A white rainbow pierced the sun — an omen of great calamity. The Lao Ai rebellion followed. In Chinese portent lore, a white rainbow piercing the sun signaled war and national disaster.
Account
A white rainbow pierced the sun — an omen of great calamity. The Lao Ai rebellion followed. In Chinese portent lore, a white rainbow piercing the sun signaled war and national disaster.
Sources
- Records of the Grand Historian, "Biographies of Lu Zhonglian and Zou Yang"