一切經音義 26.48

English (machine translation) 26.48

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26.48

Throwing stones (zhíshí 擲石) (Note: The Book of Han states regarding Gan Yanshou, 'He threw stones and pulled up high stakes'. Zhang Yan's commentary says: 'Flying stones weighing twelve catties were shot by engines to a distance of three hundred paces; Yanshou had such strength that he could throw them by hand'. What modern people call throwing bricks (zhìzhuān) is this. Zhuān is tú + hé fanqie).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese