續一切經音義 5.36

5.36

The month when the hibiscus flourishes (木槿榮月: the second character is pronounced *jin* + *yin* [= *jǐn*]; the *Erya* says that the *jia* [椵] is the hibiscus [*mujin*]; Guo's commentary says it resembles a plum tree; Sun Yan's sub-commentary says its flowers are like the hollyhock, purple in colour, blooming in the morning and falling in the evening; this flower flourishes in the fifth summer month; the earlier record of the *Ritual Procedures for Recitation of the Benevolent King Prajñā* states: "In the fourth month of summer, this sūtra was translated in the Southern Peach Garden").