一切經音義 95.97

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蓂莢（上覓瓶反下兼協反白虎通云曰曆得其分度則蓂莢生於庭從月一日日生一葉至十六日日落一葉以象月虧圓也堯時生於庭以為瑞草說文竝從草冥夾皆聲也）。

Mingjia auspicious grass (蓂: fanqie 覓瓶 [míng]; 莢: fanqie 兼協 [jiá]. The Baihu tong states: "When the calendar matches its proper divisions, the mingjia grows in the courtyard: from the first day of the month, one leaf sprouts each day; until the sixteenth day, one leaf falls each day, symbolizing the waxing and waning of the moon. In the time of Yao it grew in the courtyard as an auspicious herb." The Shuowen jiezi states: "Both are composed of 草 ('grass') with 冥 and 夾 phonetic respectively").