一切經音義 71.102

71.102

虹電 [rainbow and lightning] (in ancient script written as 羾; pronounced with the fanqie 胡公 [h- + -ung = hong]; popular pronunciation is jiàng: The Erya Yinyi states: “When appearing in a pair, the bright and distinct one is male, called hong (虹); the dimmer one is female, called ni (蜺; pronounced with the fanqie 五鷄 [w- + -ei = ni]).” The Shuowen states: “The didong (螮蝀) is the rainbow; in Jiangdong it is called yu (雩).” The Shiming states: “Hong (虹) means attack (攻); it is pure yang attacking yin qi.” Di is pronounced with the fanqie 帝; dong with 董).