《宋书·志·卷十二》
火星：早晨与太阳合，观察不到，七十二天一百七十九万二千六百一十五分而运行五十六度一百二十四万九千三百四十五分而早晨在东方出现，在太阳西方。
火：晨与日合，伏，七十二日百七十九万二千六百一十五分，行星五十六度百二十四万九千三百四十五分，而晨见东方，在日后。
Mars: Conjuncts with the sun in the morning, cannot be observed, and appears in the East in the morning in seventy-two days, one hundred seventy-nine million, two hundred sixty-one thousand, sixty-five minutes, progressed fifty-six degrees, one hundred twenty-four million, nine hundred thirty-four thousand, five hundred forty-five minutes, in the West from the sun.