一切經音義 81.38

81.38

執珽 (The first is the standard character 執. The second is pronounced with the fanqie 汀 + 井. Zheng's commentary to the Liji states: "The ting is also an official tablet [笏]; it expresses standing upright without yielding." The Shuowen states: "Ting is a large jade tablet, three feet long; in antiquity an eight-inch foot was used, which corresponds to two feet four inches today; it is formed from 'jade' [玉] with 'court' [廷] as phonetic").