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In the history of the world, the highest level of astronomy is the Maya, but unfortunately the Mayan civilization went extinct too early, and many things have not been handed down.
The second largest level of astronomy to the Maya was Chinese. Everyone knows that the most recorded records of solar eclipses, lunar eclipses, and comets in Chinese history.
At that time, Chinese historians usually combined astrology and national events to do divination, which can be called the earliest astrologer, and it is quite accurate!
Today's headlines take history as a mirror to tell you the story of an astrologer in the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period!
It is said that in the Song Kingdom of that year, in the thirty-seventh year of the Song Jinggong (480 BC), the monarch Song Jinggong took his concubine to admire the moon at night, and it turned out that the sky was not right, and the red Mars actually ran to the heart of one of the twenty-eight houses, so he quickly called ZiWei, who was in charge of Si Xing and also a historical official, to see what was going on.
Song Gongge
Song Jinggong is now famous because a cultural relic of Song Jinggong Zhige was unearthed, and the name of Song Jinggong was also on it.
As soon as Zi Wei came, he said to Song Jinggong: Great King, this celestial phenomenon is called Ying Confusion Shouxin! Omen of evil! According to the astrological signs, the heart star belongs to the division of the Song Kingdom (in ancient times, the Heavenly Son was divided according to the status of the stars listed in the heavens), so this is the evil of the main sword and soldier disaster, and it is a sign that it will come to the Song Kingdom. With all due respect, the country is in chaos, and you are afraid that you will not be able to pass this year's hurdle!
Song Jinggong listened: Finished, the Song Kingdom is in chaos, the first to bear the brunt of it is the monarch, I have only been the monarch for thirty-seven years, and I have not had enough...
When Zi Wei saw that Song Jinggong was in chaos, he might click himself on the charge of disturbing people's hearts for a while, and quickly said to Song Jinggong: Don't panic first, I have a way here to transfer the calamity that descended from heaven to others, but the status of the people who bear it cannot be too low, how do you think of the prime minister? Let him bear the calamity for you?
Song Jinggong was surprised and delighted to hear this, but after thinking about it for a long time, he said, "Alas, the prime minister is a minister who assists the state, just like my humerus, supporting the actions of the whole body, how can he be made to suffer misfortune?" ”
Zi Wei then said, "You think the prime minister is not good, and I still have a way to transfer it to the people of the Song Kingdom to bear it." What do you think? ”
Song Jinggong thought about it, shook his head, and said, "No, as the king of a country, you should appease the people with benevolence, how can you let the people bear the calamity?" I can't! ”
Zi Wei also said, "Since you don't think it's okay for people, I can transfer to the harvest of years and grains." Don't let people get hurt, this is OK! ”
Song Jinggong thought about it for a moment, then shook his head and said, "No, the people live on the harvest of the year, if the crop harvest is not good, the people will be in trouble, then who will I rely on as the monarch?" ”
Speaking of this, Zi Wei suddenly sighed: "Although the sky is high, I can hear what the people on the ground say." These three sentences you said tonight are exemplary for people! Heaven heard this, and I speculated that Mars should move three times, leaving the position of the heart, so that the Song Kingdom would not have another disaster this year. Not only that, but the king was able to extend his life by 21 years. ”
Confused and defensive
Song Jinggong was very surprised and said why 21 years?
Ziwei said: Once Mars moves, it has to pass through seven stars, and if it moves three times, that is, 21 stars. A star represents a year, so the lifespan of a king is extended by 21 years.
Song Jinggong was very happy, so he led Ziwei and Aifei to watch the stars happily at night, and Mars did move three times that night.
Song Jinggong eventually died in the sixty-fourth year of Song Jinggong (453 BC), indeed living for an extra 27 years.
This dialogue between Song Jinggong and ZiWei is mentioned in Lü Shi Chunqiu, Sima Qian's Shi Ji, and Ban Gu's Yiwen Zhi.
It can be said that compared with the records of the stars recorded in later generations indicating that the emperor will die, Ziwei in the Spring and Autumn Period is even more unpredictable, and a historian astronomer can actually transfer disasters, and through astronomy can predict life and death, compared to today's tarot cards, constellations, do not know where to go.
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