一切經音義 34.79

34.79

Guangchang 廣長 (the first character is fanqie 古 + 晃. Zheng's commentary on the Liji states: "Guang is equivalent to expansive (hong 弘)." Kong's commentary on the Shangshu states: "Guang means grand (da 大); classified under the radical 广, sound 嚴 + 撿 fanqie, with the phonophoric huang 黃." The second character is fanqie 丈 + 張. The Maoshi jian states: "Chang means far-reaching (yuan 遠)." The Wenzidian shuo states: "Long-lasting and distant; classified under inverted 亾, 兀, and the archaic character for hua 化: transforming precipitously (wuran er hua)." The sūtra text writes it under the grass radical as 萇, which does not fit the sūtra's meaning).