一切經音義 100.32

English (machine translation) 100.32

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100.32

Two bolts [of cloth] (二匹: [匹 has the] fanqie bin + mi [pǐ]. The Erya says: 'Pǐ means to match.' The Huainanzi says: 'The number of the five notes is five; multiplying five by the eight solar terms yields forty [feet], hence four zhang make one bolt (shǐ/pǐ).' A pǐ is the measure spanned by the two arms of an average person. The Shuowen jiezi says: 'It means four zhang. It is formed from 匸 (enclosure) and 八 (eight); 八 piled up is 一匹 (one bolt), and 八 is also phonetic.' Transmitted texts write it as 疋, which is a vulgar character).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese