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Chapter 39 of 元史 · History of Yuan
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Shundi 2
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宿 宿 宿 使
In the second year, on the renxu day of the first month of spring, the moon transgressed the Right Enforcer. On the jiazi day, the moon transgressed the Horn mansion. On the yichou day, Susong County was struck by an earthquake and mountains split open. On the dingmao day, the moon transgressed the Room mansion. That month the Directorate of Water Control and Government Granaries was established at Pingjiang.
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西 宿 宿 使祿 西
On the wushen day of the third month, the paintings and calligraphy from Arighaiya's household collection were bestowed on Bayan. On the jiayin day, Anqa was appointed chief jarquchi of the Office of the Imperial Clan, charged with overseeing fraud and theft throughout the realm. On the dingsi day, imperial robes of vermilion and seven-jeweled neck plaques from successive reigns were bestowed on Bayan. On the gengshen day the sun was red as ochre, and on the renxu day it was again so. Winter clothing and armor were bestowed on the soldiers of the Eastern Campaign Marshalate. The armies campaigning against the Yao in Guangxi had long achieved no success. An edict ordered officials of the branch secretariat, branch censorate, and surveillance commission to supervise the campaign jointly. The people of Shun Prefecture were starving. Four thousand ingots of paper money were issued for relief. That night the moon transgressed the Heart mansion. On the guihai day the sun was red as ochre. On the jiazi day, the moon transgressed the Winnowing Basket mansion. On the yichou day, the moon transgressed the Southern Dipper. Prince Qorqas was granted one thousand ingots of paper money for his mother Dali. Sadun's residence at Shangdu was bestowed on Dingzhu, and the authorities were further ordered to register Sadun's household property. On the jiaxu day, the prohibition on Sichuan salt wells was restored. The fields and dwellings of Andamur's household were bestowed on Dingzhu. Wangjianu was appointed commissioner of the Bureau of Buddhist and Tibetan Affairs and promoted to Grand Master of Splendid Happiness with Golden Seal and Blue Ribbon. Jade registers and jade seals were made for the empresses of the Wuzong, Yingzong, and Mingzong reigns. That month Shaanxi suffered violent winds and drought, and there was no wheat harvest.
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宿 使 禿 禿禿
On the dingchou new moon of the fourth month of summer, the sun was red as ochre. The private manufacture of legal precedents among the people was prohibited. On the wuyin day, the imperial son-in-law Boluotiemuer was enfeoffed as Prince of Cultivated Virtue. On the bingxu day, the moon transgressed the Horn mansion. On the dinghai day, it was forbidden to wear garments bearing qilin, phoenixes, white rabbits, spirit fungus, double-horned five-clawed dragons, eight dragons, nine dragons, the characters for "ten thousand years of life" and "fortune and longevity," ochre-yellow, and the like. On the gengyin day, Temür Buqa, vice director of the Bureau of Military Affairs, was appointed associate administrator of the Secretariat, and Sadi was appointed censor-in-chief. On the jiawu day, envoys were dispatched to bestow incense and silks on Mount Wudang and Mount Longhu. An edict made Taiping Circuit the fief of Prince Chechetu of Tan. The tutuqa households of Jiqing, Luzhou, and Raozhou were bestowed on Bayan, and a chief magistrate's office was established at Jurong County to administer them. On the wuxu day, the imperial carriage traveled seasonally to Shangdu. Geng Huan, left vice director of the Secretariat, was appointed investigating censor, and Wang Maode was appointed left vice director of the Secretariat. Prince Huoli of the imperial clan was granted one ingot of gold and one thousand ingots of paper money; the Prince of Cultivated Virtue Boluotiemuer received three thousand ingots; Princess Baba received two thousand ingots.
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On the bingwu new moon of the fifth month, the Yellow River returned to its former course. On the gengxu day, the moon transgressed the Heavenly Terrace. On the yimao day, Nanyang and Dengzhou suffered torrential rains. From that day until the jiashen day of the sixth month, the Tuan and Bai rivers overflowed greatly and caused flooding. On the bingchen day Venus was visible in daylight, and on the dingsi day it was again so. On the renshen day, mountains collapsed in Qin Prefecture. That month Wuzhou had no rain until the sixth month.
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宿
On the dingchou day of the sixth month, princes, imperial sons-in-law, and their guards were forbidden to wear zhisun garments fastened with crimson rings. Prince Qutudar was posthumously enfeoffed as Prince of Yun'an, with the posthumous title Loyal and Martial; Luoluodai was enfeoffed as Prince of Baoning, with the posthumous title Illustrious and Brave. On the gengchen day, Associate Administrator Ajili was ordered to oversee the Classics Colloquium. On the wuzi day, Temür Buqa was appointed left director of the Jiangzhe Branch Secretariat. Venus transgressed the Well mansion. On the xinmao day, the lands of the Tuobietai platform in Bianliang, Daming, and other circuits were bestowed on Bayan. Hulitai, vice minister of rites, requested restoration of the civil service examination system; the request was not granted. On the gengzi day, the Jing River overflowed. On the xinchou day, five thousand ingots of paper money were bestowed on Prince Wu, Toghto Jiang.
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宿 輿
On the bingwu day of the seventh month of autumn, an edict bestowed on Bayan five thousand qing of land at Nulun Yinzhe'si belonging to the princess. Weihui Circuit was made the fief of Prince Wei, Kanchüke. On the jiyou day, Venus transgressed the Ghost mansion. On the gengxu day, Dingzhu and Suonan were appointed to deliberate on Secretariat affairs. On the renzi day, one hundred ten camels from Aruqa and Buranxi were dispatched as tribute for the empress dowager's carriage. On the yimao day, Venus transgressed Mars. On the gengshen day, it was forbidden to bypass the Secretariat with orally transmitted edicts and to draw funds and grain improperly. On the jiazi day, the authorities were ordered to distribute the confiscated treasures of Sadun between Bayan and Dingzhu. On the yichou day, Associate Administrator Boluo moved his residence and was granted two ingots of gold and ten ingots of silver. On the gengwu day, an edict bestowed a stele on the Confucian temple at Shangdu, recording how successive reigns had honored Confucius. The quantities of grain bestowed to the guards of princes, princesses, and imperial sons-in-law were reduced. On the guiyou day, Prince Buranxi and the imperial sons-in-law Yulubuhua, Tegüs, and Jiaohua were ordered to guard the lands of Xuelianke and Qielulian. Each was granted six hundred ingots of paper money and a silver plaque and sent forth. That month Huang Prefecture suffered locusts. The people were ordered to catch them at a rate of five dou per person per day. Two thousand ingots of paper money were issued to relieve the newly enrolled Asud guards accompanying the imperial carriage: two ingots per household, and one ingot for each deceased person.
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宿 宿
On the jiaxu new moon of the eighth month, there was a solar eclipse. Gaoyou suffered a great hailstorm. An edict declared: "For officials in remote border posts of Yunnan, Guanghai, the Eight Circuits, Gansu, and Sichuan who die and cannot be returned home for burial, the authorities shall provide grain, boats, and carts to escort them home. For those far from home, twenty additional ingots of paper money were added; for those without kin, the government shall bury them." Prince Weishun, Kanchübuqa, was ordered to return and guard Huguang. Earlier Bayan had forged an edict summoning him to the capital; now the emperor sent him back to his fief. On the wuyin day, sacrifice was offered at the altars of soil and grain. From Dadu to Tongzhou there was torrential rain and great flooding. Soldiers were ordered to repair the roads. On the jimao day, the moon transgressed the Heart mansion. On the xinsi day, the moon transgressed the Winnowing Basket mansion. On the xinmao day, sixty-three thousand three hundred shi of rent grain from the revenue estates of the Bureau of Palace Provisions and the Bureau of Imperial Household Revenue were used to make up the shortfall in that year's sea transport, and the authorities were ordered to repay its value. On the renchen day, a garrison guard was established in the land of Majahan. On the gengzi day, an edict declared: "All robbers shall be put to death. Those who steal cattle and horses shall have their noses cut off; those who steal donkeys and mules shall be tattooed on the forehead, and on a second offense their noses shall be cut off; those who steal sheep and pigs shall be inked on the neck, on a second offense tattooed, and on a third offense their noses shall be cut off; those who offend again after having their noses cut off shall be put to death. Those who steal other goods shall be assessed according to their number and estimated value. Officials of the Secretariat, Censorate, surveillance institutions, and the Five Offices shall review and decide cases once every three years. This was established as a statute." On the xinchou day, the six chief-official offices of Nixi, Pingyi, Manyi, Yidu, Muchuan, and Leipo in Mahu Circuit were reduced and combined into three. On the gengxu day of the ninth month, Mars transgressed the Supreme Palace Enclosure. On the guihai day, the prohibition on weapons for Han people in the Gongchang Marshalate was relaxed. On the wuchen day, the imperial carriage returned from Shangdu. When the sea-transport grain reached the capital, officials were dispatched to offer sacrifice to the Celestial Consort. That month Taizhou Circuit was in famine. Charity granaries were opened and the wealthy were enlisted to contribute grain for relief. Luyang County in Yuan Prefecture Circuit was starving. Six thousand shi of rice were issued for relief sale.
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宿
On the bingzi day of the tenth month of winter, Mars transgressed the Left Enforcer. On the jimao day, sacrifice was offered at the Imperial Ancestral Temple. On the bingshen day, Vice Administrator Nalin was ordered to supervise the painting of Emperor Mingzong's imperial portrait. On the dingyou day, the moon transgressed the Hairy Head mansion. On the jihai day, an edict declared: "Each day, Right Chancellor Bayan, Dingzhu, and Associate Administrators Boluo and Ajili shall deliberate in the inner court. Associate Administrator Tashihaiya, Right Vice Director Gongbuban, and Vice Administrators Nalin, Xu Youren, and others shall deliberate at the Secretariat." The moon transgressed Advancing Worthies. That month Fuzhou, Yuanzhou, and Ruizhou circuits were in famine. Sixty thousand shi of rice were issued for relief sale.
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西 西 宿
On the jiyou day of the eleventh month, the moon transgressed the Encampment and Wall formation. On the renzi day, Naihai was appointed associate administrator of the Huguang Branch Secretariat to suppress the rebellious Yao in Guangxi. The empresses of the Wuzong, Yingzong, and Mingzong reigns were elevated and enshrined in the temple, and officials were ordered to offer sacrifice. On the dingsi day, Yue Luopuhua, associate administrator of the Henan Branch Secretariat, was dispatched to the Western Regions as a monk. On the jiwei day, the moon transgressed the Encampment and Wall formation. On the xinyou day, the Prince of Proclaimed Forbearance Temür Buqa was granted four thousand ingots of paper money for purchasing a residence in the market. An edict ordered that officials of Temür Buqa's princely household, when attending court congratulations, take their place in the ranks to the right of the regular offices. On the renxu day, Zheyanbuhua, vice director of the Bureau of Military Affairs, was also appointed darughachi of the Palace and Capital Commissariat, commanding the Longzhen Guard, the Left Asud Guard, and other armies. On the guihai day, Prince Buranxi was settled at Wuzhou. On the dingmao day, the moon transgressed the Room mansion. On the xinwei day, crossbows, arrows, and sleeve-bolts were prohibited. On the renshen day, Duke Maizhu died and was granted three hundred ingots of paper money. Paper money of the third year of Zhiyuan was printed in an issue of one million five hundred thousand ingots. That month Shanghai County in Songjiang Prefecture was starving. Charity-granary grain was issued and the wealthy were enlisted to contribute grain for relief. Anfeng Circuit was starving. Forty-two thousand four hundred shi of wheat were issued for relief sale.
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西
On the jiaxu day of the twelfth month, the sun was red as ochre. On the bingzi day, inspection offices were established at Liuba Town in Feng Prefecture of Xingyuan Circuit and at Shibapan in Liaoshan County of Jinning Circuit. Prince Yesun Temür presented three Western horses. The Prince of Literary Succor Manzi was granted a gold seal, post-station warrants, and clothing and grain for his guards totaling five thousand shi. An edict ordered officials of the Secretariat, Censorate, surveillance institutions, Hanlin Academy, Academy of Scholarly Glory, Pavilion of Literary Splendor, Court of Imperial Sacrifices, and Ministry of Rites to deliberate on the posthumous title and temple name of Emperor Ningzong. That month the counties of Jiujiang Circuit were starving. Prefect Wang Dazhong lent grain from the wealthy to relieve the poor, exempting the wealthy from miscellaneous corvée as interest and promising repayment when the year was abundant. The people did not suffer from hunger. Cixi County in Qingyuan was starving, and officials were dispatched to relieve it. That year an edict ordered the rectification of courier stations. The garrison-farmlands of Baichengzi in the Gansu Branch Secretariat were bestowed on Prince Nanhuli. Yan Temür's residence was bestowed on the State Preceptor Nanggasinggi as the Great Awakening Ocean Temple, with a thousand Buddhas sculpted within. Jiangzhe suffered drought from spring until the eighth month without rain, and the people were greatly afflicted by famine.
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西
In the third year, on the guimao day of the first month of spring, Zhu Guangqing of Zengcheng County, Guangzhou, rebelled. His followers Shi Kunshan and Zhong Daming led the masses to join him, falsely calling their state Great Jin and changing the era name to Red Talisman. Commander Qochili and Zuo Sha'di, left director of the Jiangxi Branch Secretariat, were ordered to suppress them. On the wushen day, twenty relief-sale rice shops were established in the northern and southern wards of Dadu. On the xinhai day, Emperor Yilinzhiban was elevated and enshrined in the temple, with the posthumous title Sagely Heir of Pure Succession and the temple name Ningzong. Prince of Yu Ala Temür purchased a tract of silver-producing land in Tongling, Chizhou, requesting to smelt it with private funds and pay official levies. The request was granted. On the guichou day, the Xuanzhen Guard Garrison Ten-Thousand Households was established at Ningxia. On the bingchen day, there was a lunar eclipse. On the dingsi day, there was a solar halo with arcs on both sides and a white rainbow running through it. On the wuwu day, the emperor hunted at Willow Grove for thirty-five days in all. Investigating censors Choude and Song Shaoming submitted remonstrance. The emperor praised and accepted it and bestowed gold and silks. Choude and the others firmly declined. The emperor said, "In former times when Wei Zheng remonstrated, Emperor Taizong of Tang never failed to reward him. You too should accept it." That month Xin'gan and Xinyu prefectures in Linjiang Circuit and the people of Ruizhou were starving. Twenty thousand shi of rice were issued for relief sale. Guo Pu of Jin was enfeoffed as Marquis of Spiritual Response.
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鹿 輿 西西禿
On the renshen new moon of the second month, there was a solar eclipse. Bang Hu rebelled at Ruyang in Runing Prefecture of Runing Circuit. Bang Hu was originally a man of Chen Prefecture named Run'er. He deluded the masses with incense-burning, fabricated demonic prophecies, and raised rebellion. He seized Luyi in Guide Prefecture, burned Chen Prefecture, and encamped at Apricot Mound. Qing Tong, left director of the Henan Branch Secretariat, was ordered to lead troops to suppress him. Shaoxing Circuit suffered great flooding. On the bingzi day, ten boat-household superintendencies and twenty sub-superintendencies were established. Boat-household levies were fixed: for boats of one thousand piculs capacity and above, six ingots of paper money per year, with reductions for smaller boats. On the renwu day, with the grand empress dowager's jade register and jade seal, grateful obeisance was offered at the Imperial Ancestral Temple. On the jiashen day, regulations for clothing colors, vessels, and carriages and horses were fixed. On the jichou day, Runing presented the captured Maitreya Buddha, small banners, false edicts and commissions, purple-gold seals, measuring-heaven rulers, and other objects of Bang Hu. On the xinmao day, four hundred thousand ingots of paper money were issued to relieve four hundred thousand famine-stricken households in Jiangzhe and other regions. Prohibitions on mountains and river fisheries in each locality were opened so the people might gather fuel and fish. The Yao bandits in Guangxi rebelled again. Naihai, associate administrator of the Huguang Branch Secretariat, and Tör Temür Haiya, associate administrator of the Jiangxi Branch Secretariat, were ordered to command troops jointly to capture them. On the bingshen day, Dingzhu died, and funerary objects were granted. On the gengzi day, Vice Administrators Nalin and others requested establishment of a pearl-collection superintendency. Earlier a superintendency had been established but abolished in the Taiding reign because of its vexations. Now Nalin requested its restoration and moreover that forty thousand pearl-collecting households be bestowed on Bayan. That month charity-granary rice was issued to relieve the famine-stricken people of Qizhou and Shaoxing.
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禿
On the xinhai day of the third month, the moon transgressed the Heavenly Terrace. Ten thousand ingots of paper money were issued to relieve the famine-stricken people of Baodi in Dadu. On the wuwu day, with jade seal and jade register, Boraghachi of the Onggirat clan was installed as empress. Because of rain the congratulations were suspended. An edict bestowed two hundred qing of land at Suzhou belonging to Wanzhe Temür on Prince Chechetu of Tan. On the jiwei day, Dadu was starving. An order was issued to sell polished rice for relief in the northern and southern wards. On the guihai day, Zhou Chu of Jin was further enfeoffed as King of Heroic Righteousness, Martial Favor, and Correct Response. On the jichou day, Prince Yantu Temür was appointed jarquchi of the Office of the Imperial Clan. That month thread fell from the sky. Charity-granary grain was issued to relieve sixty-nine thousand two hundred famine-stricken people in Liyang Prefecture.
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使 西
On the renshen day of the fourth month of summer, envoys were dispatched to offer incense at Mount Longhu, Mount Sanmao, Mount Gezao, and other mountains. On the guiyou day, Han people, southerners, and Goryeans were forbidden to bear military weapons. All who had horses were confiscated by the government. On the jiaxu day, a broom star appeared at Wangliang. On the renyin day of the seventh month it vanished at Guansuo. Because the empress received the jade register and jade seal, grateful obeisance was offered at the Imperial Ancestral Temple. Bayan was ordered to command the Xuanzhen Guard. Three thousand ingots of paper money were bestowed and the Xuanzhen Guard headquarters was established. Because the grand empress dowager received the register and seal, an edict was proclaimed throughout the realm. On the jimao day, the imperial carriage traveled seasonally to Shangdu. On the renwu day, the king of Goryeo Ala Temür came to court with congratulations and returned to his country. He was granted one ingot of gold and two thousand ingots of paper money, and his attendants were bestowed according to rank. On the xinmao day, Han Fashi of Dazu County in He Prefecture rebelled, calling himself King Zhao of the Southern Dynasty. The moon transgressed the Encampment and Wall formation. On the dingyou day, Du Fu of Tang was given the posthumous title Literary and Upright. On the jihai day, Nie Xiuqing, Tan Jingshan, and others of Guishan County in Huizhou manufactured weapons, honored Dai Jia as the Buddha of Fixed Light, and joined with Zhu Guangqing in rebellion. Zuo Sha'di, left director of the Jiangxi Branch Secretariat, was ordered to capture them. On the gengzi day, Venus was visible in daylight. That month an edict declared: "At the Secretariat, Censorate, surveillance institutions, ministries, branch secretariats, surveillance commissions, and chief officials of subordinate offices and prefectural staffs, Mongols and semuren are to be employed. Han people and southerners are forbidden to study Mongol and semuren script." Eight thousand shi of rice and two thousand eight hundred ingots of paper money were issued to relieve the famine-stricken people of Qarakhunur. Nanchang and Xinjian counties in Longxing Circuit were starving. The grand empress dowager issued thirty-six thousand seven hundred seventy shi of grain from the Bureau of Palace Provisions for relief sale.
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宿 宿 禿禿 西西使 西 宿
In the fifth month, on the xinchou day, a false rumor spread among the people that the court was rounding up boys and girls. For a time marriage was rushed to completion almost entirely. On the renyin day, Venus transgressed the Ghost mansion. On the guimao day, tiger tallies were granted to Andusila and others, darughachi of the Pingfa and Duyun Dingyun pacification commissions. On the yisi day, because the people of Xing and Song prefectures were starving, wine-making at Shangdu and Xinghe was prohibited. The moon transgressed the Xuanyuan constellation. On the wushen day, an edict declared: "Bang Hu of Runing, Zhu Guangqing of Guangdong, Nie Xiuqing, and others are all Han people. For Han who hold office in the Secretariat, Censorate, surveillance institutions, Hanlin, and Academy of Scholarly Glory, methods of execution and capture may be discussed and reported." Venus was visible in daylight. On the renzi day, the moon transgressed the Heart mansion. On the jiayin day, an edict made Qaba'ertu and Tujian Temür grand marshals, each establishing subordinate staff and secretariat officials. Bandits rose in the Western Regions, killing the Prince of Pacifying the West Dang'erban. A Branch Commission for Buddhist and Tibetan Affairs was established, with Esen Temür as commissioner, to campaign against them. On the wuwu day, Venus was visible in daylight. On the jiwei day, the moon transgressed the Encampment and Wall formation. On the xinyou day, Venus was visible in daylight. On the renxu day, Jüri and others, vice administrators of the Sichuan Branch Secretariat, were ordered to capture the rebel Han Fashi. On the dingmao day, a comet appeared in the northeast, as large as the Celestial Boat star, white in color, about a foot long, with its tail pointing southwest. It vanished on the gengwu day of the eighth month. On the gengwu day of the sixth month, Venus crossed the sky. On the xinwei and jiaxu days it was again so. On the yihai day, Venus transgressed the Heavenly Terrace. On the wuyin day, Chancellor Angge was posthumously enfeoffed as founding meritorious minister who supported loyalty and aided transport, King of Dongping, Loyal and Commiserating. A temple was established in his enfeoffed city and officials were ordered to offer sacrifice. On the jimao day, Venus crossed the sky. That night Venus transgressed the Supreme Palace Enclosure. On the xinsi day great torrential rains fell, and from that day until guisi they did not cease. The capital, Henan, and the northern regions were inundated. The Imperial River, Yellow River, Qin River, and Hun River overflowed, drowning many people, livestock, and dwellings. On the renwu day, Venus was visible in daylight, and the moon transgressed the Dipper mansion. On the guiwei day, a ritual was established at the Longevity Palace. On the dinghai day, Venus transgressed the Supreme Palace Enclosure. On the wuzi day, Lord Yin of the Primordial Beginning of the Supreme Great Primordial Literary Beginning was further enfeoffed as True Lord; Xu Jia as True Lord of Sagely Transformation and Responsive Oversight; Gengsangzi as True Lord of Cave Spirit, Transformative Influence, and Transcendent Leap; Wenzi as True Lord of Penetrating Mystery, Radiant Expansion, and Elevated Origin; Liezi as True Lord of Empty Transcendence, Supreme Virtue, Worldly Withdrawal, and Joyful Roaming; Zhuangzi as True Lord of Southern Florescence, Supreme Pole, Heroic Literature, and Expansive Way. On the jichou day Venus was visible in daylight, and on the gengyin day it was again so, until it ceased on the xinyou day of the seventh month. On the renchen day, Zhangde suffered flooding one zhang deep. An inspection office was established at Jingzhi community in Weichuan township, Gaomi County.
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On the jihai day of the seventh month of autumn, the Zhang River flooded up to the foot of Guangping city. The seal of King of Xiping was bestowed on Gongbuban. On the guimao day, the imperial carriage went out hunting. Venus crossed the sky. On the yisi day, it was again so. On the bingwu day, the imperial carriage visited the Shilatu ordu. Venus again crossed the sky. On the dingwei day, the imperial carriage visited Longgang and sprinkled mare's milk as offering. On the wushen day, King Dorji was summoned to court. On the gengxu day, Venus was visible in daylight. In Wuzhi County of Henan, as the grain was about to ripen, locusts came from the east. Prefect Zhang Kuan looked up to heaven and prayed, "Better kill the prefect than harm the people." Before long flocks of fish hawks flew in and pecked them up. On the renzi day, the imperial carriage visited Qianyuan Temple. On the jiayin day, Venus crossed the sky. On the yimao day, Huaiqing suffered flooding. On the gengshen day, an edict declared: "Apart from capital cases involving human life, for all crimes of theft and the like there is no need to await review by officials of the Five Offices. The authorities shall decide according to precedent." On the xinyou day, Venus was visible in daylight. On the renxu day, Prince Sangge Bala was granted a seven-treasure waist girdle. Venus crossed the sky. On the guihai and jiazi days, it was again so. That month Qochili and Sha'di captured Zhu Guangqing and soon pursued and captured Shi Kunshan and Zhong Daming.
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使 宿 宿 西殿 宿 宿 使 西
On the wuchen day of the eighth month, sacrifice was offered at the altars of soil and grain. Envoys were dispatched to relieve ninety thousand famine-stricken households in Jinan. On the gengwu day the comet was no longer seen. From its first appearance on the dingmao day of the fifth month until now was sixty-three days in all, passing through fifteen mansions from Hairy Head to Room before vanishing. On the jiaxu day, the moon transgressed the Heart mansion. On the xinsi day, bandits rose in the capital region. On the renwu day the capital region suffered a great earthquake. Pillars of the Imperial Ancestral Temple split and walls of each chamber were damaged. Ritual objects were crushed, and the spirit tablets and imperial couch of Emperor Wenzong were entirely shattered. Walls of the spirit hall at West Lake Temple collapsed, crushing sacrificial vessels. Earthquakes followed one after another until the dinghai day before ceasing, and many people were harmed. On the guiwei day, there was a solar halo with arcs on both sides and a white rainbow running through it. Henan suffered an earthquake. The prohibition on Goryeans bearing weapons was relaxed, and they were again permitted to ride horses. On the wuzi day, the prohibition on weapons was also opened in places where Han guarded raw tribes. The spirit tablets of Emperor Wenzong and all objects in the temple were repaired. That month the imperial carriage arrived from Shangdu. On the jihai day of the ninth month, Mars transgressed the Dipper mansion. On the jiachen day, the moon transgressed the Dipper mansion. On the dingwei day, the moon transgressed the Encampment and Wall formation. On the jiyou day, a leather-goods office was established at Ningxia, with chief and deputy superintendents appointed. Branch Bureaus of Military Affairs were established in Sichuan, Huguang, Jiangxi, and Jiangzhe. The new spirit tablets, jade registers, and all spirit objects of Emperor Wenzong were completed. An edict ordered sacrifice and announcement according to ritual. The moon transgressed the Encampment and Wall formation. On the xinhai day, the moon transgressed the Xuanyuan constellation. On the bingyin day, five additional relief-sale rice shops were established in the northern and southern wards of Dadu.
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調 宿 宿
On the gengwu day of the tenth month of winter, Venus was visible in daylight. On the guiyou day the sun was red as ochre. On the yihai day, Toqto, director of the Jiangzhe Branch Secretariat, was ordered to supervise sea transport. On the bingzi day, the moon transgressed the Encampment and Wall formation. On the renwu day, the moon transgressed the Hairy Head mansion. On the dinghai day, Venus was visible in daylight, and the moon transgressed the Ghost mansion. On the gengyin day Venus was visible in daylight, on the xinmao day it was again so, and on the bingshen day again so.
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宿 宿
On the dingyou day of the eleventh month, Venus crossed the sky. On the wuxu day, Venus transgressed the Neck mansion. On the jihai day, Venus crossed the sky. On the renyin day, the moon transgressed Mars. On the guimao day, the moon transgressed the Encampment and Wall formation. On the bingwu day, garrison farmland was established at Xiong Prefecture. On the dingwei day, Saturn transgressed Key Closure. On the xinhai day, the moon transgressed the Five Chariots. On the jiayin day, the moon transgressed the Ghost mansion. On the bingchen day, the moon transgressed the Xuanyuan constellation. On the dingsi day, Venus crossed the sky, and the moon transgressed the Supreme Palace Enclosure. An edict ordered Totoq Temür to inherit the princedom of Jing and Tuqoch, and his consort Hulaghai to administer Ulus affairs jointly. On the wuwu day, Venus crossed the sky. On the guihai day, fifteen thousand ingots of paper money were issued to relieve those killed and injured in the earthquake at Xuande and other places. Venus crossed the sky. On the jiazi and yichou days, it was again so.
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退 西
On the jisi day of the twelfth month, sacrifice was offered at the Imperial Ancestral Temple. Jupiter retreated and transgressed the Celestial Wine Jar; Saturn transgressed the Punishment star. On the jiaxu day, Mars transgressed the Encampment and Wall formation and Venus transgressed Eastern Suburb. On the yihai day, the Ministry of Personnel again established one director, vice director, and clerk each in the Office of Merit Examination. On the gengchen day, Arutu was ordered to inherit the title Prince of Guangping. On the renwu day, Yang Gui and others of the Academy of Scholarly Glory said, "The portrait halls of the retired emperor and Consort Tang at Yuhua Palace in Zhending should be sacrificed to each year on the twentieth day of the first month." The request was granted. On the bingxu day, Asud scout cavalry garrison troops were ordered to farm fields. That month Mažar was made grand tutor and the Bureau of Military Affairs was divided to guard the northern frontier. That year an edict bestowed a stele on the filial son Jin Bing. Bayan requested that the five Han surnames Zhang, Wang, Liu, Li, and Zhao be killed. The emperor did not consent. The Western Regions monk Gammala was summoned to the capital, titled State Preceptor of Abhiṣeka, and granted a jade seal.
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便 使 西 宿
In the fourth year, on the bingshen day of the first month of spring, because of the earthquake, amnesty was proclaimed throughout the realm. An edict declared: "For honest and capable officials within and without, if their parents are seventy and there is no attendant son, they shall be appointed nearby by the Board so they may serve and support them." Because Buranxi, commissioner of the Bureau of Buddhist and Tibetan Affairs, was seventy, he was ordered to retire and was appointed Grand Preceptor with full salary for life. On the guimao day Venus transgressed the Establishment star, and on the jiachen day it was again so. On the bingwu day, the moon transgressed the Five Chariots. On the xinhai day, the moon transgressed the Xuanyuan constellation. On the jiwei day, Saturn transgressed Eastern Suburb. The Jiangzhe sea-transport grain quota was insufficient. Five hundred thousand shi from Jiangxi and Henan were allocated to supplement it. On the gengshen day, the moon entered the Southern Dipper and Venus transgressed the Ox mansion. On the xinyou day, Prince Namadai was separately ordered acting vice director of the Branch Bureau of Military Affairs. On the guihai day, paper money was printed in an issue of one million two hundred thousand ingots. That month an edict ordered repair of the Confucian temple at Qufu.
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西 西
On the dingmao day of the second month, the branch bureaus of military affairs in Henan, Jiangzhe, Huguang, Jiangxi, Sichuan, and other places were abolished. On the wuchen day, sacrifice was offered at the altars of soil and grain. On the gengwu day, the imperial carriage hunted at Willow Grove. On the wuyin day, the moon transgressed the Xuanyuan constellation. On the jimao day, the moon transgressed the Heavenly Terrace. On the yiyou day, Fengsheng Prefecture suffered an earthquake. That month those afflicted by flooding in the capital, Henan, and the north were relieved. Nanchang Prefecture in Longxing Circuit was starving. Jiangxi sea-transport grain was issued for relief sale.
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退
On the wushen day of the third month, Saturn retreated and transgressed Eastern Suburb. On the xinyou day, Associate Administrator Ajili was ordered to supervise compilation of the 《Statutes of the Zhizheng Reign》. Sacrifice and announcement were offered at the southern suburb. King Dorji was appointed left director of the Liaoyang Branch Secretariat. Prince Yilibughua was appointed vice director of the Bureau of Military Affairs and was granted one thousand ingots of paper money, one ingot of gold, and ten ingots of silver.
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On the xinwei day of the fourth month of summer, red sand rained in the capital and daylight was dim. On the guiyou day, the scout Qamaq and Jirwatai were appointed associate administrators of the Secretariat. On the yihai day, Totoq was appointed censor-in-chief. On the jimao day, Ajili was appointed grand academician of the Pavilion of Literary Splendor and also ordered to oversee the Classics Colloquium. On the jimao day, the imperial carriage traveled seasonally to Shangdu. Bang Hu of Henan was escorted to the capital and executed. On the guisi day, near dusk the imperial carriage reached Balitang. Hail fell as large as fists, in shapes of small children, rings, lions, elephants, tortoises, and eggs.
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On the yimao day of the fifth month, inspection offices were established at Mount Wutai and other places. On the gengxu day, the Liang-Huai garrison hunt and capture chief command was promoted to the third rank. On the jiayin day, Yanchi, associate administrator of the Huguang Branch Secretariat, was posthumously enfeoffed as meritorious minister who supported sincerity and aided the throne in pacifying the frontier and overcoming enemies, Grand Preceptor, Commander-in-Chief with Equal Protocol to the Three Excellencies, and Supreme Pillar of State. He was further enfeoffed as Prince of Yongping, Loyal and Assisting. On the xinyou day, an edict declared: "Soldiers of the Tibetan pacification commission are permitted to ride horses and bear weapons." The Huguang Branch Secretariat originally administered more than three hundred caves of Xinhua, Gu, Tanxi, Longli, and Hong, with more than sixty thousand cave households. They were divided and placed under Jing Prefecture, and the Xunan and Hengjiang inspection offices were established. That month Fujia Lü was appointed director of the Office of Merit Examination, Qiao Lin vice director, and Wei Zongdao clerk, to examine the merits and faults of officials throughout the realm. Araji was again appointed associate administrator of the Secretariat. Zhangde presented auspicious wheat with one stalk and three ears. Linyi and Fei counties suffered flooding. Thirty thousand shi of rice were issued for relief sale. On the gengwu day of the sixth month, Enmochuo, surveillance commissioner of Guangdong, said, "When executing serious criminals, officials of the Five Offices should consider distance and beforehand select officials to proceed to each circuit so that all matters are completed by the autumn equinox." The request was granted. On the xinsi day, Zhou Ziwang of Yuan Prefecture rebelled, falsely calling himself King Zhou of the Zhou dynasty and changing the era name. He was soon captured and executed. Saturn retreated and transgressed Key Closure. On the renwu day, Dianjiang County in Chongqing Circuit was established. On the jichou day, Shaowu Circuit suffered great rain. Water entered the city walls one zhang deep on level ground. That month Lingshan in Xin Prefecture Circuit split open. Li Zhipu of Nansheng County in Zhang Prefecture rebelled and besieged Zhang city. The defending general Toqsun fought them and was defeated. An edict ordered Biebughua, associate administrator of the Jiangzhe Branch Secretariat, to command armies of Zhe, Min, Jiangxi, and Guangdong to suppress them.
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On the renyin day of the seventh month of autumn, an edict said that because Bayan had merit, living shrines were established at Zhuo and Bian prefectures. On the jiyou day, Fengsheng Prefecture suffered a great earthquake, damaging people, dwellings, and property. On the bingchen day, mountains collapsed in Gongchang Prefecture, crushing people to death. On the wuwu day, a chief command of hunt-and-falcon households of various categories was established for Bayan.
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On the guihai new moon of the eighth month, there was a solar eclipse. On the wuchen day, sacrifice was offered at the altars of soil and grain. On the jisi day, the prohibition on taking Goryean women and eunuchs was reasserted. Bayancher was posthumously enfeoffed as meritorious minister who guarded sincerity and aided transport in pacifying the age and beautifying the world, Grand Preceptor, Commander-in-Chief with Equal Protocol to the Three Excellencies, and Supreme Pillar of State. He was further enfeoffed as Prince of Fengyuan, Loyal and Proclaiming. On the xinwei day, Xuande Prefecture suffered a great earthquake. On the guiyou day, the Shandong Salt Transport Commission established east and west salt depots at Licheng in Jinan. On the bingzi day the capital region suffered earthquakes two or three times a day until the yiyou day before ceasing. On the dingyou day, a white rainbow ran across the sky. On the guiwei day, Xuande Prefecture was renamed Shunning Prefecture and Fengsheng Prefecture was renamed Bao'an Prefecture. Grand Preceptor Qutu was posthumously enfeoffed as meritorious minister who supported loyalty and aided transport in preserving peace, Grand Preceptor, Commander-in-Chief with Equal Protocol to the Three Excellencies, and Supreme Pillar of State. He was further enfeoffed as Prince of Guangyang, Loyal and Kind. Associate Administrator Botiemuer was posthumously enfeoffed as meritorious minister who proclaimed loyalty and aided beauty in cooperative sincerity and upright virtue, Grand Preceptor, Commander-in-Chief with Equal Protocol to the Three Excellencies, and Supreme Pillar of State. He was further enfeoffed as Prince of Wen'an, Loyal and Commiserating. On the jiashen day, the native official Ba of Laogao in Yunnan sent his nephew Nasai with tribute of elephants and horses. The Laogao Military and Civil Chief Command was established. That month the imperial carriage returned from Shangdu.
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宿 宿 宿
On the wuxu day of the intercalary eighth month the sun was red as ochre, and on the jihai day it was again so. Saturn transgressed the Punishment star, and the moon transgressed the Dipper mansion. On the renyin day the sun was red as ochre. On the gengxu day, the moon transgressed the Dipper mansion. On the yimao day, the moon transgressed the Ghost mansion.
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宿 西 宿
On the bingyin day of the ninth month, the moon transgressed the Dipper mansion. On the wuchen day, Venus transgressed Eastern Suburb. On the guiyou day, a shooting star as large as a cup, white in color, rose below the Right Banner and traveled southwest, vanishing near the Turbid Pool. On the jiashen day, the moon transgressed the Xuanyuan constellation. On the yiyou day, the moon transgressed the Heavenly Terrace. On the gengyin day the sun was red as ochre, and Venus transgressed the Dipper mansion.
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On the xinmao day of the tenth month of winter, sacrifice was offered at the Imperial Ancestral Temple. On the xinhai day, the moon transgressed the Wine Banner.
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殿 使使使 使 宿 宿 使
On the bingyin day of the eleventh month, the hall name of Emperor Yingzong was changed to Zhaorong. On the dingmao day, the Shaoxi Military and Civil Pacification Chief Command was established. Censor-in-Chief Totoq was also made chief commander, and Investigating Censor Jidangpu vice commander, with hereditary tenure. This prefecture originally administered six prefectures, twenty counties, and one hundred fifty-two towns. At the founding of the dynasty its lands were desolate and abolished. Now there were more than two hundred thousand inhabitants, and therefore a prefectural government was established. On the yisi day, Associate Administrator Boluo was ordered to head the Court of Imperial Sacrifices. Mars transgressed the mansion of Di. On the dingchou day, the moon transgressed the Ghost mansion. On the wuyin day, Venus transgressed the Encampment and Wall formation. On the renwu day, the Sanmao cave tribes of Sichuan rebelled. Envoys were dispatched to relieve the people afflicted by the bandits.
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On the jiawu day of the twelfth month, twenty rice shops were established in the southern ward of Dadu and elsewhere. Each shop sold fifty shi of rice daily to aid the poor, to be abolished when the autumn harvest came. On the wuxu day, the Bangya and other Pacification Commission and Chief Command headquarters were established. Earlier, when Shizu had pacified Burma, because it lay at the extreme border of Yunnan, its chieftain was made commander and ordered to present tribute once every three years. Now tribute came, and therefore government offices were established. On the gengzi day, Mars transgressed the Room mansion. On the renyin day, Biebieqibuhua, commissioner of the Bureau of Palace Provisions, was appointed censor-in-chief. On the guimao day Venus crossed the sky, and on the jiyou day it was again so. On the gengxu day, Prince Totoq Temür of Jing was further granted the title of meritorious minister, primary assistant of broad centrality, righteous integrity, and martial rectitude who shakes the martial and aids transport. Venus crossed the sky. On the xinhai day, it was again so. On the renzi day, Mars transgressed Eastern Suburb. On the yimao day, Venus transgressed the Outer Screen, and the moon transgressed the Dipper mansion. On the bingchen day, Venus crossed the sky.
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