一切經音義 13.22

English (machine translation) 13.22

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13.22

Yinghuo [firefly] (fanqie: xue- + -ming; name of a grass-dwelling insect. The Erya writes 熒; yinghuo is the glowing insect. Guo Pu says: 'Flying by night, it has luminous fire under its belly; zhao is the character zhao [illuminate].' The 'Yueling' chapter of the Liji says: 'At the time of Great Heat, rotting grass transforms into fireflies.' The Yunying writes 𧓌).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese