金光明經文句記 2.131

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二、「惡」下，略釋經文。別有客星者，以五星、二十八宿常現，則非惡星。「亦是」下，約常星失其行度躔次，亦名惡星。一方有七者，角、亢、氐、房、心、尾、箕，東方蒼龍七宿。南斗、牽牛、婺女、虛、危、營室、壁。北方玄武七星。奎、婁、胃、昴、畢、觜、參，西方白虎七宿。東井、鬼、柳、七星、張、翼、軫，南方朱鳥七宿。凡四方之宿皆逆數。宿，音秀。失其分野者，《周官》云「天星皆有州國分野。角、亢、氐，兗州。房、心，豫州。尾、箕，幽州。斗、牽牛、婺女，楊州。虛、危，青州。營室、東壁，并州。奎、婁、胃，徐州。昴、畢，冀州。觜、參，益州，東井輿鬼，雍州。柳、七星、張，三河。翼、軫，荊州。」熒惑，火星也。《漢書音義》云「妖星曰孛星、彗星。長星，亦曰攙搶。」《釋名》云「星光稍稍似彗，言其孛孛然似掃彗也。又類散麻，故云麻彗。」《左傳》「凡人火曰火，天火曰災。」今但取風雨雪霜乖候者皆名災。法邪，謂外道經書。蠱道者，事釋乃是仙鬼毒害於人。蠱，工戶切，《聲類》作弋者切，蠱物害人也。《說文》「蠱，腹中蠱也。」《楞嚴》云「貪恨為罪，是人罪畢遇蟲戒形，名蠱毒鬼。」理解乃是自心三毒名之為蠱，此蠱能害百千萬身，法身慧命永為所害，比夫毒鬼為害至微矣。醜惡形聲，見聞為怪。不適意者，適，悅也。

Second, from "Inauspicious" below, he briefly explains the sūtra text. As for there being separate guest stars, since the five planets and twenty-eight lunar mansions are constantly visible, they are not inauspicious stars. From "Also" below, it refers to regular stars losing their orbital paths and proper stations, which are also called inauspicious stars. There being seven in each direction: Jiao, Kang, Di, Fang, Xin, Wei, and Ji are the seven mansions of the Azure Dragon of the east. Nandou, Qianniu, Wunü, Xu, Wei, Yingshi, and Bi are the seven stars of the Black Tortoise of the north. Kui, Lou, Wei, Mao, Bi, Zui, and Shen are the seven mansions of the White Tiger of the west. Dongjing, Gui, Liu, Qixing, Zhang, Yi, and Zhen are the seven mansions of the Vermilion Bird of the south. All mansions in the four directions are counted in reverse order. "Mansion" (宿) is pronounced *xiu*. As for losing their assigned terrestrial divisions, the *Zhouguan* states: "The celestial stars all have terrestrial divisions according to provinces and states: Jiao, Kang, and Di correspond to Yanzhou; Fang and Xin to Yuzhou; Wei and Ji to Youzhou; Dou, Qianniu, and Wunü to Yangzhou; Xu and Wei to Qingzhou; Yingshi and Dongbi to Bingzhou; Kui, Lou, and Wei to Xuzhou; Mao and Bi to Jizhou; Zui and Shen to Yizhou; Dongjing and Yugui to Yongzhou; Liu, Qixing, and Zhang to the Three Rivers; Yi and Zhen to Jingzhou." Mars is the fire planet. The *Hanshu Yinyi* states: "Ominous stars are called bushy stars and comets. Long stars are also called broom stars." The *Shiming* states: "When starlight gradually resembles a broom, it is said to be bushy like a sweeping broom; it also resembles scattered hemp, hence it is called a hemp broom." The *Zuozhuan* states: "All fires caused by humans are called 'fires'; fires from heaven are called 'disasters'." Here, anything where wind, rain, snow, or frost deviate from their seasons is called a disaster. "Heterodox teachings" refers to non-Buddhist scriptures. As for "gu sorcery", the phenomenal explanation is that transcendent spirits poison and harm humans. *Gu* (蠱) is the initial *g-* with final *-u* (gong-hu cut), and the *Shenglei* gives it as yi-zhe cut; it is a gu entity harming people. The *Shuowen* says: "*Gu* means worms in the belly." The *Śūraṅgama Sūtra* states: "With greed and hatred as their offenses, when such persons finish paying for their offenses, they encounter worms to form their shape, called gu-poison ghosts." In terms of principle, the three poisons of one's own mind are called *gu*; this *gu* can harm hundreds of thousands of births, and the Dharma body and the life of wisdom are permanently harmed by it; compared to this, the harm caused by poisonous ghosts is utterly insignificant. Ugliness in forms and sounds is seen and heard as monstrous. As for "disagreeable" (不適意), *shi* (適) means pleasing.