一切經音義 77.13

77.13

大椿（黜倫反古今正字云上古大椿以八千歲為春八千歲為秋經典釋文此木生江南以三万二千歲為一年）。

大椿 [great toon tree] (Pronounced with the fanqie 黜倫 [chūn]. The Gujin zhengzi says: 'In high antiquity, the great toon tree took eight thousand years as one spring and eight thousand years as one autumn.' The Jingdian shiwen says: 'This tree grows south of the Yangtze River; it takes thirty-two thousand years to make one year').