Historical Records Translation and Original Text

Between the Zhou and Qin Dynasties, the five emperors were offered sacrifices in the east, west, south and north respectively. At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the country was founded. There was a lack of north places to offer sacrifices to the Black Emperor. Emperor Gaozu asked his officials why, but they could not answer. Emperor Gaozu was enlightened and said, "It turns out that the north is waiting for me to build.". See Feng Chan Shu. ② yuan: epoch. Count the day on which the calendar begins. Gengyuan is to change the calendar. ③ Divide the sky into several parts for celestial observation. The ancients divided the sky into four palaces and twelve times, and the number of stars contained in each house varied slightly with the times. Taichu changed the calendar and re-divided the heaven, which means to re-measure the exact number of degrees contained in each house, that is, to re-measure the astrometry. And (4) calculate and transferring that calendar, namely compile the calendar table through calculation, and transferring the calendar day from the calendar table. Because of the circularity of the calendar, after a number of years, the calendar day will reappear in its original form, so the calendar day, such as the turn of the wheel, is called the turn of the calendar. ⑤ Same as Xia Zheng: same as Xia calendar. ⑥ Zhan: Tong. Satisfy. The meaning of the whole sentence is not getting a satisfactory answer. "Ji Jie" quoted Xu Guang as saying, "One is for sale." Also "Han Shu · Lv Li Zhi" as ", all pass. (7) "Ji Jie" quoted Meng Kang's language to explain: "He is also a work. The Yellow Emperor made a calendar, and the end of the calendar was endless, so it was said that he was immortal. He also quoted the words of the minister Zan, saying, "The virtue of the Yellow Emperor was in harmony with Xu, and he ascended to heaven as a dragon and ascended to immortality, so it is said that he was United but did not die." It will be said to be long in the future. (8) Name check: The names of the ephemeris are clearly identified one by one, so as not to be confused. Degree verification: the star number is verified to be correct one by one. ⑨ Determine the level of the five tones. If the sound is thin and high, it is clear; if it is low and deep, it is muddy. (10) Establish the connection between the beginning calendar and the five parts. The five parts are the five elements. It refers to wood, fire, earth, metal and water. (11) Determine the size of the 24 solar terms and other names (referring to various parameters) in the calendar. (12) The words of exclamation: Although they are "very subtle", they are not followed and clarified in order to fill in the gaps. "History of the Han Dynasty · Lv Li Zhi" is written as "failed to cultivate the Ming Dynasty." Follow fellow practitioners. (13) "Suo Yin" explains: "The achievement is the meaning of the female worker's arrest, and the calculation of the calendar with words is just like the female worker's arrest and weaving." 。 By: performance is spinning performance. Pulling cotton and linen for yarn is called spinning (or called it), and pulling yarn for thread is called achievement. It is a metaphor for making a calendar, which means that it is not too subtle and many a little makes a mickle. (It is said that the thread of silk is yarn, the yarn is, and the cloth is accumulated; the calendar is divided into days, the days are months, and the months are years. Day minutes: The length of a day is divided into several minutes as the base of the calendar. (14) Rate: all, large rate,fake blossom tree, usual. Victory of water virtue: refers to earth virtue. Earth is superior to water in the five elements. (15) Now the season is approaching the Summer Solstice. Summer Solstice, May in the air. (16) Since the twelve laws are the palace, it is stated here that Huang Zhong is the palace and Lin Zhong is the sign to show that the twelve laws have been corrected. (17) The solar terms get the positive time of summer again. (18) Among the five tones, the palace tone is the most turbid and the feather tone is the clearest. If the feather sound is not clear, the five tones are not correct, indicating that the length unit is incorrect (too long), and the calendar will not be accurate, which is the reason why the calendar first corrects the five tones and twelve rhythms. (19) There are two explanations: one is that "Ming" is an error of the word "Ge", and "Ge Fu Zheng Bian" means that the feather tone is restored to be clear, and the other tones are also restored to change according to the correct ratio, which means that all five tones are positive. Secondly, it is believed that the word "change" is a derivative text, and "name restoration" means that all the names and objects related to the calendar have been restored to the correct state. The translation takes the latter to say. (20) This sentence explains why you want to choose the day whose name is Zi, which happens to be Winter Solstice day, as the beginning of the calendar. The next sentence is the answer to this question. (21) Wang yuanqi explained that "in ancient times, when the seven Yao (the sun, the moon, and the five stars) were Winter Solstice at midnight on the first day of the reign of Emperor Taichu, they would all divide themselves into degrees in a morning glory. From then on, all the Yao were either slow or slow, fake ficus tree ,fake ficus tree, and each had its own way of doing things. This is what is called the way of separation and reunion." Yin and Yang, here refers to the seven stars, such as the moon for Yin, the sun for Yang. Metal and water are Yin, wood and fire are Yang, and so on; the way of separation and reunion is to separate those who should be separated, and to unite those who should be United, each following its own way. (22) The calendar requires that November Jiazi Day be the winter solstice, which can already be satisfied. At that time, it had been calculated that November of that year was Jiazi Day and Winter Solstice Festival, so there was such a statement. (23) This is the Tai Sui Chronology, which replaces the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches with a new name to indicate the location of Tai Sui. The new names recorded in Er Ya are transcribed as follows, and no other notes are made later: "Tai Sui is called Feng Feng in a, Zan Meng in B, Rou Zhao in C, Qiang Feng in D, Zhu Yong in E, Tu Wei in Ji, Shang Zhang in G, Chong Guang in Xin, Xuan in Ren, and Zhao Yang in Gui." The above is Suiyang. Tai Sui is called Sheti Ge at Yin, Shan Kui at Mao, Zhi Xu at Chen, Da Huang Luo at Si, Dun at Wu, Xie Qia at Wei, Tun Tan at Shen, Zuo Og at You, Cao Mao at Xu, Da yuan Xian at Hai, Jin Dun at Tzu, and Chi Fen Ruo at Chou. In the "Almanac", the word "Feng She Ti Ge" obviously refers to the year of Jia Yin. (24) The names of the months recorded in Erya are as follows: "The month in a is called Bi, in B is called Tangerine, in C is called Xiu, in D is called Bi, in E is called Li, in Ji is called Ze, in G is called Zhi, in Xin is called Sai, in Ren is called Zhong, and in Gui is called Ji.". The above is Yueyang. For the first month, February is like, March is, April is more than, May is Gao, June is and (jjū), July is phase, August is strong, September is Xuan, October is Yang, November is Gu, December is Tu. The month Yang is arranged in order, combined with the name of the twelfth month, and the sixth month is a week; the name of the twelfth month is fixed every year. For example, in the first month of the lunar year, the name of a is Bi, the name of B is Tangerine, and so on. "Bi Ju" in "Almanac" is the same as "Ju". (25) The above sentences are rather fragmentary: "Yue Ming" refers to the first month of the seventh year of yuanfeng (that is, the first year of Taichu), "Ri De Jia Zi" refers to the name of the new moon in November of the sixth year of yuanfeng (that is, the first month of the first year of Taichu), and "Ye Ban Shuo Dan Winter Solstice" repeats the previous sentence. Therefore, some people think that the twenty-one characters below the "name of the year" are handed down by later generations and mistakenly connected to the characters below the imperial edict,cherry blossom wedding centerpiece, which can be said. See Jin Yanxu of the Qing Dynasty, Bian of Sui Ming in the First Year of Shi Ji Tai Chu; included in Ji Jing Jing She Wen Ji, Volume 8. hacartificialtree.com