceeding three years." By the third year Minister of Works Prince Dan of Jingling rebelled.

大明二年三月辛未，熒惑入東井。四月己亥，熒惑在東井犯北軒轅第二星。井，雍州分。其年四月，海陵王休茂為雍州刺史，五年，休茂反誅。大明二年七月己巳，月掩軒轅第二星。十月辛卯，月掩軒轅。十一月丙戌，月又掩軒轅。軒轅，女主。時民間喧言人主帷薄不修。大明二年十一月庚戌，熒惑犯房及鉤鈐。壬子，熒惑又犯鉤鈐。占曰：「有兵。」其年，索虜寇曆下，遣羽林軍討破之。

On a xinwei day in the third month of the second year of Daming, Mars entered the Eastern Well. On a jihai day in the fourth month, Mars in the Eastern Well trespassed against the second northern star of the Yellow Thearch. The Well asterism corresponds to Yong province. In the fourth month of that year Prince Xiumao of Hailing became Inspector of Yong; in the fifth year Xiumao rebelled and was executed. On a jisi day in the seventh month of the second year of Daming, the moon eclipsed the second star of the Yellow Thearch. On a xinmao day in the tenth month, the moon eclipsed the Yellow Thearch. On a bingxu day in the eleventh month, the moon again eclipsed the Yellow Thearch. The Yellow Thearch signifies the chief consort. At that time popular rumor held that the ruler's private conduct was scandalous. On a gengxu day in the eleventh month of the second year of Daming, Mars trespassed against Room and the Sash and Hook stars. On a renzi day, Mars again trespassed against the Sash and Hook. The omen read: "Warfare will break out." That year the Tuoba forces raided Lixia; the Feathered Forest guard was dispatched and defeated them.

大明三年春正月夜，通天薄雲，四方生赤氣，長三四尺，乍沒乍見，尋皆消滅。占名隧星，一曰刀星，天下有兵，戰鬥流血。月入太微，犯次將。占曰：「有反臣死，將誅。」三月，月在房，犯鉤鈐，因蝕。占曰：「人主惡之，將軍死。」三月，土守牽牛。占曰：「大人憂疾，兵起，大赦，奸臣賊子謀欲殺主。」四月，犯五諸侯。占曰：「諸侯誅。」金、水合西方。占曰：「兵起。」五月，歲星犯東井鉞。占曰：「斧鉞用，大臣誅。」六月，月入南斗。占曰：「大臣大將軍誅。」南兗州刺史竟陵王誕尋據廣陵反，遣車騎大將軍沈慶之領羽林勁兵及豫州刺史宗愨、徐州刺史劉道隆眾軍攻戰。及屠城，城內男女道俗，梟斬靡遺。將軍宗越偏用虐刑，先刳腸決眼，或笞面鞭腹，苦酒灌創，然後方加以刀鋸。大兵之應也。八月，月犯太白，太白犯房。占曰：「人君有憂，天子惡之。」熒惑守畢。占曰：「萬民饑，有大兵。」九月，太白犯南斗。占曰：「大臣有反者。」九月，月在胃而蝕，既，又於昴犯熒惑。占曰：「兵起，女主當之，人主惡之。」一曰：「女主憂，國王死，民饑。」十月，太白犯哭星。占曰：「人主有哭泣之聲。」自後六宮多喪，公主薨亡，天子舉哀相系。歲大旱，民饑。

On a night in the first month of spring of the third year of Daming, thin clouds covered the sky; red vapor arose in all four directions, three or four feet long, now vanishing and now appearing, and soon all dissipated. The omen named it the Tunnel Star, also called the Blade Star: the realm would see warfare, battle, and bloodshed. The moon entered the Supreme Palace Enclosure and trespassed against the Second General star. The omen read: "A rebellious minister will die; a general will be executed." In the third month the moon stood in Room, trespassed against the Sash and Hook, and underwent eclipse. The omen read: "The sovereign finds it inauspicious; a general will die." In the third month Saturn guarded the Leading Ox asterism. The omen read: "The great man will suffer illness and anxiety; armies will rise; a great amnesty will be proclaimed; treacherous ministers and wicked sons will plot to kill their lord." In the fourth month it trespassed against the Five Feudal Lords. The omen read: "Feudal lords will be executed." Venus and Mercury conjoined in the west. The omen read: "Armies will rise." In the fifth month Jupiter trespassed against the Battle-axe star of the Eastern Well. The omen read: "Axes and halberds will be employed; great ministers will be executed." In the sixth month the moon entered the Southern Dipper. The omen read: "Great ministers and grand generals will be executed." Southern Yan Inspector Prince Dan of Jingling soon seized Guangling and rebelled; General of Agile Cavalry Shen Qingzhi was dispatched leading crack Feathered Forest troops together with the armies of Yu Inspector Zong Que and Xu Inspector Liu Daolong to attack. When the city was sacked, every man and woman, lay and clerical, within the walls was beheaded without exception. General Zong Yue favored cruel punishments: victims were first disemboweled and blinded, or flogged on the face and whipped on the belly, bitter wine poured into their wounds, and only then subjected to blade and saw. This was the fulfillment of the omen of great armies. In the eighth month the moon trespassed against Venus; Venus trespassed against Room. The omen read: "The ruler will face grave concern; the Son of Heaven finds it inauspicious." Mars guarded the Net asterism. The omen read: "The myriad people will suffer famine; great armies will arise." In the ninth month Venus trespassed against the Southern Dipper. The omen read: "Some great ministers will turn traitor." In the ninth month the moon stood in the Stomach and underwent total eclipse; then in the Hairy Head it trespassed against Mars. The omen read: "Armies will rise; the chief consort will bear the brunt; the sovereign finds it inauspicious." An alternate reading held: "The chief consort will face grave concern; a king of the realm will die; the people will suffer famine." In the tenth month Venus trespassed against the Weeping star. The omen read: "The ruler will hear sounds of weeping." Thereafter the six palaces suffered many deaths; princesses died; the emperor's mourning followed one upon another. That year brought great drought and famine among the people.

大明四年正月，月奄氐。占曰：「大將死。」又犯房北第二星。占曰：「有亂臣謀其主。」二月，有赤氣，長一尺餘，在太白帝坐北。占曰：「兵起，臣欲謀其君。」五月，月入太微。占曰：「有反臣，大臣死。」六月，太白犯井鉞。占曰：「兵起，斧鉞用，大臣誅。」月犯心前星。占曰：「有亂臣，太子惡之。」月入南斗魁中。占曰：「大人憂，女主惡之。」七月，歲星犯積屍。占曰：「大臣誅。」十二月，月犯心中央大星。占曰：「大人憂。」十二月，通天有雲，西及東北並生，合八所，並長四尺，乍沒乍見，尋消盡。占曰：「天下有兵。」十二月，月犯箕東北星，女主惡之。明年，雍州刺史海陵王休茂反。太白犯東井，雍州兵亂之應也。

In the first month of the fourth year of Daming, the moon eclipsed the Root asterism. The omen read: "A great general will die." It also trespassed against the second northern star of Room. The omen read: "A rebellious minister will plot against his lord." In the second month red vapor appeared, more than a foot long, north of Venus at the Imperial Seat. The omen read: "Armies will rise; a minister will plot against his lord." In the fifth month the moon entered the Supreme Palace Enclosure. The omen read: "A rebellious minister will arise; a great minister will die." In the sixth month Venus trespassed against the Well Battle-axe star. The omen read: "Armies will rise; axes and halberds will be employed; great ministers will be executed." The moon trespassed against the front star of the Heart asterism. The omen read: "A rebellious minister will arise; the heir apparent finds it inauspicious." The moon entered the Ladle of the Southern Dipper. The omen read: "The great man will face grave concern; the chief consort finds it inauspicious." In the seventh month Jupiter trespassed against the Heap of Corpses. The omen read: "Great ministers will be executed." In the twelfth month the moon trespassed against the central great star of the Heart asterism. The omen read: "The great man will face grave concern." In the twelfth month clouds covered the sky; they arose in the west and northeast at eight places, all four feet long, now vanishing and now appearing, and soon all dissipated. The omen read: "The realm will see warfare." In the twelfth month the moon trespassed against the northeastern star of the Winnowing Basket; the chief consort found it inauspicious. The following year Yong Inspector Prince Xiumao of Hailing rebelled. Venus trespassed against the Eastern Well — the fulfillment of military disorder in Yong province.

大明五年正月，歲星犯輿鬼積屍。占曰：「大臣誅，主有憂，財寶散。」月入南斗魁中。占曰：「大人憂，天下有兵。」火、土同在須女。占曰：「女主惡之。」三月，月掩軒轅。占曰：「女主惡之。」有流星數千萬，或長或短，或大或小，並西行，至曉而止。占曰：「人君惡之，民流亡。」四月，太白犯東井北轅。占曰：「大臣為亂，斧鉞用。」太白犯輿鬼。占曰：「大臣誅，斧鉞用，人主憂。」六月，有流星白色，大如甌，出王良，西南行，沒天市中，尾長數十丈，沒後餘光良久。占曰：「天下亂。」八月，熒惑入東井。占曰：「大臣當之。」十月，歲星犯太微上將星。太白入亢，犯南第二星。占曰：「上將有憂，輔臣有誅者，人君惡之。」十月，太白入氐中，熒惑入井中。占曰：「王者亡地，大赦，兵起，為饑。」月入太微，掩西蕃上將，犯歲星。占曰：「有反臣死。」大星大如鬥，出柳北行，尾十餘丈，入紫宮沒，尾後餘光良久乃滅。占曰：「天下凶，有兵喪，天下惡之。」十一月，月掩心前星，又犯大星。占曰：「大人憂，兵起，大旱。」十二月，太白犯西建中央星。占曰：「大臣相譖。」月犯左角。占曰：「天子惡之。」後三年，孝武帝、文穆皇后相系崩；嗣主即位一年，誅滅宰輔將相，虐戮朝臣，禍及宗室，因自受害。

In the first month of the fifth year of Daming, Jupiter trespassed against the Heap of Corpses in the Chariot-Ghost asterism. The omen read: "Great ministers will be executed; the sovereign will face grave concern; treasures will be scattered." The moon entered the Ladle of the Southern Dipper. The omen read: "The great man will face grave concern; the realm will see warfare." Mars and Saturn stood together in the Maiden asterism. The omen read: "The chief consort finds it inauspicious." In the third month the moon eclipsed the Yellow Thearch. The omen read: "The chief consort finds it inauspicious." Countless meteors appeared, long or short, large or small, all traveling west together until dawn. The omen read: "The sovereign finds it inauspicious; the people will flee in exile." In the fourth month Venus trespassed against the northern axle of the Eastern Well. The omen read: "Great ministers will raise disorder; axes and halberds will be employed." Venus trespassed against the Chariot-Ghost asterism. The omen read: "Great ministers will be executed; axes and halberds will be employed; the sovereign will face grave concern." In the sixth month a white meteor as large as a bowl issued from Wang Liang, traveled southwest, and vanished in the Heavenly Market Enclosure; its tail was several hundred feet long, and its afterglow lingered long after it vanished. The omen read: "The realm will fall into disorder." In the eighth month Mars entered the Eastern Well. The omen read: "Great ministers will bear the brunt of the calamity." In the tenth month Jupiter trespassed against the Supreme General star of the Supreme Palace Enclosure. Venus entered Neck and trespassed against the second southern star. The omen read: "The supreme general will face grave concern; some assisting ministers will be executed; the sovereign finds it inauspicious." In the tenth month Venus entered within Root; Mars entered within the Well. The omen read: "The king will lose territory; a great amnesty will be proclaimed; armies will rise; famine will follow." The moon entered the Supreme Palace Enclosure, eclipsed the western rampart Supreme General, and trespassed against Jupiter. The omen read: "A rebellious minister will die." A great star as large as the Big Dipper issued north of Willow and traveled north with a tail more than a hundred feet long; it entered the Purple Palace Enclosure and vanished; its afterglow lingered long before fading. The omen read: "The realm will suffer misfortune; there will be war and mourning; all under Heaven finds it inauspicious." In the eleventh month the moon eclipsed the front star of Heart and also trespassed against the great star. The omen read: "The great man will face grave concern; armies will rise; great drought will come." In the twelfth month Venus trespassed against the central star of the Western Establishment. The omen read: "Great ministers would turn on one another with mutual calumny." The moon trespassed against the Left Horn. The omen read: "The Son of Heaven finds it inauspicious." Three years later, Emperor Xiaowu and Empress Wenmu died one after another; and within a year of the successor ruler's accession, he executed chancellors, aides, generals, and ministers, cruelly slaughtered court officials, brought calamity upon the imperial clan, and ultimately suffered harm himself.

大明六年正月，月在張，犯歲星。占曰：「民饑流亡。」月犯心後星。占曰：「庶子惡之。」二月，月掩左角。占曰：「天子惡之。」三月，熒惑入輿鬼。占曰：「有兵，大臣誅，天下多疾疫。」五月，月在張，又入太微，犯熒惑。占曰：「國主不安，女主憂。」火犯木在翼。占曰：「為饑，為旱，近臣大臣謀主。」有星前赤後白，大如甌，尾長十餘丈，出東壁北，西行沒天市，啾啾有聲。占曰：「其下有兵，天下亂。」月掩昴七星。占曰：「貴臣誅，天子破匈奴，胡主死。」歲星犯上將。占曰：「輔臣誅，上將憂。」六月，月入太微，犯右執法。占曰：「人主不安，天下大驚，主不吉，執法誅。」月犯心後星。占曰：「庶子惡之。」七月，月犯箕。占曰：「女主惡之。」八月，月入南斗魁中。占曰：「大臣誅，斧鉞用，吳、越有憂。」明年，揚、南徐州大旱，田穀不收，民流死亡。自後三年，帝后仍崩，宰輔及尚書令僕誅戮，索虜主死，新安王兄弟受害，司徒豫章王子尚薨，羽林兵入三吳討叛逆。

In the first month of the sixth year of Daming, the moon stood in Extended Net and trespassed against Jupiter. The omen read: "The people will suffer famine and flee their homes." The moon trespassed against the rear star of Heart. The omen read: "The heir finds it inauspicious." In the second month the moon eclipsed the Left Horn. The omen read: "The Son of Heaven finds it inauspicious." In the third month Mars entered the Chariot-Ghost asterism. The omen read: "Armies will rise; great ministers will be put to death; pestilence will spread across the realm." In the fifth month the moon stood in Extended Net, entered the Supreme Palace Enclosure again, and trespassed against Mars. The omen read: "The sovereign will be unsettled; the chief consort will face grave concern." Mars trespassed against Jupiter in the Wings asterism. The omen read: "Famine and drought will follow; close ministers and great ministers will conspire against their sovereign." A star appeared, red in front and white behind, as large as a bowl, with a tail more than a hundred feet long; it issued north of the Eastern Wall, traveled west, and vanished in the Celestial Market Enclosure, chirping as it passed. The omen read: "Warfare will arise below; the realm will fall into disorder." The moon eclipsed the seven stars of the Hairy Head. The omen read: "Noble ministers will be put to death; the Son of Heaven will defeat the Xiongnu; the barbarian ruler will die." Jupiter trespassed against the Supreme General star. The omen read: "Aiding ministers will be put to death; the Supreme General will face grave concern." In the sixth month the moon entered the Supreme Palace Enclosure and trespassed against the Right Law Enforcer. The omen read: "The ruler will be unsettled; the realm will be thrown into alarm; the sovereign faces ill fortune; the Law Enforcer will be put to death." The moon trespassed against the rear star of Heart. The omen read: "The heir finds it inauspicious." In the seventh month the moon trespassed against the Winnowing Basket. The omen read: "The chief consort finds it inauspicious." In the eighth month the moon entered the bowl of the Southern Dipper. The omen read: "Great ministers will be put to death; axes and halberds will be employed; Wu and Yue will face calamity." The following year Yang and Southern Xuzhou suffered severe drought; crops failed in the fields, and the people fled and perished. Within the next three years the emperor and empress again died; chancellors and the Directors and Vice Directors of the Masters of Writing were put to death; the Tuoba ruler died; the Prince of Xin'an's brothers suffered harm; Prince Shang of Yuzhang, Minister over the Masses, died; and Feathered Forest troops entered the Three Wu to suppress rebels.

大明七年正月夜，通天薄雲，四方合有八氣，蒼白色，長二三丈，乍見乍沒，名刀星。占曰：「天下有兵。」三月，月犯心後星。占曰：「庶子惡之。」四月，火犯金，在婁。占曰：「有喪，有兵，大戰。」六月，月犯箕。占曰：「女主惡之。」太白入東井。占曰：「大臣當之。」太白犯東井。占曰：「大臣為亂，斧鉞用。」七月，熒惑入東井。占曰：「兵起，大將當之。」月入南斗魁，犯第二星。占曰：「大人憂，吳郡當之。」太白犯輿鬼。占曰：「兵起，大將誅，人主憂，財帛出。」八月，月入哭星中間，太白犯軒轅少微星。占曰：「人主憂，哭泣之聲，民饑流亡。」太白入太微。占曰：「近臣起兵，國不安。」熒惑犯鬼，太白犯右執法。占曰：「大臣誅。」十月，金水相犯。占曰：「天下饑。」熒惑守軒轅第二星。占曰：「宮中憂，有哀。」十一月，歲星入氐。占曰：「諸侯人君有入宮者。」十二月，月犯五車。占曰：「天庫兵動。」後二年，帝后崩，大臣將相誅滅，皇子被害，皇太后崩，四方兵起，分遺諸軍推鋒外討。

On a night in the first month of the seventh year of Daming, thin clouds covered the sky; in all four directions eight pale vapors gathered, two or three zhang long, now appearing and now vanishing — called the Blade Star. The omen read: "The realm will see warfare." In the third month the moon trespassed against the rear star of Heart. The omen read: "The heir finds it inauspicious." In the fourth month Mars trespassed against Venus in the Encampment asterism. The omen read: "Mourning and warfare will follow; a great battle will come." In the sixth month the moon trespassed against the Winnowing Basket. The omen read: "The chief consort finds it inauspicious." Venus entered the Eastern Well. The omen read: "Great ministers will bear the brunt of the calamity." Venus trespassed against the Eastern Well. The omen read: "Great ministers will rise in rebellion; axes and halberds will be employed." In the seventh month Mars entered the Eastern Well. The omen read: "Armies will rise; the great general will bear the brunt of the calamity." The moon entered the bowl of the Southern Dipper and trespassed against the second star. The omen read: "The great man will face grave concern; Wu commandery will bear the brunt of the calamity." Venus trespassed against the Chariot-Ghost asterism. The omen read: "Armies will rise; the great general will be put to death; the ruler will face grave concern; wealth and goods will be drained away." In the eighth month the moon entered between the Weeping stars; Venus trespassed against the Lesser Regulator star of the Yellow Thearch. The omen read: "The ruler will face grave concern; sounds of weeping will rise; the people will suffer famine and flee their homes." Venus entered the Supreme Palace Enclosure. The omen read: "Close ministers will raise armies; the state will be thrown into unrest." Mars trespassed against Ghost; Venus trespassed against the Right Law Enforcer. The omen read: "Great ministers will be put to death." In the tenth month Venus and Mercury clashed. The omen read: "Famine will grip the realm." Mars stood guard at the second star of the Yellow Thearch. The omen read: "The palace will face grave concern; mourning will follow." In the eleventh month Jupiter entered Root. The omen read: "Among the feudal lords and rulers, some will enter the palace." In the twelfth month the moon trespassed against the Five Chariots. The omen read: "The Heavenly Armory will stir with armies." Two years later the emperor and empress died; great ministers, generals, and chancellors were executed; imperial princes were harmed; the empress dowager died; armies rose in all four directions, and separate columns were dispatched to drive the vanguard outward in punitive campaigns.

大明八年正月，月掩輿鬼。占曰：「大臣誅。」月入南斗魁中，掩第二星。占曰：「大人憂，女主惡之。」二月，月犯南斗第四星，入魁中。占曰：「大人有憂，女主當之。豫章受災。」四月，月入南斗魁中，犯第三星。占曰：「大人有憂，女主惡之。丹陽當之。」太白入東井，入太微，犯執法。占曰：「執法誅，近臣起兵，國不安。」六月，歲星犯氐。占曰：「歲大饑。」有流星大如五鬥甌，赤色有光，照見人面，尾長一丈餘，從參北東行，直下經東井，過南河，沒。占曰：「民饑，吳、越有兵。」七月，歲星入氐。十月，太白守房。占曰：「有兵，大喪。」月掩食房。占曰：「有喪，大饑。」此後國仍有大喪，丹陽尹顏師伯、豫章王子尚死。明年，昭太后崩，四方賊起，王師水陸征伐，義興晉陵縣大戰，殺傷千計。

In the first month of the eighth year of Daming, the moon eclipsed the Chariot-Ghost asterism. The omen read: "Great ministers will be put to death." The moon entered the bowl of the Southern Dipper and eclipsed the second star. The omen read: "The great man will face grave concern; the chief consort finds it inauspicious." In the second month the moon trespassed against the fourth star of the Southern Dipper and entered the bowl. The omen read: "The great man will face grave concern; the chief consort will bear the brunt of the calamity. Yuzhang will suffer calamity." In the fourth month the moon entered the bowl of the Southern Dipper and trespassed against the third star. The omen read: "The great man will face grave concern; the chief consort finds it inauspicious. Danyang will bear the brunt of the calamity." Venus entered the Eastern Well, entered the Supreme Palace Enclosure, and trespassed against the Law Enforcer. The omen read: "The Law Enforcer will be put to death; close ministers will raise armies; the state will be thrown into unrest." In the sixth month Jupiter trespassed against Root. The omen read: "The year will bring great famine." A meteor as large as a five-dou bowl appeared, red and luminous, its light shining on people's faces; its tail was more than ten feet long; it issued north of Three Stars, traveled east, descended through the Eastern Well, passed the Southern River, and vanished. The omen read: "The people will suffer famine; Wu and Yue will see warfare." In the seventh month Jupiter entered Root. In the tenth month Venus stood guard in the Room asterism. The omen read: "Warfare and great mourning will follow." The moon eclipsed the Room asterism. The omen read: "Mourning and great famine will follow." After this the state still suffered great mourning; Yan Shibo, Intendant of Danyang, and Prince Shang of Yuzhang died. The following year Empress Dowager Zhao died; rebels rose in all four directions; royal armies marched by land and sea; at Yixing and Jinling counties a great battle was fought, with casualties numbering in the thousands.

明帝泰始元年十二月己巳，太白入羽林。占曰：「羽林兵動。」乙亥，白氣入紫宮。占曰：「有喪事。」明年，羽林兵出討。昭太后崩。

On a jisi day in the twelfth month of the first year of Taishi under Emperor Ming, Venus entered the Feathered Forest. The omen read: "The Feathered Forest armies will stir." On a yihai day white vapor entered the Purple Palace Enclosure. The omen read: "Mourning will follow." The following year the Feathered Forest army marched out in expedition. Empress Dowager Zhao died.

泰始二年正月甲午，熒惑逆行在屏西南。占曰：「有兵在中。」其月丙申，月暈五車，通畢、昴。占曰：「女主惡之。」其月庚子，月犯輿鬼。占曰：「將軍死。」其月甲寅，流星從五車出，至紫宮西蕃沒。占曰：「有兵。」其月丙辰，黑氣貫宿。占曰：「王侯有歸骨者。」三月乙未，有流星大小西行，不可稱數，至曉乃息。占曰：「民流之象。」四月壬午，熒惑入太微，犯右執法。月在丙子，歲星晝見南斗度中。占曰：「其國有軍容，大敗。」其月己卯，竟夜有流星百餘西南行，一大如甌，尾長丈餘，黑色，從河鼓出。又曰：「有兵。」其月壬午，太白在月南並出東方，為犯。占曰：「有破軍死將，王者亡地。」七月甲午，月犯心。心為宋地。其月丙午，月犯南斗。占曰：「大臣誅。」其月乙卯，熒惑犯氐。氐，兗州分野。十月辛巳，太白入氐。占曰：「春穀貴。」十一月癸巳，太白犯房。占曰：「牛多死。」其年，四方反叛，內兵大出，六師親戎。昭太后崩。大將殷孝祖為南賊所殺。尚書右僕射蔡興宗以熒惑犯右執法，自解，不許。九月，諸方反者皆平，多有歸降者。後失淮北四州地，彭城、兗州並為虜所沒，民流之驗也。彭城，宋分也。是春，穀貴民饑。明年，牛多疾死，詔太官停宰牛。

On a jiawu day in the first month of the second year of Taishi, Mars moved retrograde southwest of the Screen. The omen read: "Warfare will arise within the realm." That month on a bingshen day the moon produced a halo over the Five Chariots, extending through Net and Hairy Head. The omen read: "The chief consort finds it inauspicious." That month on a gengzi day the moon trespassed against the Chariot-Ghost asterism. The omen read: "A general will die." That month on a jiayin day a meteor issued from the Five Chariots, reached the western battlement of the Purple Palace Enclosure, and vanished. The omen read: "Armies will rise." That month on a bingchen day black vapor pierced through the asterism. The omen read: "Among kings and marquises, some will die and be laid to rest." On a yiwei day in the third month meteors large and small traveled west in numbers beyond counting and did not cease until dawn. The omen read: "This foretells the people fleeing their homes." On a renwu day in the fourth month Mars entered the Supreme Palace Enclosure and trespassed against the Right Law Enforcer. On a bingzi day the moon stood there; Jupiter was seen by day in the Southern Dipper zone. The omen read: "That state will mobilize for war and suffer great defeat." That month on a jimao day more than a hundred meteors traveled southwest through the night; one as large as a bowl, with a tail more than ten feet long and black in color, issued from the River Drum. The omen also read: "Armies will rise." That month on a renwu day Venus stood south of the moon and both rose together in the east, constituting an encroachment. The omen read: "Defeated armies will lose their generals, and kings will lose their domains." On a jiawu day in the seventh month the moon trespassed against the Heart asterism. Heart corresponds to the territory of Song. That month on a bingwu day the moon trespassed against the Southern Dipper. The omen read: "Great ministers will be put to death." That month on a yimao day Mars trespassed against the Root asterism. Root is the territorial division of Yan province. On a xinsi day in the tenth month Venus entered the Root asterism. The omen read: "Spring grain will grow costly." On a guisi day in the eleventh month Venus trespassed against the Room asterism. The omen read: "Many cattle will die." That year rebels rose in all four directions; internal armies marched out in force, and the Six Armies personally took the field. Empress Dowager Zhao died. The great general Yin Xiaozu was killed by southern rebels. Cai Xingzong, Vice Director of the Masters of Writing, citing Mars' trespass against the Right Law Enforcer, submitted his resignation; it was not accepted. In the ninth month rebels in all regions were pacified, and many surrendered. Later the four provinces north of the Huai were lost; Pengcheng and Yan province were both overrun by the Tuoba — the fulfillment of the omen of mass displacement. Pengcheng is the territorial division of Song. That spring grain was costly and the people suffered famine. The following year many cattle died of disease, and an edict ordered the Palace Provisioner to cease slaughtering cattle.

泰始三年六月甲辰，月犯東井。占曰：「軍將死。」熒惑犯輿鬼。占曰：「金錢散。」又曰：「不出六十日，必大赦。」八月癸卯，天子以皇后六宮衣服金釵雜物賜北征將士。明年二月，護軍王玄謨薨。

On a jiachen day in the sixth month of the third year of Taishi the moon trespassed against the Eastern Well. The omen read: "An army general will die." Mars trespassed against the Chariot-Ghost asterism. The omen read: "Gold and money will be dispersed. The omen also read: "Within sixty days there will certainly be a great amnesty." On a guimao day in the eighth month the Son of Heaven bestowed the empress's six-palace garments, gold hairpins, and miscellaneous goods upon the northern expedition troops. In the second month of the following year Wang Xuanmo, Protector of the Army, died.

泰始四年六月壬寅，太白犯輿鬼。占曰：「民大疾，死不收。」其年，普天大疫。

On a renyin day in the sixth month of the fourth year of Taishi Venus trespassed against the Chariot-Ghost asterism. The omen read: "The people will suffer great pestilence; the dead will go unburied." That year pestilence spread across the realm.

泰始五年二月丙戌，月犯左角。占曰：「三年天子惡之。」三月庚申，月犯建星。占曰：「易相。」十月壬午，月犯畢。占曰：「天子用法，誅罰急，貴人有死者。」其月丙申，太白犯亢。占曰：「收斂國兵以備北方。」其年冬，建安王休仁解揚州，桂陽王休範為揚州。揚州牧前後常宰相居之，易相之驗也。七年，晉平王休祐、建安王休仁並見殺。時失淮北，立戍以備防北虜。後三年，宮車晏駕。

On a bingxu day in the second month of the fifth year of Taishi the moon trespassed against the Left Horn. The omen read: "Within three years the Son of Heaven will find it inauspicious." On a gengshen day in the third month the moon trespassed against the Establishment Stars. The omen read: "The chancellor will be changed." On a renwu day in the tenth month the moon trespassed against the Net asterism. The omen read: "The Son of Heaven will employ the law; punishments will be severe; among the nobility some will die." That month on a bingshen day Venus trespassed against the Neck asterism. The omen read: "The armies of the realm will be gathered in to guard against the north." That winter Prince Xiuren of Jian'an relinquished Yang province, and Prince Xiufan of Guiyang became governor of Yang province. The governorship of Yang province was customarily held by chancellors before and after — the fulfillment of the omen of a change of chancellor. In the seventh year Princes Xiuyou of Jinping and Xiuren of Jian'an were both put to death. At the time the realm had lost the territory north of the Huai, and garrisons were established to guard against the Northern Tuoba. Three years later, the emperor died.

泰始六年正月辛巳，月犯左角，同前占。八月壬辰，熒惑犯南斗。南斗，吳分。十一月乙亥，月犯東北轅。占曰：「大人當之。」又曰：「大臣有誅者。」二年，殺揚州刺史王景文。宮車晏駕。

On a xinsi day in the first month of the sixth year of Taishi the moon trespassed against the Left Horn, with the same omen as before. On a renchen day in the eighth month Mars trespassed against the Southern Dipper. The Southern Dipper is the territorial division of Wu. On a yihai day in the eleventh month the moon trespassed against the Northeast Shaft. The omen read: "The great man will bear the brunt of the calamity. The omen also read: "Among great ministers, some will be put to death." In the second year Wang Jingwen, governor of Yang province, was put to death. The emperor died.

後廢帝元徽三年七月丙申，太白入角，犯歲星。占曰：「角為天門，國將有兵事。」占，于角太白與木星會，殺軍在外，破軍殺將。其月丁巳，太白入氐。氐為天子宿宮，太白兵凶之星。八月己巳，太白犯房北頭第二星。占曰：「王失德。」九月癸卯，太白犯南斗第三星。占曰：「大人當之，國易政。」十月丙戌，歲星入氐。占曰：「諸侯人君有來入宮者。」十一月庚戌，月入太微，奄屏西南星。占曰：「貴者失勢。」四年七月，建平王景素據京口反。時廢主凶慝無度，五年七月殞，安成王入篡皇阼。三年，齊受禪。

On a bingshen day in the seventh month of Yuanhui 3 under the Deposed Emperor, Venus entered the Horn and trespassed against Jupiter. The omen read: "Horn is the Gate of Heaven; the realm will see warfare." The prognostication held that when Venus and Jupiter meet at Horn, armies abroad are destroyed and defeated forces lose their generals. That month on a dingsi day Venus entered the Root asterism. Root is the Son of Heaven's lodging palace; Venus is the star of armies and disaster. On a jisi day in the eighth month Venus trespassed against the second star at the northern head of Room. The omen read: "The king will lose virtue." On a guimao day in the ninth month Venus trespassed against the third star of the Southern Dipper. The omen read: "The great man will bear the brunt of the calamity; the state will change its government." On a bingxu day in the tenth month Jupiter entered the Root asterism. The omen read: "Among feudal lords and rulers, some will come to enter the palace." On a gengxu day in the eleventh month the moon entered the Supreme Palace Enclosure and eclipsed the southwest star of the Screen. The omen read: "The noble will lose power." In the seventh month of the fourth year Prince Jingsu of Jianping rebelled and held Jingkou. At the time the deposed emperor was vicious beyond measure; in the fifth year he died in the seventh month, and the Prince of Ancheng seized the throne. Three years later, Qi received the abdication.

元徽四年三月乙巳，月犯房北頭第一星，進犯鍵閉星。占曰：「有謀伏甲兵在宗廟中，天子不可出宮下堂，多暴事。」九月甲辰，填星犯太微西蕃。占曰：「立王。」一曰：「徙王。」又曰：「大人憂。」時廢帝出入無度，卒以此殞，安成王立。

On a yisi day in the third month of Yuanhui 4 the moon trespassed against the first star at the northern head of Room and advanced to trespass against the Lock and Bolt star. The omen read: "There is a plot with hidden armor and troops in the ancestral temple; the Son of Heaven must not leave the palace or descend the hall; many violent affairs will follow." On a jiachen day in the ninth month Saturn trespassed against the western battlement of the Supreme Palace Enclosure. The omen read: "A king will be enthroned. One reading held: "A king will be relocated. The omen also read: "The great man will suffer anxiety. At the time the deposed emperor came and went without restraint; he ultimately died because of this, and the Prince of Ancheng was enthroned.

元徽五年正月戊申，月犯南斗第五星。與前同占。四月丁巳，熒惑犯輿鬼西北星。占曰：「大人憂，近期六十日，遠期六百日。」又曰：「人君惡之。」其月丙子，太白犯輿鬼西北星。占曰：「大赦。」五月戊申，太白晝見午上，光明異常。占曰：「更姓。」六月壬戌，月犯鉤鈐星。占曰：「有大令。」其月乙丑，月犯南斗第四星。與前同占。七月，廢帝殞，大赦天下。後二年，齊受禪。

On a wushen day in the first month of Yuanhui 5 the moon trespassed against the fifth star of the Southern Dipper. The prognostication was the same as before. On a dingsi day in the fourth month Mars trespassed against the northwest star of the Chariot-Ghost asterism. The omen read: "The great man will suffer anxiety; in the near term sixty days, in the far term six hundred days. The omen also read: "The ruler will find it inauspicious." That month on a bingzi day Venus trespassed against the northwest star of the Chariot-Ghost asterism. The omen read: "There will be a great amnesty." On a wushen day in the fifth month Venus was seen by day above the noon position, its brilliance abnormal. The omen read: "The dynastic surname will change." On a renxu day in the sixth month the moon trespassed against the Hooked Clasp star. The omen read: "There will be a great command." That month on a yichou day the moon trespassed against the fourth star of the Southern Dipper. The prognostication was the same as before. In the seventh month the deposed emperor died, and a great amnesty was proclaimed throughout the realm. Two years later the Qi dynasty received the abdication of the throne.

順帝升明元年八月庚申，月入南斗，犯第三星，與前同占。九月丁亥，太白在翼，晝見經天。占曰：「更姓。」閏十二月癸卯夜，月奄南斗第四星，與前同占。

On a gengshen day in the eighth month of Shengming 1 under Emperor Shun, the moon entered the Southern Dipper and trespassed against the third star, with the same omen as before. On a dinghai day in the ninth month, Venus stood in the Wings, shining by day and traversing the heavens. The omen read: "The ruling house will change." On the night of a guimao day in the intercalary twelfth month, the moon eclipsed the fourth star of the Southern Dipper, with the same omen as before.

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