一切經音義 22.129

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22.129

Multitude of sprouted beings (群萌: *萌* is pronounced *méng* [莫耕反]. The *Collected Commentaries on the Book of Han* says: "*Meng* refers to the first sprouting of grasses and trees." Mao's commentary on the *Classic of Poetry* says: "*Qun* [群] means a multitude." It means that unenlightened ordinary mortals are like those many small plants. Alternatively, the character should properly be *míng* [氓]; Mao's commentary on the *Classic of Poetry* says: "*Ming* means the common people"; *míng* [氓] and *méng* [萌] are interchangeable).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese