一切經音義 32.21

English (machine translation) 32.21

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32.21

鞭撻 (upper: *pet* + *mjen* [biān]: The *Kaosheng* says: 'To whip and strike.' The *Book of Documents* says: 'The whip was made the official punishment.' Fan Ning says: 'It was the punishment for being disrespectful in carrying out duties in office.' Gu Yewang says: 'Using a switch of plants to beat criminals; follows the leather radical with the phonetic *biàn* (便).' Lower: *tʰan* + *hong* [tà]: The *Kaosheng* says: '撻 also means to whip.' Kong [Anguo]'s commentary on the *Book of Documents* says: '撻 means to flog and beat.' The *Shuowen jiezi* says: 'Follows the hand radical with the phonetic *dá* (達)').

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese