Note 71 — Chapter III · CH’ÊNG HUA (1465–1487) AND OTHER REIGNS
Reading edition
Bushell has translated it “diffused colours,” but fu is also used for “applying externally” in the medicinal sense, which seems specially appropriate here.

Reading edition
Bushell has translated it “diffused colours,” but fu is also used for “applying externally” in the medicinal sense, which seems specially appropriate here.
