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九月己卯，河決汲縣。丁亥，置皇子侍讀。己亥，幸新城，觀鐵林軍人射強弩。庚子，華山道士丁少微詣闕，獻金丹及巨勝、南芝、玄芝。癸卯，山後兩林蠻以名馬來獻。丙午，鎮州都鈐轄劉廷翰及契丹戰于遂城西，大敗之，斬首萬三百級，獲三將、馬萬匹。
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In the ninth month, on jimao, the Yellow River breached its dykes at Ji County. On dinghai, the post of Reader-in-waiting to the imperial sons was established. On jihai, the emperor went to the new city to watch the men of the Tielin Army shoot powerful crossbows. On gengzi, Ding Shaowei, a Daoist priest of Mount Hua, came to the palace and presented a golden elixir together with sesame, southern lingzhi and black lingzhi. On guimao, the Lianglin Man beyond the mountains came to present fine horses. On bingwu, Liu Tinghan, Chief Military Director of Zhen Prefecture, fought the Khitan west of Suicheng and crushed them, taking 10,300 heads and capturing three generals and ten thousand horses.