一切經音義 23.94

23.94

階墀軒檻（墀直尼反玉篇曰階謂登堂之道也說文曰墀謂以丹塗地即天子丹墀也韋昭注漢書曰軒檻上板也王逸注楚辭曰縱曰檻橫曰楯顧野王曰謂殿上拘欄也）。

Steps, courtyard, verandas, and balustrades (階墀軒檻: 墀 is read 直 + 尼 fanqie. The Yupian says: '階 means the pathway for ascending to the hall.' The Shuowen says: '墀 means painting the ground with cinnabar; that is, the cinnabar terrace of the Son of Heaven.' Wei Zhao's commentary on the Hanshu says: '軒檻 refers to the upper planks.' Wang Yi's commentary on the Chuci says: 'The vertical ones are called jian (檻); the horizontal ones are called shun (楯).' Gu Yewang says: 'It refers to the railings upon the hall.').