Water can float your boat, but the waves can sink it. Although Chinese astronomical observations have helped us understand nature, the politically important role that astronomy once played often impinged upon the integrity of the science. Records were faked on many occasions in ancient China.
特別中國奇異天象的觀測，雖幫助人們理解自然，但水能載舟亦能覆舟，由於天文身兼政治目的，也讓古代天文出現許多偽造事件。