一切經音義 6.64

6.64

Like a blaze (如燎: the second is pronounced with the fanqie 遼銚 [liào]. The Rites of Zhou speaks of 'great beacons' (fenzhu) and 'courtyard torches' (tingliao). Zheng Xuan says: "Fen means great, an outdoor ground torch; set up outside the gate it is called a great beacon; placed inside the gate it is called a courtyard torch. Both serve to illuminate the crowd." The Shuowen says: "Setting a fire; deriving from 'fire' [火] with 尞 as phonetic." 尞 is pronounced liáo. These preceding three characters were already explained at the end of the first fascicle of Sounds and Meanings for the ninth fascicle of the previous sūtra).