一切經音義 37.72

English (machine translation) 37.72

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37.72

疫癘: The first character has the pronunciation of 伇. The second character has the fanqie [l]í + [zh]ì. Zheng['s] commentary on the Rites of Zhou says: "Epidemic and pestilence (疫癘) are diseases caused by unharmonious qi." The Wuxing zhuan says: "The six pestilences arise in season—this is it." The Shuowen [jiezi] says: "疫 means an illness of the people; composed of the illness radical (疒) with an abbreviated 伇 phonetic. 癘 refers to severe ailments; composed of the illness radical (疒) with an abbreviated 癘 phonetic." The pronunciation of 疒 has the fanqie [n]ǚ + [è].

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese