The winter night of the Shunzhi Yiwei year, the sky burned with characters as red as fire. The inscription read: "Bai Shao replaces Jingfou, further deliberation before the court races."

(Yiwei Year was the twelfth year of Shunzhi's reign. In this year, calamities raged across the land—floods in some areas, droughts in others. The imperial court allocated funds for disaster relief, yet some officials embezzled the relief rice, substituting it with inferior sweet potatoes and yams. "Bai Shao" refers to the yam. The phrase "Bai Shao replaces Jingfou, further deliberation before the court races" means: Is it acceptable to use yams for famine relief? This matter must be rapidly reported to the imperial court for further discussion.)