一切經音義 31.191

31.191

簡牘（上間限反古之竹簡也顧野王云簡所用以寫書記事者也說文簡牒也從竹間聲下同鹿反韓詩云執筆操牘也文字典說云方版為牘大事書之於策小事簡牘而已說文版也從片賣聲）。

Bamboo slips and tablets (簡牘: the first character has the sound ji- [間] + -iǎn [限] fanqie; ancient bamboo slips. Gu Yewang says: 'Slips are what were used to copy texts and record events.' The Shuowen says: '簡 means a document; formed from the bamboo radical (竹) with jiān (間) as phonetic.' The second character has the sound d- [同] + -ú [鹿] fanqie. The Han Poetry says: 'Holding the brush and grasping the wooden tablet.' The Wenzidian says: 'Square boards are dú; great matters were written on bamboo tablets (cè), whereas minor matters were merely on bamboo and wooden slips (jiǎndú).' The Shuowen says: 'A wooden board; formed from the wood split radical (片) with mài (賣) as phonetic').