Treatise on Military Preparedness

If firelight or vapor appears within the sun, it signifies that among the ministers and close advisors of the ruler, there are those plotting rebellion.

Vapors of the Sun

When five-colored vapors like a rainbow pierce the sun, it portends a gathering of those in white clothingoriginal: 白衣 (bái yī). In traditional China, this refers to commoners or those without official rank, suggesting a grassroots or unsanctioned uprising. beneath it to plot disorder. If the vapor is red, the resulting calamity will be even more severe.

A white rainbow piercing the sun signifies a violent clash between Yin and YangThe cosmic balance of female/dark/passive and male/light/active forces.. It portends an empress or consort seizing power through a monopoly of authority, or secret plots involving assassination and usurpation. Alternatively, it means that close officials will instigate disorder, or that feudal lordsoriginal: 諸侯 (zhū hóu). Regional rulers or governors with autonomous power. will rebel. Another interpretation suggests that within fifty days, war will break out in the Land of Qinoriginal: 秦地 (Qín dì). The strategic northwest region of China, modern-day Shaanxi and Gansu provinces.. Yet another reading warns that within ten days, the nation will face military strife that will take three years to pacify. It can also signify mass slaughter, or an ill omen for the sovereign where ministers rise up to replace the current ruler.

If a white rainbow arches toward the sunoriginal: 卬日 (áng rì). This describes the rainbow bending or "looking up" toward the solar disc rather than passing through it., there are ministers who have betrayed their lord and abandoned virtue; this is a sign of misfortune.