一切經音義 82.95

82.95

Crude and indecent (the upper character is pronounced with the fanqie 悲美 [b- + -i = bi]. Du's commentary on the Zuozhuan says: "鄙 means a border town; crude and lacking wisdom is designated a rustic person." The Shuowen jiezi says: "Composed of 邑 with 啚 as phonetic." The lower character is pronounced with the fanqie 恬協 [t- + -ep = tep]. In the Xiyu ji, [the word written] with 褻 is identical to the one written here with 衣 underneath 執 as 褺; it means crude and untidy, not clear and distinct. Adjacent to the northern barbarian frontiers, it is crude and vulgar. Located in the snowy mountains, bordering Tokhāra, it belongs to the borders of Northern India).