一切經音義 81.85

81.85

Sleeping carriage (轀輬: the first character is pronounced *wu* + *kun* [wēn]; the second is pronounced *lüe* + *chang* [liáng]. The *Records of the Grand Historian* says: 'A *wenliang* carriage is a sleeping carriage; because the First Emperor of Qin died and his death was not announced, it subsequently came to be used as a hearse carriage.' Meng Kang's commentary says: 'The *wenliang* carriage was formerly a clothes wagon; it had windows: when closed it was warm (轀/溫), and when opened it was cool (輬/涼).' The *Kaosheng* says: 'A light carriage.' The *Shuowen jiezi* states that both characters 轀 and 輬 are formed from the "carriage" radical (車) with 昷 and 京 also serving as phonetics. 昷 has the same sound).