Old Book of Tang: Great swarms of locusts rose in the Shandong prefectures; when they flew they blocked the sun, and when they settled they ate the…
Great swarms of locusts rose in the Shandong prefectures; when they flew they blocked the sun, and when they settled they ate the crops. Yao Chong sent a censor to exterminate them.
六月，山東諸州大蝗，飛則蔽景，下則食苗稼，聲如風雨。
Location: 舊唐書 卷8 開元3年 6月
In spring 715, great swarms of locusts rise in Shandong; the people burn incense and hold sacrifices at the field edges and cannot catch them; Yao Chong sends censors to urge the prefectures and counties to catch them and bury them.
山東大蝗，民或於田旁焚香膜拜設祭而不敢殺，姚崇奏遣御史督州縣捕而瘞之。
Location: 권211 715년 항
A and B are two of the sources listed above.
| On what point | Source A | Source B | What differs (in Korean) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Old Book of Tang (Jiu Tangshu), Annals | a만 백성이 제를 지내며 잡지 못함, b만 해를 가릴 만큼 떼 묘사 |