晉侯問於士文伯曰:「三月朔,日有蝕之。
The marquis of Jin consulted with Shi Wenbo, saying, “On the first day of the third month, there was an eclipse.
寡人學惛焉,詩所謂『彼日而蝕,于何不臧』者,何也?」
My studies aren’t helping to remove my confusion about this.
Some lines in the Odes say, ‘On that day there was an eclipse; / What inauspicious deed was done?’64 What does that mean?