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一切經音義 41.130

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41.130

Mountain demons and nature spirits (魑魅: the upper character has the fanqie chì + zhī [chī]; the lower character has the fanqie méi + bì [mèi]; Shuowen jiezi states: 'The spirits of old things'; Shanhaijing states: 'As for the creature mèi, it has a human body and a black head'; Kaosheng says: 'Spirits and ghosts causing monstrous phenomena'; it is also written as 鬽魎, which are ancient characters).

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