In Renxu, the sixth month of the sixth year of Yongle, in the middle of the night, there was a sudden roar in the north of Nanjing, the earth shook and the mountains shook, and the fire instantly illuminated the sky.
Amidst the cracking sound, the entire street split open, like the mouth of a giant beast.
Rows of houses collapsed, and the people were awakened by the loud noise. Many people fled from the houses wearing only middle coats. They could not stand firmly in the earthquake, and their faces were full of panic. A man with bare arms and a face covered with dust escaped with his life, but his wife, children and mother were missing. He ignored the shaking under his feet and had to crawl back to the house that might collapse at any time.
"mother!"
"father!"
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