一切經音義 48.597

48.597

變革（古文革[懂-重+(巫/十)]諽三形同古核反更也字從三十從口口為國邑國三十年而法更別取別異之口音韋）。

Changing and reforming (變革: In ancient script 革 has the three forms 革, [懂-重+(巫/十)], and 諽; all are pronounced gu-he fan. It means to alter. The character is composed of 'thirty' (丗) and 'mouth' (口); the mouth represents a state or city. In thirty years a state alters its laws; it takes the 'mouth' of divergence. Pronounced wei).