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靈柩 (bier / coffin with a corpse; fanqie: 渠 + 救. The Xiaoya states: "Containing a corpse is called a jiu (coffin with a corpse); an empty coffin is called a chen." The Liji states: "When [the corpse] is in the coffin, it is called a jiu." Zheng Xuan says: "Jiu means jiū (completion/exhaustion)." The Baihu tong states: "Jiu means jiǔ (long enduring); enduring without undergoing further changes").

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