一切經音義 27.115

English (machine translation) 27.115

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27.115

Hand-cart (nian): (li + zhan [niǎn]. The Shuowen says: "A carriage drawn by men; being in front, people pull it." In antiquity, ministers and grand masters also rode in nian; from the Han onward, only the Son of Heaven rode in them. The Yupian says: "The carriage ridden by the Son of Heaven and the Empress is called a nian").

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese