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History of Jin, Chapter 131 Volume 131 Biographies 69: Huan Zhe, Liang Chong, Song Gui, Pan Shouheng, Fang Ji, Liu Wansu, Zhang Congzheng, Li Qingsi, Ji Tianxi, Zhang Yuansu, Ma Guizhong, Wu Zhen Son: Kang, Li Mao, Hu Dexin · 8 passages
其友王鉉問禎曰：「朝廷若問國祚修短，子何以對？」
His friend Wang Xuan asked Zhen, "If the court asks how long the dynasty will endure, what will you say?"
時久旱祈禱不應，朝廷為憂，禎忽謂鉉曰：「足下今日早歸，恐為雨阻。」
There had been a long drought and prayers had brought no rain; the court was deeply worried. Zhen suddenly told Xuan, "Go home early today — I fear the rain may block your way."
鉉曰：「萬里無雲，赤日如此，安得有雨？」
Xuan said, "Not a cloud for a thousand li, and the sun blazing down — how could there be rain?"
正大七年夏，與燕人王鉉邂逅於葉縣村落中。
In the summer of the seventh year of Zhengda he met by chance Wang Xuan of Yan in a village of Ye County.
與鉉初不相識，坐中謬以兵官對，胡曰：「此公在吾法中當登科甲，何以謂之兵官。」
They did not know each other at first. Someone at the gathering mistook Wang for a military officer. Hu said, "By my art this gentleman should win the highest civil honors. Why call him a soldier?"
二人相得甚歡，即命家人具雞酒以待，酒酣、舉大白相屬曰：「君此去事業甚遠，不必置問。
The two took to each other at once. Hu ordered chicken and wine prepared. When the wine had warmed him, he raised a full cup and pledged Wang: "Your career from here will go far — there is no need to ask about it.
遂邀至野田，密謂曰：「某自去年來，行宛、葉道中，見往來者十且八九有死氣。
He led Wang into the open fields and said in secret, "Since last year, traveling the roads between Wan and Ye, I have seen that eight or nine of every ten passersby bear the air of death.
鉉驚問應驗遲速，曰：「不過歲月間耳，某亦不逃此厄，請密志之。」
Wang asked in alarm how soon this would come to pass. Hu said, "No more than a year. I shall not escape this calamity either. Please keep this secret."