釋鑑稽古略續集 2.19

2.19

甘露　此云膏露。光潤如酒。凝結如脂。又如珠昉白。飴甘彌布。松柏馨列。氣達左右勃欝淋漓薰極太和。是月十三日降於蒼松之上。李善長等率群臣稱賀。又永樂間。降於孝陵松柏凡四日。凝為玉脂。融為膏液。粲若垂珠。聯若編貝。秖薦宗廟頒賜百官。芳美旁達莫可擬倫　近有一種名曰爵餳。其色白濁其味甚甜。其臭松脂。嚼之膠舌頗重。饑食之致病。多食之則死。此其驗也。

Sweet Dew (ganlu): also called oily dew (gaolu). It is lustrous like wine, congealed like fat, and white like newly formed pearls. Sweet malt-sugar is spread everywhere, and pines and cypresses stand fragrant; its aroma extends to the left and right, burgeoning and overflowing, heavily permeating the Great Harmony. On the thirteenth day of this month, it descended upon the green pines. Li Shanchang and others led the ministers to offer congratulations. Furthermore, during the Yongle reign, it descended upon the pines and cypresses of Xiaoling Mausoleum for four days; it congealed into jade fat and melted into oily liquid, glittering like hanging pearls and linked like strung cowries. It was offered only to the ancestral temple and bestowed upon the hundred officials; its fragrant sweetness reached in all directions, beyond compare. Recently, there is a variety called "sparrow malt-sugar"; its color is turbid white, its taste very sweet, and its odor like pine resin. When chewed, it sticks heavily to the tongue; eating it when hungry causes sickness, and eating too much of it brings death. This is its verification.