一切經音義 23.96

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23.96

Rushing rapids and whirling eddies (湍激洄澓: 湍 is read 吐 + 官 fanqie. 激 is read 古 + 歷 fanqie. 洄 is pronounced jiong. 澓 is pronounced fu. The Shuowen says: '湍 means rapid shoals; shallow water flowing over sand is called tuan (湍).' The water pattern swirls. The Erya says: 'Violent and rapid is called ji (激).' The Sancang says: 'Swirling water is called hui (洄).' 澓 means deep; it means that wherever waters eddy and swirl, the water is necessarily deep).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese