一切經音義 26.392

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Marriage (hūnyīn; now written as 昏; the Shuowen states: “The wife’s family”; the Liji states: “The bride is taken in at dusk, hence it is called hūn [dusk]”; the Erya states: “The wife’s father is called hūn”; yīn was written in ancient scripts as 婣; the Shuowen states: “The son-in-law’s family; it is that upon which the woman relies, hence called yīn”; the Erya states: “The son-in-law’s father is called yīn”; xì is pronounced xì).