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Song-Ming -> Romance of the Three Kingdoms -> On Seven-Star Altar, Zhuge Liang Sacrifices To The Winds; At Three Gorges, Zhou Yu Liberates The Fire -> 7

孔明辞别出帐，与鲁肃上马，来南屏山相度地势，令军士取东南方赤土筑坛。方圆二十四丈，每一层高三尺，共是九尺。下一层插二十八宿旗：东方七面青旗，按角，亢，氐，房，心，尾，箕，布苍龙之形；北方七面皂旗，按斗，牛，女，虚，危，室，壁，作玄武之势：西方七面白旗，按奎，娄，胄，昴，毕，觜，参，踞白虎之威；南方七面红旗，按井，鬼，柳，星，张，翼，轸，成朱雀之状。第二层周围黄旗六十四面，按六十四卦，分八位而立。上一层用四人，各人戴束发冠，穿皂罗袍，凤衣博带，朱履方裾，前左立一人，手执长竿，竿尖上用鸡羽为葆，以招风信；前右立一人，手执长竿，竿上系七星号带，以表风色；后左立一人，捧宝剑；后右立一人，捧香炉。坛下二十四人，各持旌旗，宝盖，大戟，长戈，黄旄，白銊，朱旛，皂县，环绕四面。Zhuge Liang took his leave, went forth, and rode off with Lu Su to the mountains where they measured out the ground. He bade the soldiers build the altar of red earth from the southeast quarter. It was two hundred and forty spans in circuit, square in shape, and of three tiers, each of three spans, in all nine spans high. On the lowest tier he placed the flags of the twenty-eight "houses" of the heavens and four constellations: On the east seven, with blue flags; on the north seven, with black flags; on the west seven, with white flags; and on the south seven, with red flags. Around the second tier he placed sixty-four yellow flags, corresponding to the number of the diagrams of the Book of Divination, in eight groups of eight. Four men were stationed on the highest platform, each wearing a Daoist headdress and a black silk robe embroidered with the phoenix and confined with wide sashes. They wore scarlet boots and square-cut skirts. On the left front stood a man supporting a tall pole bearing at its top a plume of light feathers to show by their least movement the wind's first breathing. On the right front was a man holding a tall pole whereon was a flag with the symbol of the seven stars to show the direction and force of the wind. On the left rear stood a man with a sword, and on the right rear a man with a censer. Below the altar were forty-four men holding flags, umbrellas, spears, lances, yellow banners, white axes, red banderoles, and black ensigns. And these were spaced about the altar.

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