一切經音義 11.36

English (machine translation) 11.36

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11.36

循機 (s-[ui]-z-[un] fan. The Erya says: '循 means from.' Guo Pu says: 'From is akin to following.' The Kaosheng says: '循 means to comply.' The Shuowen jiezi says: '循 means to patrol; it derives from 彳, ch-[ou]-y-[i] fan, and the sound of 盾, ch-[un]-h-[uai] fan, a pictograph.' The lower character is j-[i]-x-[i] fan. Kong's commentary on the Book of Documents says: 'The trigger-tooth of a crossbow, controlling release.' The Shuowen jiezi says: 'That which directs release is called the trigger (機)').

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese