Portents of the reign of Emperor An (106-125)
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1977
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Chng, Khin Yong
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As Etienne Balass, has wel1 pointed out, one of the distinctive
characteristics of Chinese historiography is its stereotype: the
that it lacks of historian’s personal touch and his generalisation
of observed facts. The accuracy of this comment is
clear when we consider the Treatise of Astronomy and the Treatise
of the Five Elements in some of the official histories. In
the Treatise of Astronomy, a great series of observations concerning
general astronomical and natural or supernatural phenomena,
such as the appearance of comet and the movements of the five
observable planets, are recorded each with their correlation to
earthly affairs. In the Treatise of the Five Elements, a great
number of disasters and portents are arranged chronologically
under various categories such as fire, drought, earthquake,
plague and solar eclipse, again accompanied by interpretations
from events of the time.
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