"History of the Ming Dynasty" Volume 27 Chronicles 3 (4)

▲Stars and meteors fall

The records of flying stars in the Lingtai Waiting Book are recorded in every night and day. The small and ordinary ones are irrelevant, so choose the abnormal ones to write down.

In the Gengchen period of October of the third year of Hongwu, there was a red star like a peach, rising from the sky to the barrier formation, reaching Yulin's army, and there was a sound of explosion. Five small stars followed and came to the side of Shi Sikong, shining in the sky. Suddenly they were as big as a bowl, trailing their red tails to Tiancang, and for a moment there was a sound from the southeast. On Yisi in the eighth month of the twenty-first year, the red star was like a cup. It traveled more than three feet southeast from the Big Dipper, divided into two, and then divided into three after more than five feet. Yu Tianyuan.

On Ding Mao, the leap month of the first year of Yongle, there was a star as big as a bucket, shining brightly on the earth, and rising from the clouds in the middle sky. Traveling southwest, there is a rumbling sound, entering the clouds. On Bingwu in the fifth month of the second year, there was a red star as big as a bucket, shining brightly on the ground, rising from the middle of the sky, and traveling northwest into the clouds. In the sixteenth year, there was a star as big as a bucket, green and red in color, lighting up the ground, traveling from Liudong to near Zhuo. In the fifth month of the 22nd year of Jihai, there was a star like a lamp, blue and white in color, shining on the ground, rising from the southeast clouds. Traveling northwest, into the clouds, there is a sound like a cannon. In the Gengyin month of the seventh month, there were stars like bowls, red in color and bright in color. They entered the sky and exploded, causing the stars to shake.

In the twelfth month of the first year of Xuande, there was a star as big as a bowl, bright red, rolling out its tongue, walking eastward through the east well and falling to the ground, making a sound like thunder.

In August Yiyou of the first year of Zhengtong, from dusk to dawn, there were more than a hundred meteors, large and small. In the eighth month of the fourth year, Guimao, there were hundreds of meteors, big and small. In October of the 14th year of Guichou, there was a star as big as a cup, glowing red on the ground, arriving at Shaobi from the northwest of the Third Division. Its wake turned into pale air, more than five feet long, and went westward in a curve. In the 12th month of Wushen, there was a star as big as a cup, blue and white in color, making sound, and lighting up the ground. Traveling southeast from Taiyi for more than ten feet, the light shines as big as a bucket. When it reaches the west wall of Tianshi, it disappears, followed by four small stars.

In June of the second year of Jingtai, there were more than eighty meteors in Bingshen. On Renwu in August, there were two red stars, one like a peach and the other like a bucket, lighting up the ground. Once it leaves Ziwei Xifan and goes north to Yinde, three small stars will follow; once it leaves Tianjin and travels southeast to Henan, more than ten small stars will follow. The wake exploded and the sound was like thunder.

In the fourth month of Guichou in the third year of Tianshun, there was a star as big as a bowl, glowing red on the ground, traveling from the southeast of Zuo Banner to Nusu, and its wake exploded. In the second month of Renzi in the eighth year, there was a star like a bowl, shining on the ground, from Tianshi to Tianjin, and its tail turned into pale gas, like a snake, more than ten feet long, and dispersed for a long time.

In the eleventh month of the twelfth year of Chenghua, in Yi Chou, there were two stars in Yansuiboluo Fort, shaped like a reel shaft. One fell into Fanjiagou and the other fell into the fort, lighting up the sky with red light. On Bingshen in May of the 20th year, a large star fell in the southeast of Panyu County. The sound was like thunder and scattered into more than ten small stars. Now that the sky and the earth are dark, it will take a long time to recover. In the first month of the twenty-first year, at Jia Shenshuo, Shen Ke, there was a fire falling from the middle of the sky and Shaoxi, turning into white gas, twisting and rising upward with a sound. At the end of the day, there is a red star in the west as big as a bowl, traveling from the middle of the sky to the west and approaching the turbid sky, its wake turning into white gas, winding like a snake for a long time, and booming due to the west like thunder.

In the eighth month of the first year of Hongzhi, at Wushen, at the moment of engraving, a shooting star from the south was like a lamp, traveling from the south for more than ten feet, as big as a bowl, from the southwest to near turbidity, turning into white clouds at the end, bending and snaking before scattering. In the tenth month of the fourth year at Dingsi, there were red stars, the light was like lightning, moving from southwest to northeast, and the sound was like a drum. Yueguang Mountain County turned into stone like a bucket. Gwangju Mall also saw big stars flying in the sky, as seen in Gwangsan. In November of Jiaxu, the stars were falling in the northwest, and the sky was candled with red light. The southwest sky sounds like a drum and like a racing car. In May of the seventh year, there were stars falling in Xuanfu, Shanxi, and Henan. At the end of April in the eighth year, there was a star like a wheel, flowing to the northwest and falling in Qianshan County, its sound was like thunder. On Wuwu, the leap month of the ninth year, there were shooting stars like the moon in the southeast of Pingliang, and the red light candled the ground, ending in the northwest, and then the sky drums sounded. In the first month of the tenth year of Renzi, there was a star as big as a bucket, yellow and white in color, and more than thirty feet long. A small star followed it and fell in the northwest corner of Ningxia. The sky roars like thunder. On Yisi in September, there are stars like a bucket, the light covers the moon, flows from the northwest, and falls in Yongping, with a sound. In the first month of the eleventh year of Guihai, a meteor fell in Suzhou. It was as big as a house and sounded like thunder. It lasted for a long time. In the tenth month of Renshen, at dawn, the red star in the east is like a bowl, traveling for more than ten feet, lighting the ground, traveling to the southeast, followed by dozens of small stars. In the leap month of the fourteenth year of Xinsi, there was a star in Shandong as big as a wheel, with a red light that candled the sky, from southeast to northwest, and fell in Shouguang. The sky drum sounds. On the first day of the 16th year of the lunar month, there were stars and daylight streams in Nanjing.

On Gengwu in the twelfth month of the first year of Zhengde, there was a star like a bowl, falling in Zhongwei, Ningxia, and there was a red light in the sky covering an area of ??two acres.

In the eighth month of the second year of the lunar calendar, in Jihai, there was a big star in Ningxia. It flowed from the south to the southwest and fell to the southwest. Behind it was a red light, three feet wide and five feet long. In April of the fifth year of Dinghai, there was a big star in Leizhou like the moon, flowing from the southeast to the northwest, dividing into two, with a tail like a comet, then disappearing, and a sound like thunder. In the eighth month of the sixth year of Guimao, there was a shooting star like a dustpan, with a tail four or five feet long, and a red light candled the sky. From northwest to southeast, three heads and one tail fell into Chongqingwei, Sichuan. The color turned white, and green flames appeared again, more than two feet high, and the sound was like thunder. On the 15th day of the first month of the fifteenth year, a star fell in the Inspection Department Office of Longzhou Valley, Shanxi Province. In April Bingxu, there was a star like the sun in Gongchang Mansion, Shaanxi Province, with a red color, flowing from the east and falling to the southwest. The sky drum sounds.

On Bingzi in September of the twelfth year of Jiajing, a meteor was like a lamp, illuminating the ground. It traveled from the northeast of Central Taipei to the turbidity, and its wake turned into white gas. From the fourth to the fifth watch, there are countless meteors, large and small, criss-crossing in all directions, and they stop at dawn. In the ninth month of the fourteenth year of the lunar month, the drums were beating in Kaifeng. There are stars like a bowl, flowing southeast, with many small stars following them like beads. Xin Chou in May of the 19th year, the star fell and the date was strong, and it was Shi Si.

In the fifth month of the third year of Wanli, in Guihai, at daytime, the sky drum in Jingzhou sounded. Meteor II turned into black stone. In November of the fourth year of the Sino-Japanese War, four stars fell in Feixian County, and the fire illuminated the ground. It is bright in quality, with falling red spots in the northwest of the city. It is like cinnabar in color, two miles long and one or two feet wide. It's the moon, and there are stars about a foot long in Linzhang, flying north during the day. In the seventh month of the thirteenth year of Xinsi, a star like a bowl fell in the lotus cluster of Shenqiu. The sky drum sounds. In June of the fifteenth year, Bingyin, there was a meteor in Pingyang day. Ding Mao, at the moment of the hour, there are stars like buckets, falling in Pingyin, and the sound is like thunder. In the first month of the seventeenth year of Gengshen, a star fell on Xiningwei, as big as the moon. The sky drum sounds. On Bingchen in February of the 20th year, three stars fell in the southeast of Min County. In the first month of the 22nd year of the 18th century, there was a big flying star at the Qingshan Pass in Baoding. The afterglow looked like a comet, and it was more than 20 feet long. In March of the 27th year of Gengzi's reign, Gaizhou Weitian's drum sounded, and three big stars fell in a row. In the ninth month of the thirtieth year, a big star appeared in the southeast. It was as red as blood and as big as a bowl. Suddenly it turned into five stars. Xinsi, there are hundreds of large and small stars staggered in rows. On the fifth watch of Renchen in the tenth month, a meteor rises in the sky, the light scatters in seven rays, and the sound is like thunder. In the ninth month of the thirty-third year on Wuzi, a star like a bowl fell in the rear camp of Longjiang, Nanjing. It was as bright as fire, and when it reached the ground, it wandered like a firefly, and then disappeared as it moved. Tomorrow, there will be stars like the moon again, flowing from the northwest to the parade platform, divided into three, and falling to the ground with a sound. In November, a star fell into the teaching field in Nanjing and left no trace behind. In the eleventh month of the thirty-fifth year of Guisi, a star fell in Jingyang and Chunhua counties. It was as big as a wheel, red, with a tail more than ten feet long, and the sound was like thunder. In February Guiyou of the thirty-eighth year, there was a star as big as a bucket, falling to the northwest in the sun, and there were endless stars. The drums in the sky are beating together. In the first month of the forty-first year of Gengzi, the drum of Zhending sky sounded. Meteors shine during the day. In March of the 43rd year of Wushen, in the daytime, stars fell into Dongliu Village, Qingfeng, with a sound like thunder. In October of the forty-sixth year, a star like a bucket fell outside Ande Gate in Nanjing. It sounded like a thunderbolt and turned into stone, weighing twenty-one kilograms.

In the ninth month of the third year of Tianqi’s reign, the stars in Guyuan Prefecture fell like rain.

In the summer of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, stars were flowing like weaving. In March of the next two years, there was a star falling on Yuhe in Ji Chou Shuo.

▲Clouds

In April of the fourth year of Hongwu, it was Xin Chou, and clouds of five colors were seen. Wushen, Yiyou, Renxu in the eleventh month, Gengwu and Bingzi in the fifth year, Xinsi in the sixth month, Jiyou and Renzi in the seventh month, Jihai in the eighth month, Dingchou in the sixth month of the sixth year, Guimao in the seventh month, and seven The fourth month of the year is Bingwu, the fifth month is Bingxu, Guisi, and Jiawu, the sixth month is Yiwei, Yimao, the seventh month is Jimao, the eighth month is Xinyou, the first month of the eighth year is Renshen, the fourth month is Dingwei, the fifth month is Gengwu, Guiwei, and June Renchen, Jihai, Gengxu in October, Guisi in August in the ninth year, Jiashen in September in the fourteenth year, Jiashen in the first month of the fifteenth year, Gengshen in the fifth month, Yimao and Bingyin in the ninth month, Xinyou in the eleventh month, April Guisi and Yiwei in the eighteenth year, Xinwei and Jiashen in the fifth month, Guichou in June, Renwu in September of the nineteenth year, Dinghai in the eleventh month of the twentieth year, Yiyou in the fifth month, and Yimao in June of the twenty-seventh year. , and as such.

In June of the first year of Yongle, in Jiayin, five-colored clouds can be seen under the sun. In Renshen in the eighth month, solar prominences are seen along with five-colored clouds. In February of the eighth year of Gengxu, I drove to Yong'andian and saw five-colored clouds under the sun. In the sixth month of the eleventh year, Wushenshuo, five-colored clouds were visible on the top of Wudang Mountain. On Bingchen in September and Guiwei in December of the seventeenth year, Qingyun met. In November of the 22nd year, Bingxu, I saw five-colored clouds under the moon.

In the second month of the first year of Hongxi, Guiyou and Gengchen, and at the end of March, all five-color clouds were seen.

On Gengchen in August of the first year of Xuande, white clouds rose from the southeast, like a flock of sheep running away in fright.

On Bingchen in November, there were pale clouds in the north, and the sky was dark in the east and west. At the end of November of the second year, five-colored clouds were visible under the sun. In the sixth month of the fourth year of Wuzi, five colored clouds can be seen at night. In the second month of the sixth year of Renzi's reign, it was dark. There were pale clouds in the west, and the sky was clear to the north and south. In the third month of the tenth year, Ding Hai, the moon produced five-color clouds.

In July of the second year of Zhengtong, five-color clouds appeared on the moon. In October, Ji Chou has five colored clouds. In December, Guihai is like this. In the seventh month of the third year, Jihai, at night, there were pale clouds in the middle of the sky, stretching across the sky from north to south, and stretching across the north and south. On the night of Wuchen, November of the eighth year, there were pale clouds in the southeast, stretching across the sky from east to west. On the 11th day of the 11th month of the ninth year of the lunar calendar, clouds of five colors appeared on the moon. In the ninth month of the tenth year, Dingyou, there are five-colored clouds. On the day of Jiawu in November, the moon produced five-colored clouds. In the tenth month of the fourteenth year of Gengshen, pale clouds appeared during the day, and they turned into three, and the sky was clear to the east, west, south, and north.

In the sixth month of the first year of Jingtai, there were four red clouds, sharp as plowing ridges at both ends, slowly moving northeast and spreading out. In August of Jiaxu, the black clouds were like mountains and turned into the shapes of dragons, tigers and elk. In September Bingyin, there are pale clouds that stretch across the sky from north to south. On the day of Wuyin in June of the second year, there were five colored clouds in the sun. It's Xinyou in September, the night is pale with three clouds, and the east and west are in the sky. In the first month of the third year of Guihai, there were black clouds in the southeast, like people wearing hats and bowing their heads. In November of the fourth year on Dingmao, the moon produced five-colored clouds. Renshen in October of the second year of Tianshun and Wuwu in October of the fourth year are the same.

At Xinwei in March of the second year of Chenghua, white clouds rose from the south, and the east and west were in the sky. On Bingyin, the first month of the eleventh year, five-color clouds appeared on the moon. On Gengwu in October of the eighteenth year, five-colored clouds appeared in Tailing. On Renchen, the leap month of the 21st year, in Kaizhou and Puzhou, Qingfeng and Jinxiang, black clouds rose from the northwest at Wei and Shenshi, turning into five colors, and it was as dark as night for a moment.

On Xinsi, the first month of the second year of Hongzhi, five-color clouds appeared on the day. Ji Youshuo in March of the fourteenth year, Wuzi in September of the seventeenth year of Jiajing, and so on. On the first day of the second lunar month of the eighteenth year, at noon, there were five-colored clouds visible under the sun, more than two inches long and wide, shaped like dragons and phoenixes.

In Gengchen, the sixth month of the fifth year of Wanli, auspicious clouds surround the moon.

In the sixth month of the fourth year of the Apocalypse, Guisi, at noon, five-colored clouds can be seen in the south.