一切經音義 31.154

31.154

Musicians (伶人: the first character has the sound l- [力] + -íng [丁] fanqie. Jia [Kui]'s commentary on the Guoyu says: '伶 is an official in charge of music.' Zheng's commentary on the preface to the Mao Poetry says: 'The Ling clan held the office of music for generations and were skilled at it; therefore later generations often called music officials língrén.' The Shuowen says: 'Formed from the human radical (人) with lìng (令) as phonetic').