一切經音義 87.124

87.124

簡𠕋（上間眼反。郭璞注爾雅簡札也。顧野王云所用以寫書記事也。說文牒也。從竹間聲論從草作蕳誤也。下鎗責反。周禮云九命諸侯則𠕋命之。鄭玄云謂簡𠕋書王命也。蔡邕獨斷𠕋者簡也。不滿百文不書於𠕋。其制長二尺短者半之。其次一長一短兩編下上篆書起年月凡命諸侯三公薨及以罪免悉以𠕋書。說文符命也。諸侯進受於王象其札一長一短中有二編也。古文從竹作𥬰也）。

簡𠕋 [bamboo tablets and patent rolls]: The first character is read with the fanqie jian + yan. Guo Pu's commentary on the Erya says: 'A jian is a writing tablet.' Gu Yewang says: 'That which is used for writing books and recording affairs.' The Shuowen jiezi says: 'A tablet; composed of bamboo (竹) with jian (間) as phonetic.' The treatise writes it with the grass radical as 蕳, which is erroneous. The second character is read with the fanqie qiang + ze. The Zhouli says: 'When conferring the nine patents upon feudal lords, one commissions them with bamboo patents (ce).' Zheng Xuan says: 'This means writing the royal commands upon bamboo tablets.' Cai Yong's Duduan states: 'A ce is a tablet. If there are fewer than one hundred characters, it is not written upon a ce. Its standard length is two feet, with shorter ones being half that length. The next kind alternates long and short tablets bound with two cords, written with seal script from top to bottom, recording the year and month. All appointments of feudal lords, deaths of the Three Excellencies, and dismissals for crime are written upon ce.' The Shuowen jiezi says: 'A tally of appointment; presented to feudal lords when received from the king, resembling slips alternating long and short with two cords binding them.' In ancient script it is written with the bamboo radical as 𥬰.