《晋书·志·第七章》
火星：早晨与太阳会合，伏，顺行，七十一天一百四十八万九千八百六十八分，运行五十五度一百二十四万二千八百六十点五分，转而早晨在东方出现，在太阳之后。
火：晨与日合，伏，顺，七十一日百四十八万九千八百六十八分，行星五十五度百二十四万二千八百六十分半，而晨见东方，在日后。
Mars: converging with the sun in the morning, setting, moving directly, seventy-one days, one million four hundred eighty-nine thousand eight hundred sixty-eight minutes, running fifty-five degrees, one million one hundred twenty-four thousand two hundred eighty-six point five minutes, turning and appearing in the east in the morning, after the sun.