一切經音義 23.94

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23.94

Steps, courtyard, verandas, and balustrades (階墀軒檻: 墀 is read 直 + 尼 fanqie. The Yupian says: '階 means the pathway for ascending to the hall.' The Shuowen says: '墀 means painting the ground with cinnabar; that is, the cinnabar terrace of the Son of Heaven.' Wei Zhao's commentary on the Hanshu says: '軒檻 refers to the upper planks.' Wang Yi's commentary on the Chuci says: 'The vertical ones are called jian (檻); the horizontal ones are called shun (楯).' Gu Yewang says: 'It refers to the railings upon the hall.').

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese