一切經音義 44.142

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44.142

卜筮 (fanqie: 時 + 世. 筮 means inquiring. The *Liji* says: 'The tortoise shell is used for 卜, and yarrow stalks are used for 筮.' Divination by bone and yarrow is used to resolve doubts and settle indecision; hence the character for 筮, composed with the bamboo radical, has been the standard form from antiquity to the present).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese