Mars halted in the Heart mansion (Antares) — the most inauspicious of celestial omens, portending the death of a great general and the fall of a ruler. The following year, Qin Shi Huang died at Shaqiu.
Account
Mars halted in the Heart mansion (Antares) — the most inauspicious of celestial omens, portending the death of a great general and the fall of a ruler. The following year, Qin Shi Huang died at Shaqiu.
Sources
- Records of the Grand Historian, "Basic Annals of Qin Shi Huang"
- Records of the Grand Historian, "Treatise on the Celestial Offices"