一切經音義 27.520

English (machine translation) 27.520

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27.520

釋氏 (Various sūtras state that the surname is Gautama, but clan [shi] and surname [xing] are distinct. A surname connects the lineage through hundreds of generations so that they do not diverge, being born of spiritual resonance. A clan serves to differentiate the lineages of offspring, either from location or official title and rank. Hence the Shiben says: regarding surnames, they come first; regarding clans, they come after).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese