一切經音義 27.430

English (machine translation) 27.430

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27.430

羣萌 (Fanqie [m- + g- = méng], sprouts; the Guangya says it means beginnings; 萌 [sprouting] has the appearance of darkness and ignorance; sometimes written with the person radical as 氓 [míng], referring to the ignorant multitudes; the Hanshu says: "氓 means the multitude of common people"; ancient writing has 氓).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese