一切經音義 68.9

68.9

Astute and discerning (聰叡: the first character has the fanqie 儷公; Han Ying's Commentary on the Odes states: '聰 means bright and discerning.' The Shuowen jiezi says: 'It means observant. It is formed from [the semantic component] "ear" (耳) and has 忩 as phonetic.' The second character has the fanqie 悅惠; the Guangya states: '叡 also means acute.' The Jixun states: 'A sage must penetrate into subtleties.' The Shuowen jiezi says: 'Profoundly luminous. It is formed from [(├/(同-(一/口)+、))*又]'—[(├/(同-(一/口)+、))*又] having the fanqie 藏安—'and is formed from "eye" (目) with the character 谷 abbreviated as phonetic.').