The Zhongkang Solar Eclipse
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The Book of Documents records a solar eclipse in the late autumn of King Zhongkang's reign, prompting ritual drumming to "rescue the sun." The Xia-Shang-Zhou Chronology Project places it at 5 November 1970 BC 鈥?one of the earliest recorded eclipses in the world.
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