一切經音義 59.105

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五穀（案禮記月令天子春食麥鄭曰麥實有孚甲屬木夏食菽菽豆也菽實孚甲堅合屬水季夏食稷稷五穀之長屬土土中央秋食麻實有文理屬金冬食黍黍秀舒散屬火皆順時而食之以安其性也）。

Five grains (五穀): We note: The 'Yueling' (Monthly Ordinances) of the Book of Rites states that in spring the Son of Heaven eats wheat. Zheng says: 'Wheat has husks and belongs to wood.' In summer he eats pulse; pulse is beans; pulse has firm and closed husks and belongs to water. In late summer he eats millet; millet is the chief of the five grains and belongs to earth; earth occupies the center. In autumn he eats hemp seeds; the seeds have grain patterns and belong to metal. In winter he eats broomcorn millet; broomcorn millet blooms freely and disperses, belonging to fire. All these follow the seasons in eating them so as to bring peace to one's constitution.