一切經音義 27.354

27.354

虎魄（普伯反廣雅珠名亦為珀字漢罽賓國有虎魄愽物志松脂入地千年化為茯苓茯苓千年化為虎魄一名紅珠廣志虎魄生地中其上及傍不生草木深者八九尺大如斛削去皮中成虎魄有汁初如桃膠凝堅乃成其西方人用之以為𭾅𭾅音烏管反）。

虎魄 (Amber; pǔ-bó fanqie [pò]. The Guangya says it is the name of a gem, also written with the character 珀. The Han shu records that Jibin has amber. The Bowuzhi says: "Pine resin entering the earth for a thousand years turns into fuling (poria); fuling for a thousand years turns into amber; another name is red pearl." The Guangzhi says: "Amber is produced in the ground; on and around it no plants or trees grow. The deep ones are eight or nine feet down, as large as a bushel; scraping away the crust yields amber inside. When first in sap it is like peach gum, and turns solid as it hardens. People in the western regions use it to make seal rings; ring (𭾅) is wū-guǎn fanqie").