一切經音義 11.28

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蟠桃（傍安反。山海經云東海中有桃都山。山上有大桃樹名曰桃都。其根盤結五百餘里。枝相去三千里。樹上有金色天鷄。日初出時光照此樹天鷄即鳴。天下眾鷄皆隨而鳴。山海經亦云有大桃樹其根盤結五百餘里。枝相去三千里。於寶搜神記及風俗通義並引黃帝書云。上古之時有二神人。一名荼與二名欝壘又一名欝律度朔山。山上有大桃樹。二人依樹而住。於樹東北有大穴。眾鬼皆出入此穴。荼與欝壘主統領簡擇萬鬼。鬼有妄禍人者則縛以葦索執以飴虎。於是黃帝作禮歐之立桃人於門戶畫荼與欝壘與虎以象之。今俗法每以臘終除夕飾桃人垂葦索畫虎於門左右置二燈象虎眼。以袪不祥）。

蟠桃 (p-[ang]-'[an] fan. The Shanhai jing says: 'In the Eastern Sea is Mount Taodu. On the mountain is a great peach tree named Taodu. Its roots wind and coil for over five hundred li, and its branches are three thousand li apart. Upon the tree is a golden celestial rooster. When the sun first rises, its rays shine upon this tree, and the celestial rooster crows; all the roosters of the world crow in response.' The Shanhai jing also says: 'There is a great peach tree whose roots coil for over five hundred li, and its branches are three thousand li apart.' Gan Bao's Soushen ji and the Fengsu tongyi both cite the Books of the Yellow Emperor, stating: 'In high antiquity there were two divine beings, one named Shentu and the other Yulei—also named Yulü—at Mount Dushuo. On the mountain was a great peach tree, beside which the two dwelt. To the northeast of the tree was a great cavern through which all ghosts entered and exited. Shentu and Yulei were in charge of overseeing and selecting the myriad ghosts; if a ghost brought unwarranted misfortune upon people, they bound it with reed ropes and seized it to feed to tigers. Thereupon the Yellow Emperor performed rituals to drive them away, erecting peach-wood figurines at doors and gateways, and painting Shentu, Yulei, and tigers to represent them. In current custom, at the close of the year on New Year's Eve, peach figurines are adorned, reed ropes are hung, and tigers are painted on the left and right of doors with two lamps placed to represent tiger eyes, thereby dispelling inauspiciousness').