一切經音義 70.70

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70.70

Outer walls and hamlets (郭邑): Fanqie: 古鑊 [guō]. Cangjie pian: '郭 means outer city walls.' Gongyang zhuan says: 'What is a 郭? It is an expansion (恢郭).' Shiming says: 'A 郭 is an outer ring surrounding the outer limits of the city.' As for 邑, the Zhouli says: 'Four wells make an yī.' Zheng Xuan says: 'An area of two square li.' Zuozhuan: 'Any settlement with the ancestral shrine and spirit tablets of former rulers is called a capital (都); one without is called a hamlet (邑).' 鑊 has the fanqie: 胡郭 [huò].

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese