妙法蓮華經玄贊 4.176

4.176

贊曰：此一頌九物為塔。「石廟」者石佛堂，古云支提，今云制多，翻為靈廟，應作廟字，廟貌也。《白虎通》、《玉篇》「云先祖尊貌所在，故謂之廟。」「木櫁」者，《字林》「香木」，《切韻》作「榓」，《玉篇》作「櫁」，其樹似槐而香極大，伐之五年始用，若取其香皆預研，久乃香出。

The Eulogy says: This single verse treats using nine materials to make stūpas. "Stone shrines" are stone buddha-halls, formerly called chítí, now called zhìduō (caitya), translated as 'spiritual shrine'; it should be written with the character miào (shrine), miào meaning appearance (mào). The Baihu tong and Yupian say: 'Where the venerable appearance of the ancestors resides, it is called a shrine.' As for "mìmù" (fragrant wood), the Zilin says 'fragrant wood', the Qieyun writes it as mì, and the Yupian writes it as mì. This tree resembles the scholar tree (huái) and is exceedingly fragrant; it can only be used five years after being felled. If one extracts its fragrance, it must be ground in advance, and only after a long time does the fragrance emerge.