一切經音義 23.17

English (machine translation) 23.17

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23.17

"Knowing the various appellations" (Appellation [稱] is chèn [chāng + yùn fanqie]; 稱 means conforming to. The Hanshu yinyi says: "謂 [wèi] means the purport or direction." Here it means conforming to and knowing the purports of the Dharma teachings. The Hanshu also says: "謂 means name and designation, or what is suitable to affairs." It means knowing the names of all affairs and things and discerning what is appropriate to them; all of this is called "appellations").

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese