In Zhiping and Zezhou, people are drilling wells. I saw something in the soil, winding like a snake. Great fear, dare not touch, for a long time, see it motionless, try to touch, but also a stone. The villagers were ignorant, so they went bankrupt. Cheng Bochun was ordered by Jincheng, and his scales were like creatures. Like snake 8, like ruby, the nickname of stone crab.

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Leveling period: Leveling period. CHI Ping: Zhao Shunian, Song Yingzong.

Zezhou: an ancient country, it was rebuilt as Zezhou in the early Sui Dynasty and ruled the mountains and rivers.

Drilling: drilling.

Touching: Hu Daojing and others wrote a slap, while Yuan Dade and Liu wrote touching.

Cheng Bochun: This person's name refers to Hao Cheng. His name is Bochun. 1057, the first scholar. Zeng Zezhou is an official of Jincheng, Prince Zhongyun, a national history supervisor, an official of Zhenning Military Festival, and the owner of Zongning Temple.

Jincheng: Place name, now Jincheng City, Shanxi Province.

Biology: Living animals.

Snake: The legendary animal is like a dragon.

Stone crab: the crab fossils in this paper.

[translation]

During the reign of Zhiping, a family in Zezhou dug a well and found something entangled with dragons and snakes in the soil. People are afraid of contact. After a long time, I saw it motionless and wanted to touch it. This is a stone. The ignorance of the villagers broke it. Cheng Bochun was the magistrate of Jincheng at that time. He wants fish scales, just like biological scales. This may be formed by snake midges, such as the fossils of ground crabs.