釋氏要覽 2.37

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2.37

This is an etiquette of Tianzhu. It means kneeling with the left and right knees alternately touching the ground; therefore sons of the Śākya clan all use the right knee. Calling it 'kneeling in the barbarian manner' (hùguì) is a phonological error.

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釋氏要覽 — Classical Chinese