一切經音義 43.71

English (machine translation) 43.71

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43.71

Avert and pray (禱: lower syllable *t-*, *tau* + *lau* fanqie. Zheng's commentary on the Rites of Zhou says: 'Seeking blessings is called *dao* (prayer).' Zheng Zhong's commentary says: 'Praying to Heaven, Earth, and the altars of soil and grain.' Bao Xian's commentary on the Analects says: 'Refers to entreating ghosts and spirits.' The Shuowen says: 'Announcing matters to seek blessing; takes the altar radical and *shou* phonetic.' In ancient script written as [示*(ㄎ-一+(耜-耒))], 燾 pronounced *tao*).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese