釋鑑稽古略續集 1.188

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丁丑至元三年四月有星。孛於王良。至七月沒於貫索　星名訂議房星主馬。又名天駟。王良善識馬故名之　五月民間訛言。朝廷采童男童女。一時嫁娶殆盡　彗星見於東北　七月武涉縣有蝗。尹張寬仰天祝曰。寧殺尹毋傷百姓。黑鷹啄蝗。盡命刊金履祥所著論孟考證行之。門人許謙序之。

In the ding-chou year, the third year of Zhiyuan (1337 CE), in the fourth month, a comet flared in the constellation Wangliang, and by the seventh month it disappeared in Guansuo. (A discussion on star names notes: The Fang constellation governs horses and is also called Tian Si. Wang Liang was skilled at recognizing horses, hence it was named after him.) In the fifth month, a rumor spread among the common people that the court was gathering virgin boys and girls; within a short time, marriages were hastily carried out everywhere. A comet was seen in the northeast. In the seventh month, Wushe County suffered from locusts. The magistrate Zhang Kuan looked up to heaven and prayed, saying: 'Rather kill the magistrate than harm the common people!' Black eagles pecked and ate the locusts until none remained. The Emperor ordered the printing and distribution of the Lun Meng kaozheng written by Jin Luxiang, prefaced by his disciple Xu Qian.