一切經音義 70.65

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70.65

Bamboo mat (竹笡): Fanqie: 都達 [dá]. Shuowen jiezi: '笡 means a zheng zither.' Pronounced like sǔn, it is the name of bamboo skin. Guo Pu's commentary to Fangyan says: 'East of the Yangtze, a coarse rush mat with straight weave is called 笡, while one with diagonal weave is called fāi (fanqie: 廢), also named hángtáng. Between Song and Wei, a coarse dān mat was called a qúchú.' Shuowen jiezi: 'A qúchú is a coarse bamboo mat, woven from reeds.'

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese