Says Huang Yi-nung, who specialized in supernovas when he studied astronomy in the United States, "We haven't seen a supernova in the Milky Way in 400 years. The ancient astronomers were luckier than us." To do his research, Huang had to burrow into so many stacks of ancient historical records that he finally decided to change course and become a historian.
「超新星這一壯觀的宇宙天象，四百年來，在我們銀河系從未見過，古代天文家比我們幸運，」在美國讀天文、研究超新星的黃一農，經歷埋首故紙堆中咀嚼超新星史料的歷程，乾脆轉行讀歷史。