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七日己未斲庚申月又食 ["On the seventh day jǐwèi (day 56) cleaving into gēngshēn (day 57), the moon was eaten.]
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Object reference Heji 40610v, Yingcang suocang jiagu ji 886v
- Keightley, David N. (1978), Sources of Shang History: The Oracle-Bone Inscriptions of Bronze Age China, Berkeley: University of California Press, ISBN 0-520-02969-0. p. 174, n. 19.
- Zhang, Peiyu (2002), "Determining Xia–Shang–Zhou Chronology through Astronomical Records in Historical Texts", Journal of East Asian Archaeology, 4: 335–357, p. 353.
- Originally produced in China, 12th century B.C.
- Last Chance to See: Records of a lunar eclipse from over 3,000 years ago, Asian and African studies blog, British Library, 11 January 2016
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Catalogue entry: Or. 7694/1595
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