一切經音義 1.60

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1.60

Praise and eulogy [襃讚] (First character: bu-mao fan [bāo]; Gu Yewang: "Bao [褒] means to extol and praise beauty." Shuowen: "The broad hem of a garment; composed of 'clothing' [衣] with [印-ㄗ+呆] phonetic; [印-ㄗ+呆] is pronounced bao. Second character: zang-san fan [zàn]; Shiming: "Extolling human excellence is called zan [讚]." Gujin zhengzi: "A eulogy [讚頌] is that by which the nature of things is explained; composed of 'speech' [言] with 'zan' [贊] phonetic").

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese