一切經音義 1.57

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1.57

Brushes and ink [翰墨] (han-an fan [hàn]; Shangshu datuan: "Han [翰] refers to the long plumes of birds and beasts, which are taken to make writing brushes; hence skilled writing is called 'brush and quill' [筆翰]." Shuowen: "Plumes of the pheasant [天雞]; composed of 'feather' [羽] with 'gan' [倝] phonetic; gan [倝] is pronounced gan-an fan." Second character: mu-bei fan [mò]; Kaosheng: "Black." Shuowen: "Calligraphic ink; composed of 'earth' [土] with 'black' [黑] phonetic").

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese