一切經音義 66.36

English (machine translation) 66.36

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66.36

Sawing apart (鋸解; the upper character is ju + yu [fanqie]; the Huainanzi says: "Even a skilled craftsman cannot shape wood without cutting it with a saw." The Guoyu says: "For punishment, knives and saws are used." The Shuowen says: "To pierce; with the metal radical and the phonetic 居." The lower character is jie + xie [fanqie]; Jia Kui's commentary on the Guoyu says: "Jie means to shave down." Guo Pu's commentary on the Fangyan says: "To take off." The Guangya says: "To disperse." The Shuowen says: "To cleave; with the knife radical cleaving an ox's horn").

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese