一切經音義 26.109

English (machine translation) 26.109

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26.109

Yīn suì [因燧, by means of a fire-drill] (cí + zuì fanqie; the mother of fire. The Analects states: "Drilling the fire-block to change the fire." Kong's commentary states: "In the course of a year, different woods are drilled for fire." The Shiben states: "The maker of fire took the name Suiren.")

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese