一切經音義 18.153

18.153

溟海（覓瓶反十洲記云蓬萊山對大海之東北岸山周迴五千里山外別有圓海繞山圓海水色正黑謂之溟海沖虛真經及南華真經皆說終北之北有溟海者天池也有鳥名鵬翼若垂天之雲背若大山摶扶搖而上九萬里然後圖南也）。

The Vast Dark Ocean (溟海: the first character has the fanqie m[ì] + [p]íng; the Shizhou ji says: "Mount Penglai faces the northeast coast of the great sea. The mountain circumference is five thousand li. Outside the mountain there is separately a circular sea surrounding it. The water of the circular sea is pitch-black, and it is called the Minghai." Both the Chongxu zhenjing and the Nanhua zhenjing state: "In the farthest north of the north, there is the Vast Dark Ocean, which is the Heavenly Lake. There is a bird named the Peng, whose wings are like clouds suspended from the heavens, and whose back is like a great mountain; it whirls upon a whirlwind ascending ninety thousand li, and only then sets its course for the south").