一切經音義 45.149

45.149

Armies and troops (軍旅: first character [軍] is jiong plus yun fanqie [jūn]; second character [旅] is li plus ju fanqie [lǚ]. The Zhouli states: five men make a squad (wu); five squads make a liang; four liang make a zu; five zu make a brigade (lü); five lü make a division (shi); two shi make an army (jun). Zheng's commentary on the Lunyu says: "Twelve thousand five hundred men make an army (jun)." Jia's commentary on the Guoyu says: "Jun is like an encampment (tun); it is composed of 'chariot' [車] with bao [勹] as phonetic, deploying an army of five hundred men. [Lü [旅]] is composed of 'banner' [㫃] showing brigades marching together; hence it has the component cong [从]." Bao is bao plus jiao fanqie [bāo]; [㫃] is pronounced yan [yǎn]; cong [从] is the ancient form of cong [從]).