金光明經文句記 5.72

5.72

二、次舉衰勸，二：初、分文。二、隨釋，四：初、明天失法食。二、明天神捨離。三、明惡鬼興災。經「流星」者，《星說》曰「絕跡而去曰奔星，光跡相連曰流星。」薄蝕者，案《漢書．天文志》作日月薄蝕。孟康注曰：日月無光曰薄。韋昭曰：氣往迫為薄，虧缺曰蝕。京房《易傳》云「日月赤黃為薄。」《釋名》云「日月虧曰蝕。謂稍侵虧，如蟲食草木葉也。」虹者，《爾雅》云「螮蝀，虹也。」《爾雅音義》云「雙出鮮盛者為雄，雄曰虹；暗昧者為雌，雌曰蜺。」蜺或霓，江東呼為絳，俗呼為美人。《釋名》云「虹，攻也，謂純陽攻陰義也。」

Second, next citing decline to admonish, in two parts: first, dividing the text. Second, explaining in sequence, in four parts: first, clarifying that gods lose the food of Dharma. Second, clarifying that heavenly deities abandon and depart. Third, clarifying that evil ghosts raise calamities. Regarding "shooting stars" (liuxing) in the sūtra, the Xing shuo states: "Those that vanish without a trace are called bolides (benxing); those whose luminous trail remains connected are called shooting stars (liuxing)." As for "solar and lunar eclipses and hazes" (baoshi), examining the "Treatise on Astronomy" in the Book of Han, it is written as eclipses and hazes of the sun and moon. Meng Kang's commentary states: "The sun and moon losing their light is called bao." Wei Zhao says: "Vapours pressing upon them is bao; deficiency and disappearance is shi (eclipse)." Jing Fang's Interpretation of the Changes says: "When the sun and moon turn reddish-yellow, it is bao." The Shiming says: "Deficiency of the sun and moon is called shi. It means gradually encroaching and diminishing, like an insect eating the leaves of grasses and trees." Regarding "rainbow" (hong): the Erya states: "The didong is the hong." The Pronunciation and Meaning of the Erya states: "When a double rainbow appears brightly, the brighter one is male, and the male is called hong; the dimmer one is female, and the female is called ni." Ni is also written 霓; in Jiangdong it is called jiang, and commonly called the 'fair lady'. The Shiming states: "Hong means attack (gong), referring to the meaning of pure yang attacking yin."