一切經音義 20.46

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璽印（上斯此反鄭注周禮云璽印也應劭漢書注云璽信也蔡雍獨斷云天子璽以玉古者尊卑共之自秦以來唯天子獨稱也說文云王者印也從土爾聲今相承從玉作璽下因晉反蒼頡篇云印章也漢書云諸侯王黃金印也說文印執政者之所持信也從爪從卩卩音節）。

璽印 ("imperial seals and tokens"; the former character, fanqie: 斯 + 此. Zheng's Commentary to the Zhouli says: "Xi (璽) means a seal." Ying Shao's Commentary to the Hanshu says: "Xi means a token of trust." Cai Yong's Duduan says: "The Son of Heaven's seal is made of jade. In antiquity, the noble and base shared this term; only from the Qin onwards was it exclusively used by the Son of Heaven." The Shuowen says: "The seal of a ruler; it takes 土 as semantic and 爾 as phonetic." Through transmission it is now written with 玉 as 璽. The latter character, fanqie: 因 + 晉. The Cangjie pian says: "Yin (印) means an official seal." The Hanshu says: "Feudal kings had golden seals." The Shuowen says: "Yin is the token of trust held by those who govern; it takes 爪 and 卩"; 卩 is pronounced 節).