一切經音義 7.91

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Banners and bells (旛鐸; first character fang + fan fanqie; the Shuowen says: "The general term for banners and flags." Today's dhvaja, patākā, pennants, and flags are of this kind; alternating five colors suspended atop a banner pole is called a fānqi. Second character tang + luo fanqie; the Shuowen says: "A large bell." It takes the metal radical (金) with yi (睪) phonetic. In military law, five men make a squad, and five squads make a platoon; the platoon commander holds the tuo, which is a metal bell.).