Nevertheless, putting in "leap months" could only coordinate the two calendars; it could not make the dates on the lunar calendar accurately reflect the real location of the sun. Neither could it inform the farmers what date in any given year to plant their crops. How could they resolve this dilemma? The 24 solar terms rose up in response to popular demand.
然而置閏月只能在數字上扯平，並不能讓陰曆上的日期精確反應出太陽的真正位置，也不能告訴農民每年什麼日期固定要栽種什麼農作物。