朱明承夜兮，時不可以淹。

Zhūmíng chéng yè xī, shí bù kěyǐ yān. (Verses of Chu, 4th century BCE – 2nd century CE)

春為青陽，夏為朱明，秋為白藏，冬為玄英。

Chūn wéi qīngyáng, xià wéi zhūmíng, qiū wéi báicáng, dōng wéi xuányīng. (Erya, 5th – 2nd century BCE)

朱明盛長，旉與萬物，桐生茂豫，靡有所詘。

Zhūmíng shèng cháng, fū yǔ wànwù, tóng shēng màoyù, mǐ yǒu suǒ qū. (Book of Han, circa 1st century CE)