一切經音義 27.201

English (machine translation) 27.201

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27.201

Making music (樂: *ng[u]-kæwk* [fanqie: 五覺]. The Shiben says: 'In the era of the Yellow Emperor, Ling Lun created music.' The Shuowen says: 'The general designation for the five notes and eight timbres is music (樂).' The Liji says: 'Taking joy in this sound, dancing with axes and shields, feathers and yak-tails, is called music.' Zheng Xuan says: 'When the eight timbres are brought into harmony, it is called music.' It is also pronounced *lu-kak* [fanqie: 盧各]).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese