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續一切經音義 7.154

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芙蓉 (The upper character is pronounced with the fanqie fang + wu; the lower character is pronounced with the fanqie yu + feng. Namely, the lotus [荷蓮]. The Erya says: "The he [荷] is the fuqu [芙渠]." Guo Pu's commentary says: "Another name is furong [芙蓉]; south of the Yangtze it is called he." The Mao Shijing Commentary says: "The unopen bud is called furong [芙蓉]; the opened flower is called handan [菡萏]").

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