一切經音義 53.79

English (machine translation) 53.79

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53.79

Holding the reins (持轡: the second character is bēi + mèi fanqie. The Mao Shi says: "Holding the reins like ribbons of silk." Gu Yewang says: "That by which one controls and drives the horses between the axle-ends." The Shuowen says: "Bridle-reins of horses; it takes the radical 𢇇." 軎 is pronounced wèi; the Shuowen says: "The iron capping the axle-head of a cart; an ideogram." In the sūtra text written with 亡 as 𮝲, which is vulgar and not the standard form. 組 is pronounced zǔ).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese