一切經音義 6.95

6.95

No change (無易: the second is pronounced with the fanqie 盈益 [yì]. Jia's commentary on the Guoyu says: "To change and transform; different." Kong's commentary on the Book of Documents says: "To alter." Character dictionaries say: "To move." The Guangya says: "To turn." In ancient script it is written as 易, picturing a chameleon-like lizard. The Shuowen notes that Secretarial Assistant Jia explained the character 易 as consisting of the sun and the moon, while another theory says it derives from an abbreviated 勿; these are all speculative conclusions and not correct).