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一切經音義 27.208

一切經音義 27.208

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Classical Chinese

27.208

箜篌琵琶鐃(女交反如鈴而大廣雅鉌鑾鐃鐸鈴也說文玉篇小鉦也軍法十長執鐃五人為伍五伍為兩兩司馬執鐸)。

Harps, lutes, and hand-cymbals (鐃: *nriw-xaw* [fanqie: 女交], shaped like bells but larger. The Guangya says: 'The he, luan, nao, duo, and ling are all bells.' The Shuowen and Yupian say: 'Small gongs (zheng). In military regulations, the commander of ten holds the nao; five men form a squad (wu), five squads form a liang; the two marshals hold the duo').

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