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# 一切經音義 4.59

一切經音義 4.59

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [4.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128.4.59)

車乘（上昌遮反車字說文象形作車橫書車字即是古文車字也下食證反孔注尚書云乘勝也毛詩傳曰乘升也鄭眾注周禮云四匹為乘說文乘覆也從入桀桀音竭桀黠也軍法曰乘也隸書作乘變體字也）。

> Carriages and chariots (車乘: the upper character \[車\] is pronounced \*ch\[ang\]\* + \*\[zh\]e\* \[chē\]. For the character \*che\*, the \*Shuowen \[jiezi\]\* gives the pictograph as 車; written horizontally, the character 車 is the ancient script form for chariot. The lower character \[乘\] is pronounced \*sh\[i\]\* + \*\[zh\]eng\* \[shèng\]. Kong \[Anguo\]'s commentary to the \*Shangshu\* says: "\*Sheng\* means to overcome." The Mao commentary to the \*Odes\* says: "\*Sheng\* means to ascend." Zheng Zhong's commentary to the \*Zhouli\* says: "Four horses make a \*sheng\*." The \*Shuowen \[jiezi\]\* says: "\*Sheng\* means to cover." It is classified under \*ru\* (入) and \*jie\* (桀); \*jie\* is pronounced \*j\[ie\]\* \[jié\], meaning clever and fierce. Military law says: \*sheng\*. In clerical script it is written 乘, a variant form).  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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