一切經音義 48.185

48.185

Worthy and wise (賢哲, [賢 is pronounced with the fanqie] *hu* + *jian*, an honorific title for a scholar-official, and also means having abundant talent; because a worthy scholar is virtuous and enlightened, the character is composed with *ju* (具); furthermore, worthy ministers are the treasures of the state, their utility matching *ju* (utensils), hence it is composed with *ju*—this is the intended meaning of the character; the next character is also written as 喆, pronounced with the fanqie *zhi* + *lie*; the *Erya* states that *zhe* (哲) means knowing; the *Fangyan* states that between the regions of Qi and Song, 'knowing' was called *zhe*; *zhe* means illuminating and discerning).