法苑珠林 4.89

4.89

詩推度災曰月三日成魄。八日成光。蟾蠩體就穴鼻始萌（宋均注曰決鼻兔也）春秋演孔圖曰。蟾蠩月精也。春秋元命包曰。陰精為月。日行十三度。常詘任而受（受陽精也）受明精在內。故金水內景。河圖始開曰。黃泉之埃上為青雲。赤泉之埃上為赤雲。白泉之埃上為白雲。玄泉之埃上為玄雲（淮南又載）河圖括地象曰。崑崙山出五色雲氣。

The Shi tuidu zai says: "On the third day the moon forms its crescent; on the eighth day it forms its light. The body of the toad is completed, and its hare's cleft nose begins to sprout." (Song Jun's commentary says: "The cleft-nosed one is the hare.") The Chunqiu yan Kong tu says: "The toad is the essence of the moon." The Chunqiu yuanming bao says: "The essence of yin becomes the moon. The sun travels thirteen degrees; [the moon] constantly bends in submission and receives [it] (receiving the essence of yang). Receiving the bright essence within, its metal and water reflect inward." The Hetu shikai says: "The dust of the Yellow Springs rises to become blue-green clouds; the dust of the Red Springs rises to become red clouds; the dust of the White Springs rises to become white clouds; the dust of the Dark Springs rises to become dark clouds." (Also recorded in the Huainanzi.) The Hetu guodi xiang says: "Mount Kunlun produces five-coloured clouds and vapours."