釋鑑稽古略續集 3.100

3.100

己巳十四年。學士致仕黃淮卒。諡文簡　六月雷電大震風雨驟作。南京宮殿一火而盡。紹興山移。地動白毛遍生。陝西二處山崩。山移有聲叫三日。移數里。黃河改往。東流於海淹沒千餘家。熒惑入於南斗。七月北虜寇邊。王振挾帝親征。有黑雲如繖。罩營雷雨大作　八月既望。駕至土木（地名）與北虜戰。我師敗績。上遂北狩　九月六日郕王即皇帝位。遙尊上為太上皇帝　于謙抗言。京師天下根本。一動則大勢盡去。出榜諭眾固守。議始定。韃眾每夜。見帝帳房上。火光隱隱。若黃龍交騰其上。近視不見。

In the jisi fourteenth year, the retired Grand Academician Huang Huai died and was given the posthumous name Wenjian. In the sixth month, thunder and lightning shook violently and wind and rain arose suddenly; the palaces in Nanjing were completely consumed by fire. In Shaoxing, mountains shifted, the earth shook, and white hairs grew everywhere. In Shaanxi, mountains collapsed in two places, shifting with shouting sounds for three days and moving several li. The Yellow River changed course, flowing eastward into the sea and submerging over a thousand homes. Mars entered the Southern Dipper. In the seventh month, northern invaders raided the borders. Wang Zhen coerced the Emperor into leading a personal punitive expedition. Black clouds resembling an umbrella covered the camp, accompanied by heavy thunder and rain. On the sixteenth day of the eighth month, the imperial entourage arrived at Tumu (a place name) and engaged in battle with the northern invaders; our forces suffered a defeat, and the Emperor was subsequently captured during the northern campaign. On the sixth day of the ninth month, the Prince of Cheng ascended the throne as Emperor and honored the former Emperor from afar as Retired Emperor. Yu Qian strongly declared: "The capital is the foundation of all under Heaven; once it is shaken, the overall situation is entirely lost." He posted notices instructing the multitude to hold firm, and the decision was finally settled. Every night, the Tatar multitude saw faint flames atop the Emperor's tent, resembling yellow dragons soaring and intertwining above it, but when viewed from close up, nothing could be seen.