一切經音義 92.135

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92.135

Summer and autumn (炎蓐: the first is the character 炎. The Shuowen says: "炎 is the movement of fire; it consists of doubled fire." Thus the Monthly Ordinances says: "Its emperor is the Fiery Emperor (Yan Di), its spirit is Rushou (蓐收)." The Yuzhu baodian says: "Rushou represents the element Metal." Note that 炎蓐 refers to the transition from summer into autumn. The Shuowen says: "蓐 means old grass sprouting anew; it has the grass radical 廾, with 辱 as phonetic." The large seal script has 𦬇; 𦬇 is pronounced like 莽 [mǎng]).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese