一切經音義 59.28

English (machine translation) 59.28

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59.28

Firewood (柴薪; [薪 is] fanqie: 仕 + 隹 [chái]; the Liji says: "Gather the sacrificial firewood to supply the郊-sacrifice"; Zheng Xuan says: "Large pieces that can be broken are called 薪 [xīn]; small pieces tied together are called 柴 [chái]; 薪 is used for cooking, while 柴 is used to supply torches").

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese