一切經音義 29.93

English (machine translation) 29.93

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29.93

Fertile soil (沃壤): The upper character has the fanqie *wū* + *kù* (沃). Jia [Kui]'s commentary on the *Guoyu* says: '*Wò* means rich.' The *Guangya* says: 'To soak.' The *Gu-jin zhengzi* derives it from 水 with 夭 as phonetic. The lower character has the fanqie *ráng* + *zhǎng* (壤). Kong [Anguo]'s commentary on the *Book of Documents* says: 'Soil without clods is called *rǎng*.' Zheng [Xuan]'s commentary on the *Zhouli* says: '*Rǎng* is earth, speaking of its soft and mellow state.' The *Shuowen [jiezi]* says: 'Soft earth. Derived from 土 with 襄 as phonetic; 襄 is pronounced *xiāng*.'

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese