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Atharaphelun t1_j2js4pv wrote

Reply to comment by Gen_Hazard in Ancient Chinese text reveals earliest known record of auroral display, described as a ‘five-colored light’ event in either 977 or 957 BCE by marketrent

Ancient China (that is, pre-Imperial China), not so much. China had yet to expand far beyond the "Central Plain" at this point in time (early Zhou dynasty, aka Western Zhou period).

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