一切經音義 20.10

20.10

Territorial borders (隄封: *di-ni* fanqie; Ru Chun's commentary on the *Hanshu* says: the sides are called *di*, the markers are called *feng*; Wei Zhao says: piling up earth to make a border marker; the *Shuowen jiezi* says: *di* means an embankment; it derives from 阜 with the abbreviated 是 as phonetic; for the lower character *feng*, the *Shuowen jiezi* says: the land of feudal lords; dukes and marquises have a hundred li square, earls have seventy li square, viscounts and barons have fifty li square; written with 土 as 𡉚, which is the ancient character for *feng*; nowadays it is written with doubled 土 and 寸 as an associative compound; the seal script derives from 土 and 𡵄 as 𰉨; 𡵄 is pronounced *feng*).