一切經音義 31.309

31.309

偏袒（上疋綿反考聲云偏不正也孔注尚書云偏不平也杜注左傳云佐也鄭注禮記云不備也說文云從人扁聲下壇嬾反考聲云去肩上衣也鄭注儀禮云袒左免衣也左傳云鄭伯肉袒牽羊也說文從衣旦聲也）。

Baring one shoulder (偏袒: the upper character [偏] has the fanqie phonetic [pian] (疋綿反). The Kaosheng states: "偏 means not upright." Kong Anguo's commentary to the Shangshu states: "偏 means not level/fair." Du Yu's commentary to the Zuo zhuan states: "It means to assist." Zheng Xuan's commentary to the Liji states: "Incomplete." The Shuowen jiezi states: "Derived from the person radical (人) with the phonetic marker [bian] (扁)." The lower character [袒] has the fanqie phonetic [tan] (壇嬾反). The Kaosheng states: "Removing the garment from the shoulder." Zheng Xuan's commentary to the Yili states: "袒 means baring the left shoulder by removing the garment." The Zuo zhuan states: "The Earl of Zheng bared his shoulder and led a sheep." The Shuowen jiezi states: "Derived from the clothing radical (衣) with the phonetic marker [dan] (旦)").