一切經音義 21.6

English (machine translation) 21.6

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21.6

Heavenly mandate (天𠕋: 冊 has cègé fanqie [cè]. The *Shuowen* says: 冊 means an auspicious mandate; it refers to the auspicious tokens and trust of the high sages, their teachings and orders conferring imperial status. The character is sometimes composed with bamboo, or in ancient script as [川@((舉-與)*(舉-與))], a pictograph).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese