一切經音義 17.79

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17.79

Wriggling and moving (蝡動; [the first character is pronounced with the] fanqie rùn + [y]ǔn. The Shanhaijing says: “On Mount Pei there is red earth; that which is on trees is called ruǎn.” The Zhuangzi says: “Ruǎnruǎn means insects moving.” The Shuowen also agrees with the Zhuangzi; “it takes chóng ‘insect’ as semantic classifier and ruǎn as phonetic”).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese