《明史·志·卷一》
评论的人认为，天文志写得好的要首推《晋书》和《隋书》，但二书尚且还有这样的缺陷，其它的就可想而知了。
论者谓天文志首推晋、隋，尚有此病，其他可知矣。
Critics hold that among historical records, the Book of Jin and Book of Sui best present the Treatise on Astronomy, yet these two still have such shortcomings, and the rest are very likely as can be imagined.