一切經音義 22.87

English (machine translation) 22.87

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22.87

不淨微形 (Impure, wretched body): Mao's commentary on the *Shijing* says: '微 (*wei*) means ulcer (*yang*).' 瘍 (*yang*) is pronounced 移 (*yi*) + 益 (*yi*) [yì]. Guo's commentary on the *Erya* says: '瘍 (*yang*) means sores, indicating the impurity of the body is like sores.' Furthermore, Wang's commentary on the *Shangshu* says: '微 (*wei*) means lowly, indicating that this impure body is not to be prized.' Ulcer-微 is written with the radical 彳, meaning humble and lowly.

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese