佛祖歷代通載 2.26
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2.26
(12. Sexagenary Cycle 2) Shaohao, the Jintian clan (surname: Ji; personal name: Zhi; style name: Qingyang; mother: Nüjie. A star like a rainbow descended, by which she conceived and gave birth [to him]. He had disheveled hair and bare feet, and wore no cap or crown; he was the son of the Yellow Emperor and lived to be one hundred years old). He came to the throne in the dingmao year. He reigned for eighty-four years. He ruled by the virtue of Metal. His capital was at Qiongsang, and was later moved to Qufu. He established wards and markets, instituted weights and measures, composed music, and set up one hundred and twenty crafts. He classified officials by birds. Phoenixes arrived. In all there were ten generations, lasting four hundred and ninety years.
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