一切經音義 76.55

76.55

月蝕（氶職反春秋云日有蝕之杜注云月行疾一月一周天一歲凡十二交會有頻交而不蝕者唯正陽之月君子忌之說文從虫食食亦聲之也）。

Lunar eclipse (月蝕: [蝕] has the fanqie *cheng* [d͡ʑ-] + *zhi* [-ik], [shi]. The Spring and Autumn Annals says: "The sun suffered an eclipse." Du's commentary says: "The moon moves rapidly, traversing the heavens once in a month; in one year there are twelve intersections. There are frequent intersections without an eclipse; only in the month of pure Yang do gentlemen dread it." The Shuowen jiezi says: "Derived from 'insect' (虫) and 'eat' (食); 食 is also phonetic").