金光明經文句記 5.31

5.31

First, exhorting the Dharma master to serve as the external condition. Regarding "The sun rises in the morning glow," the Erya says: "The east of a mountain is called chaoyang (morning glow); the west of a mountain is called xiyang (evening sun)." "Fen" is pronounced "fu-wen," meaning an ominous vapour. The Lüshi Chunqiu says: "If summer commands are carried out in winter, the misty vapor will be dark and murky." The Chunqiu Yuanmingbao says: "Mist is the vapor of yin and yang. When yin and yang are enraged, it becomes wind; when disordered, it becomes mist." Here, the rising sun is an analogy for propagating the sūtra, and the dispersals of mist and vapor are an analogy for the cessation of the three calamities.