一切經音義 82.134

82.134

商榷 (deliberate and evaluate): The first character is the fanqie 賞 (sh-) + 羊 (yáng) [shāng]. Wang Bi's commentary on the Zhouyi says: "商 means to measure and evaluate." The Posthumous Title Rules state: "Benevolence manifested internally and externally is called 商." The Shuowen jiezi says: "To know the internal through the external. It takes 冏 (pronounced with the fanqie 女 nǚ + 滑 huá [nà]) as semantic component, and an abbreviated 章 as phonetic component." The second character is pronounced jué. Xu Shen's commentary on the Huainanzi says: "揚榷 means roughly outlined." The Shuowen jiezi says: "It takes 木 as semantic component and 寉 as phonetic component; 寉 has the same sound as above." The Shuowen jiezi says: "It takes 隹 and 冖 (pronounced with the fanqie 癸 guǐ + 營 yíng [jīng]) as semantic components; the upper part seeks to emerge through 冖. Those written with 宀 are incorrect."