一切經音義 13.55

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13.55

Xialie [narrow and inferior] (fanqie: xian- + -jia; Gu Yewang says: 'Xia means cramped and narrow, not broad and grand.' The sūtra text writing with 'dog' and jia as 狹 is incorrect; that means hunting with dogs and horses, not the meaning of the sūtra. The standard form in the Shuowen is composed of 𠂤 and 匚 [fanqie: fang- + -...] with jia as phonetic. The second character is fanqie: lian- + -duo; the Kaosheng says: 'Weak; scarce; an associative compound.' Sometimes written as 寽 or 埒, which are ancient characters).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese