what is a five-star renju? It is the five planets of gold, wood, water, fire and earth in a straight line, which is regarded as the most auspicious astronomical phenomenon.
Historical records show that there was a celestial phenomenon of five-star alignment in the year when Liu Bang ascended the throne. Modern astronomers use computer deduction to prove that the five-star renju happened in the second year of Liu Bang's succession-historians also created good luck for Liu Bang, which is really incredible. According to computer deduction, there are two times in the history of China where the five-star renju has not been recorded, once when Lv Hou claimed the system and once when Wu Zetian proclaimed himself emperor. Because historians don't want the five-star renju to prove that the hostess also complied with the destiny, even if there is a five-star renju, it is not recorded.
what is the most unlucky astronomical phenomenon? Mars staying at antares.
what is "mars staying at antares"? In ancient China, "Mars" was called "sparkle", and the "Xin Su" in the Twenty-eight Hostels was simply called "Xin". "Heart" is the "Scorpio" in modern astronomy, which is mainly composed of three stars. When Mars moves to the vicinity of three stars in Scorpio and stays there for a period of time, the astronomical phenomenon of "mars staying at antares" often mentioned by the ancients in China appears. The explanation of this celestial phenomenon for imperial power is that the brightest of the three stars in Scorpio represents the emperor, and there are two next to it, one representing the prince and the other representing the bastard.
Why is this astronomical phenomenon considered unlucky?
ancient astronomy in China was called astrology. The most important task of astrology is to serve the imperial power, and the emperor set up an astrology officer, which was only for the emperor. The appearance of "mars staying at antares" in the eyes of the ancients meant that the emperor would lose his position, and the emperor would die in serious cases.
We can look at an example of the late Western Han Dynasty recorded in historical books.
In the second year of Suihe (the first seven years), someone reported to the Prime Minister of Emperor Han Chengdi that the "mars staying at antares" celestial phenomena appeared. The prime minister was very embarrassed when he saw the book, and he didn't know what to do. The astrologer played Emperor Han Chengdi, saying that the astronomical phenomena had changed and the country was in trouble. If the minister was not harmed, I am afraid the country would be in danger. Emperor Han Chengdi really believed in this matter. After seeing the report, he was very panicked and decided to blame the Prime Minister without much thought. The emperor has always done whatever it takes to save himself. Besides, the prime minister is the first choice to avoid disaster.
Then, Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty immediately called the Prime Minister to court and reprimanded him for being a relative for many years, which led to the variation of the celestial phenomena. When the Prime Minister returned home, he was in a state of panic. Although he knew that he was doomed this time, he still had a little bit of luck. However, Emperor Han Chengdi had already made up his mind to take him as a scapegoat. Early the next morning, Emperor Han Chengdi sent a letter to the Prime Minister, saying that I thought you were clear and brave, and hoped that you could govern the country well, but your ten-year friendship brought disaster to the country. How can a prime minister like you help me govern the world? I don't have the heart to dismiss you for your years of dedication to your country. I hope you can be worried about your country and feel at home. Emperor Han Chengdi also gave him good wine and scalpers. According to the practice of the Han dynasty, the emperor gave the minister cattle and wine, which was a gift of death. The prime minister knew the emperor's intention, and there was no way to crack it, so he had to commit suicide by drinking zhenniao. After the prime minister committed suicide, Emperor Han Chengdi relaxed his mind and quickly announced that the prime minister died of a sudden illness and ordered a generous pension. Emperor Han Chengdi also personally visited the Prime Minister's home for many times to offer condolences. He believed that the national luck would prosper and his destiny would last forever. But in less than a year, the Han Chengdi who framed others also died suddenly.
The fact that blaming the Prime Minister can't avoid the death of the emperor makes emperors feel that "mars staying at antares" is extremely terrible. This, of course, was after Qin Shihuang, who did not know it. However, the change of astronomical phenomena has a great influence on the emperor, and it is also a big concern of the whole country.
in the thirty-sixth year of Qin Shihuang (211 BC), three events happened in succession that made Qin Shihuang very depressed. The first thing is "mars staying at antares". The record in Historical Records of Qin Shihuang is "mars staying at antares in 36 years". How disgusting Qin Shihuang was when he heard the news!
the second thing is the meteorite incident. In the thirty-sixth year of Qin Shihuang, a meteor fell to Dongjun. Dong County was attacked when Lv Buwei was in charge at the beginning of Qin Shihuang's accession to the throne. At that time, this county was the border between Qi and Qin. Now it is a big eastern county of the Daqin Empire. It's not terrible that the meteorite landed. What's terrible is the inscription "The first emperor died and parted". These seven words are serious! It represents the will of heaven, indicating that Qin Shihuang will die, and at the same time, it also predicts that the Daqin Empire will die.
how dare the local officials neglect this kind of thing? The news spread to Qin Shihuang like wings. Of course, Qin Shihuang was shocked. He immediately sent an empire to the place where the meteorite landed, and went door-to-door to check the lettering people. As a result, nothing was found. The angry Qin Shihuang ordered that all the families next to this meteorite should be executed, and this engraved meteorite should be burned immediately. When the first emperor heard of it, he sent the suggestion and asked questions one by one, but he refused to take it. He tried to take the stone and live next to it, because the stone was burned. People died and the stone burned, but the shadow in Qin Shihuang's heart did not go with it.
the third thing is the sinking of the wall. This autumn, another incredible thing happened. An emissary walking at night passed Huayin from the east, and suddenly a man stopped him with a jade jade. He said to the messenger, please give this jade jade to Chi Jun (Hao, Hao) for me, and also said to the messenger, "Zulong died this year." The messenger was puzzled and asked him urgently what he meant. However, this strange man left the jade jade, without any explanation, and disappeared into the night in an instant. The messenger who was in a fog but also felt bad returned to Xianyang with Jade Jade and immediately reported to Qin Shihuang. Upon hearing this, Qin Shihuang's first reaction was that the "Zulong" in this sentence refers to himself. He was silent for a long time before saying that Shan Gui knew at most one year. After retiring from the DPRK, Qin Shihuang told others that the "ancestor dragon" refers to the ancestor of human beings (the emissary was given a gift to smell it, and the first emperor was silent for a long time, saying: Shan Gui never knew anything about being one year old. Retreat: the ancestors of dragons are the first). It sounds hard, but in fact there is a sense of helplessness. Then, he sent someone to send the jade jade brought back by the messenger to the imperial palace for inspection. As a result of the appraisal, this jade jade jade turned out to be the one that was sacrificed to the water god and thrown into the river when he was cruising across the river in the 28th year of Qin Shihuang (219 BC). How did the jade jade, which sacrificed to the water god ten years ago, be sent back by an unidentified person?
it never rains but it pours. Three strange things happened in a row in a year, which made Qin Shihuang very depressed. He specially held divination for these things, and the result was that only by patrolling and migrating people could they avoid evil and be lucky. Therefore, Qin Shihuang ordered the relocation of 3, households to Beihe and Yuzhong areas, and gave each relocated household a first-class title.
These three things are clearly recorded in Historical Records of the First Qin Emperor.
reference materials: found from Qin Shihuang who read Historical Records in Wang Liqun.