一切經音義 76.55

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76.55

Lunar eclipse (月蝕: [蝕] has the fanqie *cheng* [d͡ʑ-] + *zhi* [-ik], [shi]. The Spring and Autumn Annals says: "The sun suffered an eclipse." Du's commentary says: "The moon moves rapidly, traversing the heavens once in a month; in one year there are twelve intersections. There are frequent intersections without an eclipse; only in the month of pure Yang do gentlemen dread it." The Shuowen jiezi says: "Derived from 'insect' (虫) and 'eat' (食); 食 is also phonetic").

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese