一切經音義 68.6

English (machine translation) 68.6

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68.6

Deliberating and measuring (籌量) (the upper character has the fanqie: 宙留 [chóu]. Zheng [Xuan's] commentary on the Liji says: "Chóu means calculating." Gu Yewang says: "Chóucè are that with which one calculates." The Shiji says: "Borrowing the chopsticks in front to plan it." The Shuowen says it is formed from "bamboo" with 壽 as its phonetic component. The lower character has the fanqie: 略張 [liáng]. The Kaosheng gives the orthodox character as 量, formed from 童).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese