一切經音義 48.597

48.597

Changing and reforming (變革: In ancient script 革 has the three forms 革, [懂-重+(巫/十)], and 諽; all are pronounced gu-he fan. It means to alter. The character is composed of 'thirty' (丗) and 'mouth' (口); the mouth represents a state or city. In thirty years a state alters its laws; it takes the 'mouth' of divergence. Pronounced wei).