一切經音義 29.5

29.5

金光明（上金字說文云五色之金黃為之長久埋不生百鍊不輕從革不違西方之行土生金故從土左右點象金在土中上今聲也次光字說文明也上從火下從古人字會意字也下明字說文從[囗@(儿/口)][囗@(儿/口)]象䆫月光入䆫明也亦會意字日月為明者後人意隨俗說也[囗@(儿/口)]音鬼永反）。

Golden light 金光明 (For the first character, jin 金, the Shuowen says: “Gold is the chief of the five metals; it stays buried long without tarnishing, is refined a hundred times without lessening, and obeys transformation without breach; it is the element of the West; earth generates metal, hence it takes the radical tu 土 [earth], and the dots on both sides depict metal inside earth; the upper part is jin 今 for the sound.” Next, the character guang 光: the Shuowen says: “Brightness; above it takes huo 火 [fire], below it takes the ancient character for ren 人 [person]; it is an ideographic compound.” The lower character ming 明: the Shuowen says: “It derives from [囗@(儿/口)]; [囗@(儿/口)] depicts the window; the moonlight enters through the window, giving brightness; it is also an ideographic compound. Taking sun and moon (日 and 月) to make ming 明 is a later popular convention.” The character [囗@(儿/口)] has the fanqie: gui + yong).