一切經音義 25.481

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月蝕 (lunar eclipse: 蝕 is pronounced 食. The *Book of Changes* says: 'When the sun reaches the meridian it declines; when the moon waxes to full it wanes [eclipses].' Liu Xi's *Shiming* says: 'When the sun and moon diminish, it is called an eclipse; it gradually encroaches and diminishes, like an insect eating the leaves of grass and trees').

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese