水歸東海化為氣。鶴食從頂咽下，云一百六十年一胎生。牛不耳聽，聽以角。夏至日貓鼻暖，餘日皆冷。予以此言於人，遇夏至日驗之，貓鼻仍冷，不信。予曰：“未至夏至時刻。”忽至，此時乃暖。以此物物要格。
Water returns to the Eastern Sea and transforms into vital force. Cranes swallow food from the top of their heads and allegedly give birth once in a hundred and sixty years. Cattle do not listen with their ears, but with their horns. On the summer solstice, a cat’s nose becomes warm, [yet] it is cold on all the other days. I told someone about this. Trying to verify it on the summer solstice, [he] found [his] cat’s nose cold and poured discredit [on this theory]. I said, “It is not precisely the moment of summer solstice yet.” Suddenly [the moment] came, and its nose became warm. This is why it is essential to scrutinise everything.
* From Cao An 曹安 (fl. 15th cenutry), Lanyan zhangyu 讕言長語, Wenyuange Siku Quanshu 文淵閣四庫全書 (Shanghai: Shanghai guji chubanshe, 1987) edition, vol. 867, 53b:
"Heting naliang" 荷亭納涼 (Escaping the heat in a Pavilion among the Lotus), anonymous artist of the Song dynasty (960-1279)
To be tested on the next summer solstice...
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