一切經音義 45.284

45.284

四級（下今邑反賈注國語云級上下等差也杜注左傳云下階下級也顧野王云階之等數名曰級鄭注禮記云級次也說文𢇁次第也從糸及聲糸音覓）。

Four steps (四級: the lower character is jīn-yì fan; Jia's commentary on the Guoyu says: 'A jí is a difference in rank, higher or lower'; Du's commentary on the Zuo zhuan says: 'A lower step is a lower jí'; Gu Yewang says: 'The counted gradations of steps are called jí'; Zheng's commentary on the Liji says: 'Jí means order or grade'; the Shuowen says: 'The order of silk threads; it follows silk with jí as phonetic'; silk is pronounced mì).