In the second year of the Jiaqing reign period (1796-1821) of the Qing, Hong Chaohe began publishing his Popular Almanac for Bringing Out [Auspiciousness] and Avoiding [Misfortune]. The almanac showed outstanding calculating capability, being comparable to the official version, published shortly after Hong's, in defining the traditional 24 "solar periods" (climatic stages of the year). Hong's work was very well-received.
原來，洪潮和在嘉慶二年開始編刻「趨避通書」，以出色的計算能力，做到與官方稍晚出版的「時憲書」節氣時間刻分不差，而受到廣大歡迎。