一切經音義 70.127

70.127

All darkness (諸冥: fanqie 覓經 [mì + jīng = míng], also fanqie 迷定 [mí + dìng = mìng]; the Cang Jie pian says: '諸 means not one'; the Shenglei says: '諸 is a general term in phrasing'; the Erya says: '冥 means dark and obscure'; the Shuowen says: '冥 means hidden and deep, also night; the character derives from 冖 [冖 is fanqie 銘壁 [míng + bì = mì/mìng]], and from 日 [sun] and 六 [six]; the number six means on the sixteenth day the moon begins to wane, which is the meaning of the character 冥').