翻譯名義集 3.86

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【乾闥婆城】《大論》云：「日初出時，見城門樓櫓宮殿，行人出入，日轉高轉滅，但可眼見，而無有實，名揵闥婆城。」靜苑《華嚴音義》云：「西域名樂人為乾闥婆。彼樂人多幻作城郭，須臾如故，因即謂龍蜃所現。」《輔行》云：「乾城，俗云蜃氣。蜃，大蛤也。朝起海洲，遠視似有，近看即無。」

[Gandharvanagara] The *Dazhidulun* says: “When the sun first rises, one sees city gates, watchtowers, and palaces, with travelers going in and out. As the sun rises higher, they progressively disappear; they can only be seen with the eyes, but have no reality. This is called a gandharva city (gandharvanagara).” Jingyuan's *Huayan yinyi* says: “In the Western Regions, musicians are called gandharvas. Those musicians often magically create city walls that return to normal in an instant; hence it is attributed to the manifestations of water dragons (*shen*).” The *Fuxing* says: “A gandharva city is commonly called a *shen* vapor. The *shen* is a large clam. Rising in the morning over ocean islands, viewed from afar it seems to exist, but viewed close up it is nothing.”