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# 一切經音義 1.56

一切經音義 1.56

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [1.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128.1.56)

珪璋（上桂畦反說文瑞玉也上圓下方公侯伯所執從重土字統土殷禮封諸侯有三等公侯伯皆有重土故執珪子男無重土故無珪珪古字也下止陽反說文云半圭為璋從玉章聲也畦音慧圭反）。

> Jade batons \[珪璋\] (First character: gui-hui fan \[guī\]; Shuowen: "A jade token of auspicious authority, round at the top and square at the bottom, held by dukes, marquises, and earls; composed of doubled 'earth' \[土\]." Zitong: "According to the Yin rites, enfeoffed lords had three ranks: dukes, marquises, and earls all had doubled earth \[territory\], hence they held the gui \[珪\]; viscounts and barons had no doubled earth, hence had no gui; it is an ancient character." Second character: zhi-yang fan \[zhāng\]; Shuowen: "Half a gui is a zhang; composed of 'jade' \[玉\] with 'zhang' \[章\] phonetic; hui \[畦\] is pronounced hui-gui fan").  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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