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日食武德元年十月壬申朔，日有食之，在氐五度。 占曰：「諸侯專權，則其應在所宿國;諸侯附從，則為王者事。」 四年八月丙戌朔，日有食之，在翼四度。 楚分也。 六年十二月壬寅朔，日有食之，在南斗十九度。 吳分也。 九年十月丙辰朔，日有食之，在氐七度。
Solar eclipses — In year 1 of Wude, on renshen, the new moon of the tenth month, the sun was eclipsed at five degrees within the Di lodge. The prognostication reads: "When feudal lords arrogate power, the omen falls on the state of the lodge where it lodges; when they rally to the throne, it marks a matter for the king. In the fourth year, on bingxu, the new moon of the eighth month, the sun was eclipsed at four degrees within the Yi lodge. This is the Chu allotment. In the sixth year, on renyin, the new moon of the twelfth month, the sun was eclipsed at nineteen degrees within the Southern Dipper. This is the Wu allotment. In the ninth year, on bingchen, the new moon of the tenth month, the sun was eclipsed at seven degrees within the Di lodge.
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貞觀元年閏三月癸丑朔，日有食之，在胃九度。 九月庚戌朔，日有食之，在亢五度。 胃為天倉，亢為疏廟。 二年三月戊申朔，日有食之，在婁十一度。 占為大臣憂。 三年八月己巳朔，日有食之，在翼五度。 占曰：「旱。」 四年正月丁卯朔，日有食之，在營室四度。 七月甲子朔，日有食之，在張十四度。 占為禮失。 六年正月乙卯朔，日有食之，在虛九度。 虛，耗祥也。 八年五月辛未朔，日有食之，在參七度。 九年閏四月丙寅朔，日有食之，在畢十三度。 占為邊兵。 十一年三月丙戌朔，日有食之，在婁二度。 占為大臣憂。 十二年閏二月庚辰朔，日有食之，在奎九度。 奎，武庫也。 十三年八月辛未朔，日有食之，在翼十四度。 翼為遠夷。 十七年六月己卯朔，日有食之，在東井十六度。 京師分也。 十八年十月辛丑朔，日有食之，在房三度。 房，將相位。 二十年閏三月癸巳朔，日有食之，在胃九度。 占曰：「主有疾。」 二十二年八月己酉朔，日有食之，在翼五度。 占曰：「旱。」
In year 1 of Zhenguan, on guichou, the intercalary third month's new moon, the sun was eclipsed at nine degrees within the Stomach lodge. In the ninth month, on gengxu the new moon, the sun was eclipsed at five degrees within the Neck lodge. The Stomach lodge is the Heavenly Granary; the Neck lodge is the Distant Ancestral Temple. In the second year, on wushen, the new moon of the third month, the sun was eclipsed at eleven degrees within the Bond lodge. The omen prognosticated distress among great ministers. In the third year, on jisi, the new moon of the eighth month, the sun was eclipsed at five degrees within the Yi lodge. The prognostication reads: "Drought. In the fourth year, on dingmao, the new moon of the first month, the sun was eclipsed at four degrees within the Encampment lodge. In the seventh month, on jiazi the new moon, the sun was eclipsed at fourteen degrees within the Extended Net lodge. The omen prognosticated lapses in ritual. In the sixth year, on yimao, the new moon of the first month, the sun was eclipsed at nine degrees within the Emptiness lodge. The Emptiness lodge betokens depletion and the loss of good fortune. In the eighth year, on xinwei, the new moon of the fifth month, the sun was eclipsed at seven degrees within the Three Stars lodge. In the ninth year, on bingyin, the intercalary fourth month's new moon, the sun was eclipsed at thirteen degrees within the Net lodge. The omen prognosticated border warfare. In the eleventh year, on bingxu, the new moon of the third month, the sun was eclipsed at two degrees within the Bond lodge. The omen prognosticated distress among great ministers. In the twelfth year, on gengchen, the intercalary second month's new moon, the sun was eclipsed at nine degrees within the Legs lodge. The Legs lodge is the Martial Armory. In the thirteenth year, on xinwei, the new moon of the eighth month, the sun was eclipsed at fourteen degrees within the Yi lodge. The Yi lodge governs distant barbarian peoples. In the seventeenth year, on jimao, the new moon of the sixth month, the sun was eclipsed at sixteen degrees within the Eastern Well lodge. This is the capital-region allotment. In the eighteenth year, on xinchou, the new moon of the tenth month, the sun was eclipsed at three degrees within the Chamber lodge. The Chamber lodge is the station of generals and chief ministers. In the twentieth year, on guisi, the intercalary third month's new moon, the sun was eclipsed at nine degrees within the Stomach lodge. The prognostication reads: "The ruler will fall ill. In the twenty-second year, on jiyou, the new moon of the eighth month, the sun was eclipsed at five degrees within the Yi lodge. The prognostication reads: "Drought."
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顯慶五年六月庚午朔，日有食之，在柳五度。
In year 5 of Xianqing, on gengwu, the new moon of the sixth month, the sun was eclipsed at five degrees within the Willow lodge.
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龍朔元年五月甲子晦，日有食之，在東井二十七度。 皆京師分也。
In year 1 of Longshuo, on jiazi, the last day of the fifth month, the sun was eclipsed at twenty-seven degrees within the Eastern Well lodge. Both fall within the capital-region allotment.
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麟德二年閏三月癸酉，日有食之，在胃九度。 占曰：「主有疾。」
In year 2 of Linde, on guiyou in the intercalary third month, the sun was eclipsed at nine degrees within the Stomach lodge. The prognostication reads: "The ruler will fall ill."
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乾封二年八月己丑朔，日有食之，在翼六度。
In year 2 of Qianfeng, on jichou, the new moon of the eighth month, the sun was eclipsed at six degrees within the Yi lodge.
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總章二年六月戊申朔，日有食之，在東井二十九度。
In year 2 of Zongzhang, on wushen, the new moon of the sixth month, the sun was eclipsed at twenty-nine degrees within the Eastern Well lodge.
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咸亨元年六月壬寅朔，日有食之，在東井十八度。 二年十一月甲午朔，日有食之，在箕九度。 三年十一月戊子朔，日有食之，在尾十度。 東井，京師分。 箕為后妃之府。 尾為後宮。 五年三月辛亥朔，日有食之，在婁十三度。 占為大臣憂。
In year 1 of Xianheng, on renyin, the new moon of the sixth month, the sun was eclipsed at eighteen degrees within the Eastern Well lodge. In the second year, on jiawu, the new moon of the eleventh month, the sun was eclipsed at nine degrees within the Winnowing Basket lodge. In the third year, on wuzi, the new moon of the eleventh month, the sun was eclipsed at ten degrees within the Tail lodge. The Eastern Well lodge is the capital-region allotment. The Winnowing Basket lodge is the palace of empresses and consorts. The Tail lodge is the rear palace. In the fifth year, on xinhai, the new moon of the third month, the sun was eclipsed at thirteen degrees within the Bond lodge. The omen prognosticated distress among great ministers.
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永隆元年十一月壬申朔，日有食之，在尾十六度。
In year 1 of Yonglong, on renshen, the new moon of the eleventh month, the sun was eclipsed at sixteen degrees within the Tail lodge.
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開耀元年十月丙寅朔，日有食之，在尾四度。
In year 1 of Kaiyao, on bingyin, the new moon of the tenth month, the sun was eclipsed at four degrees within the Tail lodge.
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永淳元年四月甲子朔，日有食之，在畢五度。 十月庚申朔，日有食之，在房三度。
In year 1 of Yongchun, on jiazi, the new moon of the fourth month, the sun was eclipsed at five degrees within the Net lodge. In the tenth month, on gengshen the new moon, the sun was eclipsed at three degrees within the Chamber lodge.
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垂拱二年二月辛未朔，日有食之，在營室十五度。 四年六月丁亥朔，日有食之，在東井二十七度。 京師分也。
In year 2 of Chuigong, on xinwei, the new moon of the second month, the sun was eclipsed at fifteen degrees within the Encampment lodge. In the fourth year, on dinghai, the new moon of the sixth month, the sun was eclipsed at twenty-seven degrees within the Eastern Well lodge. This is the capital-region allotment.
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天授二年四月壬寅朔，日有食之，在昴七度。
In year 2 of Tianshou, on renyin, the new moon of the fourth month, the sun was eclipsed at seven degrees within the Hairy Head lodge.
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如意元年四月丙申朔，日有食之，在胃十一度。 皆正陽之月。
In year 1 of Ruyi, on bingshen, the new moon of the fourth month, the sun was eclipsed at eleven degrees within the Stomach lodge. Both occurred in the prime yang months.
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長壽二年九月丁亥朔，日有食之，在角十度。 角內為天廷。
In year 2 of Changshou, on dinghai, the new moon of the ninth month, the sun was eclipsed at ten degrees within the Horn lodge. Within the Horn lodge lies the Celestial Court.
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延載元年九月壬午朔，日有食之，在軫十八度。 軫為車騎。
In year 1 of Yanzai, on renwu, the new moon of the ninth month, the sun was eclipsed at eighteen degrees within the Chariot lodge. The Chariot lodge governs chariots and cavalry.
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證聖元年二月己酉朔，日有食之，在營室五度。
In year 1 of Zhengsheng, on jiyou, the new moon of the second month, the sun was eclipsed at five degrees within the Encampment lodge.
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聖曆三年五月己酉朔，日有食之，在畢十五度。
In year 3 of Shengli, on jiyou, the new moon of the fifth month, the sun was eclipsed at fifteen degrees within the Net lodge.
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長安二年九月乙丑朔，日有食之，幾既，在角初度。 三年三月壬戌朔，日有食之，在奎十度。 占曰：「君不安。」 九月庚寅朔，日有食之，在亢七度。
In year 2 of Chang'an, on yichou, the new moon of the ninth month, the sun was nearly totally eclipsed at the first degree of the Horn lodge. In the third year, on renxu, the new moon of the third month, the sun was eclipsed at ten degrees within the Legs lodge. The prognostication reads: "The ruler will be unsettled. In the ninth month, on gengyin the new moon, the sun was eclipsed at seven degrees within the Neck lodge.
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神龍三年六月丁卯朔，日有食之，在東井二十八度。 京師分也。
In year 3 of Shenlong, on dingmao, the new moon of the sixth month, the sun was eclipsed at twenty-eight degrees within the Eastern Well lodge. This is the capital-region allotment.
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景龍元年十二月乙丑朔，日有食之，在南斗二十一度。 斗為丞相位。
In year 1 of Jinglong, on yichou, the new moon of the twelfth month, the sun was eclipsed at twenty-one degrees within the Southern Dipper. The Dipper lodge is the station of the chief minister.
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先天元年九月丁卯朔，日有食之，在角十度。
In year 1 of Xiantian, on dingmao, the new moon of the ninth month, the sun was eclipsed at ten degrees within the Horn lodge.
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開元三年七月庚辰朔，日有食之，在張四度。 七年五月己丑朔，日有食之，在畢十五度。 九年九月乙巳朔，日有食之，在軫十八度。 十二年閏十二月丙辰朔，日有食之，在虛初度。 十七年十月戊午朔，日有食之，不盡如鈎，在氐九度。 二十年二月甲戌朔，日有食之，在營室十度。 八月辛未朔，日有食之，在翼七度。 二十一年七月乙丑朔，日有食之，在張十五度。 二十二年十二月戊子朔，日有食之，在南斗二十三度。 二十三年閏十一月壬午朔，日有食之，在南斗十一度。 二十六年九月丙申朔，日有食之，在亢九度。 二十八年三月丁亥朔，日有食之，在婁三度。
In year 3 of Kaiyuan, on gengchen, the new moon of the seventh month, the sun was eclipsed at four degrees within the Extended Net lodge. In the seventh year, on jichou, the new moon of the fifth month, the sun was eclipsed at fifteen degrees within the Net lodge. In the ninth year, on yisi, the new moon of the ninth month, the sun was eclipsed at eighteen degrees within the Chariot lodge. In the twelfth year, on bingchen, the intercalary twelfth month's new moon, the sun was eclipsed at the first degree of the Emptiness lodge. In the seventeenth year, on wuwu, the new moon of the tenth month, the sun was eclipsed, not fully crescent-shaped, at nine degrees within the Di lodge. In the twentieth year, on jiaxu, the new moon of the second month, the sun was eclipsed at ten degrees within the Encampment lodge. In the eighth month, on xinwei the new moon, the sun was eclipsed at seven degrees within the Yi lodge. In the twenty-first year, on yichou, the new moon of the seventh month, the sun was eclipsed at fifteen degrees within the Extended Net lodge. In the twenty-second year, on wuzi, the new moon of the twelfth month, the sun was eclipsed at twenty-three degrees within the Southern Dipper. In the twenty-third year, on renwu, the intercalary eleventh month's new moon, the sun was eclipsed at eleven degrees within the Southern Dipper. In the twenty-sixth year, on bingshen, the new moon of the ninth month, the sun was eclipsed at nine degrees within the Neck lodge. In the twenty-eighth year, on dinghai, the new moon of the third month, the sun was eclipsed at three degrees within the Bond lodge.
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天寶元年七月癸卯朔，日有食之，在張五度。 五載五月壬子朔，日有食之，在畢十六度。 十三載六月乙丑朔，日有食之，幾既，在東井十九度。 京師分也。
In year 1 of Tianbao, on guimao, the new moon of the seventh month, the sun was eclipsed at five degrees within the Extended Net lodge. In the fifth year, on renzi, the new moon of the fifth month, the sun was eclipsed at sixteen degrees within the Net lodge. In the thirteenth year, on yichou, the new moon of the sixth month, the sun was nearly totally eclipsed at nineteen degrees within the Eastern Well lodge. This is the capital-region allotment.
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至德元載十月辛巳朔，日有食之，既，在氐十度。
In year 1 of Zhide, on xinsi, the new moon of the tenth month, the sun was totally eclipsed at ten degrees within the Di lodge.
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上元二年七月癸未朔，日有食之，既，大星皆見，在張四度。
In year 2 of Shangyuan, on guiwei, the new moon of the seventh month, the sun was totally eclipsed and the major stars were all visible, at four degrees within the Extended Net lodge.
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大曆三年三月乙巳朔，日有食之，在奎十一度。 十年十月辛酉朔，日有食之，在氐十一度。 宋分也。 十四年七月戊辰朔，日有食之，在張四度。 十二月丙寅晦，日有食之，在危十二度。
In year 3 of Dali, on yisi, the new moon of the third month, the sun was eclipsed at eleven degrees within the Legs lodge. In the tenth year, on xinyou, the new moon of the tenth month, the sun was eclipsed at eleven degrees within the Di lodge. This is the Song allotment. In the fourteenth year, on wuchen, the new moon of the seventh month, the sun was eclipsed at four degrees within the Extended Net lodge. On bingyin, the last day of the twelfth month, the sun was eclipsed at twelve degrees within the Rooftop lodge.
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貞元三年八月辛巳朔，日有食之，在軫八度。 五年正月甲辰朔，日有食之，在營室六度。 八年十一月壬子朔，日有食之，在尾六度。 宋分也。 十二年八月己未朔，日有食之，在翼十八度。 占曰：「旱。」 十七年五月壬戌朔，日有食之，在東井十度。
In year 3 of Zhenyuan, on xinsi, the new moon of the eighth month, the sun was eclipsed at eight degrees within the Chariot lodge. In the fifth year, on jiachen, the new moon of the first month, the sun was eclipsed at six degrees within the Encampment lodge. In the eighth year, on renzi, the new moon of the eleventh month, the sun was eclipsed at six degrees within the Tail lodge. This is the Song allotment. In the twelfth year, on jiwei, the new moon of the eighth month, the sun was eclipsed at eighteen degrees within the Yi lodge. The prognostication reads: "Drought. In the seventeenth year, on renxu, the new moon of the fifth month, the sun was eclipsed at ten degrees within the Eastern Well lodge.
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元和三年七月辛巳朔，日有食之，在七星三度。 十年八月己亥朔，日有食之，在翼十八度。 十三年六月癸丑朔，日有食之，在輿鬼一度。 京師分也。
In year 3 of Yuanhe, on xinsi, the new moon of the seventh month, the sun was eclipsed at three degrees within the Seven Stars lodge. In the tenth year, on jihai, the new moon of the eighth month, the sun was eclipsed at eighteen degrees within the Yi lodge. In the thirteenth year, on guichou, the new moon of the sixth month, the sun was eclipsed at one degree within the Ghost Carriage lodge. This is the capital-region allotment.
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長慶二年四年辛酉朔，日有食之，在胃十三度。 三年九月壬子朔，日有食之，在角十二度。
In year 2 of Changqing, on xinyou, the fourth year's new moon, the sun was eclipsed at thirteen degrees within the Stomach lodge. In the third year, on renzi, the new moon of the ninth month, the sun was eclipsed at twelve degrees within the Horn lodge.
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大和八年二月壬午朔，日有食之，在奎一度。
In year 8 of Dahe, on renwu, the new moon of the second month, the sun was eclipsed at one degree within the Legs lodge.
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開成元年正月辛丑朔，日有食之，在虛三度。
In year 1 of Kaicheng, on xinchou, the new moon of the first month, the sun was eclipsed at three degrees within the Emptiness lodge.
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會昌三年二月庚申朔，日有食之，在東壁一度。 幷州分也。 四年二月甲寅朔，日有食之，在營室七度。 五年七月丙午朔，日有食之，在張七度。 六年十二月戊辰朔，日有食之，在南斗十四度。
In year 3 of Huichang, on gengshen, the new moon of the second month, the sun was eclipsed at one degree within the Eastern Wall lodge. This is the Bingzhou allotment. In the fourth year, on jiayin, the new moon of the second month, the sun was eclipsed at seven degrees within the Encampment lodge. In the fifth year, on bingwu, the new moon of the seventh month, the sun was eclipsed at seven degrees within the Extended Net lodge. In the sixth year, on wuchen, the new moon of the twelfth month, the sun was eclipsed at fourteen degrees within the Southern Dipper.
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大中二年五月己未朔，日有食之，在參九度。 八年正月丙戌朔，日有食之，在危二度。 危為玄枵，亦耗祥也。
In year 2 of Dazhong, on jiwei, the new moon of the fifth month, the sun was eclipsed at nine degrees within the Three Stars lodge. In the eighth year, on bingxu, the new moon of the first month, the sun was eclipsed at two degrees within the Rooftop lodge. The Rooftop lodge is Dark Eminence; it too betokens depletion and the draining away of auspice.
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咸通四年七月辛卯朔，日有食之，在張十七度。
In year 4 of Xiantong, on xinmao, the new moon of the seventh month, the sun was eclipsed at seventeen degrees within the Extended Net lodge.
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乾符三年九月乙亥朔，日有食之，在軫十四度。 四年四月壬申朔，日有食之，在畢三度。 六年四月庚申朔，日有食之，既，在胃八度。
In year 3 of Qianfu, on yihai, the new moon of the ninth month, the sun was eclipsed at fourteen degrees within the Chariot lodge. In the fourth year, on renshen, the new moon of the fourth month, the sun was eclipsed at three degrees within the Net lodge. In the sixth year, on gengshen, the new moon of the fourth month, the sun was totally eclipsed at eight degrees within the Stomach lodge.
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文德元年三月戊戌朔，日有食之，在胃一度。
In year 1 of Wende, on wuxu, the new moon of the third month, the sun was eclipsed at one degree within the Stomach lodge.
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天祐元年十月辛卯朔，日有食之，在心二度。 三年四月癸未朔，日有食之，在胃十二度。
In year 1 of Tianyou, on xinmao, the new moon of the tenth month, the sun was eclipsed at two degrees within the Heart lodge. In the third year, on guiwei, the new moon of the fourth month, the sun was eclipsed at twelve degrees within the Stomach lodge.
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凡唐著紀二百八十九年，日食九十三：朔九十，晦二，二日一。 日變貞觀初，突厥有五日並照。 二十三年三月，日赤無光。 李淳風曰：「日變色，有軍急。」 又曰：「其君無德，其臣亂國。」 濮陽復曰：「日無光，主病。」
In all, across the two hundred eighty-nine years of Tang recorded here, there were ninety-three solar eclipses: ninety at new moon, two at month's end, and one on the second day of the month. Solar anomalies — Early in Zhenguan, the Turks reported five suns shining at once. In the third month of the twenty-third year, the sun turned red and gave no light. Li Chunfeng said: "When the sun changes color, military affairs grow urgent. He also said: "The ruler lacks virtue; his ministers throw the state into disorder." Puyang Fu also said: "When the sun sheds no light, the ruler falls ill."
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咸亨元年二月壬子，日赤無光。 癸丑，四方濛濛，日有濁氣，色赤如赭。
In the second month of year 1 of Xianheng, on renzi, the sun was red and gave no light. On guichou, haze filled the four quarters; the sun bore turbid vapor, red as ochre.
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上元二年三月丁未，日赤如赭。
On dingwei in the third month of year 2 of Shangyuan, the sun was red as ochre.
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永淳元年三月，日赤如赭。
In the third month of year 1 of Yongchun, the sun was red as ochre.
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文明元年二月辛巳，日赤如赭。
On xinsi in the second month of year 1 of Wenming, the sun was red as ochre.
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長安四年正月壬子，日赤如赭。
On renzi in the first month of year 4 of Chang'an, the sun was red as ochre.
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景龍三年二月庚申，日色紫赤無光。
On gengshen in the second month of year 3 of Jinglong, the sun was purple-red and gave no light.
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開元十四年十二月己未，日赤如赭。 二十九年三月丙午，風霾，日無光，近晝昏也。 占為上刑急，人不樂生。
On jiwei in the twelfth month of year 14 of Kaiyuan, the sun was red as ochre. On bingwu in the third month of the twenty-ninth year, wind-borne dust veiled the sky; the sun gave no light, and day was nearly as dark as dusk. The omen prognosticated severe capital punishment and a people who took no joy in life.
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天寶三載正月庚戌，日暈五重。 占曰：「是謂棄光，天下有兵。」
On gengxu in the first month of year 3 of Tianbao, the sun showed a fivefold halo. The prognostication reads: "This is called abandoned light; warfare will spread across the realm."
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肅宗上元二年二月乙酉，白虹貫日。
On yiyou in the second month of year 2 of Shangyuan under Emperor Suzong, a white rainbow pierced the sun.
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大曆二年七月丙寅，日旁有青赤氣，長四丈餘。 壬申，日上有赤氣，長二丈。 九月乙亥至于辛丑，日旁有青赤氣。 三年正月丁巳，日有黃冠、青赤珥。 辛丑，亦如之。 凡氣長而立者為直，橫者為格，立于日上者為冠。 直為有自立者，格為戰鬬。 又曰：「赤氣在日上，君有佞臣。 黃為土功，青赤為憂。」
On bingyin in the seventh month of year 2 of Dali, beside the sun stood azure and crimson vapor more than four zhang long. On renshen, above the sun stood crimson vapor two zhang long. From yihai through xinchou in the ninth month, azure and crimson vapor stood beside the sun. On dingsi in the first month of the third year, the sun bore a yellow crown and azure-crimson ear-rings. On xinchou, it was likewise. In general, vapor standing long and upright is called straight; that lying across is called a frame; that standing atop the sun is called a crown. Straight means someone will rise on his own; frame means battle. It is also said: "Crimson vapor above the sun means the ruler has a sycophantic minister. Yellow signifies earthworks; azure and crimson signify distress."
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貞元二年閏五月壬戌，日有黑暈。 六年正月甲子，日赤如血。 十年三月乙亥，黃霧四塞，日無光。
On renxu in the intercalary fifth month of year 2 of Zhenyuan, the sun bore a black halo. On jiazi in the first month of the sixth year, the sun was red as blood. On yihai in the third month of the tenth year, yellow fog blocked the four quarters and the sun gave no light.
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元和二年十月壬午，日傍有黑氣如人形跪，手捧盤向日，盤中氣如人頭。 四年閏三月，日傍有物如日。 五年四月辛未，白虹貫日。 十年正月辛卯，日外有物如烏。 十一年正月己卯，日紫赤無光。
On renwu in the tenth month of year 2 of Yuanhe, beside the sun stood black vapor shaped like a kneeling figure with hands holding a tray toward the sun; in the tray the vapor formed a human head. In the intercalary third month of the fourth year, beside the sun stood an object like a second sun. On xinwei in the fourth month of the fifth year, a white rainbow pierced the sun. On xinmao in the first month of the tenth year, outside the sun stood an object like a crow. On jimao in the first month of the eleventh year, the sun was purple-red and gave no light.
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長慶元年六月己丑，白虹貫日。 三年二月庚戌，白虹貫日。
On jichou in the sixth month of year 1 of Changqing, a white rainbow pierced the sun. On gengxu in the second month of the third year, a white rainbow pierced the sun.
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寶曆元年六月甲戌，赤虹貫日。 九月甲申，日赤無光。 二年三月甲午，日中有黑氣如柸。 辛亥，日中有黑子。 四月甲寅，白虹貫日。
On jiaxu in the sixth month of year 1 of Baoli, a crimson rainbow pierced the sun. On jiashen in the ninth month, the sun was red and gave no light. On jiawu in the third month of the second year, within the sun was black vapor shaped like a bowl. On xinhai, within the sun was a black spot. On jiayin in the fourth month, a white rainbow pierced the sun.
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大和二年二月癸亥，日無光，白霧晝昏。 十二月癸亥，有黑祲，與日如鬬。 五年二月辛丑，白虹貫日。 六年三月，有黑祲與日如鬬。 庚戌，日中有黑子。 四月乙丑，黑氣磨日。 七年正月庚戌，白虹貫日。 八年七月甲戌，白虹貫日，日有交暈。 十月壬寅，白虹貫日，東西際天，上有背玦。 九年二月辛卯，日月赤如血。 壬辰，亦如之。
On guihai in the second month of year 2 of Dahe, the sun gave no light; white fog made day as dark as dusk. On guihai in the twelfth month, a black cloud-banner contended with the sun as in combat. On xinchou in the second month of the fifth year, a white rainbow pierced the sun. In the third month of the sixth year, a black cloud-banner contended with the sun as in combat. On gengxu, within the sun was a black spot. On yichou in the fourth month, black vapor ground against the sun. On gengxu in the first month of the seventh year, a white rainbow pierced the sun. On jiaxu in the seventh month of the eighth year, a white rainbow pierced the sun, and the sun bore crossed halos. On renyin in the tenth month, a white rainbow pierced the sun from east to west across the sky; above it stood a backing arc. On xinmao in the second month of the ninth year, sun and moon were red as blood. On renchen, it was likewise.
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開成元年正月辛丑朔，白虹貫日。 二月己丑，亦如之。 二年十一月辛巳，日中有黑子，大如雞卵，日赤如赭，晝昏至于癸未。 五年正月己丑，日暈，白虹在東，如玉環貫珥。 二月丙辰，日有重暈，有赤氣夾日。 十二月癸卯朔，日旁有黑氣來觸。
On xinchou, the new moon of the first month of year 1 of Kaicheng, a white rainbow pierced the sun. On jichou in the second month, it was likewise. On xinsi in the eleventh month of the second year, within the sun was a black spot as large as a hen's egg; the sun was red as ochre, and day was as dark as dusk until guiwei. On jichou in the first month of the fifth year, the sun showed a halo; a white rainbow in the east pierced it like a jade ring through ear-rings. On bingchen in the second month, the sun bore a double halo with crimson vapor flanking it. On guimao, the new moon of the twelfth month, black vapor came beside the sun and touched it.
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會昌元年十一月庚戌，日中有黑子。 四年正月戊申，日無光。 二月己巳，白虹貫日如玉環。
On gengxu in the eleventh month of year 1 of Huichang, within the sun was a black spot. On wushen in the first month of the fourth year, the sun gave no light. On jisi in the second month, a white rainbow pierced the sun like a jade ring.
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大中十三年四月甲午，日暗無光。
On jiawu in the fourth month of year 13 of Dazhong, the sun was dim and gave no light.
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咸通六年正月，白虹貫日，中有黑氣如雞卵。 七年十二月癸酉，白氣貫日，日有重暈。 甲戌，亦如之。 白氣，兵象也。 十四年二月癸卯，白虹貫日。
In the first month of year 6 of Xiantong, a white rainbow pierced the sun; within it was black vapor like a hen's egg. On guiyou in the twelfth month of the seventh year, white vapor pierced the sun, and the sun bore a double halo. On jiaxu, it was likewise. White vapor is an omen of warfare. On guimao in the second month of the fourteenth year, a white rainbow pierced the sun.
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乾符元年，日中有黑子。 二年，日中有若飛燕者。 六年十一月丙辰朔，有兩日並出而鬬，三日乃不見。 鬬者，離而復合也。
In year 1 of Qianfu, within the sun was a black spot. In the second year, within the sun was something like a flying swallow. On bingchen, the new moon of the eleventh month of the sixth year, two suns rose together and contended; after three days they vanished. Contending means separation followed by reunion.
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廣明元年，日暈如虹，黃氣蔽日無光。 日不可以二； 虹，百殃之本也。
In year 1 of Guangming, the sun showed a rainbow-like halo; yellow vapor veiled the sun and it gave no light. There cannot be two suns; the rainbow is the root of a hundred calamities.
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中和三年三月丙午，日有青黃暈。 四月丙辰，亦如之。 丁巳、戊午，又如之。
On bingwu in the third month of year 3 of Zhonghe, the sun bore azure and yellow halos. On bingchen in the fourth month, it was likewise. On dingsi and wuwu, it was again likewise.
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光啟三年十一月己亥，下晡，日上有黑氣。 四年二月己丑，日赤如血。 庚寅，改元文德。 是日，風，日赤無光。
On jihai in the eleventh month of year 3 of Guangqi, in the late afternoon, black vapor stood above the sun. On jichou in the second month of the fourth year, the sun was red as blood. On gengyin the era name was changed to Wende. That day the wind blew; the sun was red and gave no light.
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景福元年五月，日色散如黃金。
In the fifth month of year 1 of Jingfu, the sun's color scattered like gold.
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光化三年冬，日有虹蜺背璚彌旬，日有赤氣，自東北至于東南。
In the winter of year 3 of Guanghua, the sun bore rainbow halos with backing arcs for more than ten days; crimson vapor ran from the northeast to the southeast.
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天復元年十月，日色散如黃金。 十一月，又如之。 三年二月丁丑，日有赤氣，自東北至于東南。
In the tenth month of year 1 of Tianfu, the sun's color scattered like gold. In the eleventh month, it was again likewise. On dingchou in the third month of the third year, crimson vapor ran from the northeast to the southeast along the sun.
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天祐元年二月丙寅，日中見北斗，其占重。 十一月癸酉，日中，日有黃暈，旁有青赤氣二。 二年正月甲申，日有黃白暈，暈上有青赤背。 乙酉亦如之，暈中生白虹，漸東，長百餘丈。 二月乙巳，日有黃白暈如半環，有蒼黑雲夾日，長各六尺餘，既而雲變，狀如人如馬，乃消。 舊占：「背者，叛背之象。 日暈有虹者為大戰，半暈者相有謀。 蒼黑，祲祥也。 夾日者，賊臣制君之象。 變而如人者為叛臣； 如馬者為兵。」 三年正月辛未，日有黃白暈，上有青赤背。 二月癸巳，日有黃白暈，如半環，有青赤背。 庚戌，日有黃白暈，青赤背。 月變貞觀初，突厥有三月並見。
On bingyin in the second month of year 1 of Tianyou, the Northern Dipper was seen within the sun — a grave omen. On guiyou in the eleventh month, at midday the sun bore a yellow halo with two flanking bands of azure and crimson vapor. On jiashen in the first month of the second year, the sun bore yellow-white halos with azure-crimson backing arcs above. On yiyou it was again likewise; within the halo a white rainbow grew eastward, more than a hundred zhang long. On yisi in the second month, the sun bore yellow-white halos like a half-ring; dark azure clouds flanked the sun, each more than six chi long; then the clouds shifted into shapes like men and horses and dissolved. Old prognostications say: "Backing arcs are a sign of rebellion. When the sun's halo has a rainbow, great war follows; a half-halo means mutual plotting. Dark azure is an omen of sinister fortune. Clouds flanking the sun are a sign of rebellious ministers controlling the ruler. When they change into human shapes, rebellious ministers are meant; when into horses, warfare. On xinwei in the first month of the third year, the sun bore yellow-white halos with azure-crimson backing arcs above. On guisi in the second month, the sun bore yellow-white halos like a half-ring with azure-crimson backing arcs. On gengxu, the sun bore yellow-white halos with azure-crimson backing arcs. Lunar anomalies — Early in Zhenguan, the Turks reported three moons appearing at once.
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儀鳳二年正月甲子朔，月見西方，是謂朓。 朓則侯王其舒。
On jiazi, the new moon of the first month of year 2 of Yifeng, the moon was seen in the west — this is called a late waning. When the moon wanes late, feudal lords grow lax.
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武太后時，月過望不虧者二。
Under Empress Wu, twice the moon passed full without waning.
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天寶三載正月庚戌，月有紅氣如垂帶。
On gengxu in the first month of year 3 of Tianbao, the moon bore crimson vapor like a hanging sash.
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肅宗元年建子月癸巳乙夜，月掩昴而暈，色白，有白氣自北貫之。 昴，胡也。 白氣，兵喪。 建辰月丙戌，月有黃白冠，連暈，圍東井、五諸侯、兩河及輿鬼。 東井，京師分也。
On guisi in the yizi month of year 1 of Suzong, in the second watch the moon occulted the Hairy Head and showed a halo; it was white, and white vapor from the north pierced it. The Hairy Head lodge governs the Hu peoples. White vapor means warfare and mourning. On bingxu in the jichen month, the moon bore a yellow-white crown with linked halos encircling the Eastern Well, the Five Feudal Lords, the Two Rivers, and the Ghost Carriage. The Eastern Well lodge is the capital-region allotment.
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大曆十年九月戊申，月暈熒惑、畢、昴、參，東及五車，暈中有黑氣，乍合乍散。 十二月丙子，月出東方，上有白氣十餘道，如匹練，貫五車及畢、觜觿、參、東井、輿鬼、柳、軒轅，中夜散去。 占曰：「女主凶。」 白氣為兵喪，五車主庫兵，軒轅為後宮，其宿則晉分及京師也。
On wushen in the ninth month of year 10 of Dali, the moon's halo embraced Mars, the Net, the Hairy Head, the Three Stars, and extended east to the Five Chariots; within the halo black vapor now joined and now dispersed. On bingzi in the twelfth month, the moon rose in the east with more than ten bands of white vapor like bolts of silk, piercing the Five Chariots, the Net, the Beak, the Three Stars, the Eastern Well, the Ghost Carriage, the Willow, and the Chariot Shaft; at midnight they dispersed. The prognostication reads: "The chief consort faces misfortune. White vapor means warfare and mourning; the Five Chariots govern the armory; the Chariot Shaft is the rear palace; its lodges are the Jin allotment and the capital region.
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元和十一年，己未旦，日已出，有虹貫月于營室。
In year 11 of Yuanhe, on jiwei at dawn, the sun had already risen when a rainbow pierced the moon in the Encampment lodge.
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開成四年閏正月甲申朔，乙酉，月在營室，在偃魄質成，早也。 占為臣下專恣之象。 五年正月戊寅朔，甲申，月昏而中，未弦而中，早也。 占同上。
On jiashen, the intercalary first month's new moon of year 4 of Kaicheng, on yiyou the moon was in the Encampment at the waning-spirit quality of completion — too early. The omen prognosticated ministers acting willfully. On wuyin, the first month's new moon of the fifth year, on jiashen the moon culminated while still dark and before the first quarter — too early. The omen is the same as above.
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景福二年十一月，有白氣如環，貫月，穿北斗，連太微。
In the eleventh month of year 2 of Jingfu, white vapor like a ring pierced the moon, passed through the Northern Dipper, and linked to the Supreme Palace.
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天復二年十二月甲申，夜月有三暈，裏白，中赤黃，外綠。
On jiashen in the twelfth month of year 2 of Tianfu, at night the moon showed a triple halo — white within, yellow-red in the middle, green without.
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天祐二年二月丙申，月暈熒惑。 孛彗武德九年二月壬午，有星孛于胃、昴間;丁亥，孛于卷舌。 孛與彗皆非常惡氣所生，而災甚于彗。
On bingshen in the second month of year 2 of Tianyou, the moon's halo embraced Mars. Bushy stars and comets — On renyin in the second month of year 9 of Wude, a bushy star appeared between the Stomach and the Hairy Head; on dinghai it appeared at Curled Tongue. Both bushy stars and comets arise from highly irregular malign vapor, but the disaster of the bushy star exceeds that of the comet.
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貞觀八年八月甲子，有星孛于虛、危，歷玄枵，乙亥不見。 十三年三月乙丑，有星孛于畢、昴。 十五年六月己酉，有星孛于太微，犯郎位，七月甲戌不見。
On jiazi in the eighth month of year 8 of Zhenguan, a bushy star appeared at Emptiness and Rooftop, passing through Dark Eminence; on yihai it vanished. On yichou in the third month of the thirteenth year, a bushy star appeared at the Net and the Hairy Head. On jiyou in the sixth month of the fifteenth year, a bushy star appeared at the Supreme Palace, violating the Courtier stations; on jiaxu in the seventh month it vanished.
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龍朔三年八月癸卯，有彗星于左攝提，長二尺餘，乙巳不見。 攝提，建時節，大臣象。
On guimao in the eighth month of year 3 of Longshuo, a comet appeared at the left Sombre Lance, more than two chi long; on yisi it vanished. The Sombre Lance marks the season of establishment; it is the image of great ministers.
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乾封二年四月丙辰，有彗星于東北，在五車、畢、昴間，乙亥不見。
On bingchen in the fourth month of year 2 of Qianfeng, a comet appeared in the northeast among the Five Chariots, the Net, and the Hairy Head; on yihai it vanished.
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上元二年十二月壬午，有彗星于角、亢南，長五尺。 三年七月丁亥，有彗星于東井，指北河，長三尺餘； 東北行，光芒益盛，長三丈，掃中台，指文昌。 九月乙酉，不見。 東井，京師分； 中台、文昌，將相位； 兩河，天闕也。
On renwu in the twelfth month of year 2 of Shangyuan, a comet appeared south of the Horn and the Neck, five chi long. On dinghai in the seventh month of the third year, a comet appeared at the Eastern Well, pointing at the North River, more than three chi long; it traveled northeast; its radiance grew to three zhang; it swept the Central Terrace and pointed at Literary Glory. On yiyou in the ninth month, it vanished. The Eastern Well is the capital-region allotment; the Central Terrace and Literary Glory are the stations of generals and ministers; the Two Rivers are the Celestial Gate.
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開耀元年九月丙申，有彗星于天市中，長五丈，漸小，東行至河鼓，癸丑不見。 市者，貨食之所聚，以衣食生民者； 一曰帝將遷都。 河鼓，將軍象。
On bingshen in the ninth month of year 1 of Kaiyao, a comet appeared in the Celestial Market, five zhang long; it gradually shrank and traveled east to the Drum at the River; on guichou it vanished. The Market is where goods and food gather — where the people's clothing and food are produced; another reading says the emperor will move the capital. The Drum at the River is the image of generals.
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永淳二年三月丙午，有彗星于五車北，四月辛未不見。
On bingwu in the third month of year 2 of Yongchun, a comet appeared north of the Five Chariots; on xinwei in the fourth month it vanished.
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文明元年七月辛未夕，有彗星于西方，長丈餘，八月甲辰不見。 是謂天攙。
On xinwei evening in the seventh month of year 1 of Wenming, a comet appeared in the west, more than a zhang long; on jiachen in the eighth month it vanished. This is called Heaven's Support.
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光宅元年九月丁丑，有星如半月，見于西方。 月，眾陰之長，星如月者陰盛之極。
On dingchou in the ninth month of year 1 of Guangzai, a star like a half-moon appeared in the west. The moon is the chief of all yin; a star like the moon means yin at its extreme.
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景龍元年十月壬午，有彗星于西方，十一月甲寅不見。 二年七月丁酉，有星孛于胃、昴間。 胡分也。 三年八月壬辰，有星孛于紫宮。
On renwu in the tenth month of year 1 of Jinglong, a comet appeared in the west; on jiayin in the eleventh month it vanished. On dingyou in the seventh month of the second year, a bushy star appeared between the Stomach and the Hairy Head. This is the Hu allotment. On renchen in the eighth month of the third year, a bushy star appeared at the Purple Palace.
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延和元年六月，有彗星自軒轅入太微，至大角滅。
In the sixth month of year 1 of Yanhe, a comet entered the Supreme Palace from the Chariot Shaft and was extinguished at the Great Horn.
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開元十八年六月甲子，有彗星于五車。 癸酉，有星孛于畢、昴。 二十六年三月丙子，有星孛于紫宮垣，歷北斗魁，旬餘，因雲陰不見。
On jiazi in the sixth month of year 18 of Kaiyuan, a comet appeared at the Five Chariots. On guiyou, a bushy star appeared at the Net and the Hairy Head. On bingzi in the third month of the twenty-sixth year, a bushy star appeared in the Purple Palace ramparts, passing the handle of the Northern Dipper; after more than ten days cloud and shade hid it.
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乾元三年四月丁巳，有彗星于東方，在婁、胃間，色白，長四尺，東方疾行，歷昴、畢、觜觿、參、東井、輿鬼、柳、軒轅至右執法西，凡五旬餘不見。 閏月辛酉朔，有彗星于西方，長數丈，至五月乃滅。 婁為魯、胃、昴、畢為趙，觜觿、參為唐，東井、輿鬼為京師分，柳其半為周分。 二彗仍見者，荐禍也。 又婁、胃間，天倉。
On dingsi in the fourth month of year 3 of Qianyuan, a comet appeared in the east among the Bond and the Stomach, white, four chi long; it traveled swiftly east through the Hairy Head, the Net, the Beak, the Three Stars, the Eastern Well, the Ghost Carriage, the Willow, and the Chariot Shaft to west of the Right Law-Enforcer — more than fifty days in all, then gone. On xinyou, the intercalary month's new moon, a comet appeared in the west, several zhang long; it was extinguished in the fifth month. The Bond is Lu; the Stomach, the Hairy Head, and the Net are Zhao; the Beak and the Three Stars are Tang; the Eastern Well and the Ghost Carriage are the capital-region allotment; half of the Willow is the Zhou allotment. When two comets appear together, repeated calamity is meant. Moreover, between the Bond and the Stomach lies the Heavenly Granary.
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大曆元年十二月己亥，有彗星于匏瓜，長尺餘，經二旬不見，犯宦者星。 五年四月己未，有彗星于五車，光芒蓬勃，長三丈。 五月己卯，彗星見于北方，色白，癸未東行近八穀中星； 六月癸卯近三公，己未不見。 占曰：「色白者，太白所生也。」 七年十二月丙寅，有長星于參下，其長亙天。 長星，彗屬。 參，唐星也。
On jihai in the twelfth month of year 1 of Dali, a comet appeared at the Gourd, more than a chi long; after twenty days it vanished; it violated the Eunuch star. On jiwei in the fourth month of the fifth year, a comet appeared at the Five Chariots, its radiance flourishing, three zhang long. On jimao in the fifth month, a comet appeared in the north, white; on guiwei it traveled east near the central star of the Eight Granaries; on guimao it neared the Three Dukes; on jiwei it vanished. The prognostication reads: "When the color is white, it is born of the Great White. In the seventh year, on bingyin in the twelfth month, a long comet appeared below the Shen lodge, its tail spanning the sky. Long stars are a type of comet. Shen is the Tang allotment star.
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元和十年三月，有長星于太微，尾至軒轅。 十二年正月戊子，有彗星于畢。
In the third month of Yuanhe 10, a long comet appeared at the Supreme Palace, its tail reaching the Chariot Shaft. On wuzi in the first month of year 12, a comet appeared at the Bi lodge.
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長慶元年正月己未，有星孛于翼； 丁卯，孛于太微西上將。 六月，有彗星于昴，長一丈，凡十日不見。
On jiwei in the first month of Changqing 1, a bushy star appeared at the Yi lodge; on dingmao it bushed at the Western Upper General of the Supreme Palace. In the sixth month, a comet appeared at the Mao lodge, one zhang long; after ten days it vanished.
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大和二年七月甲辰，有彗星于右攝提南，長二尺。 三年十月，客星見于水位。 八年九月辛亥，有彗星于太微，長丈餘，西北行，越郎位，庚申不見。
On jiachen in the seventh month of Dahe 2, a comet appeared south of the Right Screenshoting Support, two chi long. In the tenth month of year 3, a guest star appeared at the Water Level. On xinhai in the ninth month of year 8, a comet appeared at the Supreme Palace, more than a zhang long; it traveled northwest, crossing the Courtier's Station, and vanished on gengshen.
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開成二年二月丙午，有彗星于危，長七尺餘，西指南斗； 戊申在危西南，芒耀愈盛； 癸丑在虛； 辛酉，長丈餘，西行稍南指； 壬戌，在婺女，長二丈餘，廣三尺； 癸亥，愈長且闊； 三月甲子，在南斗； 乙丑，長五丈，其末兩岐，一指氐，一掩房； 丙寅，長六丈，無岐，北指在亢七度； 丁卯，西北行，東指； 己巳，長八丈餘，在張； 癸未，長三尺，在軒轅右不見。 凡彗星晨出則西指，夕出則東指，乃常也，未有遍指四方，凌犯如此之甚者。 甲申，客星出于東井下。 戊子，客星別出于端門內，近屏星。 四月丙午，東井下客星沒。 五月癸酉，端門內客星沒。 壬午，客星如孛，在南斗天籥旁。 八月丁酉，有彗星于虛、危，虛、危為玄枵。 枵，耗名也。 三年十月乙巳，有彗星于軫魁，長二丈餘，漸長，西指。 十一月乙卯，有彗星于東方，在尾、箕，東西亙天； 十二月壬辰不見。 四年正月癸酉，有彗星于羽林。 衞分也。 閏月丙午，有彗星于卷舌西北； 二月己卯不見。 五年二月庚申，有彗星于營室、東壁間，二十日滅。 十一月戊寅，有彗星于東方。 燕分也。
On bingwu in the second month of Kaicheng 2, a comet appeared at the Wei lodge, more than seven chi long, pointing west toward the Dipper; on wushen it stood southwest of Wei, its radiance growing ever brighter; on guichou it was at the Xu lodge; on xinyou it was more than a zhang long, traveling west and pointing slightly south; on renxu it was at the Nu lodge, more than two zhang long and three chi wide; on guihai it grew longer and broader; On jiazi in the third month, it was at the Southern Dipper; on yichou it was five zhang long; its tip forked in two — one prong toward Di, one covering Fang; on bingyin it was six zhang long, without fork, pointing north at seven degrees within the Kang lodge; on dingmao it traveled northwest, pointing east; on jisi it was more than eight zhang long, at the Zhang lodge; on guiwei it was three chi long, at the right of the Chariot Shaft and then gone. As a rule, comets appearing at dawn point west and those at dusk point east — that is normal; never before had one swept all four directions and violated the lodges so severely. On jiashen, a guest star emerged below the Eastern Well. On wuzi, a separate guest star emerged inside the End Gate, near the Screen Star. On bingwu in the fourth month, the guest star below the Eastern Well vanished. On guiyou in the fifth month, the guest star inside the End Gate vanished. On renwu, a guest star like a bushy star appeared beside the Celestial Lock of the Southern Dipper. On dingyou in the eighth month, a comet appeared at the Xu and Wei lodges; Xu and Wei are the Dark Boar. Xiao — a name signifying depletion. On yisi in the tenth month of year 3, a comet appeared at the head of the Zhen lodge, more than two zhang long; it gradually lengthened, pointing west. On yimao in the eleventh month, a comet appeared in the east at the Wei and Ji lodges, spanning heaven east to west; on renchen in the twelfth month it vanished. On guiyou in the first month of year 4, a comet appeared at the Feathered Forest. This is the Wei allotment. On bingwu in the intercalary month, a comet appeared northwest of the Rolled Tongue; on jimao in the second month it vanished. On gengshen in the second month of year 5, a comet appeared between the Encampment and the Eastern Wall; after twenty days it was extinguished. On wuyin in the eleventh month, a comet appeared in the east. This is the Yan allotment.
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會昌元年七月，有彗星于羽林、營室、東壁間也。 十一月壬寅，有彗星于北落師門，在營室，入紫宮，十二月辛卯不見。 幷州分也。
In the seventh month of Huichang 1, a comet appeared among the Feathered Forest, the Encampment, and the Eastern Wall. On renyin in the eleventh month, a comet appeared at the Northern Falling Teacher Gate, at the Encampment; it entered the Purple Palace, and vanished on xinmao in the twelfth month. This is the Bingzhou allotment.
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大中六年三月，有彗星于觜、參。 參，唐星也。 十一年九月乙未，有彗星于房，長三尺。
In the third month of Dazhong 6, a comet appeared at the Zui and Shen lodges. Shen is the Tang allotment star. On yiwei in the ninth month of year 11, a comet appeared at the Fang lodge, three chi long.
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咸通五年五月己亥，夜漏未盡一刻，有彗星出于東北，色黃白，長三尺，在婁。 徐州分也。 九年正月，有彗星于婁、胃。 十年八月，有彗星于大陵，東北指。 占為外夷兵及水災。
On jihai in the fifth month of Xiantong 5, before the night watch had ended by one quarter, a comet emerged in the northeast, yellow-white, three chi long, at the Lou lodge. This is the Xuzhou allotment. In the first month of year 9, a comet appeared at the Lou and Wei lodges. In the eighth month of year 10, a comet appeared at the Great Tumulus, pointing northeast. The omen prognosticated foreign armies and flood disaster.
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乾符四年五月，有彗星。
In the fifth month of Qianfu 4, a comet appeared.
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光啟元年，有彗星于積水、積薪之間。 二年五月丙戌，有星孛于尾、箕，歷北斗、攝提。 占曰：「貴臣誅。」
In Guangqi 1, a comet appeared between Stored Water and Stored Firewood. On bingxu in the fifth month of year 2, a bushy star appeared at the Wei and Ji lodges, passing the Northern Dipper and the Screenshoting Support. The prognostication reads: "Noble ministers will be executed."
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大順二年四月庚辰，有彗星于三台，東行入太微，掃大角、天市，長十丈餘，五月甲戌不見。 宦者陳匡知星，奏曰：「當有亂臣入宮。」 三台，太一三階也； 太微大角，帝廷也； 天市，都市也。
On gengchen in the fourth month of Dashun 2, a comet appeared at the Three Steps; it traveled east into the Supreme Palace, sweeping the Great Horn and the Celestial Market, more than ten zhang long; it vanished on jiaxu in the fifth month. The eunuch Chen Kuang, versed in the stars, memorialized: "A rebellious minister will enter the palace." The Three Steps are the three tiers of the Great One; the Supreme Palace and the Great Horn are the imperial court; the Celestial Market is the marketplace.
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景福元年五月，蚩尤旗見，初出有白彗，形如髮，長二尺許，經數日，乃從中天下，如匹布，至地如蛇。 六月，孫儒攻楊行密于宣州，有黑雲如山，漸下，墜于儒營上，狀如破屋。 占曰：「營頭星也。」 十一月，有星孛于斗、牛。 占曰：「越有自立者。」 十二月丙子，天攙出于西南； 己卯，化為雲而沒。 二年三月，天久陰，至四月乙酉夜，雲稍開，有彗星于上台，長十餘丈，東行入太微，掃大角，入天市，經三旬有七日，益長，至二十餘丈，因雲陰不見。
In the fifth month of Jingfu 1, the Chiyou Banner appeared; when it first emerged a white comet shaped like hair, about two chi long, appeared; after several days it descended from mid-heaven like a bolt of cloth, reaching the ground like a serpent. In the sixth month, Sun Ru attacked Yang Xingmi at Xuanzhou; a black cloud like a mountain gradually descended and fell upon Ru's camp, shaped like a ruined house. The prognostication reads: "This is the Camp-Head star." In the eleventh month, a bushy star appeared at the Dipper and Ox lodges. The prognostication reads: "Yue will have one who establishes himself." On bingzi in the twelfth month, the Celestial Intruder emerged in the southwest; on jimao it transformed into a cloud and vanished. In the third month of year 2, the sky was long overcast; on the night of yiyou in the fourth month the clouds parted slightly, and a comet appeared at the Upper Step, more than ten zhang long; it traveled east into the Supreme Palace, sweeping the Great Horn, and entered the Celestial Market; after thirty-seven days it grew longer, reaching more than twenty zhang, then cloud and shade hid it.
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乾寧元年正月，有星孛于鶉首。 秦分也。 又星隕于西南，有聲如雷。 七月，妖星見，非彗非孛，不知其名，時人謂之妖星，或曰惡星。 三年十月，有客星三，一大二小，在虛、危間，乍合乍離，相隨東行，狀如鬬，經三日而二小星沒，其大星後沒。 虛、危，齊分也。
In the first month of Qianning 1, a bushy star appeared at the Quail's Head. This is the Qin allotment. Moreover, a falling star fell in the southwest with a sound like thunder. In the seventh month, an aberrant star appeared — neither comet nor bushy star; its name was unknown; people of the time called it the aberrant star, or the evil star. In the tenth month of year 3, three guest stars appeared — one large and two small — between the Xu and Wei lodges; now joining, now separating, they followed one another eastward, shaped like fighting; after three days the two small stars vanished, and afterward the large star vanished. The Xu and Wei lodges are the Qi allotment.
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光化三年正月，客星出于中垣宦者旁，大如桃，光炎射宦者，宦者不見。
In the first month of Guanghua 3, a guest star emerged beside the Eunuch within the Inner Enclosure, large as a peach; its blazing light shone upon the Eunuch, and the Eunuch was not seen.
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天復元年五月，有三赤星，各有鋒芒，在南方，既而西方、北方、東方亦如之，頃之，又各增一星，凡十六星； 少時，先從北滅。 占曰：「濛星也，見則諸侯兵相攻。」 二年正月，客星如桃，在紫宮華蓋下，漸行至御女。 丁卯，有流星起文昌，抵客星，客星不動； 己巳，客星在杠，守之，至明年猶不去。 占曰：「將相出兵。」 五月夕，有星當箕下，如炬火，炎炎上衝，人初以為燒火也，高丈餘乃隕。 占曰：「機星也，下有亂。」
In the fifth month of Tianfu 1, three red stars appeared, each with sharp points, in the south; shortly afterward the west, north, and east likewise had them; in a moment each region gained one more star — sixteen stars in all; after a short while, they vanished first from the north. The prognostication reads: "These are hazy stars; when they appear, feudal lords' armies attack one another." In the first month of year 2, a guest star like a peach appeared below the Canopy of the Purple Palace; it gradually traveled to the Serving Maid. On dingmao, a streaming star rose from Literary Glory and reached the guest star; the guest star did not move; on jisi the guest star was at the Pole, guarding it; even into the next year it still did not depart. The prognostication reads: "Generals and ministers will lead armies forth." In the evening of the fifth month, a star below the Ji lodge was like a torch flame, blazing upward; at first people thought it was a fire burning; only after it rose more than a zhang did it fall. The prognostication reads: "This is the Engine star; below it there will be disorder."
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天祐元年四月，有星狀如人，首赤身黑，在北斗下紫微中。 占曰：「天衝也。 天衝抱極泣帝前，血濁霧下天下冤。」 後三日而黑風晦暝。 二年四月庚子夕，西北隅有星類太白，上有光似彗，長三四丈，色如赭； 辛丑夕，色如縞。 或曰五車之水星也，一曰昭明星也。 甲辰，有彗星于北河，貫文昌，長三丈餘，陵中台、下台； 五月乙丑夜，自軒轅左角及天市西垣，光芒猛怒，其長亙天； 丙寅雲陰，至辛未少霽，不見。 兩河為天闕，在東井間，而北河，中國所經也。 文昌，天之六司。 天市，都市也。 星變武德三年十月己未，有星隕于東都中，隱隱有聲。
In the fourth month of Tianyou 1, a star shaped like a person, red of head and black of body, appeared within the Purple Enclosure below the Northern Dipper. The prognostication reads: "This is the Celestial Rush. The Celestial Rush embraces the pole and weeps before the emperor; blood and foul mist descend — the realm's wrongs rain down." Three days afterward came black wind and dark obscurity. On the evening of gengzi in the fourth month of year 2, in the northwest corner there was a star resembling the Great White, with light above it like a comet, three or four zhang long, ochre in color; on the evening of xinchou the color was like white silk. Some say it was the water star of the Five Chariots; others say it was the Bright Morning Star. On jiachen, a comet appeared at the North River, piercing Literary Glory, more than three zhang long, violating the Middle Step and the Lower Step; On the night of yichou in the fifth month, from the left horn of the Chariot Shaft to the western rampart of the Celestial Market, its radiance was fierce and angry, its length spanning heaven; on bingyin clouds were overcast; until xinwei there was slight clearing, and it was not seen. The Two Rivers are the Heavenly Gate, between the Eastern Well; the North River is what China passes through. Literary Glory — heaven's six ministries. The Celestial Market is the marketplace. Star anomalies — In year 3 of Wude, on jiwei, the sixteenth day of the tenth month, a star fell within the Eastern Capital, and a faint sound was heard.
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貞觀二年，天狗隕于夏州城中。 十四年八月，有星隕于高昌城中。 十六年六月甲辰，西方有流星如月，西南行三丈乃滅。 占曰：「星甚大者，為人主。」 十八年五月，流星出東壁，有聲如雷。 占曰：「聲如雷者，怒象。」 十九年四月己酉，有流星向北斗杓而滅。
In the second year of Zhenguan, a celestial dog fell within the city of Xia Prefecture. In the eighth month of year 14, a star fell within the city of Gaochang. On jiachen of the sixth month of year 16, a streaming star like the moon appeared in the west; it traveled southwest for three zhang and then vanished. The prognostication reads: "When a star is very large, it signifies the sovereign." In the fifth month of year 18, a streaming star came forth from the Eastern Wall with a sound like thunder. The prognostication reads: "When the sound is like thunder, it is an omen of wrath." On jiyou of the fourth month of year 19, a streaming star moved toward the ladle of the Northern Dipper and vanished.
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永徽三年十月，有流星貫北極。 四年十月，睦州女子陳碩真反，婺州刺史崔義玄討之，有星隕于賊營。
In the tenth month of Yonghui 3, a streaming star pierced through the North Pole. In the tenth month of year 4, Chen Shuozhen of Mu Prefecture rose in rebellion; Cui Yixuan, prefect of Wu, marched against her, and a star fell in the rebel camp.
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乾封元年正月癸酉，有星出太微，東流，有聲如雷。
On guiyou of the first month of Qianfeng 1, a star came forth from the Supreme Palace, flowed eastward, and sounded like thunder.
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咸亨元年十一月，西方有流星聲如雷。
In the eleventh month of Xianheng 1, a streaming star in the west sounded like thunder.
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調露元年十一月戊寅，流星入北斗魁中； 乙巳，流星燭地有光，使星也。
On wuyin of the eleventh month of Diaolu 1, a streaming star entered the head of the Northern Dipper; on yisi, a streaming star lit the ground with its light — an envoy star.
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神龍三年二月丙辰，有流星聲如頹牆，光燭天地。
On bingchen of the second month of Shenlong 3, a streaming star sounded like a collapsing wall, and its light lit heaven and earth.
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景龍二年二月癸未，有大星隕于西南，聲如雷，野雉皆雊。
On guiwei of the second month of Jinglong 2, a large star fell in the southwest with a sound like thunder, and wild pheasants cried out everywhere.
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景雲元年八月己未，有流星出五車，至上台滅。 九月甲申，有流星出中台，至相滅。
On jiwei of the eighth month of Jingyun 1, a streaming star came forth from the Five Chariots and vanished at the Upper Terrace. On jiashen of the ninth month, a streaming star came forth from the Middle Terrace and vanished at Xiang.
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太極元年正月辛卯，有流星出太微，至相滅。
On xinmao of the first month of Taiji 1, a streaming star came forth from the Supreme Palace and vanished at Xiang.
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延和元年六月，幽州都督孫佺討奚、契丹，出師之夕，有大星隕于營中。
In the sixth month of Yanhe 1, Sun Quan, military governor of You, marched against the Xi and Khitan; on the night the army set out, a large star fell in the camp.
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開元二年五月乙卯晦，有星西北流，或如甕，或如斗，貫北極，小者不可勝數，天星盡搖，至曙乃止。 占曰：「星，民象； 流者，失其所也。」 漢書曰：「星搖者民勞。」 十二年十月壬辰，流星大如桃，色赤黃，有光燭地。 占曰：「色赤為將軍使。」
On the last day of the fifth month, yimao, of Kaiyuan 2, stars streamed northwest — some like jars, some like dippers — piercing the North Pole; the smaller ones were beyond counting; every star in the sky trembled, and only at dawn did it stop. The prognostication reads: "Stars are the omen of the people; streaming ones are those who have lost their place." The Book of Han says: "When stars tremble, the people are exhausted." On renchen of the tenth month of year 12, a streaming star as large as a peach, colored red-yellow, with light that lit the ground. The prognostication reads: "Red color signifies a general's envoy."
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天寶三載閏二月辛亥，有星如月，墜于東南，墜後有聲。
On xinhai of the intercalary second month of Tianbao 3, a star like the moon fell in the southeast, and a sound followed its fall.
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至德二載，賊將武令珣圍南陽，四月甲辰夜中，有大星赤黃色，長數十丈，光燭地，墜賊營中。 十一月壬戌，有流星大如斗，東北流，長數丈，蛇行屈曲，有碎光迸出。 占曰：「是謂枉矢。」
In Zhide 2, the rebel general Wu Lingxun besieged Nanyang; in the middle of the night on jiachen of the fourth month, a large star, red-yellow and several tens of zhang long, lit the ground as it fell into the rebel camp. On renxu of the eleventh month, a streaming star as large as a dipper flowed northeast for several zhang, winding like a serpent, with shattered light bursting forth. The prognostication reads: "This is called the Crooked Arrow."
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廣德二年六月丁卯，有妖星隕于汾州。 十二月丙寅，自乙夜至曙，星流如雨。
On dingmao of the sixth month of Guangde 2, an aberrant star fell in Fen Prefecture. On bingyin of the twelfth month, from the second watch until dawn, stars streamed like rain.
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大曆二年九月乙丑，晝有星如一斗器，色黃，有尾長六丈餘，出南方，沒于東北。 東北于中國，則幽州分也。 三年九月乙亥，有星大如斗，北流，有光燭地，占為貴使。 六年九月甲辰，有星西流，大如一升器，光燭地，有尾，迸光如珠，長五丈，出婺女，入天市南垣滅。 八年六月戊辰，有流星大如一升器，有尾，長三丈餘，入太微。 十二月壬申，有流星大如一升器，有尾，長二丈餘，出紫微入濁。 十年三月戊戌，有流星出于西方，如二升器，有尾，長二丈，入濁。 十二年二月辛亥，有流星如桃，尾長十丈，出匏瓜，入太微。
On yichou of the ninth month of Dali 2, in daylight a star like a dipper measure appeared, yellow in color, with a tail more than six zhang long; it rose in the south and vanished in the northeast. Within China, the northeast is the You Prefecture allotment. On yihai of the ninth month of year 3, a star as large as a dipper flowed northward, lighting the ground; the omen was read as a noble envoy. On jiachen of the ninth month of year 6, a star streamed westward, as large as a one-sheng vessel, lighting the ground; its tail burst with light like pearls for five zhang; it rose from the Serving Maid and vanished at the southern rampart of the Celestial Market. On wuchen of the sixth month of year 8, a streaming star as large as a one-sheng vessel, with a tail more than three zhang long, entered the Supreme Palace. On renshen of the twelfth month, a streaming star as large as a one-sheng vessel, with a tail more than two zhang long, came forth from the Purple Forbidden Enclosure and entered the Turbid. On wuxu of the third month of year 10, a streaming star came forth in the west, like a two-sheng vessel, with a tail two zhang long, and entered the Turbid. On xinhai of the second month of year 12, a streaming star like a peach, with a tail ten zhang long, came forth from the Gourd and entered the Supreme Palace.
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建中四年八月庚申，有星隕于京師。
On gengshen of the eighth month of Jianzhong 4, a star fell in the capital.
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興元元年六月戊午，星或什或伍而隕。
On wuwu of the sixth month of Xingyuan 1, stars fell in groups of ten or five.
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貞元三年閏五月戊寅，枉矢墜于虛、危。 十四年閏五月辛亥，有星墜于東北，光燭如晝，聲如雷。
On wuyin of the intercalary fifth month of Zhenyuan 3, the Crooked Arrow fell between the Xu and Wei lodges. On xinhai of the intercalary fifth month of year 14, a star fell in the northeast, lighting the ground like day and sounding like thunder.
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元和二年十二月己巳，西北有流星亙天，尾散如珠。 占曰：「有貴使。」 四年八月丁丑，西北有大星，東南流，聲如雷鼓。 六年三月戊戌日晡，天陰寒，有流星大如一斛器，墜于兗、鄆間，聲震數百里，野雉皆雊，所墜之上，有赤氣如立蛇，長丈餘，至夕乃滅。 時占者以為日在戌，魯分也，不及十年，其野主殺而地分。 九年正月，有大星如半席，自下而升，有光燭地，羣小星隨之。 四月辛巳，有大流星，尾迹長五丈餘，光燭地，至右攝提西滅。 十二年九月己亥甲夜，有流星起中天，首如甕，尾如二百斛舡，長十餘丈，聲如羣鴨飛，明若火炬，過月下西流，須臾，有聲礱礱，墜地，有大聲如壞屋者三，在陳、蔡間。 十四年五月己亥，有大流星出北斗魁，長二丈餘，南抵軒轅而滅。 占曰：「有赦，赦視星之大小。」 十五年七月癸亥，有大星出鉤陳，南流至婁滅。
On jisi of the twelfth month of Yuanhe 2, a streaming star in the northwest spanned the sky, its tail scattering like pearls. The prognostication reads: "There will be a noble envoy." On dingchou of the eighth month of year 4, a large star in the northwest streamed southeast with a sound like thunder and drums. In the afternoon on wuxu of the third month of year 6, under an overcast, cold sky, a streaming star as large as a one-hu vessel fell between Yan and Yun; its sound shook the ground for hundreds of li, and wild pheasants cried out everywhere; above the place where it fell rose red vapor like an upright serpent, more than a zhang long, which did not fade until evening. At the time prognosticators held that the sun was in Xu — the Lu allotment — and that within less than ten years its lord would be killed and the land divided. In the first month of year 9, a large star like half a mat rose from below, lighting the ground, and a host of small stars followed it. On xinsi of the fourth month, a large streaming star left a tail-trail more than five zhang long, lighting the ground; it vanished west of the Right Sombre Lance. On the first night of jihai of the ninth month of year 12, a streaming star rose at mid-heaven; its head was like a jar and its tail like a two-hundred-hu boat, more than ten zhang long; it sounded like ducks in flight and shone like a torch; it passed below the moon and streamed westward; in a moment it struck the ground with a grinding roar, and three great sounds like collapsing houses rang out between Chen and Cai. On jihai of the fifth month of year 14, a large streaming star came forth from the head of the Northern Dipper, more than two zhang long, reached south to the Chariot, and vanished. The prognostication reads: "There will be an amnesty; the amnesty is gauged by the star's size." On guihai of the seventh month of year 15, a large star came forth from the Array of Hooks, streamed southward, and vanished at Lou.
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長慶元年正月丙辰，有大星出狼星北，色赤，有尾迹，長三丈餘，光燭地，東北流至七星南滅。 四月，有大星墜于吳，聲如飛羽。 七月乙巳，有大流星出參西北，色黃，有尾迹，長六七丈，光燭地，至羽林滅。 八月辛巳，東北方有大星自雲中出，色白，光燭地，前銳後大，長二丈餘，西北流入雲中滅。 二年四月辛亥，有流星出天市，光燭地，隱隱有聲，至郎位滅。 市者，小人所聚，郎在天廷中，主宿衞。 六月丁酉，有小星隕于房、心間，戊戌亦如之，己亥亦如之。 閏十月丙申，有流星大如斗，抵中台上星。 三年八月丁酉夜，有大流星如數斗器，起西北，經奎、婁，東南流，去月甚近，迸光散落，墜地有聲。 四年四月，紫微中，星隕者眾。 七月乙卯，有大流星出天船，犯斗魁樞星而滅。 占曰：「有舟楫事。」 丙子，有大流星出天將軍東北，入濁。
On bingchen of the first month of Changqing 1, a large star came forth north of the Wolf Star, red in color, with a tail-trail more than three zhang long, lighting the ground; it streamed northeast and vanished south of the Seven Stars. In the fourth month, a large star fell in Wu with a sound like flying feathers. On yisi of the seventh month, a large streaming star came forth northwest of Shen, yellow in color, with a tail-trail six or seven zhang long, lighting the ground; it vanished at the Feathered Forest. On xinsi of the eighth month, in the northeast a large star emerged from the clouds, white in color, lighting the ground; sharp in front and broad behind, more than two zhang long, it streamed northwest into the clouds and vanished. On xinhai of the fourth month of year 2, a streaming star came forth from the Celestial Market, lighting the ground with a faint sound; it vanished at the Official's Stand. The market is where petty men gather; the Officials stand within the celestial court and govern the night watch. On dingyou of the sixth month, small stars fell between the Fang and Xin lodges; on wuxu it was the same, and on jihai the same again. On bingshen of the intercalary tenth month, a streaming star as large as a dipper reached the upper star of the Middle Terrace. On the night of dingyou of the eighth month of year 3, a large streaming star like several dipper measures rose in the northwest, passed through Kui and Lou, and streamed southeast very close to the moon; bursting light scattered, and it struck the ground with a sound. In the fourth month, many stars fell within the Purple Forbidden Enclosure. On yimao of the seventh month, a large streaming star came forth from the Celestial Boat, transgressed the pivot star of the Dipper's head, and vanished. The prognostication reads: "There will be matters of boats and oars." On bingzi, a large streaming star came forth northeast of the Celestial General and entered the Turbid.
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寶曆元年正月乙卯，有流星出北斗樞星，光燭地，入濁。 占曰：「有赦。」 二年五月癸巳，西北有流星，長三丈餘，光燭地，入天市中滅。 占為有誅。 七月丙戌，日初入，東南有流星，向南滅，以晷度推之，箕、斗間。 八月丙申，有大流星出王良，長四丈餘，至北斗杓滅。 王良，奉車御官也。
On yimao of the first month of Baoli 1, a streaming star came forth from the pivot star of the Northern Dipper, lighting the ground, and entered the Turbid. The prognostication reads: "There will be an amnesty." On guisi of the fifth month of year 2, a streaming star in the northwest, more than three zhang long, lit the ground as it entered the Celestial Market and vanished. The omen was read as executions. On bingxu of the seventh month, as the sun first entered, a streaming star in the southeast vanished southward; by gnomon measurement it was placed between the Ji and Dou lodges. On bingshen of the eighth month, a large streaming star came forth from Wang Liang, more than four zhang long, and vanished at the ladle of the Northern Dipper. Wang Liang is the officer who attends the imperial carriage.
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大和四年六月辛未，自昏至戊夜，流星或大或小，觀者不能數。 占曰：「民失其所，王者失道，綱紀廢則然。」 又曰：「星在野象物，在朝象官。」 七年六月戊子，自昏及曙，四方流星，大小縱橫百餘。 八年六月辛巳，夜中有流星出河鼓，赤色，有尾迹，光燭地，迸如散珠，北行近天棓滅，有聲如雷。 河鼓為將軍。 天棓者，帝之武備。 九年六月丁酉，自昏至丁夜，流星二十餘，縱橫出沒，多近天漢。
On xinwei of the sixth month of Dahe 4, from dusk until the fifth watch, streaming stars large and small appeared beyond counting. The prognostication reads: "When the people lose their place, when the king loses the Way, and when statutes and ordinances are abandoned, it is thus." It also says: "Stars in the wilds signify things; in the court they signify officials." On wuzi of the sixth month of year 7, from dusk until dawn, more than a hundred streaming stars large and small crisscrossed the four directions. On xinsi of the sixth month of year 8, in the middle of the night a streaming star came forth from the River Drum, red in color, with a tail-trail lighting the ground and bursting like scattered pearls; it traveled northward, vanished near the Celestial Club, and sounded like thunder. The River Drum signifies a general. The Celestial Club is the emperor's martial equipment. On dingyou of the sixth month of year 9, from dusk until the fourth watch, more than twenty streaming stars crisscrossed in and out of view, mostly near the Celestial River.
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開成二年九月丁酉，有星大如斗，長五丈，自室、壁西北流，入大角下沒，行類枉矢，中天有聲，小星數百隨之。 十一月丁丑，有大星隕于興元府署寢室之上，光燭庭宇。 三年五月乙丑，有大星出于柳、張，尾長五丈餘，再出再沒。 四年二月己亥，丁夜至戊夜，四方中天流星小大凡二百餘，並西流，有尾迹，長二丈至五丈。 八月辛未，流星出羽林，有尾迹，長八丈餘，有聲如雷。 羽林，天軍也。 十二月壬申，蚩尤旗見。
On dingyou of the ninth month of Kaicheng 2, a star as large as a dipper, five zhang long, streamed northwest from Shi and Bi, vanished below the Great Horn, moved like the Crooked Arrow, sounded at mid-heaven, and hundreds of small stars followed it. On dingchou of the eleventh month, a large star fell above the sleeping chamber of the Xingyuan prefectural headquarters, lighting the courtyard buildings. On yichou of the fifth month of year 3, a large star came forth from Liu and Zhang with a tail more than five zhang long; it appeared again and vanished again. On jihai of the second month of year 4, from the fourth watch to the fifth watch, more than two hundred streaming stars large and small at mid-heaven in all four directions streamed westward, with tail-trails two to five zhang long. On xinwei of the eighth month, a streaming star came forth from the Feathered Forest with a tail-trail more than eight zhang long and sounded like thunder. The Feathered Forest is heaven's army. On renshen of the twelfth month, the Banner of Chiyou appeared.
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會昌元年六月戊辰，自昏至戊夜，小星數十，縱橫流散。 占曰：「小星，民象。」 七月庚午，北方有星，光燭地，東北流經王良，有聲如雷。 十一月壬寅，有大星東北流，光燭地，有聲如雷。 四年八月丙午，有大星如炬火，光燭天地，自奎、婁掃西方七宿而隕。 六年二月辛丑，夜中有流星赤色如桃，光燭地，有尾迹，貫紫微入濁。
On wuchen of the sixth month of Huichang 1, from dusk until the fifth watch, several tens of small stars streamed and scattered crisscrossing. The prognostication reads: "Small stars are the omen of the people." On gengwu of the seventh month, a star in the north lit the ground as it streamed northeast past Wang Liang with a sound like thunder. On renyin of the eleventh month, a large star streamed northeast, lighting the ground and sounding like thunder. On bingwu of the eighth month of year 4, a large star like a torch flame lit heaven and earth as it swept through the seven lodges of the western quarter from Kui and Lou and fell. On xinchou of the second month of year 6, in the middle of the night a streaming star red like a peach lit the ground with its tail-trail, pierced the Purple Forbidden Enclosure, and entered the Turbid.
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咸通六年七月乙酉，甲夜有大流星長數丈，光爍如電，羣小星隨之，自南徂北。 其象南方有以眾叛而之北也。 九年十一月丁酉，有星出如匹練，亙空化為雲而沒，在楚分。 是謂長庚，見則兵起。 十三年春，有二星從天際而上，相從至中天，狀如旌旗，乃隕。 九月，蚩尤旗見。
On yiyou of the seventh month of Xiantong 6, on the first night watch a large streaming star several zhang long flashed like lightning, with a host of small stars following it from south to north. The omen signified that in the south someone would rebel with a multitude and march north. On dingyou of the eleventh month of year 9, a star came forth like a bolt of silk, spanning the sky, turned into clouds, and vanished; it was in the Chu allotment. This is called Chang Geng; when it appears, warfare arises. In the spring of year 13, two stars rose from the horizon, followed each other to mid-heaven shaped like banners, and then fell. In the ninth month, the Banner of Chiyou appeared.
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乾符二年冬，有二星，一赤一白，大如斗，相隨東南流，燭地如月，漸大，光芒猛怒。 三年，晝有星如炬火，大如五升器，出東北，徐行，隕于西北。 四年七月，有大流星如盂，自虛、危，歷天市，入羽林滅，占為外兵。
In the winter of Qianfu 2, two stars, one red and one white and each as large as a dipper, followed each other streaming southeast, lighting the ground like the moon; they grew larger, their radiance fierce and angry. In year 3, in daylight a star like a torch flame, as large as a five-sheng vessel, came forth in the northeast, traveled slowly, and fell in the northwest. In the seventh month of year 4, a large streaming star like a bowl came from the Xu and Wei lodges, passed through the Celestial Market, and vanished in the Feathered Forest; the omen was read as foreign troops.
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中和元年，有異星出于輿鬼。 占者以為惡星。 八月己丑夜，星隕如雨，或如杯椀者，交流如織，庚寅夜亦如之，至丁酉止。 三年十一月夜，星隕于西北，如雨。
In Zhonghe 1, an unusual star came forth from the Celestial Cart. Prognosticators held it to be an evil star. On the night of jichou of the eighth month, stars fell like rain, some like cups and bowls, crossing and weaving like fabric; on the night of gengyin it was the same, until dingyou when it ceased. On the night of the eleventh month of year 3, stars fell in the northwest like rain.
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光啟二年九月，有大星隕于揚州府署延和閣前，聲如雷，光炎燭地。 十月壬戌，有星出于西方，色白，長一丈五尺，屈曲而隕。 占曰：「長庚也，下則流血。」 三年五月，秦宗權擁兵于汴州北郊，晝有大星隕于其營，聲如雷，是謂營頭。 其下破軍殺將。
In the ninth month of Guangqi 2, a large star fell before the Yanhe Pavilion of the Yangzhou prefectural headquarters, sounding like thunder, its flames lighting the ground. On renxu of the tenth month, a star came forth in the west, white in color, one zhang and five chi long, winding as it fell. The prognostication reads: "This is Chang Geng; when it descends, blood will flow." In the fifth month of year 3, Qin Zongquan mustered troops at the northern suburbs of Bian; in daylight a large star fell in his camp with a sound like thunder — this is called the Camp Head. Below it, armies were broken and generals killed.
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乾寧元年夏，有星隕于越州，後有光，長丈餘，狀如蛇。 或曰枉矢也。 三年六月，天暴雨，雷電，有星大如椀，起西南，墜于東北，色如鶴練，聲如羣鴨飛。 占為姦謀。
In the summer of Qianning 1, a star fell in Yue Prefecture; afterward light more than a zhang long rose, shaped like a serpent. Some say it was the Crooked Arrow. In the sixth month of year 3, heaven poured violent rain with thunder and lightning; a star as large as a bowl rose in the southwest and fell in the northeast, colored like crane silk and sounding like ducks in flight. The omen was read as treacherous plots.
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光化元年九月丙子，有大星墜于北方。 三年三月丙午，有星如二十斛船，色黃，前銳後大，西南行。 十一月，中天有大星自東緩流如帶屈曲，光凝著天，食頃乃滅。 是謂枉矢。
On bingzi of the ninth month of Guanghua 1, a large star fell in the north. On bingwu of the third month of year 3, a star like a twenty-hu boat, yellow in color, sharp in front and broad behind, traveled southwest. In the eleventh month, at mid-heaven a large star slowly streamed from the east like a bending belt; its light congealed upon the sky and only after the time of a meal did it vanish. This is called the Crooked Arrow.
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天復三年二月，帝至自鳳翔，其明日，有大星如月，自東濁際西流，有聲如雷，尾跡橫貫中天，三夕乃滅。
In the second month of Tianfu 3, the emperor returned from Fengxiang; on the following day, a large star like the moon streamed westward from the turbid border in the east, sounding like thunder; its tail-trail crossed mid-heaven horizontally, and only after three nights did it vanish.
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天祐元年五月戊寅，乙夜雨、晦暝，有星長二十丈，出東方，西南向，首黑、尾赤、中白，枉矢也，一曰長星。 二年三月乙丑，夜中有大星出中天，如五斗器，流至西北，去地十丈許而止，上有星芒，炎如火，赤而黃，長丈五許，而蛇行，小星皆動而東南，其隕如雨，少頃沒，後有蒼白氣如竹叢，上衝天中，色瞢瞢。 占曰：「亦枉矢也。」 三年十二月昏，東方有星如太白，自地徐上，行極緩，至中天，如上弦月，乃曲行，頃之，分為二。 占曰：「有大孽。」
On wuyin of the fifth month of Tianyou 1, on the second night watch with rain and obscured darkness, a star twenty zhang long came forth in the east, facing southwest; black at the head, red at the tail, white in the middle — the Crooked Arrow, also called the Long Star. On yichou of the third month of year 2, in the middle of the night a large star came forth at mid-heaven like a five-dipper measure, streamed to the northwest, and stopped about ten zhang from the ground; above it star rays blazed like fire, red and yellow, about one zhang and five chi long, moving like a serpent; small stars all stirred and moved southeast; they fell like rain; in a little while they vanished; afterward pale blue vapor like bamboo thickets rushed up to mid-heaven, dim and hazy. The prognostication reads: "This is also the Crooked Arrow." In the twilight of the twelfth month of year 3, in the east a star like Taibai slowly rose from the ground, traveling very slowly; at mid-heaven it was like a first-quarter moon, then curved in its course; in a moment it divided into two. The prognostication reads: "There will be a great calamity."
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