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一切經音義 71.252

一切經音義 71.252

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鑽燧(又作鐆同辭醉反火母也論語鑽燧改火是也世本造火者燧人因以名也)。

Drilling fire (鑽燧: also written as 鐆; the same [reading]; fanqie 辭醉 [s- + -ui > suì]. It is the mother of fire. The Analects says: "Drilling the fire-stick to change the fire," which refers to this. The Shiben says: "The inventor of fire was Suiren," hence it was named after him).

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