Disaster. Five Elements

  In October of the second year of Wude, an earthquake occurred in the capital.

   In June of the second year of Zhenguan (628), there was a severe drought in Chang’an.

   In June of the second year of Zhenguan, there was a drought in Gyeonggi, and locusts ate crops. Taizong threw locusts in the garden and cursed them, saying: “People take grain as their life, and if you harm them, you will harm my people. If the people have sins, it is given to one person. If you are psychic, you should eat me, and it will not harm me. The people.” He would swallow it, and the courtiers feared that he would get sick, so he abruptly advised him to stop it. The above said: “I want to remove the disaster, why should I avoid it?” So I swallowed it. The old locusts are not infested.

  In the early days of Zhenguan, the white magpie nested in the locust tree in the palace courtyard. Taizong said: “I often laugh at Emperor Wen of Sui’s good words. What is the benefit of the white magpies?” After Gaozong’s civilization, the whole world frequently played the female pheasants that turned into males, or half turned into males, and presented them at the same time. In the first year of Tiaolu, when the Turks Wenfu and others were not rebelling, a group of Mingyu flew into the fortress and successively covered the fields. The people on the side were startled and said: “The Turks are flying south, and the Turks have invaded the fortress.” In the first month of the second year, They flew north again, and when Lingxia was already north, they all fell to the ground and died, seeing them as headless. Pei Xingjian asked You Shimiao, the divine guest: “The auspiciousness of birds and beasts is in response to human affairs, why?” He replied, “Although human beings are the most intelligent, their temperament contains qi, which is the same as that of all kinds. The blessing should be here. The holy king is ordered, the dragon and the phoenix are Jiarui, and the spirit is the same. Therefore, the ancestors of the Han Dynasty cut the snake and tested the Qin Dynasty and they will die. Qu Yu came to the nest, Lu Zhao ran away. The rat danced to the door, Yan was killed. The big birds flew together, and Changyi was defeated. Therefore, the gentleman is reverent, respectful, and fearful. For major events, know that the gods are coming, and be afraid of adversity and self. Pheasant rises to Ding Er, Yin Zong sideways to cultivate morality, Song stops sitting in the corner, Jia Shengzuo gives it to tell his life. Death is no patient, and virtue wins over demons.

  Zhenguan, Fenzhou said that Qinglong saw, spit things in the air, and there is light like fire. Falling to the ground, sinking into the ground, digging it up to get mysterious gold, wide feet, seven inches long. In the first year of Dazu, Qianzhou did not drive the six-eyed turtle and lost it overnight. Among the dragons, there is a toad in the Weihe River, as big as a stone cauldron. At the age of 2, hundreds of houses were drowned in the capital, the water from Shangzhou entered the city gate, and the water from Xiangyang reached the end of the tree. In June of the second year of the congenital year, the brick steps of the Xijing Chaotang were self-destructed for no reason. Beneath the bricks there is a large snake that is more than 10 feet long, and a toad as big as a plate, with faces as red as fire, fighting each other. The snake enters the tree, and the toad enters the grass. On July 3 of that year, Xuanzong executed seventeen families including Dou Huaizhen and Cen Xi. In June of the fourth year of Kaiyuan, at the foot of Maling Mountain in Chenzhou, there were white snakes six or seven feet long, and black snakes more than ten feet long. The two snakes fought, the white snake swallowed the black snake, and the mouth and eyes bleed to the point where the black snake’s head pierced the white snake’s belly, and all of them died. Within ten days Guiyang rained heavily, the mountains and rivers overflowed, 500 homes drifted, and more than 300 people were killed.

   Among Tianbao, there is a giant snake in Luoyang, more than zhang high and a hundred feet long, which emerges from the foot of Mount Mang. When Hu Seng saw it fearlessly, he sighed and said, “I want to pour water into Luocheng.” He cursed it with the Tianzhu method, and the snake died in a few days. Lushan is also a sign of Luo’s fall. One month before Li Kui became prime minister, there was a big toad like a bed, and in the room, Russia lost his place. Occupiers think that the toad angel is also a blessing. In September of the second year of Qianyuan, in the release pond in Sangang County, Tongzhou, the sun was shining, the water was surging up, and a yellow dragon jumped out, more than zhang high, and there were pearls emerging from several places next to the dragon.

   In the second month of the second year of Wude, Renzi, the wind pulled the wood. “Easy” Xun is the wind, “heavy Xun with Shenming”. Its transit is also like a man’s lord’s decree, and its agitation is in the heaven and earth, sometimes flying sand and dust, and it is angry. Qi Zhan: “The ministers are arrogant and vigorous, all the rebel comrades, the monarch is in the dark, and when he does things, he will be hurt, so there is always a wind.” And “the wind enters the palace tower, again and again every day, if the sound of the wind hits the ground like thunder. , for the general prosperity of the soldiers.”

  Zhenguan 21st August, Laizhou borer.

  In the third month of the seventh year of Zhenguan, Dingmao, rain and soil. In the twenty-year intercalary, the third month is one year, and the yellow clouds are one zhang wide, and the east and west are bounded by the sky. Yellow is earth work.

  In October of the second year of Wude, there was an earthquake in the capital. When it is overcast and abnormal, there will be an earthquake. Therefore, it will be a strong minister, a concubine who is arrogant, a barbarian who violates China, a villain, a Taoist leader, a bandit, and a traitor. In July of the seventh year, the earthquake in Junzhou caused the mountains to destroy the river and the water to stagnate.

   In the seventh year of Zhenguan, in the tenth month of Yichou, there was an earthquake in the capital, and in the twelveth year of the first month, Renyin, the earthquake in Songzhou and Congzhou, destroyed the house. In September of the 20th year of Xinhai, the Lingzhou earthquake was thunderous. In the 23rd August in Guiyoushuo, there was an earthquake in Hedong, especially in Jinzhou, killing more than 50 people; in Yihai, it was shaken again. November Yi Chou, and shock.

   In July of the eighth year of Zhenguan, Longyou Mountain was destroyed. The mountains are high and lofty, and the likeness of falling from the top is also.

  In March of the second year of Wude, there was a sound from the sage cliff in Taihang Mountain. Zhan said, “A bandit has arrived.”

In August of the seventeenth year of Zhenguan, there was a stone five in Hongchi Valley, Changsong County, Liangzhou, written in green and white text, saying: “The Emperor Gao regretted having many sons, Li Yuanwang, in the eighty years of the Taiping Emperor, Li Shimin, the Millennium Prince, Li Zhishu, and the people of Yanshan. Shang Wangzhen awarded Wen Renmai, the great king of the ages, five kings, six kings, seven kings, ten winds, talented men, seven Buddhas and eight bodhisattvas, and the emperor of the upper world, Wenwu, Zhengguan, and the great sage. : “Heaven has a destiny, expressing Ruizhenshi, the text is clear, the calendar is only eternal, not only the industry of Jinggao Temple, but also the life of the tin. Thin, Mi increase Yin fear.” In the past Wei Dynasty replaced Han with soil virtue, Liangzhou stone has text. Stones and golds were pushed by five victories, so people at that time called them the monsters of the Wei family and the auspiciousness of the Jin family. Tang Yitu Dewang, Shi Youwen, things are quite similar. However, the text was unknown at the beginning, and later generations have tried to test it. Gaiwu’s revolution, self-proclaimed King Jinde, whose “Buddhas and Bodhisattvas” are also called Jinlun of Ci’s; “Lord of the Kingdom of Letai”, Princess Taiping and Princess Anle of Zhenguo, all used women to disrupt the country; its “Five Kings” “Six kings and seven kings”, the number of eighteen in the Tang Dynasty.

  Wu De three years summer, drought, as for the August rain. For four years, since spring has not rained, as for July. Rain, Shaoyin Qi, if its Qi is destroyed, there will be no rain. Shaoyin is also metal, and metal is used for punishment and for soldiers. If punishment is not punished, and soldiers are not shackled, then the qi of metal will be destroyed, so it is often called drought. Fire is the prosperous yang, and the yang qi is strong, so the sages make rituals to feast on them. If the etiquette is lost, the kang will be arrogant and arrogant, and it will lead to the prosperity of the sun. In the five elements, when the soil is strong, the water is controlled, and when the soil is prosperous, the water and gas are stagnant, and there is often drought. Tianguan has Dongjing, which is mainly responsible for water affairs. Tianhan and Tianjiang are also water auspicious. Water and fire are feuding, and they are controlled by the earth. The earth and fire are exiled. If the eclipse of the sun is too much and does not come, it will be dry and auspicious with the seven luminaries to the south of the middle road. In the autumn of the seventh year, there was a drought in Guannei and Hedong.

   In the summer of the first year of Zhenguan, there was a severe drought in Shandong. In the spring of the second year, drought. Three years of spring, summer and drought. Four years of spring, drought. Since the succession of the Emperor Taishang to this point, there have been droughts and droughts over the years. In the autumn of the ninth year, twenty-four droughts occurred in Jiannan and Guandong prefectures. In twelve years, Wu, Chu, Ba, and Shuzhou experienced twenty-six droughts; in winter, there was no rain, and in May next year. In the seventeenth year, there was drought in spring and summer, and in the autumn of twenty-one years, there were droughts in Shaanxi, Jiang, Pu, Kui and other prefectures. In the autumn of the 22nd year, the prefectures of Kai and Wan are dry; in the winter, there is no rain, and it will be March next year.

   In the fourteenth year of Zhenguan, Hou Jun, the chief general of the Jiaohe Road marching army, gathered to attack Gaochang. First, there was a nursery rhyme in their country that said: “The soldiers and horses of Gaochang are like frost and snow, the soldiers and horses of the Han family are like the sun and the moon, the sun and the moon shine on the frost and snow, and they will disappear when they look back.”

   In the seventh month of the seventeenth year of Zhenguan, the people said that the officials sent a scorpion to kill people to sacrifice to the heavenly dog. So it was even more frightening, every night when disturbed, they all drew their bows and restrained themselves to defend themselves. Those without weapons did it, and they dared not walk alone in the suburbs. Taizong hated it, and ordered the gates of all squares to be opened at night to announce the decree and condolences, and it stopped after more than a month.

  In the third year of Wude, the Turks will be crowned by Luo Khan, and he will hear the dogs howling at night but not see any dogs.