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Chinese text from an astronomical treatise contained in the Houhanshu (“History of the Later Han Dynasty”)

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account of eclipse

In eclipse: Chinese
For example, the Houhanshu (“History of the Later Han Dynasty”) contains the following account under a year corresponding to 119–120 ce:
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