一切經音義 10.161

English (machine translation) 10.161

Language: English

10.161

彗星 (Pronounced 隨 plus 銳 in fanqie. Note that a comet is an ominous star. The Zuozhuan says: 'A comet is an emblem for sweeping away the old and displaying the new.' The Yisi zhan says: 'Trailing like a broom, or billowy like fluff and cotton, they are all omens of rebellion, chaos, and disaster.' The Kaosheng says: 'It is a bamboo arrow-reed; held in the hand it is 甡甡.' 甡 is pronounced 詵. It is also written with the bamboo radical as 篲. Because this star resembles a broom, it was named after it; it is also an ideogram).

Previous: 10.160
Next: 10.162
Up: 10

Linked texts (1)

一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese