一切經音義 66.228

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66.228

Mirror and illumine (鑒照: the upper character has the fanqie ji[ān] + [x]iàn; the Kaosheng says: 'Jiàn means to reflect; to be bright.' Zheng's gloss on the Shijing says: 'A mirror is that by which forms are observed.' The Erya says: 'A jiàn is called a mirror.' The Shuowen says: 'A large basin; it can catch the light from the water and moon; it takes jīn as radical and jiān as phonetic').

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese