釋氏稽古略 1.555

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魏　景初元年正月。山茌（什之反又音淄）縣言黃龍見高堂隆。以為魏得土德故其瑞黃龍見。宜改正朔易服色以神明其政變民耳目。帝從其議。三月下詔改元。以是月為孟夏四月。服色尚黃。犧牲用白。從地正也。更命太和曆曰景初曆。三年復寅為正。

Wei: In the first month of the first year of Jingchu, Shanchi (pronounced *shizhi*, also read *zi*) county reported the appearance of a yellow dragon. Gaotang Long believed that because Wei possessed the virtue of Earth, the auspicious sign of a yellow dragon had appeared, and that it was fitting to reform the calendar and change the color of vestments so as to illumine its governance and transform the eyes and ears of the people. The Emperor followed his counsel. In the third month, an edict was issued changing the reign era; that month was designated as the fourth month, the first month of summer. The color of vestments was to favor yellow, and sacrificial animals were to be white, conforming to the Earth standard. The Taihe calendar was renamed the Jingchu calendar. In the third year, the month of Yin was restored as the first month of the year.