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一切經音義 1.70

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1.70

Black-haired commoners [黔黎] (jian-lian fan [qián]; Zheng's commentary to the Liji: "Qianshou [黔首] means the myriad common people." Shiji: "In the twenty-sixth year of the First Emperor of Qin, the myriad commoners were renamed 'black-heads' [黔首]." Shuowen: "Composed of 'black' [黑] with 'jin' [今] phonetic." / li-ti fan [lí]; Kong's commentary to the Shangshu: "Li [黎] means the multitude").

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