一切經音義 50.49

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50.49

練摩 (The archaic forms were 鍊, 練, and 潄, three variants; now written 涷, identical; fanqie 力見. The Shuowen says: "鍊 means to smelt and refine metal." The second character had the archaic forms 劘 and 攠, two variants, identical; fanqie 莫羅. The Yijing says: "The hard and the soft rub (摩) against each other." The commentary says: "They rub and touch each other." The Erya says: "Rubbing stone is called grinding (磨)." Guo Pu says: "Jade and stone being ground is like a person cultivating and adorning himself." In the treatise text it is written 磨, a millstone).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese