一切經音義 63.47

English (machine translation) 63.47

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63.47

或控 Or holding the reins (the second character is ku + gong [kòng]; the commentary to the Classic of Poetry says: "'Kong' means to draw." It also says: "To stop a horse is called 'kong'." The Kaosheng says: "To hold, to catch." The Shuowen says: "When the Xiongnu draw a bow, it is called 'kong'; [the character] derives from 'hand' with 'kong' phonetic").

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese