一切經音義 74.274

74.274

王薨（呼弘反廣雅薨凶也釋名大夫曰卒諸侯曰薨亦頓壞也白虎通曰崩薨皆周制也）。

Wáng hōng 王薨 (the king passed away) (Hōng is pronounced with the fanqie 呼 + 弘. The Guangya says: 'Hōng 薨 means inauspicious [death].' The Shiming says: 'For grand masters (daifu) it is called zù 卒; for feudal lords it is called hōng 薨.' It also means collapsing suddenly. The Baihu tong says: 'Bēng 崩 and hōng 薨 were both Zhou dynasty institutions.').